- Name
- Miguel Tejada-Flores
- Start Date
- Sep 27, 2021
- End Date
- Oct 27, 2021
Start Date September 27, 2021
End DateOctober 19, 2021 NEW END DATE: October 27, 2021
Start Date September 27, 2021 End DateOctober 19, 2021 October 27, 2021
"The first photo...":
One of my favorite photographers who also happens to be a former Cameraderie member (back when this forum had a different name, circa 2012), is Wouter Brandsma. In an essay on his blog, Wouter said something which struck me as being both thought-provoking and often (though not always) true. Here is what Wouter wrote:
"When a subject is interesting, or at least that is my experience, the first photograph is almost always the best. The brief moment was caught driven by a feeling. Every other photograph you make of the same subject is often just rationalizing what you quickly felt and see. "
This Challenge is an attempt to put Wouter's concept into practice. Your entry must be the FIRST photograph - of a particular subject - which then you subsequently took a number of other photographs of. It could be (or have been) a long series of dozens or scores of even more photos of the same subject - or it could be (or have been) as few as two or three; but it must a subject of which you took a number of pictures.
OPTIONALLY, you may include a brief written description of the other photographs you took in the series - as well as an explanation about how - and/or why - you came to realize that the FIRST photograph was the best; or why you realized that subsequent photos of the same subject were simply not as 'good' (in whatever sense you choose) as your first photo.
As an ADDITIONAL OPTION, you may also include one other photo, of the same subject, taken after your "first one", as a visual illustration of why you preferred your "first photo".
NOTE: neither of these two "Options" are required, or necessary, or will be used in any part of the judging process; your official entry entry will only be that one "first photo" which you submit.
As usual, this Challenge will consider originality, technical merit and artistic vision.
No change to the tried and trusted rules, which are as follows:
1. Either take pictures that match the nominated theme or select some from your portfolio. You must be the photographer that created the images in order to enter it.
2. Only one entry per challenge, please. If you want to withdraw an entry and replace it with another, that is OK, but you must make it clear in the post containing your replacement pictures that this is what you've done. You can add or change the title and add to the edit line to let everyone know.
3. The decision of the curator at the end of the challenge is final - don't give him/her a hard time about it: this is just a friendly photo challenge, after all!
4. The winner will assume the responsibility of curator for the next Challenge, and as soon as possible post a message in a new thread in the Cameraderie Photo Challenges forum, with details of the new theme. Don't forget - the opening message must include a copy of these instructions, which also double as the rules.
5. The curator cannot enter in his or her or their own challenge.
Have fun !!!
End Date
Start Date September 27, 2021 End Date
"The first photo...":
One of my favorite photographers who also happens to be a former Cameraderie member (back when this forum had a different name, circa 2012), is Wouter Brandsma. In an essay on his blog, Wouter said something which struck me as being both thought-provoking and often (though not always) true. Here is what Wouter wrote:
"When a subject is interesting, or at least that is my experience, the first photograph is almost always the best. The brief moment was caught driven by a feeling. Every other photograph you make of the same subject is often just rationalizing what you quickly felt and see. "
This Challenge is an attempt to put Wouter's concept into practice. Your entry must be the FIRST photograph - of a particular subject - which then you subsequently took a number of other photographs of. It could be (or have been) a long series of dozens or scores of even more photos of the same subject - or it could be (or have been) as few as two or three; but it must a subject of which you took a number of pictures.
OPTIONALLY, you may include a brief written description of the other photographs you took in the series - as well as an explanation about how - and/or why - you came to realize that the FIRST photograph was the best; or why you realized that subsequent photos of the same subject were simply not as 'good' (in whatever sense you choose) as your first photo.
As an ADDITIONAL OPTION, you may also include one other photo, of the same subject, taken after your "first one", as a visual illustration of why you preferred your "first photo".
NOTE: neither of these two "Options" are required, or necessary, or will be used in any part of the judging process; your official entry entry will only be that one "first photo" which you submit.
As usual, this Challenge will consider originality, technical merit and artistic vision.
No change to the tried and trusted rules, which are as follows:
1. Either take pictures that match the nominated theme or select some from your portfolio. You must be the photographer that created the images in order to enter it.
2. Only one entry per challenge, please. If you want to withdraw an entry and replace it with another, that is OK, but you must make it clear in the post containing your replacement pictures that this is what you've done. You can add or change the title and add to the edit line to let everyone know.
3. The decision of the curator at the end of the challenge is final - don't give him/her a hard time about it: this is just a friendly photo challenge, after all!
4. The winner will assume the responsibility of curator for the next Challenge, and as soon as possible post a message in a new thread in the Cameraderie Photo Challenges forum, with details of the new theme. Don't forget - the opening message must include a copy of these instructions, which also double as the rules.
5. The curator cannot enter in his or her or their own challenge.
Have fun !!!
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