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Weekly Photography Challenge – Street Photography
In this previous post I shared a bunch of street photography images. But not just any old random ones. They are images that were taken all around the world, but yet still have a common thread, a connection. They included:
- Photographers shooting other photographers
- Subways, taxis and transportation
- Markets and vendors
- And buskers or street musicians
By Fabrizio Maestroni

Weekly Photography Challenge – Street Photography

Now the challenge is over to you. Go do some street photography, and if you want to take the challenge up a notch then try to work with the themes mentioned above. See if you can add to the body of work in those categories and let’s see how far and wide dPS readers reach. When you post you photo please tell us where it was taken.

By Ben Fredericson (xjrlokix)

By Alex

By Abhilash C

By Luca

Share your images below:

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer upload them to your favourite photo sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge. Sometimes it takes a while for an image to appear so be patient and try not to post the same image twice.

If you need some tips for street photography try these:
- There is no bad light for street photography
- 7 Tips for a More Anonymous Approach to Street Photography
- Using Humor In Street Photography
- Practical Tips To Build Your Street Photography Confidence
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June 6, 2015
The Cheap Camera Challenge – It’s Not All About the Camera

In my own classes, workshops and tours I tell my students that it is not the camera that makes good photos it’s the photographer. This video series by DigitalRev TV takes that statement to the next level with their Pro Photographer, Cheap Camera Challenge.

In this instalment street photographer Gary Tyson is given a cheap camera in a wristwatch. See how he uses it to make some pretty decent photos, interacts with people and uses it to his advantage rather than it being a disadvantage.

What can you learn from that video? What is the lesson there?

Sure maybe the photos are high resolution and won’t stand up to anything other than being on the internet. But take those same techniques and apply them using whatever camera you do have.

Are you up to taking the cheap camera challenge? I might give it a go myself!

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May 31, 2015
Weekly Photography Challenge – Still Life

In this set of images I rounded up some imaginative images of objects, non-living things. Things don’t always have to appear as they really are in photos. Light, the right lens selection and angle of view can create an image of an everyday, seemingly ordinary object, and make it look interesting.

By ~lzee~by~the~Sea~is~not~really~all~here~

So your goal this week is to find some inanimate objects to photograph – in an interesting way. Use your imagination and creativity. How can you bring this ordinary thing to life? What camera settings or techniques can you use? What is the best lighting? You can use natural light, or flash, it’s up to you.

Weekly Photography Challenge – Still Life

By Julie Falk

By Pascal Bovet

By Dhilung Kirat

By Dave Gray

By Harry (Howard) Potts

By MelisaTG

By Chimpr

Look around your house, see what you can find just sitting around that might make a good subject. Don’t be afraid to place it where you want, or even take it outside on location. Use a reflector to add light, or add off-camera flash for more dynamic lighting. The possibilities are unlimited and your subject has all the patience in the world – so experiment and have fun with it.

Share your images below:

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer upload them to your favourite photo sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge. Sometimes it takes a while for an image to appear so be patient and try not to post the same image twice.

By Zoltán Vörös

By Lorenzoclick

By Jeff Slinker

By SomeDriftwood

By Ben Seidelman

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May 30, 2015
Weekly Photography Challenge – Get Buggy With It

Editor’s Note: This is part a series on macro photography this week. Look for a new one each day. The next newsletter will have them all if you miss any!

This week we’re focusing (pun intended) on one specialized area of photography, macro or close up photography. True macro photography means that you are close enough to reproduce the subject 1:1 or actual size on the camera sensor (or film). Usually that requires a special macro lens but there are other ways to do it – check out: 3 Ways to Try Macro Photography on a Budget for some ideas. See more examples of bug images here.

By Laurenz Bobke

Weekly Photography Challenge – Bugs Close-up

Your challenge this week is to get buggy with it – go find some creepy crawlers, multi-legged creatures, flying nuisances and photograph them. Get as close as you can with the equipment you have, perhaps give reverse lens macro a try if you haven’t got extension tubes or a macro lens.

Here are a few examples:

By mrholle

By William Cho

By François Reiniche

By Special

Think outside the box – use humor!

Share your images here:

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer upload them to your favourite photo sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge. Sometimes it takes a while for an image to appear so be patient and try not to post the same image twice.

By Geert Orye

By William Warby

By William Warby

By Thomas Hawk

Want to learn more about macro photography? Check out Ed Versosky’s Introduction to Close-Up & Macro Photography ebook – just $ 10 (over 30% off) this week with coupon code: DPS. You will need to enter the code to apply the discount.

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May 23, 2015
Weekly Photography Challenge – Roads and Pathways

In this earlier post from this morning I share: 28 Wondrous Images of Long and Winding Roads

By Trey Ratcliff

Roads and paths are easy to find – whether you live in the city in an urban area, or in the country – there are roads. A dirt track, a walkway, a sidewalk, or a highway – find a road or path and start shooting.

Use the lines of the road to create an interesting and powerful composition. Lead the viewer into the image and tell a story. Like this images:

By nate2b

By paojus alquiza

By Oleg Zaytsev

By Tommy Clark

By Andi Campbell-Jones

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Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer upload them to your favourite photo sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge. Sometimes it takes a while for an image to appear so be patient and try not to post the same image twice.

By Miwok

By Alberto Carrasco Casado

By sherifx

By Steve Schnabel

By flamouroux

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May 16, 2015
Weekly Photography Challenge – Places of Worship
Today I rounded up some images of some special places. Some architectural wonders, many full of history – all special to the people who visit them. This is various places of worship.

By Neil Howard

That could mean a number of different types of buildings and places including:
- Small home town churches
- Basilicas
- Mosques
- Synagogues
- Temples
- Wats
- Even cemeteries
Weekly Photography Challenge – Places of Worship

In my quest for example images I found a lot of HDR images of interiors – many that were quite a bit over done, at least for my tastes. I even found some of my own images dating back to 2010 when I first started experimenting with HDR and they were making my eyes bleed – my own images! See this article on the stages of HDR photographers, see if you can relate.

So I redid a few from the Montreal Notre Dame Basilica, an amazing thing to see and photograph. I used the new Lightroom 6 (CC) Merge to HDR feature – see what you think.

Just for comparison here are my old versions, my first attempts from 2010. Even pros and teachers make mistakes but we aren’t too big to admit them.

“Ewww” right? I agree – let’s move on!

Okay here are some other good examples (in my opinion) of places of worship.

By Darlene Hildebrandt (also my image from Salt Lake City)

By Michael Caven

By Stròlic Furlàn – Davide Gabino

By Forest Wander

By Jeff Wallace

By Matthias Rhomberg

By Kah-Wai Lin

Now it’s your turn. Think outside the box to other places besides those listed about that might be considered for worship. A quiet outdoor coffee shop, how about sunrise on a deserted beach? What places do people go to find solice and think, or pray (if so inclined)?

Note: please be respectful of people inside places or worship. Those are NOT public areas and you do not have free rights to photograph them. By all means photograph the architecture if you’re allowed but always ask before taking someone’s photo inside.

Share your images here:

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer upload them to your favourite photo sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge. Sometimes it takes a while for an image to appear so be patient and try not to post the same image twice.

A couple more ideas from my own image collection. Keep in mind you can do bits and pieces of places too, not just grand sweeping wide angle shots. How quiet is this shot of the candles? How meaningful is it though, and does it tell a story of the place?

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May 9, 2015
Weekly Photography Challenge – Ocean Waves

There is something about the ocean that is mesmerizing. Check out these images to see some of the power of the sea.

By William Warby

Weekly Photography Challenge – Ocean Waves

This week it is your turn to go photograph the ocean. If you do not live near the sea find a body of water you can use as substitute and get creative. A large lake or reservoir could do the trick.

Use some different techniques such as varied exposure times. See this for more tips on photographing the waves. Play with your composition to create a unique result.

By Neville Nel

By Bill Devlin

By Aristocrats-hat

By Susanne Nilsson

Share your ocean images here:

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer upload them to your favourite photo sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge. Sometimes it takes a while for an image to appear so be patient and try not to post the same image twice.

By Kris Williams

By Steve Corey

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May 2, 2015
Weekly Photography Challenge – Architecture

Cities are full of great photography subjects, architecture is among the most popular. Doorways, windows, cityscapes, details or full wide sweeping vistas.

If you live in an urban area you have lots of built-in subjects just waiting for you to photograph them:

By Thomas Hawk

By perceptions I sichtweisen

Weekly Photography Challenge – Architecture

Your job this week is to get out and photograph buildings, man-made structures. Use whichever manner you choose either proper corrected lines, or twisted, curved, tilted and converging lines. Go for wide shots, or put on a long lens and shoot details – it’s totally your call.

By Thomas Hawk

By perceptions I sichtweisen

By Thomas Hawk

By Thomas Hawk

By Thomas Hawk

By perceptions I sichtweisen

By Jovan J

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April 25, 2015
Weekly Photography Challenge – Light Rays
Rays of light are that golden egg photographers dream about, lust after, desire with all their heart. Earlier I shared a set of images that display a great example of rays of light.

By Geert Orye

Weekly Photography Challenge – Rays of Light

So now it’s your turn to go out and replicate this type of photograph. You may think – that’s impossible how can I create that if it doesn’t already exist? Well there are some things you can do to help it along.
- Look for a foggy day or condition
- Go out to shoot in the early morning and look for mist that is laying low over the land with the sun coming through it
- Find a dusty old dirt road and drive up and down it a few times, then get out and start shooting
- Go to a historic site or museum and see if you can shoot inside some of the old musty buildings, look for light coming in the windows
- Sheer curtains or blinds over a window can help too
So get out and look for the light. Here are a few more examples:

By HuTDoG83

By caruba

By Deepak

By Alexander Kesselaar

By Billy Wilson

By chantrybee

By Lawrence OP

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Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer upload them to your favourite photo sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge. Sometimes it takes a while for an image to appear so be patient and try not to post the same image twice.

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April 18, 2015
Weekly Photography Challenge – Monochrome

Have a look at these 25 monochrome images. Get some ideas of color you can use because that is your challenge for this week.

Weekly Photography Challenge – Monochrome

By André Mellagi

By Darlene Hildebrandt

Shooting in monochrome is an option on most cameras. If you also shoot in raw format you can still recover the color information in post-processing if you wish, but it will help you learn to see things in their simplest form – light and shape.

Here are a few more examples (even stuck a few of my own images in there):

By Darlene Hildebrandt

By Darlene Hildebrandt

By Nana B Agyei

By Rjabinnik and Rounien

By Cat Burton

By Cat Burton

By amira_a

By Jasper Nance

By Thomas Hawk

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April 11, 2015