Photo Exercise #6 - Focus!
Duration: Month of September
This month I want you to focus on what you're doing, and use focus as the main theme in your submissions. You could go for extreme shallow DOF, you could try selective focus to isolate the subject, you could try emulating Ansel Adams' tendency to have EVERYTHING in the frame in the crispest possible focus, or you could go out in left field and surprise us all with your interpretation. Wherever inspiration takes you, let's see it![/QUOTE]
Jake, it's really interesting how the 'focus' of the picture (the subject) is out of focus, and yet I can see his expression and enough details that everything important is still conveyed. That's pretty badass for representing the topic!
Cheers guys. I kinda had an idea of what I wanted, so we did three jumps. First picture of the first jump is this one; perfect. Only went downhill from there. and pope, just to shiver your timbers, this is another surfboard photo
Photo Exercise #7 - Once Per Week!
Duration: Month of October
Ok, folks, this time it's going to be a real assignment. Our assignment (you can still call it an exercise if that makes you feel better ;-)) is to post 4 pictures here, one per week. Here's the challenge: make them good. Make them real good. Don't just find yourself on friday posting some crap you happen to have (not saying anyone has done this, but this is definitely not the month to just toss something up here). Each week I want us to find an object, or a scene, or whatever, and shoot it multiple times. Shoot it at different times of day, or with different lenses, or by changing the lighting. Each week really spend some time shooting, altering, reshooting, revisiting, and re-reshooting your picture until you have it looking really good. Then post that. Next week you can pick the same or a different subject/scene, whatever floats your boat, but repeat the process of multiple different attempts on the same subject/scene and really changing up how you approach the shot. The idea here is that if we make ourselves rethink what we're shooting we may discover that our initial viewpoint was inferior to what we can build up to by really working at it.
This is my most involved assignment yet, and I understand it may seem daunting. I encourage us all to rise to the challenge. I want more participation this month, not less! And if you want to post multiple versions of a week's shot to demonstrate how you changed it over time, do it! It could be fun for us to discuss process and not just a single static piece.
It hasn't really been the case that this thread is high on "improvement" as much as it's high on "take some pictures already" which in same cases is just as important.
so, should we post the final image every week or post a few and get crits and suggestions as to how to "make it good"?
Honestly you should do whatever you want. There will be no final exams after this online course is concluded, and it will not affect your GPA either way.
(In all seriousness, my goal is to get people to shoot more and to engage with their shooting more - so in whatever way this thread might help you along those lines I would say follow that path).
That's a very cool shot. Your lighting is very sweet. Also, you get 200 photo-points for being the first person to turn anything in on this assignment, including me :oops:
See but you didn't do that with this assignment in mind. This isn't a 'oh I have this photo that kind of applies to this thread so I'll post it' thread.
To be completely honest, I'm not entirely sure what to do for this assignment. Sure, I could post a new photo every week, but I really have no ambition to go back to the same place every week and take a marginally different photo. Maybe I don't get it, but I don't think I'm particularly alone in that seeing as how we're now well into the second half of the month and no one has posted their weekly entry. Granted, most of my work involves mountaineering, and I'll be buggered if I'm going to summit the same mountain every week.
See but you didn't do that with this assignment in mind. This isn't a 'oh I have this photo that kind of applies to this thread so I'll post it' thread.
I thought the point was to take a whole bunch of photos of basically the same thing and then post the best one every week.
Photo Exercise #8 - FAMILY
Duration: Month of November
I guess I should scale this one back, since not even I was able to participate in last month's assignment. Mad props to Prosp and Slug for posting. But let's move on to new pastures. It's November, the time of Indians and Pilgrims and Turkeys and fat feasts. So, in keeping with the theme of Thanksgiving, this month's assignment is family. Feel free to be as creative with this as you want - you don't need to be literal unless you wish. And as always, use this theme as a first step to get out there and push yourself to take the best picture you can!
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Photo Exercise #6 - Focus!
Duration: Month of September
This month I want you to focus on what you're doing, and use focus as the main theme in your submissions. You could go for extreme shallow DOF, you could try selective focus to isolate the subject, you could try emulating Ansel Adams' tendency to have EVERYTHING in the frame in the crispest possible focus, or you could go out in left field and surprise us all with your interpretation. Wherever inspiration takes you, let's see it![/QUOTE]
Resaturated for anable.
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Nice meeting you anable, we should hang at next PAX!
"Oh what a day, what a LOVELY DAY!"
Yeah, I was kinda getting dragged everywhere. Next time we'll do a photo shoot or something.
thanks! does this look better?
"Oh what a day, what a LOVELY DAY!"
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My first assignment submission. I've got four shots in this sequence, I think the others I'll turn into a tryp.
And my first entry for this assignment:
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Oh well, I still have two weeks.
"Oh what a day, what a LOVELY DAY!"
Jake: very cool concept, I agree with everyone (I'm very agreeable today apparently).
Pope: that pic is very calming.
Kinda a different take on it:
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Will add new assignment asap!
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Photo Exercise #7 - Once Per Week!
Duration: Month of October
Ok, folks, this time it's going to be a real assignment. Our assignment (you can still call it an exercise if that makes you feel better ;-)) is to post 4 pictures here, one per week. Here's the challenge: make them good. Make them real good. Don't just find yourself on friday posting some crap you happen to have (not saying anyone has done this, but this is definitely not the month to just toss something up here). Each week I want us to find an object, or a scene, or whatever, and shoot it multiple times. Shoot it at different times of day, or with different lenses, or by changing the lighting. Each week really spend some time shooting, altering, reshooting, revisiting, and re-reshooting your picture until you have it looking really good. Then post that. Next week you can pick the same or a different subject/scene, whatever floats your boat, but repeat the process of multiple different attempts on the same subject/scene and really changing up how you approach the shot. The idea here is that if we make ourselves rethink what we're shooting we may discover that our initial viewpoint was inferior to what we can build up to by really working at it.
This is my most involved assignment yet, and I understand it may seem daunting. I encourage us all to rise to the challenge. I want more participation this month, not less! And if you want to post multiple versions of a week's shot to demonstrate how you changed it over time, do it! It could be fun for us to discuss process and not just a single static piece.
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Honestly you should do whatever you want. There will be no final exams after this online course is concluded, and it will not affect your GPA either way.
(In all seriousness, my goal is to get people to shoot more and to engage with their shooting more - so in whatever way this thread might help you along those lines I would say follow that path).
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I thought the point was to take a whole bunch of photos of basically the same thing and then post the best one every week.
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Duration: Month of November
I guess I should scale this one back, since not even I was able to participate in last month's assignment. Mad props to Prosp and Slug for posting. But let's move on to new pastures. It's November, the time of Indians and Pilgrims and Turkeys and fat feasts. So, in keeping with the theme of Thanksgiving, this month's assignment is family. Feel free to be as creative with this as you want - you don't need to be literal unless you wish. And as always, use this theme as a first step to get out there and push yourself to take the best picture you can!
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I have every confidence that you can bust out some excellent photo to illustrate some aspect of the concept, however.
3000 miles - where are you and where's 'home?'
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I'll probably be able to figure something out.
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