Fotomission ~ Photography December 27, 2011
Posted by nrhatch in Art & Photography, Travel & Leisure.trackback
Love the WP Weekly Photo Challenge?
What about participating in a Photo Marathon . . . in Miami’s South Beach?
On March 20, 2011, Fotomission held the 7th South Beach Photo Marathon, assigning six topics for 150 participants to photograph on South Beach over a period of five hours.
The organizers kept the topics secret until the day of the event, and selected vague topics to give the contestants plenty of room for self-expression:
Fantasy Reality
Right Wrong
Hard Soft
For more on the mission of Fotomission: About Us. To see the winners: Winners’ Photos.
Related post: Marbles (Spilled Ink Guy)
Spirit Lights The Way 
what a great idea. I love Fotomission statement of purpose.
I agree, Joss.
Photography is a powerful language . . . probably the most influential medium of the modern era.
Lovely post, and great change of gear now we’re all overstuffed with turkey and Christmas cheer 😀
I’m not sure registration is open for this year yet . . . but I love the idea of a photomarathon. Last year, 150 photographers entered with some intriguing results.
What a cool event.
A scavenger hunt . . . designed to make us keep our eyes open to allow our creativity full rein. 😀
What a great idea. I haven’t heard of fotomission and I think I was in South Beach just a few days after!
An innovative and creative event for photographers ~ from novice to professional.
Sobe just 10 miles south of me(I’m at 178th and Biscayne-Aventura) and I did not even know about it. Well nowhere to park anyway. Cops a little trigger happy down there, too, unfortunately. At one festival they fired 120 shots into a runaway vehicle and wounded 4 bystanders.
Wow! That is trigger happy. 😦
What a great idea! And I love those topics – they give the photographer’s imagination room to manoeuver…
That’s what I thought . . . a chance to flex our creative muscles in a marathon against other time-crunched photographers.
What fun! My past husband (he doesn’t like being called an “ex”) and I used to wake up, pick a theme and dash out with cameras. He developed film so it was like a small dress rehearsal for digital.
That’s very cool, Amy! A wonderful way to share your joint love of photography.
I enjoy the weekly photo prompts by WP as well as Sidey’s weekend themes ~ both allow me to think “outside the box” and see what “boxes” others create.
Hunting for treasure through photos. Awesome.
Photography prompts us to pay attention to nuances as the ambient light plays and interacts with sights . . . causing them to shift and change on a moment by moment basis.
Quite a ZEN hobby. _/!\_
I love the purple building!!!
Very cool night light! 😀
Love this idea and the photos that were captured. I did have to laugh at the ‘wrong’ one, with the photo of the trash on the ground right next to the trash can….that IS wrong!
I loved that one too! Very intriguing contest with an interesting focus. 😉
what a great idea….maybe I should start something like that here.
That would be a great idea, Granny. Start with a few friends and grow from there.
Beautiful photos! Sounds like a great group of people. 🙂
I loved the timed aspect of it . . . broad constraints help us to focus our creativity.
What a cool idea! I love a photo challenge. They often nudge me to look and think in different, more creative ways.
Exactly. This type of “scavenger hunt” gives our creativity W~I~D~E latitude, with parameters and time constraints. Quite conducive to making ourselves STOP, LOOK, and LISTEN.
Very very interesting!
I love that the themes chosen are OPPOSITES . . . causing photographers to look “both ways.” 😉
Hey…
I know that last weirdo…
(thank you so much, Nancy!)
🙂
You’re welcome. I love the shot of your marbles!
Sounds fascinating and fun. Congratulations to the winners! 🙂
I don’t think that registration for this year’s event is open yet . . . soon. But it’s a cool idea to do in our own backyards. Grab our cameras and head out on a scavenger hunt.
Where do I find ‘the WP Weekly Photo Challenge’, Nancy?
Just subscribe to The Daily Post and they give a photo prompt every Friday. Here’s an example:
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/weekly-photo-challenge-celebration/
How fabulous…if only we were a little closer!
This might be an idea for you and Dave to put together as an event in your neck of the world . . . a scavenger hunt / photo safari! 😀
Others’ ways of seeing – opens our eyes.
‘Marbles’ is a sublime work of art.
Thanks, Nancy
Isn’t “Marbles” awesome?! I could see it hanging on a gallery wall. SIG does good work.
is this ever cool! i could imagine it would have been a very enjoyable challenge. great winning photos.
thanks for sharing – hope your Christmas was memorable and all the very best to you for the New Year!
I’m excited about seeing what topics they choose this year. It’s a very cool challenge.
And thanks! Enjoy the tail end of 2011 as 2012 waits in the wings to be uncorked.