GRAFFITI ARTIST AT WORK – STREET FAIR IN PORTLAND, MAINE photo by Larry Cotton

2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE WEEK 40: GRAFFITI – GUEST POST

Posted on 1 October 2016 by Steve Troletti

Graffiti is an art form I appreciate for many reasons. The artwork itself is often very bold and colorful; messages are sometimes profound or political in nature (occasionally bordering on READ MORE →

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Featured image by Rebecca Krebs – Fabiola – CC – https://www.flickr.com/photos/missturner/17102516750/

2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, WEEK 39: PORTRAITS IN NATURE

Posted on 24 September 2016 by Steve Troletti

Gary and I are filling in for Trevor on the Portrait Challenges. Portraiture is far from my forte, and this one kept me up all night as I tried to READ MORE →

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2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, WEEK 38: MIRRORED WATER REFLECTIONS

Posted on 17 September 2016 by Steve Troletti

Water from puddles to the Oceans is an incredible medium in photography. Still water has the ability to produce stunning mirror-like reflections. I took the above image at the World Trade Center READ MORE →

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2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, WEEK 37: B&W – SHAPE

Posted on 9 September 2016 by Steve Troletti

One of the key elements of black and white photography is SHAPE. Using shapes effectively leads to strong compositions that draw in the eye of the viewer. Our world is READ MORE →

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2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE WEEK 36: Ground Level Perspective – GUEST POST

Posted on 2 September 2016 by Steve Troletti

The challenge this week is to stretch your imagination and shift your perspective. Photographs from ground level offer a very different view of everyday scenes. Shooting from ground level is READ MORE →

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2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, WEEK 35: LIGHT PAINTING PORTRAITS

Posted on 26 August 2016 by Steve Troletti

We’ve used traditional lighting techniques in previous portrait challenges. This time around I thought we could make things funky by using LIGHT PAINTING to enhance our portraiture. //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js The above READ MORE →

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2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, WEEK 34: NIGHT SKY SCENIC

Posted on 19 August 2016 by Steve Troletti

I’ve been putting a great deal of thought in this challenge and I figured I should make it a multi-level difficulty challenge. Meaning, the tools you have on hand at READ MORE →

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2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, WEEK 31: PEOPLE AND ANIMALS – PORTRAITS

Posted on 30 July 2016 by Steve Troletti

No matter where you live or where you find yourself, there’s always a tight and unique relationship formed between mankind and the animal kingdom. //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Sometimes the bond between two READ MORE →

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2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, WEEK 30: INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY

Posted on 23 July 2016 by Steve Troletti

For those of you who were with us last year for Halloween, we had a Spooky Infrared Challenge, 2015 CHALLENGE WEEK 43: SPOOKY HALLOWEEN INFRARED ANIMATED GIF. I suggest you READ MORE →

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2016 PhotoChallenge, Week 28: OUTDOOR – SELL US YOUR TOWN – Guest Post

Posted on 8 July 2016 by Steve Troletti

//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js If you were to ask me what one of my favorite things about Photochallenge.org is, I would say, without a doubt, it has to be the fact that we READ MORE →

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