photo hunt - 26 things 2004

26 things is a photo competition in which you get a list of 26 words and have to interpret them and produce a set of pictures one for each word. It has been run by Tracey from sh1ft.org twice last year, this year it starts on 1st July. I'm hoping that this year I'll actually get further down the list than previous times. There are other games on her site too
It is a good challenge, as it helps to be focused when taking pictures. Colour is a fine brief, but yellow is a much stronger one. It is a great way to improve your photography and creative interpretation of a scene. From memory the words last year where evocative ones like — smile, light, heavy, red, fast. I'm quite looking forward to it, as I should have a bit more time in July.
Lastly it also gives you a stock of photographs, with which you can enter competitions in magazines, which actually have prizes to win.