The pool at Hotel Wailea on Maui is my favorite hotel pool on all the Hawaiian Islands. 

Sunrise in the Mojave Desert, November 2010, as a Tiny Planet.

It's been two weeks since I last posted to my 365 Project. I had reached a point, after 90 days, of really dreading trying to find or create an image to post each day. For some, creating content every day is not a problem. It has been a problem for me. One of my long standing, self-defeating issues I'm working on is the pressure I place on myself and the comparisons I make between myself and others (artists, programmers, creators in general) regarding  the quality and quantity of work they put out. When I feel I can't put out what I consider to be my best work, all the time, I get frustrated and tend to look for other distractions or plunge myself deeper into billable client work. 

Instead of doing that two weeks ago, I decided to simply take a break, re-focus on what I want to accomplish with my 365 Project, and not make a big deal out of not posting anything for the past two weeks. Initially I thought I'd take a week off but last Friday I still wasn't ready. Today I'm ready. 

Here's what I've come up with:

1. My 365 Project is simply going to be about posting an image every day. No pressure on having a deep, philosophical meaning, or it being the absolute best or most creative image I've ever created. Just simply post a photograph each day. 
2. I may or may not post a description with the image. But at the very least I'm going to give each one a unique title and list the apps used.
3. Use my 365 Project as a venue to experiment with the incredible apps that are available for the iPhone and iPad. 
4. Loosen my self-imposed restrictions of the photos having to have been taken on the iPhone. While I still won't be posting images I take with my Canon, I will be using some DSLR images within the iPhone and iPad apps that I experiment with. 
5. I've identified several other websites that I will use to post what I consider to be my best work. I can relax into my 365 Project as a venue for fun and experimentation.
6. I'm lifting the restriction of only posting via my iPhone or iPad. I've proved it can be done everyday. It simply takes a lot longer than posting with my MacPro and full-sized keyboard. "Time" is one of my most important non-renewable resources. Using my time wisely is one of my guiding principles. 

So, with that in mind, the image above was created last week using a very fun app called Tiny Planets. It takes a photograph and "spins" it around on itself. It's a blast and creates some really incredible photos once you know how to compose the original source photo. There will be many more Tiny Planet photos in the days and weeks to come. 

Guest photographer for today's 365 is @RoxanneDarling with this shot she took of me on a recent hop to Maui.

Long work day. Energy and creative reserves running low. Dipping back into a self-portrait from a week ago with a fresh run thru Plastic Bullet.