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Weekly Photography Challenge – Window Light

23 May

The post Weekly Photography Challenge – Window Light appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Caz Nowaczyk.

Since many of us are still limited to where we can go, this week’s photography challenge topic is the WINDOW LIGHT!

window light reflected on walls
The window light here has cast shadows on the floor. I also made this black and white and boosted the contrast. © Caz Nowaczyk

Window light is the way that the sunlight comes through a window or glass door and creates interesting light-play on walls, floors and other surfaces. It creates shadows, it can sometimes create colors. Anyway, get your cameras out and capture the way the light falls through your windows.

You can also play with them in post-processing if you like – make them black and white, or boost contrast. The possibilities are endless.

I look forward to seeing your shots!

window light reflected on walls
I loved the way the light made this little bokeh balls of light on the wall. © Caz Nowaczyk
window light reflected on walls
This was the light reflecting through blinds onto the wall and ceiling. They made for interesting shapes. © Caz Nowaczyk
Weekly Photography Challenge – Window Light
Morning sunlight streams through my front glass door, which has an ornate metal pattern. It creates interesting shapes in the shadow on the wood paneling. I decided to boost the contrast and make this one black and white too. © Caz Nowaczyk

Check out some of the articles below that give you tips on this week’s challenge.

Tips for photographing WINDOW LIGHT

How to Achieve Great Black and White Photos in Editing

How to Use Color Temperature in Black and White Conversions

How to Create Silky Split Toned Black and White Photos Using Luminosity Masks

12 Tips For Indoor Natural Light Photography

How to Split Tone Black and White Photos in Lightroom

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 favorite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge.

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You can also share your images in the dPS Facebook group as the challenge is posted there each week as well.

If you tag your photos on Flickr, Instagram, Twitter or other sites – tag them as #DPSwindowLight to help others find them. Linking back to this page might also help others know what you’re doing so that they can share in the fun.

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Weekly Photography Challenge – Cards

16 May

The post Weekly Photography Challenge – Cards appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Caz Nowaczyk.

This week’s photography challenge topic is the CARDS!

Weekly Photography Challenge – Cards

Many people have a set of playing cards around the house, or some motivational cards, tarot, companion cards, etc. So get creative with them – build a house of cards, use interesting light, try macro, or intentional camera movement. Color or black and white, or try a series, like mine.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

Weekly Photography Challenge – Cards
Weekly Photography Challenge – Cards

Check out some of the articles below that give you tips on this week’s challenge.

Tips for photographing CARDS

Moment Smartphone Lens Review for Photography and Videography

How to Understand Light and Color to Improve your Photography

Reverse Lens Macro: Close Up Photography Lesson #3

Reverse Mounting Your Prime Lenses for Affordable Macro Photography

Photographing a Still Life Series for Exhibition or a Portfolio

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 favorite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge.

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You can also share your images in the dPS Facebook group as the challenge is posted there each week as well.

If you tag your photos on Flickr, Instagram, Twitter or other sites – tag them as #DPScards to help others find them. Linking back to this page might also help others know what you’re doing so that they can share in the fun.

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Weekly Photography Challenge – Everyday Objects

09 May

The post Weekly Photography Challenge – Everyday Objects appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Caz Nowaczyk.

Since many of us are still limited to where we can go, this week’s photography challenge topic is the EVERYDAY OBJECTS!

exploring your home with close-up filters
Image © Simon Ringsmuth

Everyday objects can be anything from a cup filled with coffee, TV remote, shoes, pens, computer mouse to a guitar pick. You get the picture!

Weekly Photography Challenge – Everyday Objects
Image © Rick Ohnsman
Weekly Photography Challenge – Everyday Objects
Image © Simon Ringsmuth

Get creative with them, either with the photography style or with post-processing.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Check out some of the articles below that give you tips on this week’s challenge.

Tips for photographing EVERDAY OBJECTS

Photographing a Still Life Series for Exhibition or a Portfolio

Stuck at Home? – Ways Still Life Photography Can Keep Your Skills Sharp

How to Apply Compositional Theory to Still Life Photography

Reverse Lens Macro – How to Make Macro Photos with “Backward Thinking”

Five Common Macro Photography Mistakes and How to Fix Them

Exploring Your Home with Close-Up Filters

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 favorite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge.

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You can also share your images in the dPS Facebook group as the challenge is posted there each week as well.

If you tag your photos on Flickr, Instagram, Twitter or other sites – tag them as #DPSeverydayObjects to help others find them. Linking back to this page might also help others know what you’re doing so that they can share in the fun.

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Weekly Photography Challenge – In the Fridge

02 May

The post Weekly Photography Challenge – In the Fridge appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Caz Nowaczyk.

Yup, still indoors. And so, continuing with the indoors theme, this week’s photography challenge topic is the IN THE FRIDGE!

weekly photography challenge – in the fridge
These were taken with my smartphone. The one on the left, with a macro lens on the smartphone. As a designer, as well as a photographer, I like to explore the way colors, lines and shapes work together with multiple images. © Caz Nowaczyk

Get creative and by photographing in your fridge. You can use macro, or wide shots. You can leave things in your fridge or take them out and photograph them in a different scenario. Whichever way you choose to go, be creative, and tell your story.

Weekly Photography Challenge – In the Fridge
The color orange ties these two images together, as well as the text on the bottle. How do your images work together? © Caz Nowaczyk
Weekly Photography Challenge – In the Fridge
I chose to put these two together because of the curve mimicked in both of these images. © Caz Nowaczyk
Weekly Photography Challenge – In the Fridge
The red color ties these two images together. © Caz Nowaczyk

Check out some of the articles below that give you tips on this week’s challenge.

Tips for photographing IN THE FRIDGE

Stuck at Home? – Ways Still Life Photography Can Keep Your Skills Sharp

Simple Methods for Creating Better Still Life Images

Creative Macro Photography – A Guide to Freelensing

Five Ways to Take Your Macro Photography to the Next Level

Reverse Lens Macro: How to use it as a Great Learning Tool

6 Still Life Photography Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Food Photography – When to Use Natural Light (and When Not To)

The dPS Ultimate Guide to Food Photography

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 favorite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge.

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You can also share your images in the dPS Facebook group as the challenge is posted there each week as well.

If you tag your photos on Flickr, Instagram, Twitter or other sites – tag them as #DPSintheFridge to help others find them. Linking back to this page might also help others know what you’re doing so that they can share in the fun.

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Weekly Photography Challenge – ICM (Intentional Camera Movement)

25 Apr

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Since many of us are still limited to where we can go, this week’s photography challenge topic is the ICM (intentional camera movement)!

Weekly Photography Challenge – ICM -Intentional camera movement green grass with sun in background
I focused the camera then as I pressed the shutter button, moved the camera following the direction of the grass blades. f/16, ISO 100, 1/15th sec.

This is a fun exercise you can try inside your home or out in your yard (if you are lucky enough to have one). If you live in an apartment in the city, you may want to try capturing the night city lights with ICM instead.

You’ll want to use a relatively slow shutter speed – something slower than around 1/15th of a sec. Then you will want to physically move the camera in the direction you want as soon as you hit the shutter button.

Weekly Photography Challenge – ICM (Intentional Camera Movement)
I moved the camera horizontally to follow the line of the water © Caz-Nowaczyk

You may want to follow the direction of the lines in your compostition or go against them – the creative decision is yours!

You can even make the exposures so long that we have to guess what photograph is actually of (you can probably tell what mine are, though!).

I look forward to seeing your shots.

Weekly Photography Challenge – ICM -Intentional camera movement green grass with sun in background
Intentional Camera Movement ICM by Caz Nowaczyk f/16, ISO 100, 1/15th sec.
Weekly Photography Challenge – ICM -Intentional camera movement green grass with sun in background
To create this Intentional Camera Movement, I followed the direction of the blades of grass. I also shot into the sun to get some nice bokeh balls on the image on the right. © Caz Nowaczyk.
Weekly Photography Challenge – ICM (Intentional Camera Movement)
This was a really long exposure (13 sec). I moved the camera around slowly, while hand-holding. The light was from the house lights on the coastline. Their reflection is caught on the water. 13 sec f/2.8 ISO 100 © Caz Nowaczyk

Check out some of the articles below that give you tips on this week’s challenge.

Tips for photographing the ICM

How to Take Creative Landscape Shots using Intentional Camera Movement

Creative Reasons to use Intentional Camera Movement

Intentional Camera Movement and the Landscape

Intentional Blur- How to Create it and Why it’s Awesome

How Mark Rothko’s Paintings Can Inspire Your Photography

5 Great Ways to Create Abstract Wave Photography

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 favorite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge.

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You can also share your images in the dPS Facebook group as the challenge is posted there each week as well.

If you tag your photos on Flickr, Instagram, Twitter or other sites – tag them as #DPSICM to help others find them. Linking back to this page might also help others know what you’re doing so that they can share in the fun.

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Weekly Photography Challenge – Window Views

18 Apr

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Since we are all stuck indoors, this week’s photography challenge topic is the WINDOW VIEWS!

Weekly Photography Challenge – Window Views
unsplash-logoChristie Kim

You might want to do a full interior scene with the view as a partial element, or you may like to shoot with the window itself in the frame. Alternatively, you may just want to do a photo of your view from an open window, with no hint of the window in sight.

If you choose to do the full interior with the window view, you may need to play with bracketing your exposures and HDR in editing to get an even exposure for the interior and the view.

So, check out these pics to give you some ideas, have fun, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

Weekly Photography Challenge – Window Views
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Weekly Photography Challenge – Window Views
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Weekly Photography Challenge – Window Views
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Check out some of the articles below that give you tips on this week’s challenge.

Tips for photographing the WINDOW VIEWS

Tips for Shooting Cityscapes Through a Window at Blue Hour

Tips for Minimizing Reflections When Photographing Through Windows

Tips for Photographing Real Estate Interiors

How to Photograph a Real Estate Interior or Property

A Guide to Creating Stunning HDR Images

How to Use Bracketing to get Your Best Shot – 3 Different Methods

6 Types of Bracketing Your Camera Can Do and How to Use Them

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 favorite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge.

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You can also share your images in the dPS Facebook group as the challenge is posted there each week as well.

If you tag your photos on Flickr, Instagram, Twitter or other sites – tag them as #DPSWindowViews to help others find them. Linking back to this page might also help others know what you’re doing so that they can share in the fun.

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Weekly Photography Challenge – Living Room

11 Apr

The post Weekly Photography Challenge – Living Room appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Caz Nowaczyk.

Continuing with the indoors theme, this week’s photography challenge topic is the LIVING ROOM!

Weekly Photography Challenge – Living Room
Due to the lockdowns, I’ve had to rent a furnished apartment in a new town. It has a “sea” theme. I took this and made them into a series. In the third image, the shell close-up, I did it using the reverse lens macro technique. I took my nifty fifty off my camera, flipped it around, held it against my camera, and took photos. You get some interesting effects.

You could photograph objects in your living room. Create a still life from them, do interesting things with lamplight or reflections on your TV screen (if you have one). Photograph people sitting in your living room – your pet on your favorite couch (come on, I know many of you let your pets on the furniture!)

Do macro, wide, or do a series that includes all of them to tell a story. They can be color or black and white, moody or bright.

Weekly Photography Challenge – Living Room
These are some quartz crystals that I have found while on my bushwalks just before lockdown. I photographed these in my living room next to the window. I used my iphone with a macro filter. These are quite small, but look rather large in these photos.

Try creating a series that work together too, if you like.

So, check out these pics to give you some ideas, have fun, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

Weekly Photography Challenge – Living Room
Continuing with my living room “sea” theme. The close-ups where, again, reverse lens macro. The first image was with my nifty fifty.

Check out some of the articles below that give you tips on this week’s challenge.

Tips for photographing the LIVING ROOM

Reverse Mounting Your Prime Lenses for Affordable Macro Photography

Reverse Lens Macro: How to use it as a Great Learning Tool

How to Turn a Photography Technique into a Series

Reverse Lens Macro – How to Make Macro Photos with “Backward Thinking”

3 Tips for Photographing Mixed Lighting in Interiors

How I Shot and Edited a Series of iPhone Images

6 Helpful Tips for Doing Interior Architecture Photography

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Weekly Photography Challenge – Kitchen

04 Apr

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Since we are all stuck indoors, this week’s photography challenge topic is the KITCHEN!

Weekly Photography Challenge – Kitchen
Taken in low light with my phone and some macro filters. An empty tin and the pepper shaker. © Caz Nowaczyk

That’s right! Get creative and take some shots of your kitchen. You can use flash or ambient light. Do close-ups of your cutlery draw, tea and coffee canisters, or food in your pantry. Take photos of food preparation and cooking. Photograph the results! Do wide-angle shots of the entire scene too. Blur them out, use intentional camera movement, or whatever you like!

Try creating a series that work together too, if you like.

So, check out these pics to give you some ideas, have fun, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

Weekly Photography Challenge – Kitchen
A close-up of my trail mix. Shot with my phone and close-up filters. © Caz Nowaczyk
Weekly Photography Challenge – Kitchen
A grater and knife handle. Try a series and see how they might work together. © Caz Nowaczyk

Check out some of the articles below that give you tips on this week’s challenge.

Tips for photographing the KITCHEN

The 6 Top Photoshop Tools for Still Life Photography

Simple Methods for Creating Better Still Life Images

Tips for Getting Started with Still Life Photography

What is Ambient Light in Photography? An Explanation for Beginner Photographers

How to Practice Your Photography Skills by Getting Creative in the Kitchen

Quick Video Tutorial – 8 DIY Photography Hacks for the Kitchen

Tips for Styling and Photographing Interiors

3 Tips for Photographing Mixed Lighting in Interiors

Blur and Creative Photography – Why Your Images Don’t Need To Be 100% Sharp

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 favorite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge.

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Weekly Photography Challenge – Pets

28 Mar

The post Weekly Photography Challenge – Pets appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Caz Nowaczyk.

With many of us stuck indoors, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to make this week’s photography challenge our PETS!

Weekly Photography Challenge – Pets
This is my dog, Mya. This won’t win any photography awards – and it was just captured with my phone – but it really captures her playful spirit. And she loves rolling on that little rug.

I’m currently missing mine, as I’ve had to hunker down in a town that isn’t mine, and my doggies are 400kms away from me. But, for many of you, they are hunkering down indoors with you. So take this time to give them your love, take some fab photos of them and share with us all so that we can see how cute and adorable they are.

Weekly Photography Challenge – Pets
This is my other dog, Meeko. He hates having a bath. Once he does, though, he runs around the yard like crazy and rolls in all the grass.

They can be any pet you have. You can photograph them with any technique too.

So, check out these pics to give you some ideas, have fun, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

Check out some of the articles below that give you tips on this week’s challenge.

Tips for photographing your PETS

Five Tips for Creative Pet Photography

Tips for Great Lighting for Pet Photography

6 Tips for Working with Unruly Animals in Pet Photography

8 Tips for Better Pet Photography

Why Taking Pictures of Your Pets Will Help Make You a Better Photographer

Top 10 Pet Photography Tips and Techniques

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 favorite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge.

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If you tag your photos on Flickr, Instagram, Twitter or other sites – tag them as #DPSmypet to help others find them. Linking back to this page might also help others know what you’re doing so that they can share in the fun.

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Weekly Photography Challenge – Green

21 Mar

The post Weekly Photography Challenge – Green appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Caz Nowaczyk.

This week’s photography challenge topic is the color GREEN!

Weekly Photography Challenge – Green
Photo by dPS Guest Author, Ramakant Sharda

Another fun challenge. You can capture the color purple in so many ways.

There are so many things you can take photos of with the color green. If you are indoors, photograph your indoor plants, experiment with macro and still life. Grab green things from the kitchen cupboards and play with flat lay photography.

Alternatively, hang out in your yard and photograph the birds, trees, or insects. Or cars driving past on the street.

There are so many options!

So, check out these pics to give you some ideas, have fun, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

Weekly Photography Challenge – Green
You could also go for bokeh using green lights. Photo by dPS writer, Megan Kennedy
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You could photograph your indoor plants, or living areas that may have green in them. Photo by dPS writer, Lily Sawyer.
Weekly Photography Challenge – Green
You may want to photograph the birds in your garden. Photo by dPS Guest writer, Shreyas Yadav.

Check out some of the articles below that give you tips on this week’s challenge.

Tips for Shooting the color GREEN

Mastering Color Series – The Psychology and Evolution of the Color GREEN and its use in Photography

How to Take Vibrant, Razor-Sharp Macro Photos of Flowers

Insect Photography Tips – How to Capture Cool Critters

Some of the Pros of Using Micro Four-Thirds Cameras for Wildlife Photography

The 6 Top Photoshop Tools for Still Life Photography

Flat Lay Photography – How to Make Yours Stand Out from the Rest

3 Tips for Photographing Mixed Lighting in Interiors

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 favorite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge.

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If you tag your photos on Flickr, Instagram, Twitter or other sites – tag them as #DPSgreen to help others find them. Linking back to this page might also help others know what you’re doing so that they can share in the fun.

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