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Weekly Photography Challenge – Hands

Hands can be just as expressive as the face sometimes, as these images show.

Weekly Photography Challenge – Hands

By Elisabetta Orlacchio

This week it’s your turn to photograph hands. Human or otherwise – it’s your choice. Find some expressive ones and use good lighting, and compositional techniques to create some great images.

By Bill Gracey

By lucio zandonati

By Johnson d

By Jessie Jacobson

By Giovanni

By romanlily

By Sharada Prasad CS

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September 19, 2015
Weekly Photography Challenge – Backlighting

Check out these examples of images that have backlighting. Take a good look and get some ideas. Now it’s your turn.

Weekly Photography Challenge – Backlighting

This week’s challenge is to look for the light, particularly how it is hitting your subject. Backlight occurs when the light is coming from behind your subject, aimed back towards the camera. It works really on transparent objects like leaves and flowers.

By The Guy With The Yellow Bike

By Bill Gracey

By Julie Kertesz

Look for things that allow the light to come through them, show their color. Or look for light that outlines the subject as in a rim light.

By Bill Gracey

By Adam Hilliker

By Dwight Sipler

By Tambako The Jaguar

By GollyGforce – Living My Worst Nightmare

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September 12, 2015
Weekly Photography Challenge – Landscape
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Landscape photography is one of the most popular genres of the art form. There are many amazing places and just as amazing images of them.

Someone New. by Rousz Custman on 500px

Weekly Photography Challenge – Landscape

Your job this week is to get out and shoot the landscape. Big or small, near or far, wide or close-up shot, b/w or color – just go do it. Here on dPS this is landscape week – so here are a few articles and tips to get you started. Watch for a new article (or two) on landscape photography daily for the next few days.
- 6 Tips for Better Low-Light Landscape Photography
- Landscape Photography and the Human Element
- 5 Ways a Telephoto Lens Can Improve Your Landscape Photography
- Landscape Photography from the Side of the Road
- 32 Majestic Landscape Photos to Inspire Your Wanderlust
in line by troy 16 on 500px

Divine light by Edin Dzeko on 500px

Balance of Nature by Eric Daryl Giganto on 500px

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September 5, 2015
Weekly Photography Challenge – Fish

Photographing seemingly unattractive objects like fish can be difficult – or maybe just a challenge.

By ePi.Longo

Weekly Photography Challenge – Fish

A hard photo subject can help you grow as a photographer, push you out of your comfort zone. So now’s a great time to practice. Find a fish (at the market, store, dead or alive – whatever you can come up with) and try photographing it to make a compelling image.

By J J

By Jason Mrachina

By Zoe

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By Matt

By Jacob Spinks

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August 29, 2015
Weekly Photography Challenge – Machines

Earlier today I rounded up a collection of images of powerful machines here. Unless you live in a remote village far from civilization – chances are that machines are part of daily life in your area.

One more cup of coffee by Yahav on 500px

It could be a coffee machine in your kitchen or favorite barista shop, or a tractor in a field. Maybe there are cranes at a construction site on your way to work.

Fordson Major – Overstrand by Simon Wrigglesworth on 500px

Weekly photography challenge – machines

Look around they’re everywhere, and it’s your job to find them and photography them this week.

Harley davidson by ??????? ??????? on 500px

Foggy Sunrise by Richard Gottardo on 500px

sewing machine by Ritam Paul Chowdhury on 500px

Retired sewing machine by JongYoung Kim on 500px

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August 22, 2015
Weekly Photography Challenge – Black and White Techniques
This week on dPS it’s all about black and white photography. We are featuring a series of tips and articles around that topic. You can earlier ones below and more daily over the next few days.
- 5 Simple Ways to Create Expressive Photos in Black and White
- Tips for Black and White Wildlife Photography
- 7 Tips for Black and White Portrait Photography
- 28 Images with Strong Black and White Compositions
Happy Holidays! by Sam Assadi on 500px

One Railroader by Silvia S. on 500px

Weekly photography challenge – black and white techniques

Your challenge this week is to try out different black and white techniques. Try any or all of the following:
- Shoot in b/w mode
- High contrast lighting
- Convert to b/w in Lightroom
- Convert to b/w using Photoshop
- Try out a black and white plugin
- Try out some sepia tone or split toning
- Do a b/w portrait, landscape, macro, night shots, street photography, or flowers
- Try a b/w silhouette
The essence of night by Liban Yusuf B&W on 500px

Venice Nostalgia by Csilla Zelko on 500px

Time to go … by Gaelle Lunven on 500px

The Last Ride by Rob Dweck on 500px

Ways of Life by Eileen Hafke on 500px

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August 15, 2015
Weekly Photography Challenge – Feet

Feet are an important part of our human body. They take us where we want to go. They hold us upright. They can be all different sizes and styles, decorated or plain, even covered in fur (think pets). But they are often overlooked in photographs or even cropped off.

By Shandi-lee Cox

Weekly Photography Challenge – Feet

This week we challenge you to go out and photograph only feet and crop off the body! They could be your own feet (foot selfie?), a friend’s, your cat’s, or a total stranger’s feet. It’s about looking at things differently and seeing something you may otherwise miss or pass over.

By Juan Antonio F. Segal

By Khánh Hmoong

By Mauren Veras

By Michelle Tribe

By Raúl González

By Tobias Lindman

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August 8, 2015
Weekly Photography Challenge – Antique Cars
Old cars – look around you, they’re everywhere.

By PoL Úbeda Hervàs

Weekly Photography Challenge – Old Cars

Admit it – photographers love old things. The more battered, torn, peeling, weathered, falling down, beat up, rusted, broken and just in generally poor condition an item is – the more we love to photograph it. Right?! Tell me I’m not alone on that?

So your challenge this week is to go find an old car. It could be ancient and broken down like described above, or overhauled, in pristine condition, and well cared for by a car enthusiast. It’s your choice – or do both.

By thebig429

By Craig ONeal

Shoot the entire car (or vehicle) or do some detail shots of important parts. Your call again.

By Robert Payne

By Domiriel

By RSdBarros

By RSdBarros

By Darlene Hildebrandt

By Keith Midson

Where to find them?

If you can’t seem to find any old cars in your area here are a few places to look. Please remember not to trespass on private land and get permission before entering anyone’s property.
- Junk yards (ask first)
- Farmers’ fields (ask if you need to go on the property)
- Vintage car clubs or car rallies. These are great as you’ll find dozens or hundreds of cars there on display for you to photograph.
- Historic parks or museums – outdoor ones are especially good. If indoors ask about their photography policy before shooting and you may also need permission if you want to use a tripod.
- Cuba – you don’t have to travel there (unless you want to) I just thought I’d mention it as the country is FULL of them, and I thought you might enjoy seeing some of my images from that amazing country.
Added some texture overlays using Macphun’s b/w Tonality plugin.

I loved the detail on the steering wheel on this car.

You can even hire a driver and a car there for about $ 30/hour. Or just hail any taxi!

Light painted using the light from a cell phone!

You may find it handy to have a tripod and polarizing filter (to cut reflections) and shoot later in the day if possible to get nice even light on the car. You might want to check out this dPS article as well: The 5 Biggest Mistakes Newbie Car Photographers Make.

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August 1, 2015
Weekly Photography Challenge – Ordinary Objects

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. There are always more interesting photography subjects somewhere else other than the place we live. Or are there?

Now is your chance to make photos from ordinary things you find in and around your own house and neighborhood.

By darwin Bell

By Eduardo Mueses

Weekly Photography Challenge – Ordinary Objects

So go find some old shoes, bottles, bottle caps, string, tools, kitchen utensils – anything that might make an interesting photo. The key to making great a photo of something you see every day is to use good lighting, camera angle, choose the right lens, and camera settings.

Perhaps you could try some macro photography, or black and white, or a new post-processing technique. The more you shoot near home and practice and experiment – the better you’ll be equipped for situations that present themselves later. Only putting in your 10,000 hours will get you to “expert” status.

By marco monetti

By Nic Taylor

By YJ Khaw

By JD Hancock

By JD Hancock

By Caroline

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July 25, 2015
Weekly Photography Challenge – Shadows
To have a strong shadow you must have a hard light source, one that is small and harsh. That includes:
- Direct sunlight
- A spotlight
- A bright flashlight
- Streetlights
Have a look on an overcast day – you cannot see your own shadow.

By Oiluj Samall Zeid

Weekly Photography Challenge – Shadows

This week it’s your job to find and photography some shadows (like these). Keep in mind what a good shadow photograph is:
- Shows the shape of something easily identifiable
- Dramatic
- Graphic
- About shapes and form
- Often found late in the day or early morning when the sun is low and the shadows are longer
On the other side of the coin also consider what is not a shadow:
- A silhouette
- A reflection
By Hernán Piñera

The image above is a silhouette not a shadow. The light is coming from behind the subject and while there is a shadow the outline of the subject is the actual person not a shadow. This is the key difference.

By Stefano Corso

In the image above the outlines are reflections, not shadows.

Be clear on the difference between the three when you head out to shoot your shadows like these:

By Marina del Castell

By TumblingRun

By Loren Kerns

Shadow selfies work great sometimes too. Watch for them as you go about your day:

By KimManleyOrt

By Todd Lappin

By Hernán Piñera

By John Sonderman

By Scott Schiller

By Ian Sane

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By Stefano Corso

By Kumar’s Edit

By Evelyn Berg

By Ruben Steeman

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July 18, 2015