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Following several mentions of this, I have decided to get this one running again this year. Some of you will know exactly what I am talking about, some of you will have noticed and wondered why @RaglanSurf has his user title, some of you will be running a mile as soon as you read on. 
Just how good are you as a photographer? How addicted are you to all those buttons and twiddly bits on your digital cameras? Worse, can you not live without the pleasures of Photoshop, Lightroom, or other editing program of choice? Call yourself a photographer? There have been many arguments over the years about whether a good photo is the photographer or the camera - this fun challenge is about making it all about the numpty behind the lens. Want to have go? read on to see what you have to do.
Step 1 - buy yourself a one use/disposable camera [plenty available online or in supermarkets, Boots, etc]
Step 2 - take some photos - no buttons or dials, just you and a plastic box with some film in it
Step 3 - drop them in at snappy snaps, or send to somewhere like Peak Imaging to be developed and scanned to disk
Step 4 - post your best efforts in the thread I will create in a few weeks time
Step 5 - await the outcome of the member poll to see if you can be voted the forums Best Numpty
Simple or what!
Ok, there are a couple of rules behind the challenge
1 - NO EDITING or POST PROCESSING other than scanning to digital and resize for web. This includes no straightening, cropping etc, it must be as it came out of camera.
2 - It must be a simple one use camera, not an old film camera or anything else that can be used again
3 - if you want to muck around with sticking sunglasses lenses, toffee wrappers or anything else over the lens for special effects, go right ahead, but it must be done as part of taking the photo, NOT added afterwards.
4 - yes, you may use some of the more funky one use cameras available, so for example, under water versions or Rollei Crossbird, etc etc
To allow everyone as much time as possible, I am going to start this challenge effectively from today and allow you 5 weeks to get you camera, take your pictures and get them sorted and posted. To also increase your chances of winning, I am also going to allow everyone who enters to post up THREE photos for the poll, rather than the single image of previous years. So, you have until Sunday 27th September to submit your photos.
This is a FUN challenge, so no prizes, other than a nice user title, but please feel free to post your hints and tips and share your experiences in this thread. As previous entrants will tell you, it is actually quite a challenge to get a good photo from these cameras - in fact it's quite a challenge just getting photos without a finger in them
In a couple of weeks I will post a thread for you to start adding your photos to.
Good luck everyone, and remember, this is for fun, it's about seeing how good your photographers eye is and how well you can cope when you can't twiddle and fiddle with camera or editing programs. Go get those cameras!!
Just how good are you as a photographer? How addicted are you to all those buttons and twiddly bits on your digital cameras? Worse, can you not live without the pleasures of Photoshop, Lightroom, or other editing program of choice? Call yourself a photographer? There have been many arguments over the years about whether a good photo is the photographer or the camera - this fun challenge is about making it all about the numpty behind the lens. Want to have go? read on to see what you have to do.
Step 1 - buy yourself a one use/disposable camera [plenty available online or in supermarkets, Boots, etc]
Step 2 - take some photos - no buttons or dials, just you and a plastic box with some film in it
Step 3 - drop them in at snappy snaps, or send to somewhere like Peak Imaging to be developed and scanned to disk
Step 4 - post your best efforts in the thread I will create in a few weeks time
Step 5 - await the outcome of the member poll to see if you can be voted the forums Best Numpty
Simple or what!
Ok, there are a couple of rules behind the challenge
1 - NO EDITING or POST PROCESSING other than scanning to digital and resize for web. This includes no straightening, cropping etc, it must be as it came out of camera.
2 - It must be a simple one use camera, not an old film camera or anything else that can be used again
3 - if you want to muck around with sticking sunglasses lenses, toffee wrappers or anything else over the lens for special effects, go right ahead, but it must be done as part of taking the photo, NOT added afterwards.
4 - yes, you may use some of the more funky one use cameras available, so for example, under water versions or Rollei Crossbird, etc etc
To allow everyone as much time as possible, I am going to start this challenge effectively from today and allow you 5 weeks to get you camera, take your pictures and get them sorted and posted. To also increase your chances of winning, I am also going to allow everyone who enters to post up THREE photos for the poll, rather than the single image of previous years. So, you have until Sunday 27th September to submit your photos.
This is a FUN challenge, so no prizes, other than a nice user title, but please feel free to post your hints and tips and share your experiences in this thread. As previous entrants will tell you, it is actually quite a challenge to get a good photo from these cameras - in fact it's quite a challenge just getting photos without a finger in them
In a couple of weeks I will post a thread for you to start adding your photos to.
Good luck everyone, and remember, this is for fun, it's about seeing how good your photographers eye is and how well you can cope when you can't twiddle and fiddle with camera or editing programs. Go get those cameras!!
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