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Active Assignment Weekly:
en•joy•ment
–noun
1. the act of enjoying.
2. the possession, use, or occupancy of anything with satisfaction or pleasure
3. a particular form or source of pleasure
I thought it might be nice to have a reasonably broad assignment this week so let’s all attempt to create a photograph that represents enjoyment. It could be absolutely anything that represents something you personally enjoy (permitted by the terms of the group of course!).
Restriction
The photo should convey something that you personally enjoy. So posting a photo of someone else enjoying an ice cream would be no good if you don’t also enjoy eating ice cream. Posting a photo of a pet or child playing would be fine as we can assume you enjoy playing with them. It might be nice to learn a little something that we may not already know about you from your photograph. :)
Dare
To make some kind of change to the shot during post processing that other members of the group may not be able to easily identify. Please indicate if you have taken on the dare when posting your photo so other members will know if they should try to guess what you have changed.
Examples
Please feel free to add any images which you think might help other members with inspiration.
WIT: There's something completely relaxing and satisfying in developing and printing silver geletin prints for me. That said, I really haven't done much lately. This took about an hour of cleaning out the darkroom and setting up trays and moving the light closer. I set up the tripod and took a few exposures on manual to find the right combination, then placed the photo in the tray and shot it with this combination (F/2.8, 0.5 sec exposure, ISO 800). CS4 curves for contrast which actually took out the timer in the foreground, cloned out a distracting reflection, slight rotation, sharpen, resize.
I did do one other step in post processing that I've been finding I like, though it isn't very obvious in this shot.
Ashley's assignment on ritual. Peyton and I switched speech patterns. (In the documentation, both Eric and Ashley interrupted us, so please ignore the middle bit).
Assignment 52 -- Painting with light
Visions of the Green Fairy were said to come to those who drank quantities. I haven't seen the Fairy yet myself. This light painting was done with the flame of a fireplace lighter.
(One other photo of absinthe & light--- www.flickr.com/photos/58525789@N06/8830476696/)
Active Assignment Weekly, Feb 8-15: The Color Red
February is a red kind of month. The color red is a wonderful color to work with, but it can be difficult photographing and processing. Your assignment is to capture red in all its glory, along the full spectrum (avoid pink on the light side of the spectrum, however).
Dare: Try selective color.
Restriction: The color red must play predominantly in your photo or at least closely associated with it.
WIT: This guy was participating in an outdoor stand-up meeting, and was concentrating very hard on the speaker. Slight increase in contrast, otherwise SOOC.
September 23--After greeting one another the first batch of women prayers sat down in the front rows waiting.
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - August 27:Gala Dinner at Scots College August 27, 2016 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Mark Tantrum/ www.scotscollege.school.nz/)
Tree roots and sedges being lit with an umbrella and a snoot. I deliberately over lit sedge in foreground, just for the exercise
Assignment: "Homelife: Chores" March 30 - April 13
Checking and making sure the garbage got taken out. We missed it the last two weeks and now it's full of dirty diapers... Eeeww...
As we announced yesterday, our new assignment reflects the work of Vivian Maier. Please post your (new!) photos between Feb 1 - 22 and use the hashtag #vivianmaierassignment.
JUNKYARD TREASURES: Maier was fascinated by what others might consider junk. So its ironic that her work was only discovered when John Maloof bought a box of photos at a flea market auction. Go find that hidden treasure that is usually overlooked - be it at the bottom of a bin, a local flea market or an estate sale.
I’M SORT OF A SPY (x2): Meander through the streets of your hometown and look - really LOOK. What catches your eye? An interesting outfit or posture? A group of people waiting for a bus? A couple holding hands at the street light? The legs of mother and child in a shop? We’re sure you’ll come up with an excellent shot. No wait - make that two! It’s the VM classic, after all.
IN THE NEWS: Vivian Maier was fascinated by the news - especially when they highlighted the folly of humanity. She also horded newspapers. For this assignment, set up a photo that has a newspaper or headline of sorts in it.
MANGLED MANNEQUIN: Next time you go window-shopping ignore the clothes and look at the mannequins. Lop-sided? Disassembled? Naked? You’ve got your shot.
MIRROR MIRROR: The classic VM selfie. Come on, we couldn’t do a Vivian Maier assignment and not have this one in there. Find something shiny and let us see a reflection of you and your camera. Shadow and smile optional.
BONUS ASSIGNMENT: A picture that no one will see: Take it, have it developed, don’t show it to anyone. Stash it away in a box. Post a photo of the box.
Please be kind and respectful when doing street photography. Vivian Maier was not just an exceptional photographer - she has also been described as “imposing and rude”. Don’t be inspired by that.
Remember: Only post new (mobile) photos, and only tag one per assignment. You can tag your outtakes with #vivianmaierassignment_outtake, though.
By the way - We’re not checking if you finish all 6 assignments, so don’t be discouraged if you can’t finish. The main thing is to start playing and have fun!
Shot for: fotoplayers.blogspot.com/
I asked some people to shoot something for my first assignment but no one had any time so I decided to do it on my own. In my opinion "doing something" doesn't always have to involve a lot of action. Because of this I chose to shoot one of the activities I really used to do pretty often. This is waht a perfect evening would have looked like until recently. Hopefully I will be able to get back into reading again soon.
This shot includes a book cover which might insult some people. For those people I have to say that this is not a book that is glorifying Nazis but it is about how the world would look like if the Nazis would have won WWII (The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick). I really love to read about strongly polarising and controversial topics which you have to think about and I also enjoy a good glass of wine from time to time.
-Lui Summer
Strobist: One AB 800 right of the camer bounced from the wall and another one left of the camera through an umbrella. A Canon Speedlite 540ez left of the cupboard bounced from the ceiling. Triggered with Cyber Sync gear.
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - August 27:Gala Dinner at Scots College August 27, 2016 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Mark Tantrum/ www.scotscollege.school.nz/)
On world disabled day at Coles park, Bangalore. The park was renovated and converted into a Universally Accessible Park. The project was the brain child of NGO named Kilikili. It was successfully implemented by co-operation between KiliKili and BMP. Read more
On world disabled day at Coles park, Bangalore. The park was renovated and converted into a Universally Accessible Park. The project was the brain child of NGO named Kilikili. It was successfully implemented by co-operation between KiliKili and BMP. Read more
Self-portrait redo.
Thanks to Flickr users Bill in Ash Vegas, tanakawho, chidorian, brokentrinkets, Jim-AR, Capture Queen, lucianvenutian, and Memotions.
Assignments from an online class - Gesture Drawing at Schoolism - taught by Pixar Story Artist, Alex Woo.
Active Assignment Weekly: June 27 - July 4: Body Parts
Your assignment is to photograph body parts. Keep the props, or clothing to a minimum and really focus in on a body part. With that said PLEASE remember the group rules and keep it clean.
Dare: Make it abstract or hard to tell what part of the body you have chosen (please refrain from the cliche arm or leg crack made to look like a butt)
Restriction: No full face or full body shots, and as stated before no naughty areas.
WIT: Halogen reading light lying on the bed.. F/2.8, 1/20 sec. ISO 1600. CS4 curves for high contrast, vibrance reduction, dark blue filter to take out some of the bright orange-ness, noise reduction, gaussian blur, resize. View on black..
Active Assignment Weekly - Motion Blur.
Well I choose this assignment because I needed practice and wow... Throughout the week i tried to improve on my technique and abilities but a week was not long enough, lol...
This is my 13 year old, rescued Xolo. After being in a cage her whole life, this girl loves to RUN!
I truly appreciate suggestions and critiques.as i really struggled with my settings on this assignment.
WIT: Slowing down my shutter and playing around with ISO and Aperture due to a dark cloudy day. In PP - i boosted the lighting and the shadows.
For Strobist Lighting 102
Assignment 2 - Umbrella Specular Portrait
430EX in shoot-thru umbrella to camera right at 1/16 power. Shot in manual. Triggered with an ST-E2.
Active Assignment Weekly: Fancy Pants
So, your assignment this week is to take a picture of pants. Jeans, slacks, cargo's, corduroy, camo, or underpants...I don't care, just take a picture of pants. As long as the pants are the focus, your picture will work.
Restriction: Keep away from whole body shots, and really make the pants the focus.
Dare: Take a picture of someone else's pants? I can't really think of anything else
WIT
I have so many jeans, and I had this idea in my head of lining them all up. My best friend has a huge yard. with some small hills. I got on a step ladder and shot.
Post process in camera raw, clarity and tone enhancements.
This assignment was fun and allowed for more creativity. My original plan was to try and make the bottle blend into the ski lift tower. However, the lighting at the top of the mountain didn't allow for me to set this angle up (too much lens flare). Instead I looked for good lighting and set up my bottle and flash.
This photo was shot during sunset on top of Bolton Valley in Vermont. I used a long lens 70-200 to help blur the background to a nice blend of colors. I then placed my flash on the ground (right hand side of the bottle) and laid flat on the ground to take this photo.
Here are the specs for my photo:
1/350s @2.8
ISO 200
Focal Length 108mm
No tripod
1 Off camera Flash (Canon 550EX)
PCNW Light Control assignment 1.
The essence of light. Produce one image that speaks to the essence of light as you see it.
I'm taking a 35mm black and white photography course at my Uni this semester and my teacher is kind enough to scan the work that we hand in.
Here are the two photos I chose to develop for my landscape, or "space" assignment.
Taken with a Yashica FR and Ilford HP5 Plus 400 ISO film. Processed, developed and printed by me.
camera : OLYMPUS OM-1N
lens : OLYMPUS OM-SYSTEM G.ZUIKO 28mm f3.5
film : Kodak T-Max400
model * S
taken @ a corner in Wahoo NE, USA
Assignment 52: motion blur
Shot after dusk, to avoid overexposure
(Are you impressed, Ann -- I used a tripod!)
Active Assignment for 25th Oct - 1st Nov: Self Portrait with pumpkin
WIT-- New picture of some pumpkins and gourds................old picture of me on a rock,................blended the two.
WALA...............selfie with a pumpkin.
Active Assignment Weekly - June 13 - 20: Tickle the Funnybone
Assignment:
Take a picture that is humorous - let's have a laugh this week.
Restriction: No humans or parts of humans are allowed in the picture.
Dare: Create an image that doesn't require a caption to be funny.
WIT:
I think the title says it all here, but one never knows. I hope there are many reasons to laugh at this, and if not, oink oink.
I shot this outside a favorite joint of mine this morning, hoping I'd find the perfect spot for this pair. I've used them once for a photo, but the results weren't that great.
In PP: I just adjusted the curves, then bent the green and red curves a bit for a lomo look.
Getting my grandbaby ready for a bath and bed, I have lotion, diaper, wipes and his bottle, all the necessity's he needs to get him ready.
Assignment 1 - Wild doodling - My doodle! I used a black biro pen and coloured pencils (the watercolour ones). I frequently doodle this squiggly pattern - today i was out in the wind collecting fallen leaves which were amazing colours so i made my squiggly doodle into a tree, with leaves blowing in the wind. No idea how to draw the wind, so blue swirly pattern represents the wind (not sure it showed up clearly in the scan?). No clue how Flickr works so hopefully this will go to the right place! Clare