I’ve been interested in photography since I was a child, as a way of recording the world around me (I always said it was because I couldn’t draw!). My first ‘real’ camera at about age 14 was a point-and-shoot Agfa. My first SLR was a Pentax K1000, which I used for many years until going digital with a Nikon D70S. Current equipment consists of a Panasonic G9 and my mobile phone camera.

I’m a member of the local photographic society and enjoyed developing and printing my own B&W film in the club darkroom until digital took over.

Other interests include collecting and using old film cameras, although these are in storage at the moment; travelling, geocaching and quilting, so these may appear in my photos occasionally.

I was inspired to start my first 365 photo-a-day project in February 2018, by a speaker at our camera club who had successfully completed her 365 the year before. I had hoped it would become a way of diarising the years events as well as learning some new photography skills and becoming more creative. Unfortunately life got in the way and I stopped after 6 months. I kept up my Ace membership though and posted for a few months in 2020 and 2023, learning the hard way that if I got behind with posting it was very difficult to catch up!

Making a new start in January 2025 and aiming for a full year this time, I plan to mostly use my phone camera as I always have it with me.

In March 2020 my husband John and I sold our house and have been living full-time in our motorhome since then. We are currently back at home base but hope to do some more travelling this year.

Thanks for your views, comments and faves, they are much appreciated! I will reciprocate as I can. I enjoy seeing the world through the eyes of other 365'ers.

Cheers, Janice
Tauranga, New Zealand

John also has photos on 365project, you can find him here: https://365project.org/nzkites/profile

Popular Page images:
https://alexisbirkill.com/365project/popularpage/getuserdetails.php?username=chikadnz

Trending Page images:
https://365project.org/tags/chikadnz-tp

Other successful images:
May 2025: Sports Action #28
https://365project.org/chikadnz/365/2025-03-31

February 2025, Album Cover Challenge #159: All Over the House
https://365project.org/chikadnz/extras/2025-02-08

February 2025, Eye of the Beholder EOTB-162: Portal
https://365project.org/chikadnz/365/2025-01-23

May 2018, Shoot Without Looking SWOL-12: Sunlit Corridor
https://365project.org/chikadnz/themes-and-chal/2018-04-18

April 2018, Landscape-3: Sundown, Easter Sunday
https://365project.org/chikadnz/365/2018-04-01

April 2018, Abstract-7: Untitled Abstract #4
https://365project.org/chikadnz/themes-and-chal/2018-04-02


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