2013 Photo52 Challenge : WEEK 52 Water

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If you're looking for some inspiration in 2013, the Photo52 is a great way to challenge yourself and encourage 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.

So . . . I have in front of me a bag of shiny, new themes for 2013 (yes those two words might actually be in there!!!) and all I need now are some volunteers daft brave enough to take on the Photo 52 in its 5th year.


HOW IT WORKS

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. There is no competition element to this, you simply shoot for your own enjoyment, progression and sense of achievement.

1) Wait for the theme to be announced. I'll update the thread title and the list below as soon as each week has been drawn.

2) Think about the theme and how you want to interpret it.

3) Take your Photo.

4) Create your own individual thread for your 52 in the 52s section of the "Projects, Personal Challenges and Themes" forum.

5) Post the photo in your thread, update the title of your OP with the week number and share your thinking behind the shot - plus if you feel like it, share what you learned each week.

6) ***NEW FOR 2013*** Also add your photo to the "pictures only thread" with a link back to your own thread so that everyone can see that you've added a new week.

7) Take a look at some of the other 52s and post a few comments to encourage your fellow 52ers.

8) Wait for the next theme to be announced.

9) Repeat steps 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 until the end of the year.


:) Easy isn't it?


Spreadsheet of participants kindly set up by Dark Knight.



Week 1 now out. For those of you who made an early start and have already done week 1, I'm sure that you can think of some more sins if you're getting impatient for another theme to shoot ;)



2013 THEMES

Week 1 : Sin
Week 2 : Season
Week 3 : Gravity
Week 4 : Wild
Week 5 : Space
Week 6 : Work
Week 7 : Gluttony
Week 8 : Time
Week 9 : Juxtaposition
Week 10 : Letter
Week 11 : Electric
Week 12 : Direction
Week 13 : Tacky
Week 14 : Value
Week 15 : Greed
Week 16 : Angles
Week 17 : Rustic
Week 18 : Kind
Week 19 : Reshoot and Vertical
Week 20 : Pattern
Week 21 : Movement
Week 22 : Below
Week 23 : Size
Week 24 : Process
Week 25 : Rock
Week 26 : Pair
Week 27 : Reshoot and Shape
Week 28 : Plenty
Week 29 : Speed
Week 30 : Step(s)
Week 31 : Mono
Week 32 : Connection
Week 33 : Beginning
Week 34 : Still
Week 35 : Whimsical
Week 36 : Curve
Week 37 : Power
Week 38 : Solitude
Week 39 : Sweet
Week 40 : Reshoot and Cut
Week 41 : Live
Week 42 : Reflection
Week 43 : Melt
Week 44 : Left
Week 45 : Food
Week 46 : Art
Week 47 :Friendship
Week 48 : Sleek
Week 49 :Reshoot and Colour
Week 50 :Fantasy
Week 51 : Fit
Week 52 : Water
 
There are no hard and fast rules - or at least I don’t set any rules for you to follow.
This is all about your own personal challenge, so decide on a set of rules that will challenge YOU.
If you want to you can trawl your archives for suitable pictures, shoot 2 weeks behind the theme, have as many JOKERS as you want or there is nothing stopping you using the themes to do a "26" by picking one theme out of every two.

There's a set of suggested rules below, but these are only a suggestion. Tweak them, add to them or ignore them completely - it's YOUR challenge.



SUGGESTED RULES


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. This forces me to get out there take photos and pick the image I like best.

2) I may show other shots taken in the week but if I do I will explain why I selected the shot that I did.

3) I will share what I have learned each week and how I might approach it differently next time (or if I had more time)

4) 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.




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 drawn 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 you’ve improved).

b) Shoot the week’s 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 don’t like a theme you can play a JOKER and use it to either

a) Miss the week completely
b) Post a photo that doesn’t fall within the drawn theme.



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.
 
I am in too, got a lovely new macro lens for xmas so may be slightly biased int he first few weeks :-)
 
I'm looking to challenge myself a bit more this next year so yes I'm in :)
 
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I have taken very few photos this year so I might have a go at this, I don't have loads of spare time and so might fail epically but it might be fun?
 
oh , go on then...count me in :D

Andy..how may weeks does this make it in total now ??
 
I'm in I'm in I'm in.

See, you can't get rid of me that easily!
 
I'm in - First timer, be gentle with me.

I am not used to shooting to order, I hope it doesn't spoil my enjoyment if it starts to get to be a "job".

I'm a bit anxious about linking things correctly to the main thread etc. but at least I will have 52 goes to get it right...
 
I think I'll jump aboard this year, never done anything like this
Not sure about all the links etc, but I'm sure the old hands can keep me right if I go astray.
If nothing else, it'll get me thinking and get the camera clicking, as well as hopefully having some fun
 
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Great to see some familiar faces returning in here as well as some new ones.
Lynne / Andy - 3 years in a row? :eek: you are both officially insane !!!

No need for anyone to worry about linking things or getting threads set up correctly. There's plenty of help on hand and you'll soon get the hang of it :)
 
Sarah, do you want me to set the main thread up (for you to nail firmly in place)? I can include some linking instructions.
 
SarahLee said:
:clap: :clap: :clap:

Great to see some familiar faces returning in here as well as some new ones.
Lynne / Andy - 3 years in a row? :eek: you are both officially insane !!!

No need for anyone to worry about linking things or getting threads set up correctly. There's plenty of help on hand and you'll soon get the hang of it :)
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Insane is the new Normal :)

I'm of work looking after Isabelle and really want to get my Sin(s) posted. I did read somewhere about there being no rules, so I might just post them :)

Cheers, good luck all and, as Sarah says, any questions....ask away
 
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I'm eager to give this a try, so count me in. :)
 
Dark Knight said:
You volunteering for the spreadsheet too Mark ?? seems Dawn isn't around :suspect:
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With the introduction of Marks submission only thread the spreadsheet is no longer needed. Although seeing the numbers of entrants on a spreadsheet would be nice.

Cheers.
 
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Well I think I really should throw my hat in the ring, need something to get me thinking :)
 
posiview said:
With the introduction of Marks submission only thread the spreadsheet is no longer needed. Although seeing the numbers of entrants on a spreadsheet would be nice.

Cheers.
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Ah Haaaaaaa very true Andy - glad your paying attention:D
 
As above, I'm not going to do a spreadsheet, but I will set up a Flickr group (unless someone else wants to?) :)
 
Been sat here for about 10 minutes trying to decide.

I want to, but I only got about halfway last year :-( between one thing and another, however I do want to do it as it did help me from a creativity point of view.

In trying to decide I think my main reason for failure was my self imposed rules, in particular not allowing any leeway (ie jokers) and in fact did the opposite by punishing myself by having to do two of the same if I didn't manage to post that week.

So, I think Im in for 2013 but going to be easier on myself this time round :-)
 
I'm in for 2013. Just hope it stops bloody raining long enough to take a few pictures before 2014 starts :)
 
I too am in for 2013 52 but am waiting until I get my shot for "busy" before I set up my 52 for 2013 thread.
My opinion FWIW ;), I posted my images in the Flickr group for 52 2012 but in honesty, never quite got into it as a group. TP was much more active on the C&C front. The spreadsheet was handy as a visual reference to see how many people posted (or not as it turned out).
 
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