2016 Challenge, WEEK 27 – PORTRAIT – Abstract

Everyone who has picked up a camera has undoubtedly taken a picture of someone. Whether or not you call that a “portrait” depends on your definition of portraits. The portrait READ MORE →

2016 Challenge, WEEK 26 – OUTDOOR – Water (Long Exposure)

Whether you’re photographing a cascading stream, river or ocean waves breaking on a beach, you can always make your images more interesting by using a slower shutter speed. Doing so READ MORE →

2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, WEEK 24: National, State and Local Flowers – Guest Challenge

Flowers are those little colorful beacons of the sun from which we get sunshine when dark, somber skies blanket our thoughts. ~Dodinsky Mindy Erickson has a great Guest Challenge for READ MORE →

2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, WEEK 23: SINGLE SOURCE…

If you don’t actually read this post in full, you will submit an incorrect image. What I’m asking is a number of things. This week’s portrait must be made of READ MORE →

2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, WEEK 22: BACKLIT – TRANSLUCENT NATURE

We’ve had some feedback from members in Australia regarding posting times. I’m posting earlier and would appreciate feedback so that we can better plan in order to accomodate our members READ MORE →

2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, WEEK 20 : GUEST POST – DOORS

This week’s challenge will be photographing Doors. This may seem easy enough you may think… however, there are many concepts to keep in mind. It can be any type of READ MORE →

2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, WEEK 19 : PORTRAIT OF A MOTHER

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms. Most of us are celebrating Mother’s Day today and here at the 2016 PhotoChallenge, we’re celebrating MOMS all week long by honoring them READ MORE →

2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, WEEK 18: BUDS + WEEKLY BONUS CHALLENGE

BUDS – “In botany, a bud is an undeveloped or embryonic shoot and normally occurs in the axil of a leaf or at the tip of a stem. Once formed, READ MORE →

2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE WEEK 16: Domestic Bird Portrait – GUEST POST

//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.jsDomestic birds come in many shapes and forms; barnyard chickens, pet finches, ducks, parrots, peacocks and even domestic pigeons. You should be able to find one somewhere, be it caged READ MORE →

2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, WEEK 15: PORTRAITS – ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAITS

First off, let’s clarify that this is not a climate change, activism, or save the environment type of challenge. I’m not passing judgement on those issues, it’s just that historically READ MORE →