Concept of PHOTOMAN 2013

International photo competition - online reality show PHOTOMAN 2013 is not a typical contest, boring and time-prolonged, where the tasks are preannounced, and the winners are revealed three months after competition starting. PHOTOMAN 2013 is a lively, cheerful contest full of the interesting tasks and tough competition for gifted, talented, ambitious and courageous amateur photographers who want to test themselves as a professional photographer, who was forced every day to overcome certain barriers. 

The contestants do not know in advance the task that they have to perform on the current stage. After the announcement of the task the contestants are given a fixed time for. Just as in the real life where professional photographers get the order and have it run on a tight, strict timeframe. Yes, working in such a mode is difficult, but very attractive and motivating, because that is so close to reality. In such a way it is revealed ability, nimbleness, shrewdness, ingenuity and skills – photographer's mastership.

And more, PHOTOMAN 2013 gives a great opportunity to test yourself in promoting own images in a highly competitive terms. It is one thing, to shoot well, and the other, but not least, to carry forward images, and attract many fans as symbolic buyers: Images are evaluated by a wide audience - Facebook users not by a jury. Just here it is appeared how the contestant can promote himself, engage consumers as potential customers: the more points below the image a contestant gathers, the more "expensive" his image is. It is obvious that the most votes will be left by a contestant's friends and acquaintances, but strategically it is more important to interest unknown fans: this will get more points and increase the chances of winning.

But that's not all! In the highly competitive terms a talented and gifted contestant may be appeared in the list of outsiders and be eliminated from the contest. For such cases, the contest organizers provided a rule: at the end of each stage the jury can "save" the 12 outsider contestants (two ones from each country) and move them to the next stage. The number of points of "saved" contestants not changed.

PHOTOMAN 2013 curries out in a rapid, intense pace, in the mode of a permanent working, and in a highly competitive environment, with exciting tasks, live stories and charismatic participants, who are constantly in the focus of the wide audience. The most important thing is that the result depends not on the decision of a few individuals, but on the abilities and skills of a contestant.

Finally, PHOTOMAN 2013 during two months gives not only a chance to test abilities and compete with others for the valuable prizes but also allows improving photographic skills from stage to stage and preparing for the real life of a professional photographer!