Weekly Assignments: index, rules, etc.

Nikolai

2010 Fall Update

It's been a long run since we started. I think we covered most of the basic stuff.
From now on I'm primarily going to concentrate on portraiture/lighting/postprocessing techniques relevant for photographing human subjects.
If it's not your cup of tea - the older assignments are still "open" and you're welcome to participate in any of those (and I promise to respond:-)

Fresh pictures only (as in "no archives" unless explicitly requested).
No "unauthorized equipment" usage - if not sure, ask.
--
Nikolai

Weekly Assignments

We have weekly assignments going on.

This post serves as a common ground for all of them, as well as the index chart.

Basic rules

1. Follow the assignment subject.
   If the subject is "red", posting a generally bluish image and explaining that you, in fact, were thinking of red while pressing the shutter may not necessarily cut the cake...
2. There are no winners, no voting, no competition.
   Hence there is no need to be afraid to post a not-centerfold quality image as long as it complies with Rule #1
3. Fresh images only, please.
   Please don't use your archives even if they match the subject perfectly.
   The idea is to "go and shoot".
4. While there are no entry deadlines, new assignments normally come out around Friday, so you have the full weekend and the rest of the next week to shoot it - that is, before the next one comes out and becomes the hot shot of the week:-).
5. You're welcome to participate in the "past" assignments in case you've missed them, but your pictures still have to be freshly taken.
   Meaning: you should only submit a picture that you took AFTER you became aware of the particular assignment.
   And since we getting a new subject each week, it may be a good idea to start fresh and catch up later.
6. Post processing is OK (in moderation, unless otherwise specified:-).
   We all want to see and produce a good looking image regardless of the assignment subject. Dust removal, distracting objects cloning, curves, layers...
   All in all, process as your heart desires, but try not to cheat: if a subject is "red", creating a red overlay in PS over a midday seascape is not considered "rule #1 compliance" :-)

Assignments Index

1. Simple Shapes and Lines
2. One
3. Three
4. Stone
5. Tilted
6. Extreme Crop
7. DOF
8. Shutter Speed
9. Reflections
10. Shadows
11. Frame in Frame
12. Orange
13. Field
14. Stairs
15. Panning Blur
16. Specular Highlights
17. Windows
18. Guesswork
19. Holidays
20. Low Angle
21. Into the Light
22. Glass
23. Leaves
24. Crowd Control
25. Empty Bowls
26. Triangles
27. Straight Up
28. Spring
29. Frame-By-Frame
30. Half
31. 90-60-45
32. Save your worst shot
33. Series
34. Vanishing Point
35. Chrome
36. Still Water
37. Fill Flash
38. Food
39. Profile
40. 40mph
41. Half-Moon
42. Towel
43. Twilight Zone
44. Fire
45. Wide and close
46. Feet
47. Dew
48. Heavenly Grounds
49. Storyboard
50. 50
51. Eye of Beholder
52. Cover Girl
53. 5-3-1
54. Midnight Sun
55. Faux Reflection
56. Time Flies
57. Duotone Portrait
58. Jewelry
59. Inside Out
60. Open Flame
61. Holiday Card
62. Christmas Lights
63. Paper
64. Chess
65. Beauty of a Blade
66. Liquid Surface
67. Out of Scale
68. Falling
69. Midterm Challenge
70. Concentric
71. Steam
72. Candelit Portrait
73. Umbrella
74. Catching The Rainbow
75. Palm
76. Flow
77. Workplace
78. Upside Down
79. Groundhog
80. Dust To Dust
81. Good Light, Bad Camera
82. It's Not the Size...
83. Fireworks!
84. Comp Card
85. Street Lights
86. Submerged
87. Art of Noise
88. 8.8.8
89. Boxes
90. Ad Infinitum
91. Best Angle
92. Tyme Cover
93. Shallow
94. Mirror, Mirror On The Wall
95. Show Your Mug
96. Be Your Worst Nightmare!
97. Blown Out
98. Learning The Ropes
99. 99 Bottles
100. Hall Of Fame
101. Sun Behind Leaf
102. Outdoor Holiday Decor
103. Natural High Key
104. Take A Match
105. Single Light Portrait
106. Silverware Ad
107. Obamicon
108. Edge Silhouette
109. Laser Beam
110. Extreme BW
111. Trinity
112. Spot Lighted
113. Jumbotroned
114. A Hard Week's End
115. Tron, Alice, etc.
116. Unlikely Shadow
117. WB Extreme
118. LAB it, baby!
119. Hairlight
120. Wide and Long
121. Wrap It!
122. Stack It Up!
123. No, not the fireworks!
124. Clamshell
125. Translucent
126. Stroboscope
127. Time Lapse
128. Isolate
129. Phylter
130. Pinhole
131. Progress
132. Measuring Candlepower
133. Newstextures
134. High Noon Shooting
135. Something Wrong...
136. Dashboard Cover
137. The Men Who Stare At...
138. A World in a Glass
139. Curb Appeal
140. CD Cover
141. Symmetry
142. Ring Shot
143. Sound
144. Spiral
145. Dashboard
146. Dissolved Portrait
     
     Starting from #147, most of assignments are about portraiture: lighting, posing, postprocessing, etc.
     
     
147. 1-2-3
148. Nightmare 2010
149. 12 in 1
150. Tough Room
151. 24
152. Sunset Silhouettes
153. Legs Unlimited

This message is regularly updated as the new subjects become active.