Snap Photo Challenge

At the beginning of 2012, I was remembering good ol' Myspace... I think some people still have a Myspace actually, but I cancelled my account over 5 years ago.  Well, I was remembering the photography contests I used to participate in.  I remember one was called Shutterbug.  Made me think about how I missed being "forced" to take photos...

Good ol' Instagram came along and gave me a reason to start taking more photos again.  It's exciting to share photos, getting "likes" and comments and I also love looking at all the other amazing photos that other photographers post.  I soon noticed that some people were creating "Photo-a-day" challenges.

how.fun.is.that?

I joined and tried to keep up with the totally random daily challenges.  It was fun but there was no satisfaction or recognition in it really.

so...

I thought I'd try my hand at creating my own contest... but, in Facebook instead...

On February 16th 2012, I created a page called "SNAP PHOTO CHALLENGE"

I rounded up a bunch of my snap happy friends and got them to join and little by little I've picked up a few more people here and there.

I have to say, if you don't already know, I have a short attention span when it come to little projects.  I jump from one thing to another in a matter of months.  I have actually stuck to this for 16 months! I post a new challenge every Tuesday and Friday and the members of Snap Photo Challenge vote for their favorite picture and the one with them most votes, wins.

wins what?

Well.... nothing.  Well yes... they win recognition.  I find that that is just enough to keep them motivated to continue participating.  That and well, I think they enjoy being competitive.

Here are some of my favorite photos that I used as an example for some of the challenges:

2012-02-21 Challenge: Automobile

2012-03-16 Challenge: Architecture

20132-03-20 Challenge: Macro

2012-03-23 Challenge: Texture

2012-04-24 Challenge: Book

2012-04-20 Challenge: Water Drop

2012-04-27 Challenge: Music

2012-05-01 Challenge: Things You Love

2012-05-11 Challenge: Mom

2012-06-05 Challenge: Black & White

2012-09-14 Challenge: Web

2012-10-12 Challenge: Orange

2012-10-19 Challenge: Candy

2012-11-09 Challenge: Reflection

2012-11-27 Challenge: Hand

2013-02-08 Challenge: Morning

2013-04-12 Challenge: Wings

2013-04-19 Challenge: Vanishing Point

2013-04-26 Challenge: Swing

2013-05-24 Challenge: Small

2013-07-26 Challenge: Night

2013-07-30 Challenge: Baby

I hope to continue on strong with this fun project of mine and I hope more people continue to join and participate! :)