Smart Phone Group 2025

$64.00

Join a year of fun Smart Phone challenges led by Ricky Tims. Only $64 for the year.

Join a fun group of photo enthusiasts. The primary goal is to keep the challenges manageable by using smart phone cameras and various editing apps. There will be 52-Challenge topics, one issued each Sunday for the entire year.

NOTE: Only those who have previously participated, taken Ricky's Smart Phone Photography courses, or attending his 2024 Smart Photography Seminar are eligible. 

BEFORE REGISTERING PLEASE READ ALL THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CAREFULLY.

It will be a requirement that each participant install and learn to use an EXIF editor and add their titles and captions to the images. Anonymous images will not be permitted and will be removed from the gallery. 

The class uses full names - not nicknames. Titles for images must be present with First/Last Name, plus the challenge topic - for example...RickyTims-Leaves. Other personalized titles such as "Fall Leaves in the Park" or "Pretty Poppies" can be added in your caption along with your description and comments about the challenge photo being submitted.

SCHEDULE 
The first challenge will begin Sunday, January 5th, 2025. Each week, participants have one week to submit the challenge image before the cut-off deadline which is the following Sunday night at midnight.

There are no LIVE classes or sessions. This is a participatory interactive group who enjoy a weekly challenge to keep their creative juices flowing.

Participants are urged to comment on a few images each week. It is not a requirement to comment on all images.

Your Smart Phone
Technology continues to improve. Later model phones provide better quality images. However, there is no requirement regarding the age of your smart phone.

You will need WiFi connection to access the challenges.

This course runs 52-Weeks - the entire year 2024.

• This is a group participation class. 

• Challenges post each Sunday morning at midnight.

•You will take and submit—ONE PHOTO PER CHALLENGE—to share with the group.

•Old photos are never allowed. All submissions must be taken during the week of the photo challenge. NO EXCEPTIONS.

• You will receive weekly email notifications. 

REGISTER NOW $64

LIMITED ENROLLMENT

Class begins Sunday, January 5, 2025 

TAKE A FEW PHOTOS  - SELECT YOUR FAVORITE

EDIT YOUR PHOTO as desired

UPLOAD AND SHARE YOUR PHOTO WITH THE CLASS

How does the class share images?

The lessons are presented at www.photoclassforyou.com but they are shared on a photo sharing site called Smugmug.com. Students are provided with a unique upload link each week. The images are uploaded to a gallery at Smugmug.com. You do not have to have a Smugmug account to upload images or to view the images and participate in the class and view the images. However, you will need to login to Smugmug to interact and add a comment on someone else's image. You DO NOT need to get a Smugmug subscription, but in order to comment you will need to sign in to the Smugmug site using a Google account. Facebook login is no longer a Smugmug sign-in option.

Who Can Comment?

This is an interactive class and everyone should attempt to review the submissions of their classmates and add comments. However, in order to protect from spammers, Smugmug.com only allows comments when visitors are logged in to Smugmug (not to www.photoclassforyou.com). 

Login to Smugmug using a Google account.

TERMS OF SERVICE: 

PERMISSION BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER/STUDENT FOR ALL OF THEIR SUBMITTED IMAGES IS AUTOMATICALLY GRANTED TO RICKY TIMS TO BE USED IN A POTENTIAL MEMORY BOOK AND OTHER PROMOTIONS (ONLINE, PRINT, or VIDEO) AS THEY RELATED TO PHOTOCLASSFORYOU.COM. 

What is my commitment?

This is a 52-Week Challenge - will you rise to the challenge and submit one photo for all 52-Weeks? The time commitment varies from week to week, but in most cases, your ability to meet the challenge can be done as you go about life with a Smart Phone within arms reach at all times.

What if I miss a submission?
There is no requirement to submit a photo. Ricky does not keep a list of who is and who is not submitting. There is not a grade given. You will determine your own level of commitment.