2012 Photo Challenge

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About 2012 Photo Challenge

Welcome to the 2011 Photo Challenge

This group is for people who are committing to improving their photo techniques, having fun, and trying new things by participating in a 365/photo a day or 52/photo a week challenge.

This group is limited to 100 people. The reason for this is not to create a clique but so that the amount of participation and pictures is not overwhelming. A wise friend told me last year as I was stumbling through my first 365 (which I now fondly refer to as my 2012 182.5/photo a day project) that it is “my project, my rules.” I also learned that the large group I was in (over 2,500 members) was too impersonal and I didn’t get the support, suggestions, and feed back I was looking for. This group is designed to respect that each person’s photo challenge is uniquely theirs, to provide support and inspiration for the members, and 3 little tiny rules.

Rules
1. Members will post at least once a week, but no more than 1 picture a day. (Obviously people get sick, travel, and that thing life happens - but best effort to post once a week)

2. Members will post a meaningful comment, ask a question, share information as often as they can. (Think at least once a week.) By meaningful I mean something more than “hey cool pic.” You can add that but ask questions, offer insight etc.

3. About insight. For those of you who personally know me I am pretty thick skinned so I am looking for brutal honesty, input, and suggestions on my photos. Members of this group should be open to dialogue too. That said intentional rudeness, profanity, flaming will not be tolerated. Keep in mind that members will be all ages from all walks of life. Pictures of naked baby butts - probably acceptable. Pictures of your neighbor’s naked butt - probably not.

I don’t think those rules should stifle anyone’s creativity.

Other stuff
If you fall of the horse, don’t worry you are in very good company (remember my 2011 182.5 challenge). Just get back up and start over.

Post processing and other photo editing are completely acceptable. If you did something cool though tell us about it. Yes all the cool android/iPhone apps are welcome too.

I am working on setting up themes for each week. Follow them if you want/need them. If you don’t no worries. I have heard people say they like them and some don’t. I didn’t have them last time and wish I did so. I will try to post educational information and links to cool photo related stuff here. Feel free to do the same

If your photo gets picked up for another group or is featured somewhere - let us know!
We don’t care what you shoot with - just shoot. But please provide some info, especially if you created some weird camera in your kitchen with Kleenex boxes and toilet paper tubes. What I am getting at here is Nikon, Cannon, iPhone etc are all welcome here.

All photo projects are welcome 365s & 52s; self portrait photos, pictures of your kids, landscape, etc. We don’t care, just share.

I recommend that you pick a numbering system for your photos like POTD #XX or 001/365; POTW #01 or 02/52. You get the idea, that way if you want to collage or do some other cool project with your photos it will be easy to sort and find them. You can also title your photo. If you followed the theme it is nice to include that too. Last year I used 102/365 - Title

Sometimes you might want to share where or what the photo is, or not, either way is okay.