1. A method, comprising: capturing first images by a first mobile communication device of a group of mobile communication devices, wherein the capturing is performed automatically by the first mobile communication device subject to recording limitations designated based on user input, wherein a second mobile communication device of the group of mobile communication devices automatically captures second images; receiving, by the first mobile communication device, first image analysis criteria including first characteristics associated with an object, wherein the first image analysis criteria is received from a remote server that provides the first image analysis criteria to a subset of the group of mobile communication devices without providing the first image analysis criteria to remaining devices of the group of mobile communication devices, wherein the subset includes the first and second mobile communication devices; applying, by the first mobile communication device, image pattern recognition to the first images according to the first image analysis criteria to identify a first target image that includes the object; determining, by the first mobile communication device, second image analysis criteria from the first target image, wherein the second image analysis criteria includes second characteristics associated with the object; and providing, by the first mobile communication device, the second image analysis criteria to the second mobile communication device to enable the second mobile communication device to perform image pattern recognition on the second images according to the second image analysis criteria to identify a second target image that includes the object, wherein each of the first images is time stamped, wherein the subset of the group of mobile communication devices is selected by the remote server based on location information for each of the subset of the group of mobile communication devices.