Hello! Well, exciting news for you… next month is going to be COLOUR MONTH! It’s one of the best months of the year, and so easy/fun/creative to shoot for photo a day.
I hope you’ll join us! Everything you need to know is below, but if I’ve missed something, just leave a comment or send me an email. I’m happy to help!
HOW TO PLAY
+ Playing along is really simple! Just look at the list each day and take a photo using the prompt as inspiration. So, for example, Day 1 is YELLOW, so all you have to do is take a photo of something yellow {bananas, the sun, lemons!}.
+ You can then share your photo on either Facebook or Instagram or both! To share on Instagram, just upload with the hashtag #FMSPAD and you’re done {more details below if you need them though!} and to share on Facebook, upload to your personal page or jump into our Facebook group and share there.
HOW TO PLAY ON INSTAGRAM
+ Simply upload the photo to Instagram, add a caption {you could mention the day and the prompt in the caption}, add the hashtag #FMSPAD and then publish.
+ Check out the #FMSPAD hashtag to see all the other photos. Like them. Comment on them. Be part of the community.
+ Each day a Fab Four is picked from the photos shared on Instagram for the challenge. It’s four photos that have captured our attention from each prompt. Check the feed here to see the photos.
+ To make it easier to find all the daily photos, you can find and use the daily hashtags below. Simply add them to your caption when uploading to Instagram. Alternatively, my App {The Little Moments App for iPhone/iPad} generates the daily hashtag for you automatically so it takes all the thinking out of it for you!
HOW TO SHARE ON FACEBOOK
+ Upload the photo in our Facebook Photo A Day group {you’ll be added within 12 hours of requesting}, add a caption {you could mention the day and the prompt in the caption} and then publish. You’re also welcome to share on your personal page, if that’s how you like to roll.
+ Check out the photos shared in the group, or among your friends. Comment, like and be part of the photo-taking community.
+ Each day a Fab Four is picked from the photos shared in our Facebook group for the challenge by our lovely admin team. It’s four {or more} photos that have captured our attention from each prompt. The photos are made into a collage, shared and pinned to the top of the group.
HOW TO REMEMBER THE PROMPTS EASILY
+ For all devices and PC, we upload the prompts which you can download automatically into your phone or PC calendar. For Smartphones & Mac Calendar, click here. For HTML for web viewing, click here.
+ You can also print out the list, save it as your screensaver or save it to your camera roll.
+ If you’re a lucky iPhone or iPad owner, you can use the Little Moments App to remind you of what the prompts are, as well as make your photos a bit fancy. You can grab the App here.
If you want more help with the prompts, and ideas of what to take photos below, read on:
1. yellow
Take a photo of something yellow!
2. pink
Take a photo of something pink!
3. blue
Take a photo of something blue!
4. green
Take a photo of something green!
5. red
Take a photo of something red!
6. purple
Take a photo of something purple!
7. orange
Take a photo of something orange!
8. aqua
Take a photo of something aqua!
9. grey
Take a photo of something grey!
10. white
Take a photo of something white!
11. black
Take a photo of something black!
12. fave colour
What’s your favourite colour? Take a photo of it!
13. natural
Think natural tones, earthy colours like beige and tones of brown and green might work here.
14. baby pink
Take a photo of something baby pink!
15. baby blue
Take a photo of something baby blue!
16. chocolate
Is this an excuse to eat chocolate? Perhaps! Take a photo of something chocolate in colour, or taste!
17. light
Take a photo of something light! Or a light!
18. dark
Take a photo of something dark! You could take a dark and moody photo.
19. palette
A palette is a range of colours, just like on an artist’s board or even an eyeshadow kit.
20. lemon
Lemon are beautiful and yellow. Take a photo of something yellow in colour, or be literal and take a photo of a lemon.
21. lime
Just like yesterday’s lemon prompt, this time go lime… lime green, lime fruit. You choose!
22. gold
Take a photo of something gold!
23. silver
Take a photo of something silver!
24. two colours
Take a photo of two colours! You could use two photos that are your faves, or that compliment each other.
25. pattern
Take a photo of a pattern. Look around for patterns – like a zebra crossing, bricks on a building… so many patterns.
26. bright
Look for bright colours, and take a photo.
27. pop!
A pop of colour! Take a photo of a pop of colour in your day.
28. contrast
Contrast is the difference between two things. For example with a black and white photo, you’d want to really show off the difference in the whites and black. A contrast can also be the difference in two things; sharp and soft, hot and cold, etc.
29. black and white
Take a photo of something black and white or use a black and white filter.
30. pastel
Take a photo of something pastel in colour. Pastel is a colour that is soft and delicate.
31. rainbow
Show of the colours of the rainbow in your photo.