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07/10/2002 01:42:57 AM · #1
* Silhouettes (you know, those dark foreground objects against some interestingly lit background)
* Geometric Shapes (suggested or obvious)
* Low-key (Dark) vs. High-key (Light)
* Perspective (foreground vs. background, lines converging in distance)
* Light used to define form (to give something an illusion of depth)
* Bright color and contrast (super saturated without using the saturate command)
* Minimized color use (desaturated without using the desaturate command)
* Framing (picture of someone standing in a doorway, etc)
* Texture (that old paint peeling off the door look)
* Fore-, Middle, and Backgrounds (something very obviously falling in each of the three)
* Portrait in natural light (no studio shots for this one)
* Reflections (either the light obviously reflected from something onto something else, or something reflected in something else, or if you want to go there, someone staring off into space as they think...)
* Informal street portraits (shoot someone you've never met before after asking their permission)
* People at play (no board games allowed -- doesn't have to be an organized game -- maybe something as simple as one person tickling another)
* A public event (circus, fair, ribbon cutting ceremony, church, etc etc etc)
* Group shot (the easy out would be family -- but make it different -- something that symbolizes the group you're shooting -- actors from a play in costume on the set -- your family all sitting down at the table for their favorite meal)
* Relationships (between people, objects, people and objects, elements within the photo -- something that is made obvious by the photo you've taken)
* B&W portrait (pretty self explantory -- hard part is making B&W count and not just transforming a portrait into B&W)
* Dominant sky (Sunset, sunrise, snowstorm, rainstorm, lowering clouds, a harvest moon -- something where the sky plays leading element)
* Industrial landscape (ignore the mountains and shoot the smokestacks)
* Architectural detail (think Gordon's excellent Lone Star shot as opposed to a picture of the entire building)
* Simple vs. complex interiors (minimalistic shots of a room and a chair vs. the color and confusion of a library wall)
* People and interiors (shoot someone in their element)
* Shoot into the sun (but the site will not be held responsible if you look at the sun through your lens and hurt your eyes... *grin*)
* Doorknobs and doorknockers (have you seen some of these things? they belong in art galleries...)
* Found still lifes (no studio shots allowed -- milk bottles or a newspaper on the front porch, a vase of flowers on a fireplace mantle)
* Food (been said before, but I'll say it again)
* Animals/insects (also been said before)
* Flowers/plants (I know we have some "experts" -- but maybe the rest of us need to give it a try)
* Sense of motion (think opposite of the stop motion challenge -- motion blur or at least a sense of motion for those without shutter control)

Yes, I stole all these from a book -- at least initially, the parenthetical comments are all mine. That should give us a bunch to chew over.
07/10/2002 01:46:47 AM · #2
Awesome, Jeff. Now, to add these to the database...

Drew
07/10/2002 02:03:19 AM · #3
Well Drew.... If we are going to ever get through this list.... we better have several challenges per week.
07/10/2002 02:19:44 AM · #4
Just curious... what book?

sjgleah

Originally posted by Patella:

Yes, I stole all these from a book -- at least initially, the parenthetical comments are all mine. That should give us a bunch to chew over.




* This message has been edited by the author on 7/10/2002 2:19:55 AM.
07/10/2002 02:24:54 AM · #5
John Hedgecoe's Complete Guide to Photography ISBN 1-85585-195-4

$13.97 at Amazon.com -- and no, I'm not getting royalties, just figured people would want the easiest link so I tracked it down. ;-)
07/10/2002 03:07:41 AM · #6
Originally posted by Patella:
John Hedgecoe's [i]Complete Guide to Photography ISBN 1-85585-195-4

$13.97 at Amazon.com -- and no, I'm not getting royalties, just figured people would want the easiest link so I tracked it down. ;-)
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Well, why not sign up (free still, I think), and use your custom link to refer people, and you will get a commission, if not a royalty.

Or, maybe the site should get an account and establish a "virtual bookstore" for members to buy recommended works and support the site (at least a tiny bit) at the same time.
07/10/2002 04:08:17 AM · #7
Originally posted by GeneralE:

Or, maybe the site should get an account and establish a "virtual bookstore" for members to buy recommended works and support the site (at least a tiny bit) at the same time.


Fantastic idea... I'm planning on buying several books soon (since I've been reinspired to an old hobby). I'll hold off a few weeks and see if this happens.
07/10/2002 09:07:40 AM · #8
I buy from amazon all the time...I think this is a great idea too. :)
07/10/2002 10:21:59 AM · #9
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Patella:
[i]John Hedgecoe's [i]Complete Guide to Photography
ISBN 1-85585-195-4

$13.97 at Amazon.com -- and no, I'm not getting royalties, just figured people would want the easiest link so I tracked it down. ;-)
[/i]

Well, why not sign up (free still, I think), and use your custom link to refer people, and you will get a commission, if not a royalty.

Or, maybe the site should get an account and establish a "virtual bookstore" for members to buy recommended works and support the site (at least a tiny bit) at the same time.[/i]

I've lobbied Drew for this idea as well... as an addition to the "Learn Section." Basically a recommended reading list with an option for user reviews -- and links to Amazon or Barnes & Noble through their affiliate programs.

-Terry
07/10/2002 10:36:54 AM · #10
I'd prefer that Drew/Langdon got the commissions -- whether or not they're the ones actively in charge of setting the whole thing up. At least give them SOME perk for doing this whole thing.
07/10/2002 10:43:19 AM · #11
Oh, and by the way, I tried to edit out or alter any of the projects from the book that weren't those anybody could easily do or that were projects focused around multiple comparison shots.

For example, the one I called people at play is actually children at play in the book -- you may not have access to a kid, but you at least have access to you.

Or there's a project that tells you to go outside and shoot the same shot hourly so that you can track how the changing sunlight impacts the various elements of the photo -- not so great in terms of the site. (Although I think a multiple image challenge could be fun -- maybe a before and after, or some kind of triptych...)
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