June 2012 Photo assignment

[wwomanC6]

Originally Posted by Poog

If you wish.

[TripleBlack]

Originally Posted by Grey Ghost

I think wwomanC6 has it correct. The photo is supposed to stir a mood in the person viewing it. It can make you sad, happy, laugh, smile, scratch your head, content, etc...

From Tripleblack:

"but rather the mood it evokes."

I think everyone is doing a good job this month.

^ this.

Gosh, I wish I had just picked "Bridges" as the topic but since I had just returned from San Francisco and took a couple hundred shots of the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate, I didn't think that was very fair.

I probably did a lousy job of describing what I was looking for and I've certainly not done a good job of commenting about the various photos but,
"... the mood it evokes" was what I was after.

Just about every post so far has said more to me than my picture last month of a pretty bridge and some pretty water.

So much of what I've shot the past couple of years has been either documentary or derivative (or both!) in nature and I thought this assignment would push me to think of something more creative and maybe do the same for the group that posts here. I just wish I'd done a better job explaining.

Again, sorry for my lack of comments in the thread this month. I've been traveling a lot for both work and personal reasons and haven't had much chance to post.

I like what has been posted so far, so post up some photos that either depict or evoke a mood; well get through this and maybe can do sunsets next month.

Gary

[Grey Ghost]

Originally Posted by TripleBlack

Gosh, I wish I had just picked "Bridges" as the topic

One of the main reasons for this monthly contest WAS in fact to make people get off the couch and go out and take pictures. There is no big drama here. We understood and had fun with it !

[Norm]

Originally Posted by TripleBlack

Right up front let me apologize for the tardy post. I was traveling over the weekend and the first part of the week and haven't had much 'computer time'.

JimMartley's May entry inspired me to choose "Moods" as this months topic. Your entry should convey a mood, be it, tranquility, foreboding, love, happiness, sadness, confusion or some other emotion or feeling. It can be a landscape, portrait, candid shot, abstract, or just about anything you feel conveys emotion. I ask participants not to vote just on the technical merits of the photo, but rather the mood it evokes.

So here's a modified copy/paste of the previous rules:

You must be the photographer, and it must be taken this month. Use whatever camera you have with you at the time.

Photo manipulation of contrast, lens correction (chromatic aberration, pin cushion, etc), exposure, brightness, color, sharpness and crop are allowed. It's not clear (to me at least) from the previous rules that black and white is permitted but for this assignment it definitely is. Sepia tone, and other similar filter treatments are okay this month and I'll add vignettes to the list. "Chopping" something into the image is not allowed. HDR is not allowed. ( There will be an HDR assignment in the future. Save that technique for that assignment please) [ga edit: I won't relax that ban here, but I hope a future assignment will; there is a time and place IMO]

You may submit several images to get feedback, but by the deadline you must edit it down to one for the voting poll.

Use of Smart phone apps is allowed. No borders but filters are ok.

I hope everyone enjoys this month's challenge.

Deadline for submissions will be 11 PM EST on Thursday June 29th, 2012.

Date's wrong.

[TripleBlack]

Originally Posted by Norm

Date's wrong.

Good catch. Thank you. I will edit the original post.

It will be FRIDAY, June 29th.

[kingpin]

This is not an entry. I know you guys were looking forward to my amazing photo this month but time is short.

This is a pic I took a few years ago.
I wasn't happy obviously and I thought a picture would be a good idea.

Of course it's been p-shopped but I thought I'd share my pretty face.
I think this was taken with a Motorola phone.

[Milton Fox]

You're Andy Kaufman too?

[SpdChik]

*Submission*

[kingpin]

Originally Posted by Milton Fox

You're Andy Kaufman too?

[TripleBlack]

Please be sure to tag your 'submissions' before we wrap up Friday evening!

[TripleBlack]

First Father's Day


I was going to go with something dark, but nothing clicked so I went the other direction.

[NeedSpeed]

I'll submit this one.

[Vette40th]

Feed Me!

This is one my cats. He and his brother were found in a taped up box on the North Shore in a dumpster. Wife rescued them..

[78SA]

I'll submit this one.

[78SA]

Originally Posted by Vette40th

Feed Me!

This is one my cats. He and his brother were found in a taped up box on the North Shore in a dumpster. Wife rescued them..

[DAB]

our dog Rosie, after being told that the Antelope filet was all gone. 'NOOOO'

[NeedSpeed]

[Yamma]

Here's my official entry for the month.....

my dad who NEVER smiles

Mood: Childhood.



I honestly don't care if I even get a single vote. Seeing that smile is worth just about everything.