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Well another successful year of the Photo52 is coming to an end, so now is the time to start thinking about the fourth year of this annual challenge.
If you're looking for a challenge for next year but don't want to commit to a photo a day, the Photo52 is a great way to challenge yourself and inspire you to pick up your camera at least once a week. Everyone who has taken part in previous years has learnt a phenomenal amount by doing this and I hope that everyone taking part this year continues to get a lot out of it.
For those that aren't aware of Photo52, here's an introduction :
In its simplest form, every Saturday a theme is pulled at random from a bag and is posted in this thread. During the following week everyone taking part posts a photo of their interpretation of the theme in their own special 52 thread in the Projects, Personal Challenges and Themes section. There is no competition element to this, you simply shoot for your own enjoyment, progression and sense of achievement.
INSTRUCTIONS
1) Wait for the theme to be announced. I'll update the thread title to announce when each week has been posted.
2) Think about the theme and how you want to photograph it.
3) Take your Photo.
4) Create your own special thread for your own 52 in the The Projects, Personal Challenges and Themes section (that's under General Photo Sharing)
5) Share your photo and your reasons for taking it plus if you feel like it, share what you learned this week.
6) Take a look at some of the other 52s and post a few comments to encourage your fellow 52ers.
7) Wait for the next theme to be announced.
8) Repeat steps 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 until the end of the year.
SPECIAL FEATURES
RESHOOT cards there are 5 RESHOOT cards that have been added to the bag and if one of these is pulled in a week a second card will also be pulled with a theme as normal. Those taking part have 3 options :
a) RESHOOT a theme from any of the previous weeks (the idea is that you can have a little break from thinking about another new theme and demonstrate to the world how much youve improved).
b) Shoot the weeks theme as normal ignoring the RESHOOT card
c) Prove you are a hardened 52er and RESHOOT a theme and shoot the new theme.
There will be at least 4 weeks between RESHOOT cards
JOKERS if you dont like a theme you can play a JOKER and use it to either
a) Miss the week completely
b) Post a photo that doesnt fall within the drawn theme.
(Although I'd suggest that you choose a limit to the number of jokers you plan to allow yourself at the beginning of the year)
RULES
There are no rules; or at least I dont set any rules for you to follow. The idea is if you want to join in you make your own rules as it is your own personal challenge (but I would encourage you to define and share the rules you have chosen at the start of the year). If you want you can trawl your own archives for suitable pictures, shoot 2 weeks behind the theme, have as many JOKERS as you want and there is nothing stopping you using the themes to do a 26 by picking one theme out of every 2.
However, If you want someone to set rules for you feel free to use the example below:
1) New photos will be taken each week specifically for the theme and only 1 photo will be selected as the shot for the week as this forces me to get out there take photos and pick the image I like best.
2) I may show any other shots taken in the week but if I do I will explain why I selected the shot I did (i.e. what I like about the image and what I dont like).
3) I will share what I have learned that week and how I might approach it differently next time (or if I had more time)
4) No photos posted as my shot for the week will be posted as an entry into the TP Monthly Competition
5) I will limit myself to 1 JOKER during the entire year and if I decide to play it I will still post a new photo.
The challenge is open to everybody, no matter what level of experience you have.
And if you decide you want to join in part way through the year that's fine too - nobody says you need to start on week 1.
On that note, I now declare Photo52 2012 open.
Good luck all !!!
A list of participants, kindly compiled by Alex can now be found here.
Flickr group now set up by Clawz can be found here
And thank you Dawn for the 2012 Photo52 spreadsheet
List of themes :
Week 1 : Direction
Week 2 : Fear
Week 3 : Sigh
Week 4 : Sweet
Week 5 : Secure
Week 6 : Industry
Week 7 : Root
Week 8 : Handmade
Week 9 : Money
Week 10 : Win
Week 11 : Shiny
Week 12 : Magical
Week 13 : Vice
Week 14 : Entrance
Week 15 : Soft
Week 16 : Pride
Week 17 : Short
Week18 : Flight
Week 19 : Authority
Week 20 : Leave
Week 21 : Random
Week 22 : Temperature
Week 23 : Abstract
Week 24 : Symmetry
Week 25 : Reshoot and moody
Week 26 : Joy
Week 27 : Small
Week 28 : Straight
Week 29 : Letter
Week 30 : Contrast
Week 31 : Mineral
Week 32 : Dark
Week 33 : Time
Week 34 : Body
Week 35 : Reshoot and Liquid
Week 36 : Up
Week 37 : Duo
Week 38 : Flow
Week 39 : Friendship
Week 40 : Change
Week 41 : Natural
Week 42 : Age
Week 43 : Spread
Week 44 : Together
Week 45 : Pack
Week 46 : Art
Week 47 : Reshoot and Colour
Week 48 : Shadow
Week 49 : Glow
Week 50 : Round
Week 51 : Negative
Week 52 : Busy
If you're looking for a challenge for next year but don't want to commit to a photo a day, the Photo52 is a great way to challenge yourself and inspire you to pick up your camera at least once a week. Everyone who has taken part in previous years has learnt a phenomenal amount by doing this and I hope that everyone taking part this year continues to get a lot out of it.
For those that aren't aware of Photo52, here's an introduction :
In its simplest form, every Saturday a theme is pulled at random from a bag and is posted in this thread. During the following week everyone taking part posts a photo of their interpretation of the theme in their own special 52 thread in the Projects, Personal Challenges and Themes section. There is no competition element to this, you simply shoot for your own enjoyment, progression and sense of achievement.
INSTRUCTIONS
1) Wait for the theme to be announced. I'll update the thread title to announce when each week has been posted.
2) Think about the theme and how you want to photograph it.
3) Take your Photo.
4) Create your own special thread for your own 52 in the The Projects, Personal Challenges and Themes section (that's under General Photo Sharing)
5) Share your photo and your reasons for taking it plus if you feel like it, share what you learned this week.
6) Take a look at some of the other 52s and post a few comments to encourage your fellow 52ers.
7) Wait for the next theme to be announced.
8) Repeat steps 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 until the end of the year.
SPECIAL FEATURES
RESHOOT cards there are 5 RESHOOT cards that have been added to the bag and if one of these is pulled in a week a second card will also be pulled with a theme as normal. Those taking part have 3 options :
a) RESHOOT a theme from any of the previous weeks (the idea is that you can have a little break from thinking about another new theme and demonstrate to the world how much youve improved).
b) Shoot the weeks theme as normal ignoring the RESHOOT card
c) Prove you are a hardened 52er and RESHOOT a theme and shoot the new theme.
There will be at least 4 weeks between RESHOOT cards
JOKERS if you dont like a theme you can play a JOKER and use it to either
a) Miss the week completely
b) Post a photo that doesnt fall within the drawn theme.
(Although I'd suggest that you choose a limit to the number of jokers you plan to allow yourself at the beginning of the year)
RULES
There are no rules; or at least I dont set any rules for you to follow. The idea is if you want to join in you make your own rules as it is your own personal challenge (but I would encourage you to define and share the rules you have chosen at the start of the year). If you want you can trawl your own archives for suitable pictures, shoot 2 weeks behind the theme, have as many JOKERS as you want and there is nothing stopping you using the themes to do a 26 by picking one theme out of every 2.
However, If you want someone to set rules for you feel free to use the example below:
1) New photos will be taken each week specifically for the theme and only 1 photo will be selected as the shot for the week as this forces me to get out there take photos and pick the image I like best.
2) I may show any other shots taken in the week but if I do I will explain why I selected the shot I did (i.e. what I like about the image and what I dont like).
3) I will share what I have learned that week and how I might approach it differently next time (or if I had more time)
4) No photos posted as my shot for the week will be posted as an entry into the TP Monthly Competition
5) I will limit myself to 1 JOKER during the entire year and if I decide to play it I will still post a new photo.
The challenge is open to everybody, no matter what level of experience you have.
And if you decide you want to join in part way through the year that's fine too - nobody says you need to start on week 1.
On that note, I now declare Photo52 2012 open.
Good luck all !!!
A list of participants, kindly compiled by Alex can now be found here.
Flickr group now set up by Clawz can be found here
And thank you Dawn for the 2012 Photo52 spreadsheet
List of themes :
Week 1 : Direction
Week 2 : Fear
Week 3 : Sigh
Week 4 : Sweet
Week 5 : Secure
Week 6 : Industry
Week 7 : Root
Week 8 : Handmade
Week 9 : Money
Week 10 : Win
Week 11 : Shiny
Week 12 : Magical
Week 13 : Vice
Week 14 : Entrance
Week 15 : Soft
Week 16 : Pride
Week 17 : Short
Week18 : Flight
Week 19 : Authority
Week 20 : Leave
Week 21 : Random
Week 22 : Temperature
Week 23 : Abstract
Week 24 : Symmetry
Week 25 : Reshoot and moody
Week 26 : Joy
Week 27 : Small
Week 28 : Straight
Week 29 : Letter
Week 30 : Contrast
Week 31 : Mineral
Week 32 : Dark
Week 33 : Time
Week 34 : Body
Week 35 : Reshoot and Liquid
Week 36 : Up
Week 37 : Duo
Week 38 : Flow
Week 39 : Friendship
Week 40 : Change
Week 41 : Natural
Week 42 : Age
Week 43 : Spread
Week 44 : Together
Week 45 : Pack
Week 46 : Art
Week 47 : Reshoot and Colour
Week 48 : Shadow
Week 49 : Glow
Week 50 : Round
Week 51 : Negative
Week 52 : Busy
Kinda scary eh
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