Has probably already been suggested, but I saw someone looking for help with a selective focus/dof assignment which would be interesting, what do you think??
Has probably already been suggested, but I saw someone looking for help with a selective focus/dof assignment which would be interesting, what do you think??
That would be a good one, I think. This weekend I played with trying to shoot someone distant and in a crowd, trying to use DOF to make them stand out. I think I need more practice. I guess to make it work you'd at least need a camera with Aperture control.
Everything sounds good, or scary, to me. Depending upon my mood.
I was reading Sid's post, I think it was his, about wanting to think more about color. I would like that as a goal also, and a Challenge on it would certainly be an asset to my photography.
He says he concentrates on composition, I tell a "story". I enjoy doing essays using more than one photo for many subjects, so the "story" is what I look for.
I have said to myself, Ginger, color is a powerful thing in color photography.
Beautiful photographs with vivid, soft, or whatever, color have inspired me to go out and think color. I think color, photograph color (not very well, at least not as well as I would like, or as well as I do other things), then I see something, and I go for the "story" in the shot again, forgetting that color is what I am shooting.
I have concentrated on people in the past. I just did the Summer Storm and then Evening Colors (the rainbow), they were both color shots, and that was good, someone else might think I was photographing color, but I was really photographing an event, I could even make an essay out of the photographs I have of either evening.
I have a dream of someday going to a junkyard, no events, just squashed cars, and color. On the way I am sure I would find an event and use all my memory, I would really like a Challenge that focused completely on Color being the goal.
hehe, one reason I would like it to be a Challenge is that when I have shot just color, there is no one to show it to, I would like an audience as an incentive to focus on color as the goal, and then be able to show it.
Andy, I enjoyed the Sony Hands & Feet Gallery... Really liked your image, "the Shine." Great movement.
I have been pushing for a hands and feet challenge for a while... Eventually it will come to pass. The last few challenges have been broader based challenges... without the need of creeping things, or at least the creeping things were not the greater focus of the study.
Glad you liked some of the suggestions... Hope they will help.
FYI: I honestly appreciated the value of a non-photoshop challenge. While I really thrive on "darkroom and photoshop tricks and techniques," there is great value in being able to capture the image within the camera. Using the view finder to crop & compose, the meter and the eye to determine f-stop, and aperature.
I really have enjoyed the challenges, only wish that I had more time to participate of late.
Thanks for all your effort, it's greaty appreciated! ginette
"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Exhibition thread?
What does everyone think about an "exhibition" thread for each challenge, where old pics that fit the challenge can be viewed to provide inspiration and allow us to showcase some of our old good shots ( that has to be the worst, longest runon sentence, oh well....)
Thoughts???
What does everyone think about an "exhibition" thread for each challenge, where old pics that fit the challenge can be viewed to provide inspiration and allow us to showcase some of our old good shots ( that has to be the worst, longest runon sentence, oh well....)
Thoughts???
I understood it and like the idea. Andy gives some good fodder for the challenge. Not read the whole thread but what about Shadows
What does everyone think about an "exhibition" thread for each challenge, where old pics that fit the challenge can be viewed to provide inspiration and allow us to showcase some of our old good shots ( that has to be the worst, longest runon sentence, oh well....)
Thoughts???
Interesting idea. Some folks already show old shots in the Comments/Critique threads.
Album covers....?
Hi there - my first post at Dgrin, I normally live over at STF (Dpreview.com). (Username is chelsea_joe over there). Anyhow, I was reading a post by Andy over at STF and he mentioned dgrin, so I thought I would check it out...! I like it.
Anyway, regarding possible photo challenge assigments, I thought Album covers would be a good idea. I'm not talking about a full scale repro of Sgt Peppers but something that captures the essence of the album. Maybe too similar to the current challenge (song titles) to be done soon, but add it too the list!!
Hi there - my first post at Dgrin, I normally live over at STF (Dpreview.com). (Username is chelsea_joe over there). Anyhow, I was reading a post by Andy over at STF and he mentioned dgrin, so I thought I would check it out...! I like it.
Anyway, regarding possible photo challenge assigments, I thought Album covers would be a good idea. I'm not talking about a full scale repro of Sgt Peppers but something that captures the essence of the album. Maybe too similar to the current challenge (song titles) to be done soon, but add it too the list!!
Looking forward to being here!!
Joe
Hey!! Hi Joe... nice of you to drop in.. we are a friendly bunch (unless you deprive some of these guys of beer) and we love new blood.
Look forward to seeing your stuff in the challenges.
Lynn
1st post--
To begin-- I must say that this website is exactly what I've been looking for...Baldy has done an excellent job with these discussion forums and was turned on to this site through my rather obsessive involvement on advrider.com-- It seems that this site is just as addicting and I thank eveyone for their contributions.
Moving on -- I would like to suggest a future assignment...
As an active camper and outdoorsman, I have tried to capture the magic and mystery of a campfire... My camera is rather lack lustre and often take lots of pictures using lots of settings until I find the right shot.... I'm sure there are ideal settings for low-light, campfire gatherings that I would very much like to explore. I have primarily shot candid photos of friends and family but would like to open this unique setting to objects and things besides people.
To begin-- I must say that this website is exactly what I've been looking for...Baldy has done an excellent job with these discussion forums and was turned on to this site through my rather obsessive involvement on advrider.com-- It seems that this site is just as addicting and I thank eveyone for their contributions.
Moving on -- I would like to suggest a future assignment...
As an active camper and outdoorsman, I have tried to capture the magic and mystery of a campfire... My camera is rather lack lustre and often take lots of pictures using lots of settings until I find the right shot.... I'm sure there are ideal settings for low-light, campfire gatherings that I would very much like to explore. I have primarily shot candid photos of friends and family but would like to open this unique setting to objects and things besides people.
IT'S NOT BAD ENOUGH we have to learn to type, all the dials and buttons on the camera now we have to buy a dictionary but if you get the challenge I have a shot.[qutoe/]
The following words are some common English Homonyms, meaning they sound the same, but they have different meanings. These words actually cause misunderstanding when the wrong one is used. Some of these words have several independent meanings for the same spelling of the same sound making them even more confusing.
here - hear
know - no
are - our
to - two - too
pain - pane
plane - plain
buy - by - bye
through - threw
week - weak
read - red
weight - wait
Cliche':
1: a trite phrase or expression; also: the idea expressed by it 2: a hackneyed theme, characterization, or situation 3: something (as a menu item) that has become overly familiar or commonplace
Many hands make light work.
Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Any friend of yours is a friend of mine.
There's no place like home.
Here today, gone tomorrow
A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link.
"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
The following words are some common English Homonyms, meaning they sound the same, but they have different meanings. These words actually cause misunderstanding when the wrong one is used. Some of these words have several independent meanings for the same spelling of the same sound making them even more confusing.
here - hear
know - no
are - our
to - two - too
pain - pane
plane - plain
buy - by - bye
through - threw
week - weak
read - red
weight - wait
Cliche': 1: a trite phrase or expression; also: the idea expressed by it 2: a hackneyed theme, characterization, or situation 3: something (as a menu item) that has become overly familiar or commonplace
Many hands make light work.
Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Any friend of yours is a friend of mine.
There's no place like home.
Here today, gone tomorrow
A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link.
I KNOW, I WAS JOKING. TRUELY ONE OR THE OTHER BUT BOTH MINE WOULD BEE BE THE RIGHT HAND WRITING DOES THAT FILL THE BILL IF IT COMES TO PASS TODAY MY SON AND I CAME UP WITH ANOTHER ! JWEAR
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Color
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I was reading Sid's post, I think it was his, about wanting to think more about color. I would like that as a goal also, and a Challenge on it would certainly be an asset to my photography.
He says he concentrates on composition, I tell a "story". I enjoy doing essays using more than one photo for many subjects, so the "story" is what I look for.
I have said to myself, Ginger, color is a powerful thing in color photography.
Beautiful photographs with vivid, soft, or whatever, color have inspired me to go out and think color. I think color, photograph color (not very well, at least not as well as I would like, or as well as I do other things), then I see something, and I go for the "story" in the shot again, forgetting that color is what I am shooting.
I have concentrated on people in the past. I just did the Summer Storm and then Evening Colors (the rainbow), they were both color shots, and that was good, someone else might think I was photographing color, but I was really photographing an event, I could even make an essay out of the photographs I have of either evening.
I have a dream of someday going to a junkyard, no events, just squashed cars, and color. On the way I am sure I would find an event and use all my memory, I would really like a Challenge that focused completely on Color being the goal.
hehe, one reason I would like it to be a Challenge is that when I have shot just color, there is no one to show it to, I would like an audience as an incentive to focus on color as the goal, and then be able to show it.
ginger
I don't make trouble, trouble makes me
- Children interacting with their pets.
- Facial Expressions.
- Humor. ie shots that make us smile.
- Night shots.
- Age.
- Textures.
- Extremities, ie. hands, feet.
- Point of Sale. ie, store fronts, counters, queues, signs, concepts...
- Emotions, ie tears, crying, laughter, quietude, joy...
- Long Exposure Shots.
- Old & New together
ginettethanks for the suggestions
hands and feet?
check out the current stf challenge ;-)
i entered in the eligible gallery.
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Andy, I enjoyed the Sony Hands & Feet Gallery... Really liked your image, "the Shine." Great movement.
I have been pushing for a hands and feet challenge for a while... Eventually it will come to pass. The last few challenges have been broader based challenges... without the need of creeping things, or at least the creeping things were not the greater focus of the study.
Glad you liked some of the suggestions... Hope they will help.
FYI: I honestly appreciated the value of a non-photoshop challenge. While I really thrive on "darkroom and photoshop tricks and techniques," there is great value in being able to capture the image within the camera. Using the view finder to crop & compose, the meter and the eye to determine f-stop, and aperature.
I really have enjoyed the challenges, only wish that I had more time to participate of late.
ginette
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
What does everyone think about an "exhibition" thread for each challenge, where old pics that fit the challenge can be viewed to provide inspiration and allow us to showcase some of our old good shots ( that has to be the worst, longest runon sentence, oh well....)
Thoughts???
TML Photography
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I understood it
Interesting idea. Some folks already show old shots in the Comments/Critique threads.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
I love your ideas, particularly textures and emotion.
What about "negative space"? I enjoy finding that, does anyone else?
Here's an example from last night:
Galleries here Upcoming Ranch/Horse Workshop
Yes Lynnesite,
- Negative Space could be interesting...
Also like- Shadows as a concept...
as well as- the Abstract Form
ginetteHow about, for something different, Cryptic Song Titles
Boy, imagine the critque thread length on THAT one, Stan! (thanks re the non-horse)
Ginette, all good ideas, you're full of them!
Lynne
Galleries here Upcoming Ranch/Horse Workshop
I have another suggestion....
Hi there - my first post at Dgrin, I normally live over at STF (Dpreview.com). (Username is chelsea_joe over there). Anyhow, I was reading a post by Andy over at STF and he mentioned dgrin, so I thought I would check it out...! I like it.
Anyway, regarding possible photo challenge assigments, I thought Album covers would be a good idea. I'm not talking about a full scale repro of Sgt Peppers
Looking forward to being here!!
Joe
Look forward to seeing your stuff in the challenges.
Lynn
Ideas for future Challenges.
- Subliminal Messages
- Emotions
- Before & Afters
- Shadows
- Quiet times
- Inside Images Only
- Hands & Feet
ginetteTo begin-- I must say that this website is exactly what I've been looking for...Baldy has done an excellent job with these discussion forums and was turned on to this site through my rather obsessive involvement on advrider.com-- It seems that this site is just as addicting and I thank eveyone for their contributions.
Moving on -- I would like to suggest a future assignment...
As an active camper and outdoorsman, I have tried to capture the magic and mystery of a campfire... My camera is rather lack lustre and often take lots of pictures using lots of settings until I find the right shot.... I'm sure there are ideal settings for low-light, campfire gatherings that I would very much like to explore. I have primarily shot candid photos of friends and family but would like to open this unique setting to objects and things besides people.
Any thoughts ?
Here's an example...
done! the current challenge "after sundown" is perfect for a campfire shot! in fact, it could be a winner.
go for it
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- Cliche's
- Emotions
- Tight Spaces
- Faces
- Hands & Feet
- Monochromes
- Close-ups
- Table Top Work... ie. Small set ups
- Shadows
- Textures
- Repetitions... ie things that are repeated, over and over
ginetteHomonyms
Cliche's
“PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE ‘JAZZ’ FOR THE EYES…”
http://jwear.smugmug.com/
Here's an example:
- here - hear
- know - no
- are - our
- to - two - too
- pain - pane
- plane - plain
- buy - by - bye
- through - threw
- week - weak
- read - red
- weight - wait
Cliche':1 : a trite phrase or expression; also : the idea expressed by it
2 : a hackneyed theme, characterization, or situation
3 : something (as a menu item) that has become overly familiar or commonplace
C'mon, Altie, keep it together. This is a family web site.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
“PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE ‘JAZZ’ FOR THE EYES…”
http://jwear.smugmug.com/