I want to make photography grow on Steemit, build a community based on capturing and sharing experiences from around the world, inspiring and learning from each other while growing with each other.

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Stimulate growth

To stimulate this growth I will focus on the following:

• Sharing my own photography to increase exposure
• Hosts contests to stimulate interaction
• Reward users for sharing their own photography and engaging in the community
• (Future) provide learning content

I will focus on the contests in this article.

Contests

While learning about photography it is easier to go out with a clear goal in mind instead of just wandering around(which is still recommended). By choosing categories, which are simply subdomains of photography as a whole, it becomes easier to learn and express oneself. For this reason I have set up 7 different photography categories which I will be watching very closely.

While each contests lasts 7 days

On the following days I will announce my personal top 10 and reward every winner equally with 1 SBD. With 10 SBD a day, 7 days a week, this is about 300 SBD per month in total prize money.

Monday: foodphotography
Tuesday: landscapephotography
Wednesday: architecturalphotography
Thursday: macrophotography
Friday: streetphotography
Saturday: sportsphotography
Sunday: goldenhourphotography

People can submit any day they want as the contests are automatically renewed.

Participate

Simply tag your photography with the correct hashtag found above. You can enter multiple categories with one photo, but you can only win once per photo. You can also enter multiple times per category, but it is better and more manageable for me when you participate in multiple categories.

foodphotography
Anything related to food, try to capture your food in a unique way which bests fits the identity of the food.

landscapephotography
We are from all over the world and this world we live in is absolutely gorgeous. Capture the beauty of our world and/or what we have build as humanity.

architecturalphotography
We humans like to build things, and while most of the things we build are functional we also have a tendency to build creative, unique and beautiful things. Culture plays a huge role in how we build.

macrophotography
There is an entire world hidden in macro photography. Capture objects and portray them bigger than they appear to be in real life.

streetphotography
Go out on streets and capture every day incidents and random moments happening all over the world.

sportsphotography
I am a huge believer in sports and exercise. This is not about professional sports, but more about all the beautiful things we can do with our bodies and to capture this beauty.

goldenhourphotography
The classic golden hour is the hour after sunrise and the hour before sunset when the light becomes more soft and turns more red in colour. This moment is famous for beautiful photography and one of the easiest way to make some amazing photos

Tools I use

Automated scheduling: Streemian by @streemian
Auto voter: Steemvoter by @steemvoter
Account statistics: Steemnow by @penguinpablo
Chrome extension: Steemit more info by @armandocat
Leasing Steempower: Minnowbooster
Blockchain: Steemd | Steemdb