These photos will not be judged, but are meant to inspire and challenge you in your photo-taking during our 10 week journey. :) I will not critique them, however, if you have specific questions about your image (ie., how to achieve a certain look, lighting, exposure, etc.) please leave your question in the comment section of that particular week's photo challenge post. I will answer your question on the blog as well. That way, everyone can benefit from the questions asked and answers given, and we can all learn and grow together! :)
weekly photo challenge
Every week you will be given a photo challenge that must be completed and submitted by the Sunday before the following session. If your photo shows up in my inbox after Sunday, midnight, I will not add your photo to the blog. You can submit your photo by email each week. For fun, you will be able to view your photos here, categorized by week.
These photos will not be judged, but are meant to inspire and challenge you in your photo-taking during our 10 week journey. :) I will not critique them, however, if you have specific questions about your image (ie., how to achieve a certain look, lighting, exposure, etc.) please leave your question in the comment section of that particular week's photo challenge post. I will answer your question on the blog as well. That way, everyone can benefit from the questions asked and answers given, and we can all learn and grow together! :)
These photos will not be judged, but are meant to inspire and challenge you in your photo-taking during our 10 week journey. :) I will not critique them, however, if you have specific questions about your image (ie., how to achieve a certain look, lighting, exposure, etc.) please leave your question in the comment section of that particular week's photo challenge post. I will answer your question on the blog as well. That way, everyone can benefit from the questions asked and answers given, and we can all learn and grow together! :)
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You guys are doing awesome on the self-portraits!
ReplyDeletethose are definitely creative and inspiring! So glad to be a part of the group.
ReplyDeleteI have a general question...what photo editing program do you use, or what do you recommend that's available online with free trials (or is relatively inexpensive to buy)?
ReplyDeleteWell, first of all, I use Photoshop CS5. Although it is a wonderful program and I wouldn't use anything else, I would not recommend investing in this program unless a)you have money to blow, or b)you are running a photography business, or c)you have a sophisticated camera and need good software to match it.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, there are MANY good photo software programs available to the beginner/hobbyist that are free or cost relatively little.
For free, you can download a program called aviary at http://www.aviary.com/, which is great for web and mobile use.
Another great download is picasa by google. This is what I used in the very beginning of my interest in photography and it served my needs well at the time. Found at http://picasa.google.com/ This is perfect for those in the workshop with a point and shoot camera.
For you in the workshop with a digital SLR, I would recommend Adobe Photoshop Elements, if you can get your hands on it. Sometimes the program comes free with operating systems or printers. You can also download their free trial software to try it before you buy it.
Another tool that may be worth a try if you want something a little more challenging, is GIMP. I have not tried it myself, but have heard it's very similar to photoshop and it's free. Go to www.gimp.org.
Does that answer your question?
Yup! Perfectly! I use picasa now, I may try a couple of the others you mentioned to compare! :) Thanks.
DeleteI have another question....it's about the challenge this week. Just wondering if 'some' sun is okay in lieu of 'full' sun? I don't think the weather is going to co-operate before Sunday night! :(
ReplyDeleteTotally fine! Work with what you've got. :)
DeleteSo I'm wondering if there's a trick to finding the balance between blurry and grainy? I took hundreds of pictures flipping the ISO setting and still had a hard time getting the results. I'd guess I got about 5 clear pictures out of the bunch and I still wasn't overly happy with how grainy they looked. (I struggled with this for the low light situation.)
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