I went to bed last night so exited about the huge response to this 52 challenge (looks like we have over 25 people), and this morning even more had joined us. It will be so fun and I promise it will be life changing...If you have someone that you think might love to do this...share the link on your FB page and invite them. The more...the merrier.
JOIN the challenge
To be able to join there is a few things you got to do, very simple steps but it will take you a few minutes to get all set up: (you probably need to be on a computer).
- I made a group on Flickr exclusively for us and that is were we will be posting and sharing our images every week
- The group's name is: MM52challenge2013
- Click on the name and it will take you to it. If you already have a flickr account simply join the group, if you don't you will have to set one up. I made a new one for this and it just took a few minutes, I even created a new yahoo email for all of the interactions notifications to go there.
- Once you are in our Flickr group you are all set.
Images will be about loved ones/people/pets. There needs to be at least a human's/doggy's/cat's body part in it. No photos of stuff please.
Challenges will be given every Wednesday, and you have one week to post your images. Sign up for my updates in Maria Moore Photography Facebook page so you don't miss the blog post about each week's challenge.
"If you have nothing nice to say just don't say anything." Keep this in mind when commenting on others work. This group will have photography pro's as well as mom's and dads with regular point and shoot cameras and camera phones. Everyone is welcome and the images will not be criticized based on image quality. This is not a photography forum, but a personal photography challenge...I do promise you will improve your photography skills, just because when trying to create an image one can't help but grow.
Be accountable for yourself and keep other honest as well...meaning: You need to post images each week for each assignment. There are always things that come up and make it difficult for us to follow the scheduled assignments, however, since we are allowing any kind of photo...even iPhone ones, there is no excuse not to post yours.
Be creative with the weekly themes/assignments. I will give you a theme and this can mean different things to different people. You will interpret it as you wish and will use your creativity to create an image that talks to you and others. Take a day or two after assignment is given to think about what you want to do. Set up a situation or activity with your loved one that will promote the creation of these images. Remember the whole point of this challenge is not just to capture your children/family/loved ones as they really are, but to create memories along the way. For example, if the theme is food...why not set up a cookie baking afternoon for your kids and neighbors. Snap hundreds of images....look through them and show us the ONE that moves you.
For each week you are allowed only one image. This image can be a collage or storyboard of several ones that tell the story. When posting of Flickr tell us about the image you created, and why do you love it.
This is your challenge, images need to be created by you.
This are not portraits-they will be a documentation of your family life in 2013. Do not change your home, don't wait for it to be clean and spotless-you want to remember your life like it is.
If you are into Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture, Instagram, or any other image editing software out there you are welcome to edit and retouch tour images, but please don't go crazy with it. Years from now you will wonder why your kids have yellow washed out faces and alien shiny eyes. Less is more.
First week's challenge
The theme this week is "what they love"
ready set go....
My baby girl loves her Ipad. I love sneaking and finding her illuminated with Ipad light...something about the dark room and bright face makes me swoon. This images were taken with 200 mm so she never knew I was there. love that!
Beautiful
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