People

At play – doing something – sitting in the park, walking about, on their bikes, talking.                                          

As many images as possible of different people going around their daily business, at work, on holiday and just chilling out. Try not to photograph people eating.
 

Sports/events

Local cricket match/football, marathons, various races etc.  Its not only the action, there are usually people watching as well.

Focus on the ‘action’ – where the ball is in a football match or a cricketer throwing /catching/hitting the ball. There must be other sports where there is plenty going on.
 

Agricultural shows – horseriding, tug of war, Steam Rallies, vintage car rallies etc. Carnivals, open days, markets, fairs, car boot sales.

Again, there are people standing proudly next to their animals/tractors/motorbikes or old cars – usually ‘characters’. Try to get them  in context with what they are doing. Lots of colour and interesting things to see, details to photograph.
 

Your home town or village

try to get a different image - not the usual view of your town or village.

Maybe the backstreet if there is anything interesting to see.  Doors that have peeling paint, maybe there are flowers growing out of wall, something unusual to see.
 

Wildlife

Flowers, Butterflies and any other interesting bugs.

Wild flowers – these include weeds, you may see something unusual worth having a go at taking a photograph of.
 

Trees

Go to the same spot every time.

Look out for an interesting tree near where you live and photography the same tree regularly to see how it changes over the course of the year,  see how the leaves develop,  change colour and in the autumn, the pattern of falling, until the tree is bare again.
 

 On your travels

Locally or On holiday

Take a camera with you when you go out in the car – even to work if you can, you never know what you may see.  When you go out at lunchtime. General photos of the area, when you go out for a walk, see what there is to see.
 

Image of the month - how about starting a folder that you can put your very best image in every month, and do it over the course of the year, so that you can either print it out or show as a projected image on a members evening?  It will help when we are looking for images for battles and such like as well.
 

Purpose:

Improve images, get motivated to go out and take more images.  “Find” pictures in unlikely places, look at the world differently.  You do not have to travel very far!!

Competition Secretary
15 March 2010