The Weekly Photo Challenge

Challenge #51

2010-04-05T17:19:00.000-07:00

Where We Live

Rules:

3 Photos please

Interpret the above phrase any way you'd like!

-diana

Challenge #50

2010-03-15T06:07:00.001-07:00

Dear friends,

I know it has been quite some time since I disappeared from sight. We have had a crazy last three months first trying to buy a house and then when that didn't work finding and moving into a new apartment. I barely even picked up my camera in that time and really really missed the lot of you. So I hope we haven't lost too much momentum, but I wanted to try and get some photochallenges going again. :)

Since we just moved and have a few different needs in the new appartment than in the old, Sam and I have been scouring our local thrift stores for treasures (mostly for his room.) So this week's challenge is inspired by recent adventures in thrift.

The Challenge:

THRIFT

The Rules:

1.) Use your unique insight and experiences to interpret the word "Thrift" in three or less photographs.

2.) B/W, Colour, Tweaking, all allowed!

3.) McLinky will stay up for three week if you can't get to this challenge right away!

4.) Have fun!

diana

Challenge #49

2010-01-26T15:00:00.000-08:00

This week's assignment:

Find faces/facial expressions in inanimate objects.

Submit 1-5 photos

Tweaking allowed.

Have Fun!!

~Em

Challenge #48

2010-01-17T21:02:00.000-08:00

When I was in third grade our teacher, Miss Garfield, sent us all home with a simple assignment. We were to imagine that in class the next day a martian would be visiting who wanted to learn how to make a peanut butter sandwich. It was our job to write down instructions for said martian. We had no idea that Miss G was going to be our martian and that she would be following our instructions EXACTLY. All of us did our best, reading out loud what we had written, but in the end, what she had before her did not resemble, in any way, a peanut butter sandwich. Oh and there was peanut butter just about everywhere! It didn't take us long to realize why she'd been wearing gloves.

So with that inspiration this week's challenge is going to be a little more involved.

The Challenge:

Do a Photo Demo

Rules:

1.) Feel free to demo any normal thing that you do throughout your day, or if your adventurous you can do an activity for the sole purpose of using it for this challenge. (Hint for those of us with children: if this seems a bit overwhelming just capture something you do with your kid..or for your kids.)

2.) Please try to limit the images to no more than 10.

3.) Tweaking is fine if you'd like to display the images differently.

4.) Have fun!

5.) MckLinky will be open for approximately three weeks.

Challenge #47

2010-01-12T21:39:00.000-08:00

So sorry everyone for getting this up so late! My husband and I have been house hunting and I really haven't been on the computer that much in the last few days. For this week's challenge I think I'm going to "borrow" an challenge from another site since my brain is clearly else where.

This week's challenge:

Minimalism

(hint: for a little help check out what this guy had to say.)

No rules, just do your thing and tweak if you'd like! And post as many or few photos as you'd like!

MckLinky will stay open for three weeks!

Have fun!

diana

LINK!

2010-01-09T20:17:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! I've seen in some of the comments left on people's photos that many of you are seeking to learn more about your camera and how to better control settings and such to get what you want. I found a great link (to the Digital Photography School website) that has articles on a whole bunch of basic stuff. I'm in the process of reading through them myself.

It never hurts to go back to the basics. I always find something I either didn't know, or forgot about.

So go take a peek!

http://digital-photography-school.com/digital-photography-tips-for-beginners

diana

Special Activity!

2010-01-05T09:28:00.000-08:00

Hey Everyone! I thought since you all did a GREAT job capturing your Christmas memories I thought we'd do something a little fun.

Along with the photo challenge this week (see entry below this one) you'll all have an opportunity to share with everyone your favorite journal entry from Challenge #45.

Here's the deal, when you enter your MckLinky Link put your name in but then for the link have it be the link to the entry you liked the most! And feel free to post your top two if you'd like!

Have fun!

-diana

challenge 46

2010-01-04T09:08:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year, everyone!
It was really a joy to see everyone's Christmas and holiday activities and traditions- looks like fun was had by all! And, I think I speak for everyone here, but a special congratulations to go out to Erica! If you aren't sure what I am talking about, take a look through her entries from the last challenge :)

This week's challenge is:

a Self-portrait featuring a physical attribute that you find endearing or beautiful about yourself- something that you feel makes you uniquely "you".
Submit one photo.
This photo can be color or black and white.
Go ahead and "tweak" it if you feel like it!
Entries due by Sunday, January 10.
MckLinky will stay up for 3 weeks from today (January 4)

And, as always, have fun, fellow shutterbugs!

~Em

Challenge #45

2009-12-13T20:24:00.000-08:00

I was thinking last night about when to start our Christmas challenge and with today being our family's Christmas cookie baking day, I figured most other people have already started some of their Holiday traditions. So for the next two weeks the challenge will be very very simple.

The Challenge:

The Christmas Journal

The Rules:

1.) Keep a photographic "Journal" of your Christmas activities.

2.) Post as many or few journal entries as you'd like in the MckLinky provided below, but if you do more than one make sure you put that after your name (Diana #1, Diana #2 and so on).

3.) Challenge yourself to describe your traditions and memories in new and creative ways. Tell us a story!

4.) Have fun and create many beautiful memories!

See you all in two weeks!

diana

Challenge #44

2009-12-07T09:10:00.000-08:00

Hey all,

Time for a more technical challenge this week.

The challenge:

Shoes

The goal of this challenge is to take something ordinary and make it look extraordinary.

If you're a little stumped head on over to challenge #41 where we did a study on "the rule of thirds". Go ahead, click on the link there and read the article, or look that the offerings for that week.

Have fun seeing shoes through new eyes!

Diana

Challenge #43

2009-11-29T14:32:00.001-08:00

Wow! It's so great to see so many of you back and participating in the challenges! It's so inspiring to see everyone's interpretations of the challenges. I'm happy to see that many of you are taking advantage of the extended submission deadlines. I'll continue to keep the MckLinky link open for at least three weeks after the challenge is posted.

For this week I thought we'd do a fun challenge and put off the technical challenge for another week.

This week's challenge:

TOYS!

The Rules:

1.) Submit a series of 3 photos (try to tell a story with your three images, have a little fun!)

2.) Since we've had a few people who seem to be interested in photo manipulation, tweaking is allowed.

3.) MckLinky will be up for the next three weeks so submit when you can. The sooner the better though, you'll probably get more comments that way!

Challenge #42

2009-11-23T16:40:00.001-08:00

Happy monday, everyone!

It was good to see a couple of regulars join back in for last week's challenge! (myself included....ahem. anywho....)
This week we'll do a *somewhat* simple challenge. Submit 1-3 images at the end of this week of creative images of the sky. These can be edited/tweaked,cropped in any way.
Hope you have fun with this one!

Emily

Challenge #41

2009-11-16T19:10:00.000-08:00

I thought we'd try another technical challenge this week. This week's challenge is inspired by a post I read over at Pioneer Woman Photography, a great photography blog!

The Challenge:

The Rule of Thirds

Submit three photographs of the same subject demonstrating the rule of thirds. You can either take three photos, cropping your image differently, or take one picture and crop it three different ways.

(If you'd like an example of what I mean click here. )

MckLinky will be up for two weeks.

Have fun!

Diana

Challenge #40

2009-11-09T19:38:00.000-08:00

For this week's challenge I thought we'd explore an idea, and I know this one will be difficult for me.

The Challenge:

"Old Fashioned"

The Rules:

1. You are free to submit as many or as few photos as you'd like.

2. Pictures can be in b/w or colour

3. Mcklinky will stay open for the next two weeks if you don't get to it this week it's okay if you submit next week instead.

Have fun hunting!

Challenge #39

2009-11-03T13:58:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! So sorry for the delay. I don't know where the week went!

This week I thought I'd do a bit of a technical challenge to see how well we know our cameras, and what we can learn from doing something a little bit different.

The Challenge:

Shooting Blind

The subject matter is completely up to you, but you are only allowed 10 shots. For 5 of those shots you can look through your view finder. For the other 5 resist the urge and shoot them without the use of your viewfinder or screen. Sometimes when a photographer is working a unique location it can be hard to get the shot you want because you're eyeball can't go where the camera can. This is an exercise to help you learn how the camera can be an extension of your eyes.

Submit your favorite photo from each set of 5.

Have fun!

Diana

(MckLinky will be up for two weeks for this one.)

Challenge #38 -Catchup

2009-10-21T11:28:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone! Erica came up with a really great idea. I kind of ran out of steam the last few weeks and I just lover her idea.

This week and next week how about we play a little catch up!?

The Challenge:

Do a challenge you haven't done!

The Rules:

1.) Just follow the photo challenge rules posted on the challenge you choose and

2.) Make sure in your post and in your link name that you include what challenge you are catching up on.

Do as many or few as you'd like!

~ diana

Week Off

2009-10-20T20:46:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, I just realized that it's almost Wednesday already. I think in light of the most recent events in my life it would be a good week to take off. Any suggestions for next week's challenge?

-diana

Challenge #37

2009-10-11T18:23:00.001-07:00

Hello all you wonderful photographers out there!

While I was sitting here trying to come up with a suitable idea for this week's challenge, my husband threw one out there for me to think about as he headed into the other room. His idea got me brain storming and this is what I came up with.

In honor of Fall I thought we could focus on two opposites.

This week's Challenge:

Hot vs. Cold

The rules:

1.) Submit two photos exploring this idea.
2.) B/W or Colour is fine.
3.) Tweaking is allowed if you find you have the time.
4.) Please try and submit by this coming weekend (the 17/18) if you can't get at it right away no worries. I'm leaving the MckLinky open an extra week for late posters.)

See you this weekend!

Diana

Challenge #36

2009-10-04T20:17:00.001-07:00

This week's challenge is brought to us by the lovely and talented Erica. She suggested this idea for me a few weeks back and I thought that this week would be a good week for it.

The Challenge:

Submit and photograph or series of photographs representing/interpreting your favorite poem, line from a book, Bible passage or perhaps even something you've written.

The Rules:

1.) 1-5 photographs B/W or colour

2.) Tweaking is allowed

3.) Submit by this weekend if you can.

4.) Make sure you post the inspiration behind your photos as well as it's source.

Have a great week!

-diana

Challenge #35

2009-09-28T22:13:00.000-07:00

This week's challenge was inspired by a conversation I had with Emily last night.

The Challenge:

Submit one photo where your subject is photographed THROUGH something.

Rules:

1. Photos Due by Sat. October 3 (but really you can post late till Tuesday if you'd like)

2. Only one photo is necessary but feel free to submit more if you find you have more than one that you like.

3. B/W or Colour

Have Fun!

diana

Challenge #34

2009-09-21T20:44:00.000-07:00

Hey, Everyone!
Sorry I didn't get this up sooner- a little boy needed my attention earlier when I was thinking of this, and I forgot until now.
Anyways, here's the challenge:

Broke Down

Submit 3 photos of the same subject from different angles or different distances
Take these as B&W images
Tweeking is OK.
Have fun!!!!

~Em

Sick Day

2009-09-21T08:06:00.001-07:00

Hey Guys,

I got the flu this weekend and decided not to do a photo challenge this week. I'm going to take it easy and hopefully will be in top shape next week.

So for this week, take the week off!

I'll see you next Monday!

diana

Challenge #33

2009-09-14T14:03:00.000-07:00

Wow it's been a quiet week over here at TWPC blog. It seems with the start of school everyone is so so so busy! Great job everyone who is hanging on there.

This week's challenge:

"Imperfection"

The Rules:

1. Tweaking is allowed for this one.

2. Feel free to submit 1-3 photos of your interpretation of the challenge.

3. Photos due Sat. September 19 (as usual MckLinky will stay open till Tuesday the 23rd).

Have fun!

-diana

Wild Fires

2009-09-11T05:29:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

My mom sent me this link and some of the images just blew me away! I thought I would share.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/09/wildfires_in_southern_californ.html

diana

Challenge #32

2009-09-07T16:31:00.000-07:00

Woh! All of a sudden I remembered that I forgot to post a challenge for this week! What a crazy day I've had. I'm all goofed up since everyone had off for Labor Day. So this week I thought we could do a challenge in honor of Labor day.

The Theme: WORK

The Challenge: To portray an idea using one single image

The Rules: One photo, no tweaking, due Sat. Sept. 12 (MckLinky will stay open till the 15th)

:) Have a great week!

-diana

Challenge #31

2009-08-30T20:33:00.000-07:00

My hubby helped me to come up with this one- he likes the challenges that have a technical side to them- to help educate people how to deal with certain types of lighting situations, etc., so here's what we came up with:

A Brand New Day

Use these words as inspiration for a series of photos (3-5 pictures)
The sky/sun should not be the main focus of your photos
B/w or color
Editing is not allowed; however, you may crop your pictures as you see fit.

Have a great time, fellow shutterbugs and photographic artists! ;)

~Em

Challenge #30

2009-08-24T04:35:00.000-07:00

Good Morning All! I'm getting this one up a little early since I went to bed earlier than usual and both my boys are still asleep.

This week's challenge is inspired by my son.

This week's theme:

SHAPES IN ARCHITECTURE

Search out and find a:

1.) Circle
2.) Square
3.) Triangle

Rules:

1.) B/W or Colour
2.) 3 photos, or all shapes in one (if you can manage!)
3.) No Tweaking
4.) Photos due by Sat. Aug 29 (MckLinky will stay open till the 1st of Sept for late posters.)

Have fun!

-Diana

Challenge #29

2009-08-17T16:41:00.001-07:00

Sorry for getting this posted so late in the day... been dealing with a little flu bug going through the family. blah.

This weeks challenge:

Graffiti

Rules:
Incorporate graffiti into your images in some way- large or small scale.
Keep it PG.
Submit 3 photos- at least one in B&W and at least one in full color- by Saturday, August 22
You may edit as you see fit.
Enjoy getting out and searching for graffiti!

(graffiti can be anything that is writing- whether painted, scratched, or by other means- where it is not allowed- i.e. bathroom stalls, underpasses, bridges, road signs, etc...)

Looking forward to seeing your interpretations!

~Em

Challenge #28

2009-08-10T07:53:00.001-07:00

Wow! We keep adding new photographers every week! This week I'd like to offer a hearty welcome to Tomo. We're so glad you decided to join in the fun.

Since most of our challenges involve more than one photo I thought I'd switch it up a little this week and have a challenge where we post only ONE image.

This week's theme:

BIG and small

Rules:

1.) One photo and one photo only.

2.) B/W or Colour is fine.

3.) No tweaking please.

4.) Photo submissions due by Sat. Aug 15 (MckLinky will stay open till Aug. 18th for any late posters.)

Have a great week!

Challenge #27

2009-08-02T21:31:00.000-07:00

What lovely blue photos we had last week. It was fun to see everyone's interpretation. It's also nice to see that some of our newer members are feeling comfortable enough to comment on other's photos. Remember; if you don't have a lot of time to comment (this is also a reminder for me!) don't be afraid to talk about only one photo for each person. We all highly value everyone's feed back (and no worries if you think you have nothing to say, just talk about what you see!)

This week's challenge is:

FILL IN THE BLANK

I Love........

I want........

I wish for.......

Rules:

1.) Please submit three photos by Sat. Aug 8th.

2.) You may pick one fill in the blank and submit three photos for it, or do one photo for each fill in the blank.

3.) B/W or Colour

4.) Tweaking allowed

Keep up the great work everyone!

~diana

*MckLinky will be open till Tuesday Aug 11 for any late posters.

A Little Fun

2009-07-30T17:33:00.000-07:00

Okay so I was having a little fun messing around with the blog. If you all hate it, I'll change it back! :)

diana

Challenge #26

2009-07-27T05:50:00.001-07:00

Happy Monday everyone! Great job last week. I thought since last week's challenge was a more involved, we'd do something a little easier this week. Oh yes, and I'd also like to welcome ANOTHER new submitter, welcome Scott!

So without further ado:

This week's challenge is brought to you by the colour BLUE!

We're going to go on a little treasure hunt this week.

Rules:

1.) Go out into your community/city/town/street and search for things that are blue.

2.) Submit three photos (Colour of course) by Sat. Aug 1st.

3.) Tweaking is allowed.

4.) Try to create a set of photos as apposed to just three random pictures. Think about how they all work together to create either an idea or a feeling.

5.) HAVE FUN!

Challenge #25

2009-07-20T11:06:00.000-07:00

Hello again, everyone!
It was great to see a couple more people join in the fun last week- and we had great, creative entries- it's so much fun to look through them all (I know- I gotta comment yet ;)

Anyway, this week's challenge is to do a setup to specifically "sell a product"- this can be anything, really, for example : hat, shoes, cat food, soap- anything. The challenge is to do this with a friend, relative, or pet as your model.
Submit 3 photos- and let us know which is your favorite.
These may be b/w, color, or anything in between.
Editing is allowed.
And, as always.... have fun!

~em

Photo Challenge #24 submissions via MckLinky

2009-07-15T06:01:00.000-07:00

Okay folks, what do you say we give the MckLinky another try? I wasn't going to but since Josh asked about it, and Emily asked about it I thought we'd see if it would maybe work right for us this week. The developer was doing some work on the program last week and sent out an e-mail to apologize for some of the problems people were having with it.

Like last week:

All you have to do is click on the link that says "you are next, click here to enter your link" and then enter your name and your link (put in your link just like we've been doing.) The linky will stay open till Tuesday in case we have any late posters. What it will do is post a list of links as soon as you submit yours.

*note to Josh: I submitted your link for you!

Challenge #24

2009-07-13T05:24:00.000-07:00

Hi Gang,

Sorry to the few of you that posted late, for some reason the link closed early, I was worried about that happening. I'll work on trying to get your entries on the link as soon as it starts working again. In the mean time feel free to head over to FB and share with us your thoughts on this new system of posting.

Challenge #24

Pick a day this week and tell us about it using your camera.

Rules:

1.) Submit as many or as few photos as you'd like.

2.) B/W or Colour

3.) please no tweaking

4.) Photos due Sat. July 18, 2009

This challenge is about telling a story, finding a way to narrate through pictures. You don't have to narrate your whole day, you can pick just a portion of it if you'd like. Have fun!

-diana

Mcklinky

2009-07-08T20:01:00.001-07:00

Hi All,

I promised Em I'd give this a try. I'm not sure if any of you have seen any of these linky things on other sites but we thought maybe we'd try it this week to see if posting submissions could be easier. So for this week's challenge how about we try something a little new?

All you have to do is click on the link that says "you are next, click here to enter your link" and then enter your name and your link (put in your link just like we've been doing.) The linky will stay open till Monday in case we have any late posters. What it will do is post a list of links as soon as you submit yours. I'll start a discussion group on FB where we can discuss this new tool.

Happy shooting!

Diana

Photo Challenge #23

2009-07-05T06:29:00.001-07:00

This week I'm actually able to get to everything a little early! So you all have an extra day to work on the challenge if you'd like.

As a little side note, there is a new discussion up on the FB group about posting comments to photos. If you'd like to join in on the discussion (or start your own about anything else) please feel free to head on over there. If you are one of our newer posters and are not yet part of our FB group please leave your name in a comment to this post and I will add you as a friend and invite you to the group.

The challenge:

STRIPES!

The rules:

1.) Three or Five photos (try not to make it obvious what you were photographing. Leave us guessing if you can!)

2.) B/W or Colour

3.) Tweaking alowed

4.) Photos Due by Sat. July 11, 2009

Have fun everyone!

diana

Round Up #22

2009-07-05T06:22:00.000-07:00

Hey all! I hop everyone had a GREAT 4th of July weekend! We have another new poster this week. Welcome Josh!

Here's the roundup for this week!

If you still haven't posted your photos for this week don't worry, go ahead and post your link I'll add you to the list when I have a chance.

Challenge #22

2009-06-29T05:37:00.000-07:00

Good morning all! I would like to offer a warm and hearty welcome to our newest contributor, Bschwalbz! It's really exciting to have someone new joining in the fun.

Okay onto this week's challenge! As many of you know Wedding season is upon us, which is keeping me pretty busy on the weekends. Last night I had the pleasure of attending a wedding instead of shooting it. I thought today we'd do a wedding inspired challenge based on that old little rhyme that brides often stick to when planning the details of what they will wear. I'm sure you are all familiar with it:

Something Old,

Something New,

Something Borrowed,

Something Blue.

The Rules:

1.) Four images

2.) Let's steer away from images that actually have to do with weddings, use your imagination with this one. Let's get outside the box a little.

3.) B/w or colour

4.) Photo Submissions due by Sat. July 4th.

Have fun everyone and have a great week! It was so nice to see everyone's submissions this weekend!

-diana

Challenge 21 Roundup

2009-06-27T20:23:00.000-07:00

Fantastic Pics this week, everyone!!

Katie N

hope you're all keepin cool!
~em

(ps. you can post any additional entries for this challenge in the comment section of this post- I'll be a little busy shooting a wedding tomorrow)

Photo challenge #21

2009-06-22T09:27:00.000-07:00

Happy first (full) day of summer, everyone!
Many of us are trying desperately to stay cool now that summer has hit us- and some of the most popular ways to keep cool (at least for me :) is to hang out by the water, swim in the water, have water balloon fights, go tubing, etc......
So, you may have guessed it, this week's challenge is...

WATER!

Submit 5 photos of water- in any way, shape, or form
Tweaking IS allowed.
Have submissions in by Saturday, June 27th.

I will post the submissions on Sunday, June 28th.
If you are new to the challenge, all you have to do is leave a comment with the link to THAT specific challenge entry (not just your general blog/web link). Thanks! Have fun, everyone!

Round Up #20

2009-06-19T20:06:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it's this late in the week already! Here's the round up from over a week ago. I think perhaps it was either a challenge for everyone, or we all sort of needed a break. I really love how so many of you have been able to keep up with these challenges!

Here's the roundup:

Bekah

Katie N

Katie K

Vacation from Photo Challenges

2009-06-14T21:29:00.000-07:00

Hi All! This past weekend was super crazy for me. I shot two weddings and am completely tapped dry. I thought that it might be a good week for all of us to take a break. I'll post the roundup for Challenge #20 when I have the time this week. I still hope to be able to finish my photos for this past challenge.

Enjoy the week off! I'll have a new challenge up Monday June 22.

Diana

Photo Challenge #20

2009-06-07T18:45:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Challenge #20 everyone! You should all be very proud of yourselves. I can't believe we're at challenge #20 already! It's been a very fast and fun journey...

For this week's challenge we're going to do something a little more abstract and perhaps move most of us out of our comfort zone.

This week's challenge:

NATURE OUT OF FOCUS

The Rules:

1.) B/W or Colour Photos

2.) Please submit only 3

3.) Photos must be of nature and MUST be out of focus

4.) Photo submissions due between Friday, June 14 and Sat., June 15.

Oh and 5.) no tweaking please!

Hint: This week's challenge is to encourage you to focus on composition instead of the subject.

Round Up #19

2009-06-07T18:40:00.000-07:00

Well here's the round up for last week! Enjoy checking out everyone's photos. I hope through our own experiments and everyone else's we were able to learn a little more about natural light.

Photo Challenge #19

2009-06-01T11:29:00.001-07:00

Hello everyone! This week we'll be doing another challenge dealing with light.

Way back when we started the challenges we had a week (photo challenge #2) where we took photos of buildings at different times of the day. I thought we'd do something a little similar, a sort of exercise if you will.

The challenge:

Pick an object, pick a window in your place of residence and photograph that object at different times of the day at said window.

Rules:

1. Your object can be anything really, someone's head, a glass jar...whatever you'd like, just make sure it's the same thing in every photo.

2. At the end of the week you will have to Submit 6 photos-three sets of two images.

3. Photograph your object at three different times of the day. One photo is to be the same angle (so you'll have three total that look the same but that were taken at different times) and for the second photo of each set try and use the light available in the best possible way.

4. Please no tweaking since this is an exercise in light.

5. Submissions due between Friday, June 5 and Sat., June 6.

6. B/W or colour

7. If this is confusing leave a comment and I'll try and clarify!

Em will probably laugh when she reads this one since she knows I love the morning light that comes in through my windows. You'll find it's amazing what you can accomplish with just a little natural light!

Have fun!

diana

Photo Challenge #18 Roundup

2009-05-30T06:38:00.000-07:00

Wow! We have some really really creative entries this week! Great Job everyone! I'm looking forward to going around and commenting.

Here's the roundup, have fun perusing everyone's entries.

Photo Challenge #18

2009-05-25T05:51:00.000-07:00

I've been toying with an idea for a series of challenges, but since the idea isn't completely worked out in my head I thought I'd do something a little different. This morning I woke up with a Sesame Street song in my head, one I'm sure we are all familiar with. It goes something like this," 12345-6789,10-11,12"

This week's challenge is to photograph numbers 1-7 (my father always make us do things in prime numbers when I was a child, since I thought 12 photos would be overwhelming we'll just stick with 7).

Rules:

1.) 7 photos total (If you feel ambitious go ahead and do all 12), one photo for each number.

2.) your photos can either represent the number or have the actual number in letters or numbers.

3.) B/W or Colour

4.) Tweaking is allowed.

5.) Photos should be submitted by either Friday, May 29 or Sat. May 30

5.) Have Fun!

Photo Challenge #17 Roundup

2009-05-25T05:48:00.000-07:00

Hello all! Sorry this is a bit late. Emily and I have both been busy busy.

So here's the round up for "a bug's life".

Weekly Photo Challenge #17

2009-05-18T08:00:00.001-07:00

Good Morning, Everyone!

This week's theme:
A Bug's Life

Guidelines:
Submit 3 photos of bugs*- they may be of the same bug from different angles, or 3 different bugs.
These may be tweaked
they must have some color in them- so no B/W (can have select color**) or sepia

*A bug is anything with more than 4 legs that is in the insect world, an arachnid, or any kind of creepy-crawly thing.

**Select color is a b/w photograph with portions of it in color, like this.

Photo Challenge #16 roundup

2009-05-16T18:50:00.000-07:00

This weeks submissions for Man vs. Nature:

Katie N.

Diana

Erin

Bekah 1 2 3 4

Katie K.

Em

Erica

Thanks everyone- these were all wonderful!

Photo Challenge #16

2009-05-11T10:31:00.000-07:00

Challenge:
Man vs. Nature

Rules:
1.Submit 3-5 photos by Friday or Saturday this week
2.They may be "tweeked"
3.Can be color, b/w, sepia- anything you feel makes your photographs more dynamic
4.and, finally, have fun!

~Em

Photo Challenge #15 Roundup

2009-05-09T14:33:00.000-07:00

Hello all! I truly hope that your Sat. wasn't as dreary and over cast as mine was!

Just after I post this I'm going to bop over to FB to set up a discussion group where we can all talk about what we learned about each other and ourselves through this challenge!

Good work everyone!

(As a side note, since I will be on vacation with the fam the week after next-YIPPIE!-, Emily is going to do the challenges for the next two weeks. I probably won't be able to join in next week since we will be far away from most technology, so have a great next two weeks everyone!-diana)

Bekah A. B. C.

Photo Challenge #15

2009-05-03T20:29:00.001-07:00

The Coffee Cup

This week's challenge is an excises in recognizing that you have a vision unique to the way you look at the world.

The Challenge:

Photograph a Coffee Cup

The Rules:

1.) Submit three photos of the same cup

2.) Tweeking allowed

3.) B/W or Colour

4.) Photos due Friday May 8, 2009

My goal with this challenge is that we all photograph the same common item and when all is said and done, we get to see how other people view said item. I'm going to open up a discussion on the FB Photo Challenge Group page where we can share our insight and thoughts. I'll post that Friday so we can all share what we've learned about ourselves and our fellow photographers. Enjoy your week!

Photo Challenge # 14 Roundup

2009-05-03T20:21:00.000-07:00

Welcome to spring everyone! I'm glad to see that we all had our own little individual challenges to overcome...for some of us it was the early arrival of spring, the late arrival of spring, or a broken car. Sometimes pictures don't come easily and it's good to learn how to make your vision come through, even when things around you aren't working as you'd hoped!

Here's the roundup this week:

Bekah A. B. C. D. E.

Photo Challenge #14

2009-04-26T19:55:00.000-07:00

This week's challenge idea comes from Bekah. A while back she shared with me a whole list of ideas and I thought, with all the spring rain we've been getting, this would be a good week for a Spring Challenge! Bekah mentioned that she and her mother used to go for walks in the springtime and try and find 21 different signs of spring.

The Challenge: 21 Signs of Spring

Rules:

1.) Take exactly 21 pictures this week exploring the theme.

2.) Submit your top 5 favorite images.

3.) Colour only.

4.) No tweaking.

5.) If you feel like sharing all 21 images feel free to do so, but please mark which are your top 5 favorites (Note: you do NOT have to post all 21 images if you don't feel like it.)

I'll be up north this weekend with my brothers so don't worry if the roundup isn't posted till Sunday or Monday. I've been very busy, but I haven't forgotten about all our wonderful artists!

Have a great week everyone!

diana

PHoto Challenge #13 Roundup

2009-04-26T14:09:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the end of the weekend everyone! Sorry this has taken so long to get up, I've been very busy. I'd like to welcome Katie B. as our newest contributor! Thanks for joining us Katie!

Here are the submission links:

Photo Challenge #13

2009-04-20T07:16:00.001-07:00

Happy Monday folks! Welcome back to the challenge. I hope and pray that you all had a blessed Easter.

This past weekend I shot a wedding with my good friend (and very talented photographer) Jessica. Since the wedding was over an hour away we had time to talk over challenge ideas and this week's challenge comes courtesy of Jessica.

The Challenge:

Photograph something through the eyes of a cat.

Rules:

1. You can submit as many pictures as you'd like, no limit.

2. Try to explore an idea, a thought, a sequence of events.

3. No tweaking please.

4. B/W or Colour are welcome

Take the challenge as an opportunity to recognize that your legs don't have to always be used as tripods... If you're having trouble, just spend a little time watching a cat, it should help give you some ideas!

Have fun!

diana

Photo Challenge #12 Roundup

2009-04-18T17:21:00.001-07:00

Here are the entries for this week:

Erica

Erin Jo

Emily

Diana

Katie

Jessi(Lovelladro) Welcome Back!! hope you're enjoying your new place!!

Photo Challenge #12

2009-04-06T15:58:00.001-07:00

This challenge is from Katie:
Since it is Holy week, and many of us are out of town and busy with the Easter Holiday, Katie thought it would be nice to have this due the Friday after Easter (April 17th)
Take the opportunity of having friends and family gatherings to take candid photographs (pictures/portraits of people in a natural state- not looking directly at camera)
Enter 3-5 of your favorite candids, color or black and white, no tweaking. There may be as many people in each photo as you'd like.
Remember, this is due 2 weeks from now, April 17th.

Have a Blessed Easter, Everyone!
~Em

Photo Challenge #11 Roundup

2009-04-04T20:00:00.000-07:00

Hey Gang, so sorry for the delay. Here's the round up for this week. What a fun bunch of photos everyone!

Bekah A. B. C.

Photo Challenge #11

2009-03-29T08:34:00.000-07:00

Welcome to a new week everyone! I know that it's Sunday, but since I had the free time I thought I'd get the challenge up early this week.

This week's challenge: Photograph the same object in a variety of settings

Rules:

1.) Pick an object (it can be anything really) and photograph it in three different settings

2.) Only colour photos please.

3.) Please submit only 3 photographs

4.) No tweaking

5.) Photos are due Friday, April 3 (wow is it really almost April already?)

If this is your first time joining us feel free to go here to learn more about submitting your photographs.

Photo Challenge #10 Roundup

2009-03-29T08:29:00.000-07:00

Hey Folks, here's the roundup from last week!

Em's been really busy working on a painting and teaching so I thought I'd post it for her.

Bekah A. B. C.

Good work everyone!

2009-03-27T21:31:00.000-07:00

hi, everyone! due to a rather large project i've been working on, i will be posting the follow up tomorrow (saturday)
thanks for understanding :)
~em

Photo Challenge #10

2009-03-23T09:41:00.000-07:00

Theme:
Passage of Time/Growth

You can interpret this however you feel- take a series of 3 photos (must be connected or tell a story)
Can be B/W or Color (or anything in between) Feel free to tweak them :)

Happy Spring, Everyone!

~Em

Photo Challenge #9

2009-03-20T20:57:00.000-07:00

We had some really interesting submissions this week! It looks like we all were taken a little bit out of our comfort zone. Good job everyone!

Here's the round up this week, feel free to browse and comment! Can't wait to see what's in store for us Monday!

Photo Challenge #9

2009-03-15T19:23:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! I had a little idea this week, after thinking about my own struggles with getting the challenges done on time and I thought we'd switch it up a little. This week is going to be another portrait challenge.

Rules:

1.) You have to take one picture of yourself every day for a total of five pictures at the end of the week.

2.) You can take ONLY ONE photo a day.

2.) The portraits can be honest, simple, all the same, tell a story, or be contrived in some way or another.

3.)B/W or Colour

4.) Tweaking is not allowed.

If it is your first time submitting for a challenge please go here for more info on how to submit.

In an age of digital photography I think sometimes we get too comfortable with the take and toss mentality. This challenge is an exercise for all of us to really take the time to think about what we're doing before we do it. There was a time before digital cameras where a photographer had one negative (usually glass and sometimes a tintype) in their camera and that was it. They had to know exactly what they were doing to make it count. So don't worry about your picture looking perfect. Use this as an opportunity to learn about what you and your camera are really capable of.

Have fun!

Diana

Photo Challenge # 8 Round Up

2009-03-13T20:10:00.000-07:00

Hello fellow photographers I hope you all had fun with food this week! Before I move onto posting the submissions I just want to apologize for not getting to everyone's photos these past two weeks. It's been very hard for me to find a solid chunk of time where I can sit and focus. Everyone has done such a wonderful job at keeping up with the commenting, you all put me to shame! Thank you so much for your faithfulness and understanding. I'm going to try very hard to hit up all your pictures this week!

Here are the submissions.

Emily

Bekah (this is a flickr account so just scroll through her photos and comment at leisure) :)

Erica First 7 photos

Katie

Jessi (lovelladro)

Diana

Photo Challenge #8

2009-03-09T07:04:00.001-07:00

Happy Monday all you talented people out there! Can you believe that we've been doing this two months already?!?!? I was astounded when I realized that this is challenge number 8!

Well for our eighth challenge I asked the lovely Bekah to lend me an idea or two and she helped me come up with this week's challenge.

The theme is FOOD.

Rules:

1.) Please submit a set of 3,5 or 7 photos.

2.) The images should be colour, no B/W for this one guys.

3.) Tweaking is allowed.

4.) The photos should build up on each other as a set.

Other than that just go out and have fun!

If it is your first time participating please go here to learn more about submitting photos.

diana

Macro Challenge Roundup

2009-03-06T20:54:00.000-08:00

Here are this week's entries- I can tell you guys had a lot of fun with it :) Thanks for participating!

Bekah 1 2 3 4

Emily

Diana

Erica- first 5 are challenge entries

Erin Jo

Jessi (Lovelladro)

Katie

Steve

Photo Challenge #7 Macro Challenge

2009-03-02T08:24:00.000-08:00

Good Morning!

This week's challenge was actually inspired by Erin Jo's anatomy photos from 2 challenges ago.
Take a series of photos (2-5) of objects/people REALLY up close (macro)- try to make it so that we can't figure out what it is right away- but keep it in focus so we have a clear idea of color/texture/shape. Please no tweeking for this challenge. Oh, and don't give away what the objects are- let us guess!

~Em

Photo Challenge #6 Round Up

2009-02-28T13:10:00.000-08:00

Dear All,

Sorry this is so late. I took a peek at everyone's photos and it looked like you all have fun with the game.

Here are this week's submission links!

Bekah (you can scroll through her gallery to see the submissions)

Photo Challenge #6

2009-02-23T05:07:00.001-08:00

Good morning all you wonderful photographers! I hope everyone had a great weekend.

This week, for the challenge, I thought we'd play a little game most of you may remember from your childhood. For me, as a mother, many of these "games" are coming back into use. I thought it would be fun to make a challenge out of a sweet little game called, "I Spy". The challenge is to use your creativity to find things that you feel accurately explore or explain a word, or more specifically, an adjective.

RULES:

1.) Photograph only items on the list.

2.) You may pick as many items as you'd like to photograph (there's no limit this week)

OR you can pick one item and submit as many interpretations of the item as you'd like.

3.) The photographs can be B/W or colour

4.) Please no tweeking for this challenge.

5.) Please submit your photos, by leaving a comment with a link to your submission, in the comment section of this post. (to read more about submitting photos click here.) Submissions due this Friday, Feb 27, 2009.

THE LIST:

"I spy with my little eye, something that is:"

1.) round

2.) beautiful

3.) warm

4.) cute

5.) harsh

6.) reflective

7.) cold

8.) skinny

9.) wet

10.) soft

11.) old

12.) enticing

13.) scary

14.) brilliant

15.) painful

16.) silky

17.) smelly

18.) unkempt

19.) silly

20.) curvy

Have fun!

Photo Challenge #5 Roundup

2009-02-20T13:08:00.000-08:00

Happy Friday everyone! We have some beautiful submissions this week. Thank you all for reading my blurb about posting. Everyone posted their links perfectly! It will save me a lot of time in the future.

Please feel free to visit everyone's photos and comment. Receiving feed back is a wonderful way to learn and grow as a photographer. Thank you everyone so far for taking an active interest in everyone's work.

Okay, here are the submission links! (Don't worry if you still need to submit photos, I'll be checking the blog and I'll post your links before I go to bed tonight.)

Melissa

Bekah (this is a flickr submission so just scroll through the photos once you follow the link there.)

Jessi (lovelladro)

Katie

Erin Jo (first five photos)

Diana

Photo Challenge #5

2009-02-15T20:13:00.000-08:00

Before I get to our Monday challenge I'd like to address a little housekeeping issue, something I hadn't thought of before doing this blog. It concerns posting links for the challenge. At the end of every week either Em or I put together the round up. There are a few things you guys could do for us that would make it easier (usually it takes me a good 20 min.) So here are some guidelines.

When you are interested in submitting photos for the current week's challenge please:

1.) Post a link to your entry (blog or gallery) in the comment section of that week's challenge.

a.) if you have a gallery, the address to that specific gallery where your photos are works out just fine (which you all have been doing correctly so far.)

b.) if you have a blog please make sure that the address you are posting is address for your entry, as opposed to the just your blog address.

If you're not sure how to do that it's easy. Just click on the name of your post (in most cases for me it's something like "Photography Challenge #3"), you'll then be taken to a window containing just that post. Just copy the web address and past it in the comment section of the current week's challenge.

Okay! I hope that helps everyone...if you have any questions feel free to leave them here on on the FB page.

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This week's challenge is brought to us by the lovely Erin Jo. She is our Guest Challenge Submitter...if that can be called an official title!

The theme is "Anatomy and the Human Form".

Rules:

1.) Please submit between 1-5 photos exploring this theme

2.) The photos can be Colour or B/W

3.) Tweeking is allowed

Thanks for the challenge this week Erin!

Okay guys! Have fun shooting!

Rhythm and repitition Roundup (yay, alliteration!)

2009-02-13T21:10:00.000-08:00

Sorry this took so long to get together- I've been having issues with my internet connection pooping out on me :(
Here are this week's entries- you can comment on each other's photos when you have the time this weekend:

Bekah:1 2 3

Diana

Emily

Erin

Jessi

Melissa (click here to see last week's challenge entries by Melissa)

Hope you all had fun this week!

~Em

Photo Challenge #4

2009-02-09T10:58:00.000-08:00

Happy Monday, Everyone!
Thanks for all the wonderful entries of "red" photos last week- very creative!
This week's theme is:

Rhythm and Repitition

Submit 2 or 3 photos that you feel represent this theme- have fun, be creative (you can use editing programs if you so choose :)

Post links to your photo entries in the comments section by Friday, Feb. 13th. You can post questions, too, if you need help or want to bounce ideas off each other.

If you know anyone who has any interest in photography and is looking for a fun outlet, please feel free to invite them to participate! We welcome anyone from the novice to the seasoned veteran~
Happy shooting!

~Emily

Photo Challenge #3 Roundup

2009-02-06T08:25:00.000-08:00

Good morning! It looks like everyone's submissions are in! Great job everyone, I love seeing all this red! We have a couple of new comers to the challenge. WELCOME Josie and Jessi! Don't be afraid to comment on their photos as well! Emily is posting the challenge for us next week.

Have a great weekend!

diana

Josie

Erin Jo Erin's submissions are the first three photos

Bekah A.) B.) C.)

Facebook Group

2009-02-05T18:18:00.001-08:00

Hey Everyone! This week I set up a FB group as a place for us all to talk about the challenges and anything else on our minds. Just a little note, discussions are encouraged. Every week I will start a discussion thread for that week's challenge. It's easier using the threads then it is to use the wall. Just look above where the wall is and you'll see what I'm talking about, the discussion board is right there!

I hope you all have fun this week. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's photos!

diana

Photo Challenge #3

2009-02-02T06:50:00.000-08:00

Good morning everyone!

I hope we all had fun stalking our subjects last week. Nick (my hubby) and I were talking about possible options for the challenge this week and he suggested we do something to honor the month of February. I liked the idea so this is what I came up with:

This week's challenge is to take UP TO 3 photographs featuring the colour RED.

Rules: If you have photo editing software and would like to use it you can with this challenge but it is not required.

Photo deadline is this Friday, February 6 leave a comment with a link to your photos in the comment section of this post.

If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment.

HAVE FUN!

diana

Photo Challenge #2 Round Up

2009-01-30T21:52:00.000-08:00

To view the responses to the Weekly Challenge:

Emily

Diana

Bekah: a b c

Erin Jo Chung (first three photos in slideshow are her entries)

Thanks for your entries!! I know this was a challenge for some of you due to camera limitations and children (myself included) but we really appreciate your effort :) Hopefully this one got you thinking more about what you can do with your camera in different lighting situations.

Photo Challenge #2 delay

2009-01-30T18:48:00.000-08:00

Hey Everyone,

So my little Sam came down with croup last night and as a result I won't be able to get to posting my own photos and the round up till tomorrow. It looks like a few others have had busy weeks as well, so for those of you who still wish to join in, you have one more day to submit your photos!

diana

Photo Challenge #2

2009-01-26T03:33:00.000-08:00

Hello, All!!
Thanks for the great entries last week- it was really awesome to see how everyone's self portraits were so different!
This week we'll do something very similar to what Monet would practice with his paintings:
Pick an outdoor area with an architectural element and take 3 pictures of that spot from the same angle- all at different times of day/different weather conditions. At least one of these shots should be a night time/long exposure shot. These can be either b/w or color. As before, no tweeking the photos in an editing program.
Have fun!
Feel free to post questions / suggestions about camera settings- we're in this to learn more about the art and science of photography!

Looking forward to seeing the posts on Friday :)
~Em

Challenge #1 Round Up

2009-01-23T18:55:00.000-08:00

Hey Everyone! So happy that you all decided to submit your photos! Please feel free to visit everyone's photos and leave your comments (if you haven't already). If you feel so inclined don't hesitate to post a response to other's comments. It's always nice to let your viewers in on what you were thinking and it helps us learn how to verbalize our intentions.

The next challenge will be posted Monday, January 26. Have a great weekend!

Here are the links:

Melissa

Diana

Emily

Bekah A.) B.) C.)

Portraits

2009-01-22T13:11:00.000-08:00

My mother sent me this link and I thought I'd share.

http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/2009/photographing_bush/

Challenge #1

2009-01-19T06:14:00.000-08:00

Welcome to The Weekly Photo Challenge! Four our very first challenge I thought it would be nice to share a little something about each other with each other. This week we'll be doing a series of SELF PORTRAITS. Here's the low down:

A series of three self portraits.

1.) One in color

2.) One in black and white

3.) One without you in it

Rules:

No tweeking photos after taking them. Please post your response by Friday January 23. Other than that, use your imagination and have fun!

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