The photo above won 3rd place and $50 + $10 in a recent country challenge, and @dmd3610 took it only with a smartphone.
Usually, we reward photos with the highest quality and almost no restrictions, giving professionals a bit of an advantage.
With the new type of missions – “Be authentic” – we want to invite you to a different competition, and we hope that it will give more of you higher chances of winning.
❌ No pro lenses.
❌ No studio and staged shots.
❌ No advanced digital corrections.
❌ No pro lightning and blends.
❌ No pro models, pro makeup, or pro styling.
If you want to win the Be authentic missions, you need to upload only natural-looking photos from a camera you usually have on you (for example, from a smartphone).
It doesn’t mean that photos can be of poor quality. We are still looking for pictures with proper sharpness, lighting, and natural colors to enter.
The most creative, natural-looking photos showing every mission’s theme in the best way can win. Consider this a challenge to take great photos without any props or help.
What do you think about “Be authentic” missions? Do you like this idea or not? Do you have any questions? Please share your honest feedback in the comments below.
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An amazing idea! There should be a competition like this every week. Us little guys and gals deserve a shot. Please consider doing these more often. Thanks!
Thanks for your feedback, Bradley! If there are more opinions like yours, for sure we will make more missions like that.
I’m a beginner and I love this contest please have more contests for beginners.
I agree with Bradley ❣
Couldn’t agree more!! Love this mission!!
I agree!
Sounds great, but, i usually have my dslr with me with the kit lens, photo entries in this case are eligible?
Or must they be taken with a phone camera?
Thank you for the clarification!
Hi alterverse! This whole Be authentic idea is something new and thanks to your feedback we will shape it. The most important is that these photos should look natural, like nice photos made by someone with a sense of aesthetics rather than a professional photography agency, and without professional equipment. You can use your DSLR camera, we do not plan to check exifs. Just try to make it simple, think about composition, and make it technically correct, do not spend time on enhancements. Good luck!
I like the idea of us little guys can also get to say yes I won a mission !
Hello
I ask How to participate in the natural looking mission?
Hi Hicham, these missions’ titles started with “Be authentic.” More information about joining the missions can find in our knowledge base: https://foap.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/200483883-Missions Good luck!
Hi
I am new, may I know how to upload my pictures to join this mission?
Welcome on Foap, Viv! Our knowledge base can be helpful: https://foap.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/200483883-Missions Good luck!
Whoaaaa,, amaze me, it will be great! My first missions i’m already
Welcome to our community, Sonya! Good luck!
It’s a great idea because it helps me believe that I have a chance to put that wining shot out there.
I love this idea!! I think this is a great way to highlight talent within the community that might otherwise go unnoticed. Can’t wait to take my shot ~pun intended~ and try to win this mission!
I love the ideia
Great And Fair Idea , Thank You for Be More Easy with Non Professional, Quality and Topic are The Goal That’s for Sure
Nice and Fair decision, Thank You for Validate Non Professional Foapers ,
Quality and Topic are Important, I’ll Keep Working in That
I did double comment , I made a mistake in the previous one
I think this is a great idea and more people will want to enter their photos!
Great!!!
Great idea! I take more pictures with my phone , than with my camera?
When is best photos for Nigeria going to be rewarded
Hi Olajide! The rule is that we send out payments at the end of the next full month after cashout. You can see the information about your rewards in the app.
SURE! GREAT IDEA!
Hi, thanks for posting this kind of mission. I don’t have a camera and I always take shots with my smartphone. So I request you to post these kinds of missions often so that it would be useful for people like me who have only smartphones.
Hi Pricil! Thank you for your feedback 🙂 We hope to make the “Be authentic” missions a regular series so I’m very glad to hear that you like it!
I love this Mission
Thank you so much for this, great opportunity for us(beginners) to express ourselves.
As I was thinking about this type of competition so, I am happy now to see this subject. I think we have more chances to win this competition. Thanks a lot for your decision.
Hi Santanu! Thank you for your feedback, very glad to hear it! 🙂
thank you for everything ❤️
Congratulations
I love this mission but This mission is not active for me, is there a specific reason?
Hi Farzad! The currently running authentic mission is called ‘Be authentic: Summertime’ You can find it in the Active Missions tab or look it up in the search bar. 🙂
Hello
I want to participate but the mission “Be authentic” in my account!?
Hope to find an answer
Thanks a lot ?
Hi Hicham! The Mission ‘Be authentic: Summertime’ should be easily found in the Active Missions tab. You can also look it up using the search bar.
Cannot wait to start ?
I like this
I feel bad for all the pro and semi pro photographers, who have spent years learning f-stops and retouching, etc., and have spent a fortune on cameras, lenses, tripods, etc. But these “authentic” requirements reflect the needs of advertisers for “natural” looking pictures with “real” looking subjects – not technically excellent stock photos of businessmen walking up imaginary staircases. It also reflects the development and use of high quality phone cameras, and the ability of non-professionals to capture spontaneous, naïve images of daily life, which broadens the field to an immense number of “untrained” photographers to share their images of their worlds.
Hi Vivian! At Foap, we truly believe there is space for everyone, and giving an opportunity to amateur photographers, does not take anything away from professional photographers. 🙂
L❤️Ve it!
Yes i will do ?
Great idea. there should be more contests like this every week. ?
It’s a brilliant idea ??
wow!! what a great idea. make everyone have a new spirit to become a photo supplier on foap.
This is the greatest idea!! Love it! I would benefit from it being something to enter often.
Hi Dana! I’m very glad to hear that! Authentic missions are here to stay! Check out the currently running “Go green!” mission in the app 🙂
Awesome idea!! I would definitely enter more photos if these types of missions were available more often.
I’m excited to try! I don’t quite know how to do this on this app yet. Trying to figure it out. ?
Hi Jaime! Please visit this link to learn how to join a mission. Let me know if you have any more questions and good luck! 🙂
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Very good! We need more challenges like thisp
Great idea!!
This is a great idea. I am just starting out in photography and at present I only use my smartphone, until I can afford a camera. Great that us newbies get to have a go at a mission and stand a chance of winning.
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I am trying to load to mission animal eyes. I am receiving an error. Whom do I contact ?
Http 404 not found. Is error I’m receiving
Hi Angie! You might have been trying to upload after the mission had already ended, I’m so sorry about that! If you encounter issues like that please do not hesitate to reach out to our support either through the app or via email at support@foap.com We’d happily check things out for you!
I like the premise. Wish it had been implemented sooner!