Announcing Clouds 365 Project – YEAR 3!
A week from today, I will complete Year 2 of the Clouds 365 Project. 730 days of photographing clouds everyday! I have the champagne ready! I love this project more now than when I started it in July of 2009. I wake up wanting to do this, wanting to share my passion with you, to always improve and learn. So, this was a easy decision. It is my pleasure to announce that I am going to continue photographing clouds everyday for another 365 days! - Clouds 365 Project – Year 3
When I started this project almost 2 years ago, I dedicated the Clouds 365 Project to Art, Learning, Determination, Process, Pattern and Obsession. I have been following these guidelines and really understand them. To find out more, please visit the about section. Year 2 was incredible, I have learned so much and many of my personal goals were reached. I feel I am a better photographer now, technically and creatively. I am developing my own style. I am much better at identifying clouds and understanding weather pattens. I could go on and on. I could not walk away from this if I tried!
This year, there were over 2 million visit the Clouds 365 Project sites. That is just amazing! It is so exciting, interacting with you on a daily basis. Over the years, I have met some truly wonderful people from all over the world. The support and the feedback you give me everyday, without fail, is amazing. I can’t thank you enough. You always make me be my best every day!
Year 2 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 3 on July 1st!
Thanks to my girls for their help though this year and constant encouragement. Special thanks to my wife Stephanie for telling me to keep at it, always giving me a second eye and always sharing her years of photography experience with me. Also, I would like to thank to my friends Laurie, Misty, Justin, Jason and Nicco for your help and being there for me and thanks to our friends and neighbors for putting up with me on the roof and leaving dinners and parties early 
I will be launching a new site for Year 3 with some new features I hope you will enjoy. 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 2 years 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 Project Nominated for a Webby Award!
CLOUDS 365 PROJECT NOMINATED FOR BEST PERSONAL BLOG / WEBSITE IN THE 14th ANNUAL WEBBY AWARDS!
Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet.
“Nominees like the Clouds 365 Project are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet,” said David-Michel Davies, executive director of the Webby Awards. “It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the nearly 10,000 entries we received this year.”
As a nominee, the Clouds 365 Project is also eligible to win a Webby People’s Voice Award, which is voted online by the global Web community. From now until April 29th, Clouds 365 Project fans can vote online to help the Clouds 365 Project Win Internet’s Top Honor http://webby.aol.com/connections/personal_blogwebsite
Winners will be announced on May 4th, 2010 and honored at a star-studded ceremony in New York City on June 14th where they will have an opportunity to deliver one of The Webby Awards’ famous five-word speeches. Past Webby Award winners – and their speeches – include Al Gore (“Please don’t recount this vote.”), Stephen Colbert (“Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.”), and Michel Gondry (“Keyboards are full of germs.”).
The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 650-person judging academy whose members include Internet co-inventor Vinton Cerf, R/GA’s Chief Bob Greenberg, “Simpson’s” creator Matt Groening, Arianna Huffington, and Harvey Weinstein.
About The Webby Awards:
Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites. Established in 1996, the 13th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. The Webby Awards is presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include: Microsoft Expression; Aol; YouTube; Pepsi; Aquent; Yahoo!; Tribal DDB Worldwide; East Media; IDG; PricewaterhouseCoopers; 2advanced.Net; KobeMail; Museum of the Moving Image; Behance; Business Insider and Time Out New York.
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.
