So, for a while there, Steve would post to a facebook group and the group members would post back photos of themselves doing whatever. In short, it was a challenge that meant that we were outside doing things, instead of hanging out inside, on facebook. It was pretty fun, and I was a keen enough participant. Until alas, third month in, Steve got busy and didn’t post. Nor the next month. Nor the month after.

So five months later I decided I’d just, sort of, acquire Steve’s Orientation Challenge. I mentioned something about to Steve a while back and he didn’t seem to mind. So! The way it works is on the 1st (or around there abouts) I’ll post three things you need to take photos of yourself doing (they’ll be easy enough things, I promise!) and you’ll have three weeks to post the photos and link back to the challenge post!

What you do

Take photos of yourself doing the three assignments, post them to the flickr group and/or on your blog, or a with a link back to here, and leave a comment!

Easy enough, right? The Rules are simple:

1. Don’t use old photos. Steve’s orienteering challenge is all about going outside and doing interesting things, not staying in your parents basement copying and pasting png files from your C:/PICTURES folder (because you’re too hardcore to use “My Documents”)

2. Take your three photos and upload them to the flickr group, post them to your blog, leaving a link to said post in the comments.

3. Be creative. (This is more of a guideline than a rule)

The Assignments for October:

1. Furry Love

Get a photo of yourself getting all up close and personal with a fuzzy mammal.

2. Spreading the Love

Do something nice for someone else, spread the love this October!

3. Educational Imitation

Visit a place of educational amusement (ie your local library, zoo or museum) and imitate an item, animal, person, art or exhibit.

Brilliant! Hope you all have a great October, and have a blast with the October Challenge!