Plastic Monkeys?

There’s a perfectly good reason for the plastic monkeys. Let me explain.

In photographer circles, there is a thing called a “365 Project”. The rules vary, but in general the goal is to find, light, shoot and edit an interesting picture and post it for the world to see. Every day – hence the 365. Many photographers take these projects on to force them to think creatively and just get out there and shoot. Last year, we followed Dustin Diaz as he attempted a 365. Many of his images were eye-openers and caused us to rethink how we light and shoot. His work was good enough to win the Flickr Photographer of the Year award. Not too shabby.