AOL Community Photo Challenge

AOL Community Challenge•FIREWORKS•FUN only

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:37:38 GMT

Thanks to Donna, Clyde, & Connie for participating in this challenge. Donna had lovely graphic display, & Clyde, posted many images on all his journals. Connie also had quite a few on her entry.
I also posted a few on my journal.......So check out all entries~

Tags: AOL community photo challenege, Fireworks, blogplugs, 4th of July, quotations

AOL Community Challenge•FIREWORKS•FUN only

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:27:54 GMT

FUN ONLY..Ü

The Challenge for the month of July is FIREWORKS. There is only one category-FUN. So everyone try to capture some fireworks & head back here & leave your link. You can start posting now till July 22nd. Read guidelines if you are posting for the first time.

PS... If you can, please include your secrets to capturing FIREWORKS.
For those who are more advanced, include your f-stop, shutterspeed.....
Thanks~

Here are some links Clyde has shared with me;

NYIP - Fireworks Photos - Take Brilliant Fireworks Photos with These Photograph Tips from the Pros at New Y

How To Photograph Fireworks | eHow.com

Fireworks Photography Tips - PhotographyREVIEW.com

How to Photograph Fireworks

AOL Search results for "how to photograph fireworks"

AOL Image Search results for "how to photograph fireworks"

Tags: Photo challenge, fireworks, blogplugs, july's challenge

AOL Community Challenge-The Magic Hour- JUDGED

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:08:38 GMT

The winner is GINA!

Thank you all, for participating. The judging category is officially over.(at least for now) I may post some ideas on our future challenges so we all can work on them through out the summer.
I will still post once or twice a month a challenge for that month's challenge. It will only be for FUN.
Thank you ROB, VICKI & BETTY for helping out.

Tags: blogplugs, magic hour winner, challenge, photo

AOL Community Challenge-The Magic Hour- FUN

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:20:07 GMT

We had a few different entries on The Magic Hour FUN category, so this week I am only highlighting one entry.

This one is by Betty.

Clyde sent me After the Sun
Check it out~

Tags: After the Sun, Magic Hour, fun, challenge, photo, blogplugs

AOL Community Challenge-The American Flag

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:58:01 GMT

Our Flag

"I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
TO THE FLAG
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND TO THE REPUBLIC
FOR WHICH IT STANDS,
ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL."

Thank you everyone who contributed, including Clyde, who was unable to post his entry. AOL has not been cooperating lately.. ; (

Tags: The american flag photo challenge, blogplugs, entries

Critiques vs. Opinions...

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:17:35 GMT

I posted this in my journal (Visions by Vicki) and Marie suggested that I repost it here for all our photographers to see...so, here goes:

I've been a member of the Monmouth Camera Club, in NJ, for 2 years and have been involved in a number of "competitions." I'm still no expert, but have observed that some judges seem to follow what they believe are iron-clad rules of photography (Rule of Thirds, Leading Lines, etc.) in some cases, but don't apply these rules consistently. This angered and confused me a bit because they were being inconsistent and that didn't seem fair. Also, as far as I knew from all that I've read, these "Rules" are actually guidelines and NOT written in stone. I just read an article by one of the premier landscape photographers in the US--Alain Briot, Arts and Facts, The difference between judgments and opinions--and something clicked. It's definitely worth a read, so I suggest you go to his website and check it out. While you're there, browse through all his writings and photographs--he's really amazing! And...let me know what you think. :)

P.S. The original article referred to in this one was written for a different website, which I also highly recommend. The original article is titled Being an Artist.

Tags: critiques, opinions, photography, artist, essays

AOL Community Challenge-The American FlagFUN

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:54:34 GMT

Our June Photo challenge for FUN only, is The American Flag. Find a flag anywhere, on a flag post, a building, painted on something....or just the red, white & blue colors. You can even use a child's drawing as long as it has the red, white & blue colors. I want to decorate our Challenge Journal for July 4th, so I am planning to make a quilt of all entries. So the entry date will be different, it will start today & end on Monday the 23th of June. This will give you an extra weekend.
Try to make your image into a square, if you can.UPDATE: don't worry about the size, just post whatever image you have for this challenge. I see it's hard to crop/edit certain images into squares.
Post here in the comment section, all new entries. Try to follow guidelines...thanks~

Tags: American flag, june photo challenge, blogplugs

AOL Community Challenge-The Magic Hour-JUDGED

Fri, 23 May 2008 19:34:24 GMT

JUDGED Category

The Magic hour, or Golden hour is the first & last hour of sunlight.
It's the 1/2 hour before the sun rises, & 1/2 after the sun rises. It's also the 1/2 hour before sunset & 1/2 hour after.
So with this challenge you will need a tripod & a timer or a remote.
You will also have a month to work on this. You can use a file photo, but I think it would be good if we can all try to get out & do this challenge with new photos.
I plan on taking a number of photos during the magic hour to see how the colors change. This is a personal challenge for me & I welcome all to this challenge.
This challenge starts Today May 23 & will end June 26(Updated). It will be our last JUDGED category until the fall.

More info, go here ....Magic Hour Times Two

Tags: Blogplugs, the magic hour photo challenge, photography

AOL Community Photo Challenge-The Magic Hour FUN!

Fri, 23 May 2008 19:36:21 GMT

FUN Category

The Magic hour, or Golden hour is the first & last hour of sunlight.
It's the 1/2 hour before the sun rises, & 1/2 after the sun rises. It's also the 1/2 hour before sunset & 1/2 hour after.
So with this challenge you will need a tripod & a timer or a remote.
You will also have a month to work on this. You can use a file photo, but I think it would be good if we can all try to get out & do this challenge with new photos.
I plan on taking a number of photos during the magic hour to see how the colors change. This is a personal challenge for me & I welcome all to this challenge.
This challenge starts Today May 23 & will end June 26(updated). It will be our last JUDGED category until the fall.

More info, go here ....Magic Hour Times Two

Tags: Blogplugs, The Magic Hour Photo challenge. photography

Reminder & Small change

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:01:01 GMT

This is a reminder & a change in the due date for "The Magic Hour" entries. They were due on the 27th of this month. I am making a small change & the new due date is on the Thursday 26th.

AOL Community Photo Challenge

AOL Community Challenge•FIREWORKS•FUN only

AOL Community Challenge•FIREWORKS•FUN only

AOL Community Challenge-The Magic Hour- JUDGED

AOL Community Challenge-The Magic Hour- FUN

AOL Community Challenge-The American Flag

Critiques vs. Opinions...

AOL Community Challenge-The American Flag*FUN*

AOL Community Challenge-The Magic Hour-JUDGED

AOL Community Photo Challenge-The Magic Hour FUN!

Reminder & Small change

AOL Community Challenge-The American FlagFUN