Photographing water – Take 52 : Week 31
This week’s prompt was “Clear” and this week’s image was submitted by Chris Racklyeft.
Image Stats:
Shutter Speed: 1/200
Aperture: f/14
ISO: 100
Focal length 32mm
Single flash.
Click on the video below to hear my critique of Chris’ image.
If you would like to see the behind the scenes of how Chris set up this shoot check out his bog post here.
Join the #Take52 Weekly Photo Challenge – we’d love to have you! You can find out how it works and sign up here to receive my the weekly prompts via email and to get access to our private Facebook group. It’s a great community and a wonderful place to learn and improve your photography.
Happy Snapping!
Ingrid
Take 52 Challenge – Week 22: Inspired
Getting inspiration for your photography can sometimes be a tricky thing. We all know the frustration that sometimes comes with trying to figure out what exactly to photograph. This week’s theme was all about that – Week 22: Inspired.
Wendy Dunne did an excellent job at capturing this week’s theme with her beautiful image below. Wendy achieved that slightly worn look to her image by using a texture in the editing process to wonderful effect. This is a great example of something so simple and everyday can look so beautiful. You can check out more of Wendy’s work over at her blog Got the Shot
Inspired by Wendy Dunne
Camera Settings
Focal length: 90mm
Shutter Speed: 1/100
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 100
Click on the video below to hear my critique of Wendy’s image.
If you would like to join the #Take52 Weekly Photo Challenge then come on! You can find out how it works and sign up here to receive my the weekly prompts via email and to get access to our private Facebook group. It’s a great community and a wonderful place to learn and improve your photography.
Happy Snapping!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Week 20 – Random
This week’s theme gave Challengers a chance to just get out and shoot and to worry less about the theme as the prompt for Week 20 was Random. Some choose random things, others random moments which was what Beth Pack chose to do in her image below. I love this image because even though it’s a seemingly random shot of her son and husband, it tells the viewer so much about life at this particular moment in time.
Random by Beth Pack
Camera settings:
Lens used: 28mm
Shutter Speed: 1/60
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 400
Click on the video below to hear my thoughts on Beth’s image. *Note – this is Beth’s son and husband – not grandson as I erroneously say in my video!
If you would like to join the #Take52 Weekly Photo Challenge then we’d love to have you! You can find out how it works and sign up here to receive my the weekly prompts via email and to get access to our private Facebook group. It’s a great community and a wonderful place to learn and improve your photography.
Happy Snapping!
Take 52 Weekly Photo Challenge Week 11 Critique
This week’s theme was Unlucky and I had a hard time picking an image to critique as there were so many awesome ones in the group.
Shutter Speed: 1/125
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 400
I love this particular shot of Wendy Dunne’s as it reminds me of my childhood and the game we used to play when walking home from school – trying to avoid stepping on the cracks in the footpath.
Click on the video below to hear my critique:
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Til next week
Improve your Photography in 2013
By taking more photos…
Last year I began something I called the CameraShy Take 52 Challenge. It’s simply taking one photo a week based around a theme with the idea behind it being that the more photos you take the better you get. I started this challenge as a way to make MY photography better, but it turned into something completely different. By sharing my themes each each many people joined me and the Take 52 Challenge grew as a Challenge for others. I am simply a facilitator.
This year we are doing it again. This time we are using a dedicated Facebook Group – not the CameraShy Facebook page nor Flickr. I will still send the weekly emails with the themes but the Facebook Group is where all the action is. And it is certainly alive at the moment – 72 like-minded individuals already sharing their pictures and endeavoring to improve by doing.
If you think you’d like to improve your photography this year, and would like to join us, jump in when you can and sign up below to get access to our Facebook Group and get the weekly themes via email.