Make Something 365 & Get Unstuck: dollar

I've decided to periodically check back in with some folks who have completed their 365 projects...

Peter Oakley (AKA Oscar Fox) in Melbourne, Australia spent a year documenting dollar coins as he accumulated them one a day from October 31, 2010 through October 30, 2011. Then on the last day he donated all 365 dollars to a local animal shelter!

What are the biggest lessons/skills you learned from doing your project? Perseverance and Photoshop, there were times when I thought; I don't have to do this, its all just a bit of fun. but I'm so glad I kept going. And boy can I now use Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro, I've learnt even just a small adjustment to an image can make a big difference.

Day 2, with the coins over my eyes reminds me of my early eagerness but I also like its relative simplicity in execution.

In what ways did the project change your life? Life changing is too big a statement, The look on peoples faces and the "good on you" that I got from so many people when I told them what I was doing was a great feeling, I have gained a new respect for myself in as much as I now know I can stick to something and see it through.

Day 254 just worked for me, I usually take many photos for a given image and select just one. this was the first shot and that was it.

Now what? What indeed, I really want to do something like this again, I am already feeling like something is missing. I am currently putting a photo book of the site together but that will probably only ever go into a print run of one for myself. also I have made a few enlarged and framed prints of my four skulls image for gifts.

Photoshop became my friend of the year and a bit of manipulation was obvious, day 243 was interesting but a bit bland, a small amount of color adjustment and tight cropping and it was ready to publish.

Read Oscar's original 365 interview HERE.

On day 363 I used a photograph that I originally took for day 154 but never used. I always liked it so it finally got an airing.

And see all of his dollars HERE.

Oscar Fox from Melbourne, Australia was inspired by 365 & Skull-A-Day to create the daily project Another Day Another Dollar in which he will "add just one lousy buck each day to an ever increasing pile of dollars." and document it...

Why did you decide to do this project? Another day another dollar is done purely to see if I can stick to a simple task for a year, the subject is not a mind bender but I hope to execute it with some imagination and creativity. The general consensus is to donate the $365.00 collected to a local Dog rescue center when the task is completed.