Weekly Photo Challenge, Week 8
February 23rd 2011 15:00
Hey Everyone! This is the 8th week of Shutterboo's 52 week photography challenge, and the theme was WHITE.
If you missed the previous weeks, check them out (ELECTRICITY, JOY, CONTROL, COLORFUL, SIGN, REPETITION, FEAR) here.
And if you want to join or look at the other amazing photos taken this week, check out the Flickr group here.
This week's theme was WHITE. I kind of like color challenges, it seems much more straight-forward and that’s just how my brain likes to work. But white, that’s a hard color for me. I like things full of color and white is the opposite of that, so when scoping around my house I came up with a very limited variety of things to shoot.
One thing I really wanted to shoot was my wedding dress. I wanted to get that popular “wedding dress in the window” shot. My professional photographer for the wedding (coming up on 2 years ago!) didn’t capture that shot, so now I have one (actually 3 that I love). Here’s the photo I submitted to the group:
I went with black-and-white, because I thought it gave the photo more power as well as fit the theme a bit better. The curtains that are up are white, sheer and green so it added a bit more color than I wanted. I amped up the brightness, high-lights and added some shadows to give it more of a glow and to really bring out the detail of the skirt’s embroidery. I love that dress. I saw it in a magazine and just knew it was mine. Luckily it was in my budget.
Here’s the runner-up photo from the “wedding dress in the window” shoot. It’s a more-detailed shot of the skirt’s embroidery with the glow from the sun through the window.
Now, the other “white” item I found in my house was some white paint and white foam stickers. So I pulled out some black construction paper and went to town. I, again went with the black-and-white version and up’d the contrast here to get a crisper white. I liked these photos but they just seemed too literal for me.
Then, I thought about what else I could shoot. There’s a pretty white chapel (Morris Chapel) that I pass everyday to work and it’s usually beautifully back-lit in the late afternoon. So I decided to stop on my way home one day this week. Luckily for me, I had a beautiful partly cloudy but vibrantly blue sky to work with. Here’s my favorite of that shoot.
One of these days, I think I’m going to do a photo-drive and capture all the different styles of churches/religious places around my town, they’re all so unique.
Okay. So that’s it for my WHITE shots. Here are some of my favorites from the Flickr Group:
Shutterboo502 – Dog in a Bathtub – She shot one of her “doggins” in the tub, and it’s just so adorable. He’s looking up at her in the empty tub; as soon as I saw it, I smiled!
Whitnickle – White Chucks – It’s a black-and-white shot of a pair of starred converse sneakers. I think she cleverly staged them to give the shot more interest, even adding a shoe-lace heart.
Chaos & Bliss Photography – Snowflake – It’s a picture of a little girl kissing a snowflake wand. The picture has a lot of negative space, and appears almost like it was “white washed”. The girl’s eye looking up and off to the distance makes it a bit whimsical, it’s just a great shot.
Honorable Mentions – Mrs. Rev!’s Milk & Cookies and Natasha Joyan’s Window Frost plus many more, so check them out.
Next week's theme is LARGE... my wheels are turning.
If you missed the previous weeks, check them out (ELECTRICITY, JOY, CONTROL, COLORFUL, SIGN, REPETITION, FEAR) here.
And if you want to join or look at the other amazing photos taken this week, check out the Flickr group here.
This week's theme was WHITE. I kind of like color challenges, it seems much more straight-forward and that’s just how my brain likes to work. But white, that’s a hard color for me. I like things full of color and white is the opposite of that, so when scoping around my house I came up with a very limited variety of things to shoot.
One thing I really wanted to shoot was my wedding dress. I wanted to get that popular “wedding dress in the window” shot. My professional photographer for the wedding (coming up on 2 years ago!) didn’t capture that shot, so now I have one (actually 3 that I love). Here’s the photo I submitted to the group:
Photo Credit - Kristi V. Photography
I went with black-and-white, because I thought it gave the photo more power as well as fit the theme a bit better. The curtains that are up are white, sheer and green so it added a bit more color than I wanted. I amped up the brightness, high-lights and added some shadows to give it more of a glow and to really bring out the detail of the skirt’s embroidery. I love that dress. I saw it in a magazine and just knew it was mine. Luckily it was in my budget.
Here’s the runner-up photo from the “wedding dress in the window” shoot. It’s a more-detailed shot of the skirt’s embroidery with the glow from the sun through the window.
Photo Credit - Kristi V. Photography
Now, the other “white” item I found in my house was some white paint and white foam stickers. So I pulled out some black construction paper and went to town. I, again went with the black-and-white version and up’d the contrast here to get a crisper white. I liked these photos but they just seemed too literal for me.
Photo Credit - Kristi V. Photography
Then, I thought about what else I could shoot. There’s a pretty white chapel (Morris Chapel) that I pass everyday to work and it’s usually beautifully back-lit in the late afternoon. So I decided to stop on my way home one day this week. Luckily for me, I had a beautiful partly cloudy but vibrantly blue sky to work with. Here’s my favorite of that shoot.
Photo Credit - Kristi V. Photography
One of these days, I think I’m going to do a photo-drive and capture all the different styles of churches/religious places around my town, they’re all so unique.
Okay. So that’s it for my WHITE shots. Here are some of my favorites from the Flickr Group:
Shutterboo502 – Dog in a Bathtub – She shot one of her “doggins” in the tub, and it’s just so adorable. He’s looking up at her in the empty tub; as soon as I saw it, I smiled!
Whitnickle – White Chucks – It’s a black-and-white shot of a pair of starred converse sneakers. I think she cleverly staged them to give the shot more interest, even adding a shoe-lace heart.
Chaos & Bliss Photography – Snowflake – It’s a picture of a little girl kissing a snowflake wand. The picture has a lot of negative space, and appears almost like it was “white washed”. The girl’s eye looking up and off to the distance makes it a bit whimsical, it’s just a great shot.
Honorable Mentions – Mrs. Rev!’s Milk & Cookies and Natasha Joyan’s Window Frost plus many more, so check them out.
Next week's theme is LARGE... my wheels are turning.
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