New contest ideas

What are your thoughts on a 'Photojournalist' contest. Would people be interested or is it too hard?

2 topics i'd love to see would be

'heat' and 'sound'

I think that it would be a good stretch for everyone! But, what exactly are we looking for in photos for a "photojournalist" contest? A single picture that tells a story or a series? Sorry to say that I'm not very savy on what it would take to enter a contest like that.

I like "reflections" as a contest topic

I'm happy to do reflections at some stage, but I would like to wait a while. We had 'double take' fairly recently, which prompted many reflection related photographs.

Here are some thoughts... Some of these may have been done, I was trying to go by what wasn't on that competitions page already.

Playful Pets
Horizons
Portraits
Seasons ( you could break it up in to icey, wet, hot, ect )
Feathered Friends
Science Fiction
Black & White

I love the idea of a Photojournalism contest. I think it may be a little hard to judge though. I mean, how much would the "story" weigh on the judging??

Here's an Idea: Advertising. Basically, pic a subject and "sell it" with a photograph.

L8r,

How about a mini marathon?

Let me explain. In Copenhagen a newspaper arrange a 24 hours marathon where contestants get 24 subjects, one for each hour and have to produce one photo for each.

Maybe we could do a mini with lets say 4 subjects that need to be shot within 24 hours on a certain date.

I have never participated in one of these marathons.

Great suggestions, thanks! I'll give it some thought and then probably announce the next contest over the weekend.

That's a really interesting idea. How does the voting work? Would we essentially have 4 separate contests all running simultaneously?

Yeah, I hadn't really thought of that. Advertising is a cracking idea though. Should we make everyone photograph the same item, or would they be able to choose the item they wanted to 'sell'?

I am not sure, I will see if I can find out. But I think all photos are evaluated as a whole and the winner will be the on that solved all subjects best.

I could not find anything that describes the voting but I did find the official website

http://www.fotomaratho​n.dk/sw218.asp

Here You can also see the winners from last year.

http://www.fotomaratho​n.dk/sw1818.asp

They actually run 2 competitions. A classic and digital. In the classic each contestant receive a 24-picture filmrole and they can only use one shot per subject! The subjects are given to contestants 4 at a time every 4 hours.

Following is the only I found about the "voting"

I think you should be able to chose the item yourself. I also do think it would have to limited to an "item." You could advertise anything. But it would have to be distinguishable. Say like a restaurant, or even something like an ati smoking add....of course I'd have to haunt you for that one! lol. But it would have to just be a photograph of course (this would be the hardest part for me!!! lol. I love design work.)

Just a thought.

L8r,

tommykjensen wrote:
I could not find anything that describes the voting but I did find the official website

http://www.fotomaratho​n.dk/sw218.asp

Here You can also see the winners from last year.

http://www.fotomaratho​n.dk/sw1818.asp

They actually run 2 competitions. A classic and digital. In the classic each contestant receive a 24-picture filmrole and they can only use one shot per subject! The subjects are given to contestants 4 at a time every 4 hours.

Following is the only I found about the "voting"

Thanks tommy, I'll have a look at them.