Challenges, Rules and Guidelines
So, here's how it all works. Please make sure you read these before you start posting. It'll soon become pretty clear if you haven't!
CHALLENGES
Every month, there will be a theme or challenge set.
1. The challenges are not compulsory. You can post any photo on any topic at any time, challenge-related or not.
2. The point of the challenges is to give you a focus for your photos and to make you think creatively or, at least, differently. Feel free to post your photos 'in progress' for feedback throughout the month and to 'revisit' those photos with the feedback in mind, whether it be tweaking via a graphics program or retaking the photo from scratch. The point is to experiment, to try new things, or just to improve!
3. During the last week of the challenge, a "final photo post" will be opened up. You can submit up to three suitably themed photos to this post. On the first day of the next month, these photos will be put forward in a vote for "most improved photo", "most improved photographer" and "best overall photo".
4.You do not have to submit to the competitive section of the challenge.
RULES AND GUIDELINES
DO:
post no more than two photos outside an lj cut
post anything NSFW behind an lj cut
give as much information about your photos as you can, to enable the sort of feedback you're looking for
be prepared for criticism as well as praise
be constructive in your feedback
interact with each other - don't just post your photos and run
DON'T:
post anything too massive - it's hard to look at a photo constructively when half of it is beyond the scrollbar. Try to go for around 600px at the widest point of your photo (though anything slightly bigger is likely going to be fine)
use fake lj cuts
disable comments on your entry
be rude, or unhelpful, in your feedback
post off-topic or advertise without checking it's okay first
steal bandwidth or photos from other people (i.e. make sure what you're posting was taken by you and is hosted on your own webspace!)
CHALLENGES
Every month, there will be a theme or challenge set.
1. The challenges are not compulsory. You can post any photo on any topic at any time, challenge-related or not.
2. The point of the challenges is to give you a focus for your photos and to make you think creatively or, at least, differently. Feel free to post your photos 'in progress' for feedback throughout the month and to 'revisit' those photos with the feedback in mind, whether it be tweaking via a graphics program or retaking the photo from scratch. The point is to experiment, to try new things, or just to improve!
3. During the last week of the challenge, a "final photo post" will be opened up. You can submit up to three suitably themed photos to this post. On the first day of the next month, these photos will be put forward in a vote for "most improved photo", "most improved photographer" and "best overall photo".
4.You do not have to submit to the competitive section of the challenge.
RULES AND GUIDELINES
DO:
DON'T: