SoFoBoMo — one month's motivation

SoFoBoMo is short for the Solo Photo Book Month, a worldwide group event where photographers work individually on producing a photobook. The idea is to spend 31 days (and not a day more!) on putting together a photobook of at least 35 images. There's a 2 month window in which to start & finish your 31 days (to make it flexible around holidays etc) and I startted mine today.

Why would you take part in SoFoBoMo?

a book is a big commitment and a lot of work. That to me is the beauty of the SoFoBoMo challenge. It isn't a huge commitment. It'll all be over in a month, one way or another. You'll either have a book, or you won't. It can't stretch out into a multi-year or multi-decade albatross around your neck.

In fact, I do have a 2-year photobook in mind and making any sort of consistent progress on it is very hard. Because your SoFoBoMo project will only last 31 days it is much easier to make the commitment and put all your effort into it.

My project is to shoot a wide variety of scenes and conditions on a short stretch of coastline in Ireland.

But, seriously, why do this?
Well, I find that any type of photo project can give you great focus and motivation to your work. I've learnt so much, taken so many photos and been out far more since I start my one-photo-every-day photoblog, "Hot off the Memory Card" - and that's just in the first few months!