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Once a month · Open Mic · Feedback · A new challenge
Once a month our community sits down together, shares the work, talks it through honestly, and takes on a fresh creative challenge. Here is a look at what you have been missing.
You are not alone
Making art on your own is quietly hard
Most of us photograph in our own bubble. The camera comes out, the images pile up, and there is nobody to talk to about any of it. No honest eye on the work, no push to try the thing that scares us, no one who simply understands why we keep doing this. It is easy to drift, and easy to lose heart.
This is exactly what our Open Mic sessions are for. Once a month, you are back in a room full of like minded artists, being seen, being challenged, and growing in your art of photography.
From our last challenge, A Veil of Illusion
The work, and what we said about it
This is the heart of every session. Tap any image to see our suggested correction.
Adjudicators' choice
Silent Retreat
A note from the feedbackA beautiful composition, and we have flipped it so the pathway leads in from the left, which reads better to us. The mist is doing lovely work as atmosphere, and there is a gentle lesson here about the difference between mist and a true veil.
In camera, multiple exposure
Picture 1
A note from the feedbackThere is a lot to like in the texture here, made entirely in camera with multiple exposures. Our thought is that there are a few too many focus points, and letting just one lead would carry the whole image.
Most acknowledged by the community
Through the taxi window
A note from the feedbackShooting through the glass with the raindrops has done exactly what this challenge asked for, full of energy. Our only small note is the sign in the background, which we would gently take out.
These are three of twenty two entries. Inside, our members see the full feedback on every one.
Your once a month creative fix
One evening that keeps you on a creative path
Every Open Mic session follows the same warm rhythm. It is relaxed, it is honest, and it is the thing our members say they look forward to most.
Inspiration
We open with ideas, images and a bit of encouragement to get everyone seeing again.
Discussion
An open conversation about the questions on our members' minds, from craft to why we make art at all.
Challenge feedback
We look at the work from the last challenge together, with honest, encouraging notes on every entry.
The next challenge
We set the next creative challenge and hand it over, so you always have something to reach for.
The session itself
This is where it all happens
A relaxing evening with Ralf Armbrüster, Martin and Samantha Lee Osner. The full recording lives inside the Inspire Community.
This month's challenge is live
Forever Autumn
Our current challenge is open now. It is about committing to your creativity and holding yourself to it, a chance to make something honest this season. Join us, accept the challenge, and you are on your way.
Take on this month's challengeThis is the brief our members receive each month. The full brief is yours the moment you join.
Join the Inspire Community
Come and be part of it
One evening a month with people who love this as much as you do, honest feedback on your work, and a new creative challenge to keep you moving. This is our once a month fix, and it is simply good for you.
Already doing a course with us? Many of our courses include complimentary access to the Inspire Community, so you may already be able to join us at no extra cost.
The art of photography is better shared. Come and make yours alongside a community that will see it, challenge it, and cheer it on.