Category: Photo Challenge

  • First Photo Challenge of 2020

    First Photo Challenge of 2020

    This year, I said I should blog more, but with that comes the challenge of what to blog about. I also decided to cut down on my social media consumption/use so I can have more time to be able to do so. However, I still cannot resist the urge to check out Instagram and I come across some pretty awesome stuff, one of which has inspired this blog post.

    The Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie 2020 “The Lives and Loves of Images” – an extensive photography exhibition curated by David Campany is happening from the 29 February – 26 April across three cities in Germany – Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg. There will be works from over 70 artists showcased in six museums, with talks, discussions and workshops events during this time. On their Instagram feed, they have been introducing participating artists by asking them to give ‘instructions’ to their followers. You take a picture with said instructions, you upload it on Instagram using the hashtag #biennale_instructions and your photograph will be posted on their feed.

    Here are some of the artists (exhibition name) and their ‘instructions’ that have been shared so far:

    • Peter Puklus (When Images Collide)  – Create your own, personal universe. You are the Sun.
    • Jessica Potter (Walker Evans Revisited) – Take a photograph of a gesture.
      Take a photograph of someone walking away.
    • Patrick Pound (Walker Evans Revisited) – As a record, the photograph is always a trace of something.
      Try taking photographs that are records of traces (from shadows to stains and remnants).
    • Joshua Murfitt (All Art if Photography) – Make a photo where a subject is obscured.
    • Sara Greenberger Rafferty (When Images Collide) – Make a picture without a camera (or phone) and do not post it.
    • Antonio Peréz Río (All Art is Photography) – Take pictures of screens. More concretely, take pictures of pictures on the screens. Pictures that people are taking or pictures that you took. Focus on what happens on the screens and its formal and content connections with the world around. Focus on the foreground but don’t forget the background. Make a single photograph or a whole story with a sequence of pictures.
    • Thomas Wunsch (Between Art and Commerce) – Find a photographic theme with care and passion. Then take a look at how other photographers have treated this topic in the past. Think about how you can edit this topic. Find a niche. Be different. Make it interesting. Attract attention. And don’t hold back. It’s your chance to tell the world something.

    So, where do I come in? Well, I thought I should challenge myself and pretend for just one minute that I was posting on my Instagram feed. Why not take one of these instructions and share my own photograph using the hashtag #biennale_instructions and instead of posting it on my IG feed, I post it here?

    I decided to follow Patrick Pound’s instructions –

    • As a record, the photograph is always a trace of something.
      Try taking photographs that are records of traces (from shadows to stains and remnants).

    This one resonated with me as I am currently working on a ‘Remnants’ series of photographs. Here I am sharing a photograph I haven’t posted on my blog before following said instructions.

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    Reflections of Syzygy in The Blue Room, 2019

    If you were to follow any of the instructions, which one would you pick? Or, why not attempt this challenge with me? Link back to my blog so I can see which instructions you followed.

    #PhotoChallenge

    #RemnantsProject

    #Biennale_Instructions

  • Week Two – Technical: SOOC

    Week two is all about SOOC aka Straight Out of the Camera.

    Straight out of the camera. No Photoshop. Shooting a compelling image and post it without edits. No cheating! (Be sure and save the image file for the end of the challenge!) – (Dogwood Photography)

    Well, this week I have been so busy that I almost didn’t do the challenge. And as I mentioned in my first post about the 52 Week Challenge, the dilemma of trying to figure out if I am going to do the challenge every week is the actual challenge for me.

    Damn….how many times did I mention the word challenge?
    I digress.

    Anyway, just as I was about to give up, I look out the window and it was snowing. More like a powdering of snow and I came up with this…

    Week Two - SOOC

    “A Little Powdering in the Dark”
    #Dogwood52 #Dogwood2017 #DogwoodWeek2

    What are you currently struggling with this week?

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    #DogwoodWeek2

  • Week One – Story: Rule of Thirds

    Week one is all about Rule of Thirds.

    The rule of thirds is the first compositional rule most photographers learn, but most don’t know why they learn it. The rule of thirds is amazing for telling a story. Tell a story using rule of thirds. (Dogwood Photography)

    Well…here goes, my first attempt at the 52 Week Challenge I talked about in my previous post.

    Week One - Rule of Thirds
    “When Will I Get to Sleep”
    #Dogwood52 #Dogwood2017 #DogwoodWeek1

    Have you started the challenge? If you have, why not share with me your images by putting a link to where you have posted it in the comment section below.

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    #DogwoodWeek1

  • Photography Challenge 2017

    We all have our New Year resolutions list…well, most of us do.

    I am all for New Year resolutions and 2017 is no different. What I usually do is pick one thing I would like to fulfil and once achieved, I know I have successfully completed my resolution list and adding something else along the way.

    So, towards the end of 2016, I actually did a Google search on how I could motivate myself in 2017 in regards to my photography.

    I did once attempt to do a weekly photography challenge and failed miserably. This was WAAAAAAYYYYY BACK in 2010.

    Search ‘A Foto A Week’ for my seven…yes, SEVEN….miserable attempts.

    Six years on, two kids later and somewhat photography wiser, I guess I am ready to attempt a photography challenge this year.

    So, after looking at a few examples online, I came across a 52 Week Challenge created by Dale Foshe (Dogwood Photography), a photographer based in the USA. The 52 Week Challenge is in its second year as there was a challenge already in 2016 which I missed, but discovered via Petapixel whilst searching for photography challenge.

    The rules of the 2017 challenge are very ‘simple’ 😩 according to Dale:

    1. Three categories will be the main themes throughout the 52 weeks – Storytelling, Technical and Artistic Impression.
    2. Sharing images created each week is HIGHLY recommended with the following MAIN hashtags attached to each submission – #dogwood52, #dogwood2017, and #dogwoodweek[NUMBER] (ex: #dogwoodweek1, #dogwoodweek2)
    3. Joining the various sharing platforms is also HIGHLY encouraged so you can comment on other submissions and tag images with the hashtags mentioned above – main groups Flickr Group Dogwood 2017 and Facebook Group Dogwood 52 Chatter.
    4. Print the list and keep it somewhere VISIBLE so you can refer to it and keep you motivated.

    My main challenge will be to see through the whole 52 weeks seeing how pathetic I was in the past trying something similar.

    So who is ready to attempt the 52 Week Challenge with me?

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    #Dogwood2017

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