Assignment Suggestions

[DeepSpring]

I like the ones mentioned above where the subject has to be a certain color or street shots of strangers

 

[TommiP]

Life through a lens!!!!!!

 

[sthvtsh]

Is there gunna be any more? =/

 

[Jeff Canes]

Is there gunna be any more? =/

Not sure, doesn’t seem to be a lot of attention to them any more

 

[gizmo2071]

Has "reflections" been done?
Not reflections in mirrors. Thats too easy.

Relctions via water/glass and anything else.

If you actually look at a puddle/small area of water and get a low enough angle, the reflection will be very strong. From that small area of water, you can walk around it and I'm sure you'll be able to find an ace picture from a certain perspective.

It's simple and easy and very fitting for this time of the year?

 

[Battou]

Suggestion: Taken for granted

Personally, I have noticed lately that when I take a picture of somthing I take for granted are the ones people seem to like the most.

 

[nikonian2001]

what about a series of pictures with a linkin prop like they all have the same hat or all models shot in the in the same pose ect.

 

[nikonian2001]

Has "reflections" been done?
Not reflections in mirrors. Thats too easy.

Relctions via water/glass and anything else.

If you actually look at a puddle/small area of water and get a low enough angle, the reflection will be very strong. From that small area of water, you can walk around it and I'm sure you'll be able to find an ace picture from a certain perspective.

It's simple and easy and very fitting for this time of the year?

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=96932
is this what you had in mind?

 

[Mathias13]

you're most prized possesion excluding people even though they're not really possesions

 

[tmagee]

I was in another forum that had a similar set up as this assignment thread but it was done a little different.

1.)Each week an Assignment was posted (i.e. composition, texture, movement... whatever)

2.)People had one week to post their pictures (critiques were held until the END of the week, once everyone had posted a picture)
a.) People were asked to include settings when they posted their pic.

3.) One week after the Assignment was posted a new post was added that read "NO MORE POSTING OF PICTURES. PLEASE CRITIQUE THIS WEEKS ASSIGNMENT.

4.)People then posted their critiques of ALL the pictures in one posting.

*People who wished to critique would do so for all the pictures in ONE post*

example:
tyul687- you had great composition in this picture although you're over exposed a little. It looks sunny there why was ISO so high.
heath67bar- Your subject seems to be far away. It would have been nice to see you get closer.
kan09- your background is a little distracting I think a smaller DOF would have worked better here.

*And the person critiquing would do this for all the pictures.*

It was understood that the critiques were that person's opinion. And it was often that people got totally different critiques from two different people. But what I liked was people didn't try to defend their critiques by having an argument on the forum.

I found this format of critiquing images very helpful because it allowed me to see how others approached the assignment and it also allowed me to learn form their mistakes and successes.

The real key to making this format work is to not have people critique images during the "posting period" Its best to get all the images for the week and then have all the critiques at the end.

There could also be a "Assignment Q&A" thread which allowed for further discussion about the critiques and people could ask specific questions about the critique that they recieved.

Ok. Just thought I would add my 2cents..... or nonsense.

 

[MissMia]

Is this section still active? (fingers crossed) I would really enjoy a bi-weekly assignments to help me on my quest to become a photographer.

 

[NikonLady52]

It doesn't seem to be... Looks like it fell out early in the game ..

 

[Chris of Arabia]

You want some suggestions? Try these for size...

1. The biggest thing in my world
2. The teddy bear in the corner (we know you all have one )
3. Making music
4. Construction project (interpret loosely)
5. Literature still life
6. Celebrating success

Should be enough to be going on with

 

[Big Bully]

How about...

Factories,
Traffic
Sunsets
Water
Bridges
Construction

 

[dklod]

I have had an idea for a challange for a while now and after seeing this thread and section of the site, I have decided to put my idea before you.

not sure on how the format should work but I'll talk about that in a minute. I suggest that we post a close up (macro or crop) of an object, obviously something that can be seen and touched in all parts of the world. Something that everyone has come into contact with or seen maybe on tv. You post that close up and then everyone else has to try to guess what it is. Again, it needs to be kept reasonably simple in the beginning until we maybe toughen it up a bit. I think the first person to correctly guess has the task of posting the next challange and the full sized image then posted to show the whole object.

Im not sure how popular this is going to be or if it will even get off the ground, but its something different. I'll post an example later when I can get my camera and my mind thinking about something.

Cheers all.

DK