FMMS2023 – Ticket sales started

This year’s Münster Fotomarathon will take place on Saturday, September 30, 2023 from 10:00 to 18:00 in Münster.

The presale of tickets via our store http://shop.fotofreunde-muensterland.de has started now.

Early-Bird tickets 20 Euro, regular 29 Euro, club members 19 Euro

Again this year, the starting places are available in three price categories. Particularly fast interested parties still have the chance to purchase tickets at the special offer price of only 20 euros until May 31, 2023.

After that, participants will pay the regular price of 29 euros.

Members of Fotofreunde Münsterland e.V. get the starting places for 19 euros. If you would like to become a member, then you find an on-line application for admission on the homepage of the association under https://fotofreunde-muensterland.de/aufnahmeantrag-online. By the way, the annual membership fee is only 24 Euro.

Rules of the Münster Fotomarathon 2022

Everything is regulated …. Basics, starting signal, starting number, order etc.

We have summarized the most important rules for the 5th Münster Fotomarathon, which will take place on September 24, 2022 from 10:00 – 18:00. If you don’t have a ticket yet, you can reserve your personal starting place here in our store.

Important: Please note that the organizing team reserves the right to change the rules until the day of the Fotomarathon. Basically, the rules are fixed, but there can always be minor changes or other formulations. Therefore, the rules of the game handed out on the day of the Fotomarathon will apply.

In addition to the rules, you will also find an article “FAQs about the FMMS2022” with answers to frequently asked questions about our Fotomarathon here on our homepage.

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Save The Date: FMMS2022 on September 24, 2022

As in the last 4 years, also in 2022 the Münster Fotomarathon is planned for the last Saturday in September – so for the 24.09.2022.

After two years, in which we have carried out the Münsteraner Fotomarathon only online due to Corona, we will organize the event again as a presence event. Should the official requirements and hygiene regulations speak against the planned realization of the Fotomarathon at the end of September, we will inform you shortly.

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Live Ticker for the FMMS2021


25.09.2021 – 20:00Thank you for your participation

Dear participants,
it’s 8:00 p.m. and so the 4th Münster Fotomarathon is officially over.

We, the organizing team, once again had a lot of fun with you. Thank you very much for your participation and your positive feedback to this second – Corona-conditioned – online half marathon.

After the Fotomarathon is before the Fotomarathon

We keep our fingers crossed for us and for you that the next Fotomarathon 2022, which is scheduled to start again on the last Saturday in September, i.e. on 24.09.2022 – will then take place again locally in Münster and that we can meet in person.

The Orgateam of Fotofreunde Münsterland e.V.
Izabella, Monika, Nicole, Ulrike, Eckhard, Markus, Michael K., Michael N., Ralf, Swen, Tommy and Stephan


PS: What happens now? The jurors (Andreas Abb, Roland Artur Berg, Dietmar Rabich and Klaus Reinders) will meet on November 4 to select the best photo series, which we will announce on our homepage on November 14, 2021 and also present the pictures online.


25.09.2021 – 10:40Please also check out the German language live ticker to see all the posts.


25.09.2021 – 10:13The Orgateam is with you … 😉

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Orgateam mit Stephan, Eckhard, Iza, Monika, Michael und Ralf (v.l.n.r. und v.o.n.u.)

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FMMS2021 started – let’s go!

Welcome to the 4th Münster Fotomarathon – glad that you are part of it!

With the publication of the main theme and the 6 photo titles, which are to be implemented today within 6 hours photographically and as creatively as possible, the #FMMS2021 was started today punctually at 10:00.

As in 2020, this year’s event – due to Corona – will take place entirely online. That is, from the issuance of the themes to the final upload of the finished photo series, everything will be done online again this year.

Themes and photo titles

The main theme and the 6 photo titles can be found via the following link:

Click here for the themes!

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Last Call: FMMS2021 ticket sales end on Monday, 20.09.2021

On Monday, September 20, 2021 the ticket sale for the #FMMS2021, which will take place on Saturday, September 25, 2021, ends. The Fotomarathon will again be held online as a photo half marathon, just like last year.

6 topics | 6 photos | 6 hours

A photo marathon is about creating a photo series on given topics within a certain time. The photo series will be judged by an independent jury and awarded with attractive prizes. The photo marathon will be held online as a photo half marathon, just like last year.

Get your starting place now (alone or as a group) and face the photographic challenge to win attractive prizes!

Tickets are available in our store: https://shop.fotofreunde-muensterland.de

Last minute – get your FMMS2021 ticket now

The 4th Münster Fotomarathon will start on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 10:00 am..

IMPORTANT: Ticket sales via our shop end already on Monday evening, September 20. 

-910Days -12Hours -24Min. -26Sec.

So if you would like to be one of the participants, get your FMMS2021 ticket now.

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Tips for participating in the Photomarathon – Part 3: What actually makes a good photo?

Part 3: What actually makes a good photo?

 In this post we give you an overview of the subject of image composition.

Most of us have already asked ourselves what makes a good picture. One possible answer is: Let your picture tell a story. Sensational photos offer content, criticize or pull the viewer out of his environment. His gaze is drawn into the picture.

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Tips for participating in the Photomarathon – Part 2: “The Red Thread” – The series of pictures

So that your photos have a good chance of winning, all individual photos should result in a coherent series. We have put together some tips for this:

  1. The picture format: Always uses the same picture format. Decide for portrait or landscape format. In addition, the aspect ratio should always be the same.
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