John Grisham + Clouds 365 Project
I am very excited to announce that my image (from Year 2 of the project) “6-15-11 | Chicago Skyline After Rain” is on the cover of the new John Grisham book “The Litigators” UK Release.
Publishers, Hodder & Stoughton revealed the hardback jacket today on their website.
This is one of my favorite days from the project. Stephanie and I took a sunset boat tour while visiting Chicago last summer. It was pouring. We were not convinced that it would let up, but we headed out anyway. Huddled up, cold and soaked from the rain a hour later when it finally stopped. The boat turned around to head back. I watch the beautiful skyline clear just in time to get the shot. Glad we stayed 
UK customers can order their copy of “The Litigators” from Amazon UK or waterstones.com
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Clouds 365 Community – We are turning 1!
It is hard to believe the Clouds 365 Community will be 1 year old on March 1st! I do believe a celebration is in order! (more on that below)
A brief history on how we arrived at this point. In July 2009, I started the Clouds 365 Project and the Clouds 365 Facebook fan page to share the links to my daily images. To my amazement, after a week of posting links on Facebook, there were 4000+ “fans” (now “likes) and they had posted 500 images of clouds the first week to the page. In 5 months we had hit the maximum amount of images for a fan page, 20,000 images! It was obvious, there were a lot of cloud lovers in the world that were pleased with the idea of sharing their own cloud images with me. I was very happy to share my passion and Facebook page However, we needed a place to expand that was away from Facebook limits and control. On March, 1 2010, the Clouds 365 Community was officially launched. When you post with the Community, the link to your image posts to Facebook automatically avoiding the limits! I feel very lucky to share this with all of you. I love your enthusiasm for clouds, it is just amazing!
Here are some interesting facts for the 1st year of the Clouds 365 Community:
- 35,311 images of clouds
- 6,911 registered users from 55 countries/territories (all have posted at least one cloud image)
- 19,355 Comments
- Over 1 Million page views for the year!
Future of the Clouds 365 Community
I have been working on a new site for the Community for a while now. The site will have the ability to manage images (re-size, delete, etc…), have internal communications with other Community members (similar to Facebook and Twitter), discussion groups that you will be able to establish / moderate without me and just better overall site organization. I am developing this on my own at the moment, so it is taking longer than I would like. Should be soon, I will keep you informed. (If you know any WordPress developers, let me know!)
Photo Assignment!
I think it would be great if all of us could post 1 “birthday” themed cloud image at 3pm local time on March 1, 2011. Please post if there are no clouds or if it is grey, be creative! Hold up candles, a sign that says happy birthday, or turning 1. Clouds still should be the focus, but I am sure you can find a way to make it your own Please post your location. I want the skies at the exact time, where ever you are!
March Giveaway
I am going to give away 2 36×24 signed AP (artist proofs) digital prints from Year 1 of my Clouds 365 Project. Printed with archival inks on photographic paper to achieve extra fine detail and rich vibrant colors. The print will be rolled and shipped in a protective tube.
To enter, join the Clouds 365 Newsletter. I will be emailing the winners names in March
Again, I am so proud to be a part of the Clouds 365 Community. Congratulations!
- Kelly
Announcing Clouds 365 Project – YEAR 2!
After much discussion with my friends and family, it is my pleasure to announce that I am going to continue photographing clouds everyday for another 365 days! - Clouds 365 Project – Year 2
What an amazing journey. Honestly, I could not walk away from this if I tried! When I started this project almost a year ago, I dedicated the Clouds 365 project to Art, Learning, Determination, Process, Pattern and Obsession. (Check out the About page to learn more.) In year 2, the project is also dedicated to Community—because I could not have done this without YOU. Over the year, I have met some wonderful people from all over the world. The support and the feedback you give me everyday, without fail, is humbling. I can’t thank you enough. You made me be my best every day!
Year 1 of Clouds 365 Project will end a week from today. We’ll celebrate it together for a day, but then I turn around and start YEAR 2 on July 1st!
The future is very bright for the Clouds 365 Community as well. In honor of the important role all of you play in the project, we will launch a new Community site soon—a site that will helps us grow. You will be able to edit your own profile, password, images, etc. The site will include groups, internal communication and tutorials so we can get to know one another better while we expand our knowledge of clouds and how to document them.
Special thanks to my wife Stephanie and my girls for their help though this year and encouragement to continue this wonderful project. Thanks to my friends Manny, Misty, Justin, Nicco and Laurie. You are always there for me
Watch for more information in the coming days on future plans for the Clouds 365 project. I’ll also be sharing some insights from the past year as I look back at what I have learned so far.
Thanks again to all of you cloud lovers. See you for another year!
- Kelly DeLay
Clouds 365 is a project dedicated to art, learning, determination, processes, patterns and obsession. I hope to share as much as possible about this project, extra images and tutorials.
