The project I started the first of January 2010 was called: ‘31 Days. 31 Movies.’ and what it was about is watching 31 Movies in the month January. And I did it. I even accomplished it one day early! But I can tell: it was hard. Even for someone like me who really watches many movies it is really hard to do one per day and some days two because I was not able to watch a movie on Sundays for example.

About the Movies

Some are great, some are not. Some are even a bit strange — for example La Pianista is very strange! But for example the movie Crossing Over, Into the Wild, Palermo Shooting or Body of Lies are just excellent watches! I can encourage everybody to watch them. And especially for blogger, the movie Julie & Julia is a nice story.

In the End

All in all I can tell that this project was very time consuming. I normally watch many movies but I tend to do it out of a ‘want’ not a must. But while the project it was more a must than a want. I really enjoyed many of the movies very much but still I am happy that this ‘must’ is now over!

What I want to mention is that I am really proud about my self that I in the end accomplished the project without real problem. I finished it and that absolutely feels great. And that is about the project was most: it was about doing something I think I can accomplish and do not let it fall down in the middle. I did it from start to finish and that is a encouraging feeling for coming project.

While this project was about watching 31 movies, the next month is about doing something else but about that I am going to write at the end of the month February to let you know how I did and about what I think about that kind of project. I just do not want to take to much pressure on me — even though some people say that, telling others encourages more than everything else, I want to do it as a silent project and tell about it after finishing it.

If your also have an obsession about movies, please feel free to tell me. And maybe write me some ideas for movies I should watch in the future, or tell me your opinion about that project, have you done something like that(?) or plan on doing something like that?

The Movies

Now I want to share the list of movies I watched in that 31 days:

But will it be open or closed? I shudder to think of OS X (or it’s future derivative) as closed, when it’s the third party ecosystem that brings me the most enjoyment on this platform. And this ecosystem is a result of the openness of the OS.

~ Chris Bowler

The main problem I have with the iPat is that Apple is closing its OS’s. I hope that they never think about closing Mac OS X as much as the iPHone OS!

Overall, I’m left with the impression that this is not the end destination for Apple, but just another step on the way. Like the iPhone, the iPad is just the next step in Apple’s plan to be the digital hub in the home and the office.

~ Chris Bowler

A single idea can build cities.
An idea can transform the world,
and re-write all the rules.

~ via Chris Gilbert

1. RAW only. JPEG quality is irrelevant because it seems insane to shoot anything but RAW. I’m shooting for documentary and archival purposes, as I think we all should.
2. Mainly aperture priority.
3. Mostly Auto Focus because things move quickly in real life.
4. Everything handheld. Night shots with a tripod.
5. No flash. Almost always available light.
6. Edit. Edit. Edit. And post-process. I spend tons of time in Lightroom editing and filtering images — trying to find thematic threads — and preforming ‘standard’ darkroom post-processing.

~ Craig Mod found via JORGE QUINTEROS

I just found an interesting read about Ways of Reading.

I was deeply affected by the film (Food, Inc.) and have since been putting a lot of thought into, at the very least, becoming more educated about the food I am eating.

~ Patrick Rhone

Probably the most important thing for a human being is to eat something. And it is just as important what you are eating. Take a look and know what you eat! The post by Patrick Rhone is a great read and shows some nice opportunities and ways how you can control what you eat.

The Decade in news Photographs

Being heard can’t be our motivation for speaking. Being responded to can’t be our motivation for sharing. Being discovered can’t be our motivation for creating.

~ Joshua Blankenship: On The Entitlement Baggage of Social Media

I found this great quote in a quick post by Jorge Quinteros and instantly thought that fits the way I want to write this blog. I feel just like it is what I searched to describe why I write this blog (which I already wrote about). Instantly needed to add the quote to my about page!

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