Weekly Photo Challenge: Interesting Light

This week's photo challenge is a lighting etude. Photograph Interesting Light. Sometimes photographers look for a subject first – what we’re going to photograph - and forget to look for the light. Light is the medium of photographers – it is what we use to create photographs. Being able to see and use light is fundamental to photography....

Preparing for an Epic Trip

I’m heading out this week for a very exciting trip. Truth be told I’m a little nervous. I’ve done a lot of traveling but this is an adventure a little outside of my comfort zone. But the trip is about photography so these are the things I'm doing right now to prepare to make great photographs on my trip.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Mundane

Kitchen in Havana home

We're photographing the mundane this week - something everyday - something ordinary.
 
This is all up for interpretation as what I think of as ordinary maybe extraordinary to others.

To Compete or Not to Compete: A Photographer’s Dilemma

Flow and the Art of Photography. Flow is the theory of enjoyment. I'll talk about what aspects of flow theory are probably at work when you're really enjoying the experience of photography.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Something Borrowed

Photo Add one more to the Pile

This week, the theme is to:

Photograph Something Borrowed

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue....

You don't just have to think weddings this week, but a summer wedding would be appropriate.

So grab your camera this week - or better still, borrow someone else's - and go see what you can negotiate.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Looking In

Photo Too Young for School

This week, the theme is to: Photograph looking in This slightly voyeuristic theme can be taken many different ways. We look into all sorts of things with our cameras - and if you haven't poked your camera lens into anything lately, than here's your opportunity! Maybe it's just a sneak peak of someplace with your… Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Looking In

Water, Water Everywhere…

Photo Nature Up-Close

The folks over at The Daily Post have set LIQUID as this week's photo challenge. Water is a basic element of life and even though I don't live by the sea, water is everywhere. It's in the smallest dewdrops....   ...And in vast oceans. Water can be calm and tranquil... ...or a turbulent force of… Continue reading Water, Water Everywhere…

Counting as I Travel: A Numbers Game

Photo Number 49

For years I have been pursuing a little photography game when I travel – counting as I travel. I started, years ago, with a photograph of the number “1” and I’m currently looking for #56.

I count when I travel, but there are so many variations of this idea. It doesn’t matter what personal project you choose – it’s your theme after all.