Thoughts on Photography Challenges post SoFoBoMo

Curved Panes – Downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa

In Paul Butzi’s latest post “Beyond SoFoBoMo” he pitched an idea called the “Brandenburg Challenge” where you would take a single picture a day for 3 months and make a book with those images. I find this idea fantastic and might actually do that on my own here soon.

I think this is a good idea because, at least for me, I could think about the image I want to make that day and go try it out. If I fail, everyone will see it and be able to critique and give good feedback. It wouldn’t feel as rushed as SoFoBoMo, but I think there will be a little pressure to get an image a day.

My only question is this, does the book have to be written in the 3 month period or can you do it once the images have been gathered (a 10 day grace period)? Seeing as Paul only laid out the idea, I guess I could interpret it in my own way for my own personal challenge.

In other exciting news, I sold my first 2 prints. I could have used the money to buy the rest of the stuff for my darkroom, but I took Erica to dinner at Genghis Grill.