Shoe(s)
January 10, 2024
May be worn or displayed; can be any type of footwear including but not limited to shoes, sneakers, boots, sandals, clogs and crocs.
The Assigned Topic is recommended but not required each month. Sometimes a member doesn’t have the time, ability or doesn’t care about the assigned topic. General entries can be entered instead.
It is not important to be better than someone else, but to be better than you were yesterday.
January 10, 2024
May be worn or displayed; can be any type of footwear including but not limited to shoes, sneakers, boots, sandals, clogs and crocs.
February 14, 2024
Photo should be taken from a height looking down. Photo should be obviously taken from a higher level. Could be from a building, hill, mountain or other level that is noticeably higher than the subject.
April 10, 2024
Something that shows the passage of time such as a clock, watch, stopwatch and anything else that shows the passage of time.
May 8, 2024
Could be two or more cats, dogs, people or any other animate or inanimate subject. Could be a collage, triptych or random layout. No limit on how many subjects in the photo.
June 12, 2024
Use any lens that is 35mm (full frame) or wider to take a photo. This could include Fisheye Lens. If you are using a zoom, use the widest lens which in many cases would be 24mm. EXIF data must show when presented.
July 10, 2024
Stripping down the subject to only essential elements. Negative space could be included in minimalism.
September 11, 2024
Moving your camera to follow the subject to have a sharp subject and a blurred background. Some subjects that could be panned: Vehicles, bicycles, runners, low flying birds with a background other than sky.
November 13, 2024
State of natural lighting that is most common around sunrise and sunset.
December 11, 2024
Moving the camera up/down, side to side or zooming in or out, usually at a slow shutter speed. Image must be recognizable.
March 8, 2023
Any means of transport of wheeled vehicles running on rails. May be the actual cars, engines, tracks or obviously related material.
April 19, 2023
Image is detached from physical reality. It may not pictorially represent reality.
May 10, 2023
Frame must be in the original scene, not added in post. Does not have to be in nature such as trees. Could be man-made such as shooting a sailboat framed by sides of a pier.
June 14, 2023
Main image must be dark uniform density with no internal details. The remainder of image is totally up to the photographer.
July 12, 2023
Purple focal point in the image covering at least half of the image area.
August 9, 2023
The image must be in pure black and white with all shades of gray allowed. No other colors.
September 13, 2023
A prominent part of the image should be strong leading line(s) which highlights the main image. The image would lose impact without those lines.
October 11, 2023
The image must convey the condition of something wet. No body of water such as Ocean, River, Lake, Puddle or Waterfall. An example could be wet rocks.
November 8, 2023
Clear depiction of some ongoing elements of a story. Static isolation is not acceptable such as a person sleeping.
December 13, 2023
Looking in or out. Window can be open; it can be a store window. Should be an interesting subject seen through the window. Reflections are allowed but cannot be the primary subject.
January 12, 2022
The roundness must be the major aspect of the image; may be full or greater than semi-circles or round objects.
February 9, 2022
Image should clearly show that it was taken at night. May be skylight (Blue Hour) or local lighting, but not illuminated by the photographer.
April 13, 2022
Image must be larger on mobile phone screen than it is in reality (NOT the exact technical definition of Macro, but the one we are using here).
June 8, 2022
An important part of the image must be blurred to show motion. It may be a panned background or slow shutter speed of a moving target, but should still be recognizable.
August 10, 2022
The primary focus of interest must be the green part or parts of any real plant.
September 14, 2022
Some instrument(s) of repair or manufacture of a reasonably durable product in a shop or home. Nothing transitory, such as sound or gestures. A cookie is durable enough to count.
October 12, 2022 – Workshop is September 28
An interesting part of a building (indoor or outdoor). Not a straight building image. Must show creativity of the photographer
December 14, 2022
The major source of illumination must obviously be from one or more candles. At least one candle flame should be visible.
January 13, 2021
Must be in any shade between black and white. Only Black and White! No sepia, or other colors.
February 10, 2021
There should be an important element of human writing. From pens and pencils to typewriters (but not word processors?)
March 10, 2021
Image should utilize an angle from down, up, above, leading lines, etc. Though all images must be from some perspective, here the perspective is more important than the element being captured. Should be creative and obvious.
April 14, 2021
Our eyes are naturally drawn to things that are symmetrical. A composition with two equal or close to parts does seem to conflict with the rule of thirds. If you’re going to break a rule, be sure and shatter it. Post processing flipped images NOT ALLOWED.
May 12, 2021
Should contain multiple items of similar size or category, yet each component is an individual subject collected by a human collector whether intentional or not. Think kitchen utensils, stamps, or coins. It could even be crazy big like someone’s automotive collection.
June 9, 2021
Our eyes are predisposed to recognizing patterns. When we capture a repetition, it can create a powerful image. To create even more interest, offer up that pattern, make it prominent, but you may somehow break the repetition.
July 14, 2021
Main image must lack all detail. May be black or another pure color (NO SHADING).and surrounded with white or another highly contrasting color (white or another pure color OR RANGE OF COLORS)
August 11, 2021
Wood should be the major focus whether as the building component or the natural product itself.
September 1, 2021
May include something like the flying lady (Spirit of Ecstasy) on a Rolls Royce, or the symbols used to identify makes or models. May be from an old or newer car.
October 13, 2021
Image should be readily identifiable as a puddle and may be any liquid, inside or outside your home. May be naturally occurring or human made.
November 10, 2021
Should express ideas and emotions in a photographed image without the intention of creating a traditional or realistic image. While many commonly observed photography rules don’t apply, a good abstract photo always has a clear, structural design. Much thought goes into the order, placement, and balance between shapes, patterns, textures, and colors within an abstract image.
December 8, 2021
Three photos with a single theme. Image may be a larger image broken into three individual images or three separate images that are clearly associated with each other. All three must be on a single final image.
January 15, 2020
Must utilize an external lens, excluding the camera lens and any direct attachments. Examples of acceptable elements are corrective eyeglasses, magnifying lens, glass ball, water droplet, filled transparent container, curved make-up mirror, chrome hubcap. The “curve” may be one- or two-dimensional, but not flat glass or wrinkled aluminum foil. The auxiliary optical element should be identifiable, and the reflected or refracted objects should be a major component of the image.
February 12, 2020
Any small creepy crawler or flyer. Includes snails, spiders, and worms, etc., not birds or animals.
May 13, 2020
Must include foreground, midground and background and clearly be recognizable.
July 8, 2020
May be anything (including pets) currently in your living space. Not a person. Not outside your living space. Not the view from your window.
September 9, 2020
Something that typically exists in the kitchen. Not food. Includes the contents of cabinets and drawers.
October 14, 2020
Something that is yellow and forms the focal component of the image. Yellow may be represented by one or more shades
November 11, 2020
Any type of glass. Clear, translucent, colorful but not invisible (e.g., a photo through a window). The glass itself must be the focal element.
December 9, 2020
Anything that completely fits on a 3” x 5” card or smaller. (If you crop, be sure to increase the pixel density to be clear on the judge’s screen.)
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