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(I’ve had hundreds of ideas over the years and, due to finances or sheer laziness, have only attempted a few of them. As I dribble slowly towards quietus, it is time I quit holding <\/span>so close to my chest <\/span>the ones I am likely to never be able to attempt)<\/span><\/p>\n

Inspired by the the writings of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and documentaries that visit people throughout various stages of their lives, this idea requires a family or group of people: Four times a year you assemble them in the same place, in essentially the same positions, and take a picture.<\/p>\n

As the years progress and the pictures are stitched together as frames of a film, what you get is a time-lapse of them growing, aging.<\/p>\n

This would be particularly interesting with a young family: being able to watch as the bulge in mama’s stomach swells to produce a tiny mass of swaddled pink which, in seconds, becomes an adult. Further, it would be nice to have a sapling or some other slow-growing flora planted within the first frame so we can watch it grow, as well.<\/p>\n

The downside to this idea is that it would be nearly impossible to pull off and potentially very upsetting.<\/p>\n

In the winter of 2006\/2007 I started Project Follicle: a time lapse of hair growth. I shaved my head and beard, then sat in front of the camera, once a day for 30 days. I should’ve gone on for another month for a more dramatic change but, after the first month of not having them available for anything else, I really, really wanted my lights and camera back.<\/p>\n

(click the pic at the top of this post, or here<\/a>, to see the resulting time-lapse loop)<\/p>\n

Despite my attempts, I didn’t manage to position my face the same every time and, because of this, the end result is more distracting than interesting – you don’t notice the hair growth as much as my wormy squirming – what’s wrong with that guy? Has he got to “go?”<\/p>\n

It didn’t help that I was taking the pic first thing in the morning and that I hadn’t built a much needed brace of some sort to help position my head more uniformly.<\/p>\n

If one man’s head proved as difficult over a mere month, imagine a group of people forced to do this year after year after year.<\/p>\n

Further, who wants to watch grandma slowly become more stooped and bent until – Poof! – she’s no longer in the picture? Worse, what if jr. is hit by a train?<\/p>\n

I’d still love to see this done but I find the likelihood rather slim.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/span>
\nMy friend KJT pointed out a link on YouTube that is pretty much the same idea as mine (see comments for said link) . I found a number of others as well – here’s my fave:<\/p>\n

Living MY Life Faster – 8 Years of JK’s Daily Photo Project<\/a> – Friggin’ awesome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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