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National Photography Month Challenge

National Photography Month Photo Scavenger Hunt 2012

 

National Photography Month May 2012

V7N Photography Month Photo Scavenger Hunt

  1. Floral
  2. Playing
  3. Smile
  4. Love
  5. Friendship
  6. Solitude
  7. Sign
  8. Face
  9. Street
  10. Grain
  11. Reflection
  12. Portrait
  13. Simplicity
  14. Art
  15. Camera
  16. Silly
  17. Time

May 1, 2012 – May 31, 2012

You have 31 days to complete this scavenger hunt. The speed that you post your entries is not vital. You can take a picture every other day, or spend a full day finding all of them. It is vital though that YOU are the one who takes every picture.

You cannot use one of your old pictures. Every picture needs to be a new one that you have taken during this 31 days challenge.

Each photo theme is open to your personal interpretation. As an example, if one of the theme challenges would have been “face” that does not necessarily mean a human face. You could just as easily choose to photograph the face of a clock. We only expect that you will explain each shot, and how it applies to the specific theme.

The more creative you are with this, the more fun it will be.

Getting Started With The Scavenger Hunt

Make it known that you intend to participate in the challenge by adding your name and the URL of the folder where you will be placing all of your images for this challenge to V7N Photography Month Photo Scavenger Hunt thread over at the V7N.

During The Photo Scavenger Hunt

Post your images to the location of your choice, such as your personal blog, or a service such as Picasa Web Albums or Flickr. It will help us follow your progress if you notify us of the location (link) and thumbnail of each new submission to the Official V7N Photography Month Photo Scavenger Hunt.

The order that you complete the challenge is not important, just let us know which theme the submitted picture applies to.

Are There Prizes For Participating?

At the end of the scavenger hunt we will do a random drawing of all members who completed the challenge. The 1st name drawn will receive $100 Amazon Gift Certificate. The next 5 names drawn will receive a free V7N Directory submission. Finally, I will be featuring 5  of the best photographs (with linked photography credit) here on the V7N Technology blog. How cool is that!

You must post your submissions for this challenge in the V7N Photography Month Photo Scavenger Hunt thread to qualify.)

Added Notes

It is not important if you are just getting started with photography or if you are a seasoned professional. We also don’t care if you use a point and shoot camera, your cell phone, or DSLR. What matters is just getting out there and shooting the world around you. Use your imagination and just have fun!

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I can barely wait to see your results!

 
J. Cricket Walker of CricketWalker.com

Does Technology Impact Your Daily Life?

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Over time technology has found a way into our everyday lives, right down to how we save money when we shop and the time we save doing it.

It used to be that we would go from store to store looking for the lowest prices, and spend hours searching through the Sunday newspaper cutting out coupons.

Technology has changed all of that.

Now there are barcode scanning apps to help find the best deals on a product. With many stores like Best Buy offering price matching, this saves both time and money.

With gas prices going through the roof, apps like Gas Buddy may be a must have app.

In the past many people (myself included) simply did not have the time to save money through couponing, but with sites like Thrifty Divas and A Full Cup, you can save hours of time finding coupons and even having email updates when new coupons, freebies and deals are added. How cool is that?

How has technology impacted your everyday life?

 

J. Cricket Walker of CricketWalker.com

Cost of Technology

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Tonight, as my thoughts drifted back to simpler times in life, I wondered about the high cost of  new technology all around us – not cost in terms of dollars and cents, but rather our quality of life.

What have we lost along the way?

I can sit here at my computer and order any book with just a few clicks on my keyboard, but I can no longer visit my favorite bookstore.

It’s simply gone.

Gone are the lazy afternoons browsing through the titles surrounded by the smells of fresh pastries and coffee. The oversized chairs that I loved to relax in while breathing air filled with dreams and possibilities have all been hauled away in the name of new technology. If I drive far enough I can find the big corporate chain bookstores but I don’t expect them to last much longer either.

Technology is not likely to allow it.

Perhaps one day, the entire concept of books will be forgotten…

There are entire stores dedicated to babies these days, yet as I wander through the aisles I find it curious that the store offers only a half dozen styles of rocking chairs, yet countless rows of technology for soothing a baby – bears that sound like a mother’s womb, monitors so advanced that you can sooth your baby (from another room) with your voice without even getting up from your computer.

In the end though, no matter how technology continues to grow, it will never replace the love of a mother’s arms rocking her baby and singing sweet lullabies.

You don’t want to get me started on the way we communicate these days!

How often do we actually SPEAK to each other? Don’t get me wrong, I am as bad as the next guy. I actually groan when the phone rings because texting is so much easier than actually stopping what I am doing and truly communicating with someone. And, God forbid we meet in person to talk. LOLOLOL!

I am an admitted tech junkie.

I love new technology. I spend hours wandering the aisles (and drooling) in places like Best Buy and often find myself ordering things from Amazon.

I would never want to go backwards with where technology has gone.

I just think that every now and then we need to take a step back to remember our priorities and find some sort of balance with it all.

 

J. Cricket Walker of CricketWalker.com

December Photo Scavenger Hunt

Photo Scavenger Hunt

 

  1. Hot
  2. Cold
  3. Warm
  4. Green
  5. Fast Food
  6. Religious
  7. Natural
  8. Family
  9. Lights
  10. Friends
  11. Wild
  12. Big
  13. Tall
  14. Tiny
  15. Paper
  16. Colors
  17. Silly
  18. Photographer’s Choice

December 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011

You have 31 days to complete this scavenger hunt. The speed that you post your entries is not vital. You can take a picture every other day, or spend a full day finding all of them. It is vital though that YOU are the one who takes every picture.

You cannot use one of your old pictures. Every picture needs to be a new one that you have taken during this 31 days challenge.

Each photo theme is open to your personal interpretation. As an example, if one of the theme challenges would have been “face” that does not necessarily mean a human face. You could just as easily choose to photograph the face of a clock. We only expect that you will explain each shot, and how it applies to the specific theme.

The more creative you are with this, the more fun it will be.

Getting Started With The Scavenger Hunt

Make it known that you intend to participate in the challenge by adding your name to the list on the Official V7N Photo Scavenger Hunt thread over at the V7N.

If you have questions or comments, please respond to this post here on the blog.

During The Photo Scavenger Hunt

Post your images to the location of your choice, such as your personal blog, or a service such as Picasa Web Albums or Flickr. It will help us follow your progress if you notify us of the location (link) and thumbnail of each new submission to the Official V7N Photo Scavenger Hunt thread.

The order that you complete the challenge is not important, just let us know which theme the submitted picture applies to.

Are There Prizes For Participating?

At the end of the scavenger hunt we will do a random drawing of all members who completed the challenge to give away 5 V7N Directory listings. We will also be featuring the 5 best shots (with linked photography credit) here on the V7N Technology blog. (Please note that you must post your submissions for this challenge in the V7N Photo Scavenger Hunt thread to qualify.)

Added Notes

It is not important if you are just getting started with photography or if you are a seasoned professional. We also don’t care if you use a point and shoot camera, your cell phone, or DSLR. What matters is just getting out there and shooting the world around you.

Use your imagination and just have fun!

 

J. Cricket Walker of CricketWalker.com

November Photo Scavenger Hunt

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  1. November
  2. Liquid
  3. Smile
  4. Red
  5. Old
  6. Wood
  7. Baby
  8. Wildlife
  9. Transportation
  10. Random
  11. Love
  12. Food
  13. Abandoned
  14. Dislike
  15. Stranger
  16. Sign
  17. Communication
  18. Peace

November 1, 2011 – November 30, 2011

You have 30 days to complete this scavenger hunt. The speed that you post your entries is not vital. You can take a picture every other day, or spend a full day finding all of them. It is vital though that YOU are the one who takes every picture.

You cannot use one of your old pictures. Every picture needs to be a new one that you have taken during this 30 days challenge.

Each photo theme is open to your personal interpretation. As an example, if one of the theme challenges would have been “face” that does not necessarily mean a human face. You could just as easily choose to photograph the face of a clock. We only expect that you will explain each shot, and how it applies to the specific theme.

The more creative you are with this, the more fun it will be.

Getting Started With The Scavenger Hunt

Make it known that you intend to participate in the challenge by adding your name to the list on the Official V7N Photo Scavenger Hunt thread over at the V7N.

If you have questions or comments, please respond to this post here on the blog.

During The Photo Scavenger Hunt

Post your images to the location of your choice, such as your personal blog, or a service such as Picasa Web Albums or Flickr. It will help us follow your progress if you notify us of the location (link) and thumbnail of each new submission to the Official V7N Photo Scavenger Hunt thread.

The order that you complete the challenge is not important, just let us know which theme the submitted picture applies to.

Are There Prizes For Participating?

At the end of the scavenger hunt we will do a random drawing of all members who completed the challenge to give away 5 V7N Directory listings. We will also be featuring the 5 best shots (with linked photography credit) here on the V7N Technology blog. (Please note that you must post your submissions for this challenge in the V7N Photo Scavenger Hunt thread to qualify.)

Added Notes

It is not important if you are just getting started with photography or if you are a seasoned professional. We also don’t care if you use a point and shoot camera, your cell phone, or DSLR. What matters is just getting out there and shooting.

Use your imagination and just have fun!

 

J. Cricket Walker of CricketWalker.com

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