[Ordinary Sarah]

The challenge is to pick a color, and create a series of photographs that showcase your chosen color.


In order to complete this challenge, you must have at least three photographs in your series. You can do more, but probably not more than, say, 15 or so. You can either have your photographs shown separately side by side, or you can combine them into one photograph, like a collage or a tiled composite. If you're going to do a large batch of photos, probably between 6 and 15, you'd be better off doing a collage of some sort. (see example at bottom of post)


This challenge will be judged on how well you meet the challenge, and on how creative and vibrant you can get with your colors and your subjects. Getting really close to something will be ideal. Your subjects can be related to each other, or they can be completely unrelated, that is up to you.


You can also get creative with your colors. Your objects do not have to be solid blue or solid yellow, or whatever color you choose. There can be other colors in your subjects, but as long as the overall presentation screams of your chosen color, you have met the challenge.


I think this challenge will help with learning how to take more than one photo, and to create some sort of continuity between them. When you post your entries, you will want to present them in the best aesthetic order. I gave this challenge a little more time because it will require a lot more work than just taking one photo and uploading it. It will also help you work with your camera settings and surroundings, or with photo editing post-session, to get the best, vibrant colors and lighting.


Have fun with this challenge and really exercise your creativity here. : )



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Rules:

1) Photo must be taken in this time frame. No digging up old photos.

2) Please post entries either as a jpeg attachment or as a thumbnail no bigger than 500px wide with a link to the larger version if you want.

3) We will not exclude images based on conforming to the rules, but keep in mind that one of the things the image will be judged on is how well it shows this week's challenge subject.

4) To keep this thread simple and clean, if you don't want to enter and just want critique before an official entry, post it in the designated photography critique thread, not here. You can however discuss the subject or any entries here if you want.

5) You are encouraged to share your camera settings, shutter speeds, aperture, etc., but EXIF is not strictly required.




Here is an example you can look at if you're confused as to what is being asked in this challenge. This person did the theme "orange".


http://flickr.com/photos/artsyt/532371061/

[Nate]

Cool. Are y'all going to do collages, or is it going to be actual separate photographs that y'all put up?

[Ordinary Sarah]

You can do either, depending on how you want to present it, and how many photos you take on your theme.

[bowstaff981]

Originally Posted by Nate

Cool. Are y'all going to do collages, or is it going to be actual separate photographs that y'all put up?

Depends on how many pictures I take that are actually good.

[Ordinary Sarah]

I put the minimum at three, because three good photographs can, I think, communicate well together. So don't worry if you don't have a gazillion.

[Nate]

As an interested non-participant, I think it'd be more exciting to see a series of separate photographs rather than collages, almost like mini-portfolios of y'alls work on this narrowly defined topic. Like a mini-expose or photo-documentary of sorts.

[Rainer.]

So much for black and white...

I think I may do something more like Nate said, a photo series. Now to think of colors....

[Ordinary Sarah]

Yeah, I'm more a fan of the photo series, too. However, those collages are neat when there are a bunch of pictures.


And sorry, Jon! I didn't even think about that.

[PatrickStar4491]

Originally Posted by Rainer.

So much for black and white...

I think I may do something more like Nate said, a photo series. Now to think of colors....

Well, you can choose a shade of gray perhaps.

This challenge seems quite interesting. I'll try to enter something in after school gets out.

[hapa_angel]

Oooh. Interesting idea, Sarah.
Hmmm. I wonder if I can come up with anything this time... though I already have one idea in mind.

[RipVanWinkle]

This is a really cool idea...with my final for my may term over, I have the summer to play a little more

[ApparentlyNothing]

I kinda really like this idea.

Originally Posted by Rainer.

So much for black and white...

I call 18% gray!

[guitarfan01]

I might have to start participating in these, if only to develop my eye for color and sense of visual space.

[Ordinary Sarah]

Yay! I'm glad you guys are excited about it. If we end up needing a little more time, of course just let RainerJon know.

[PontiusPirate]

I'm definitely up for this, if I have the time.