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What is this:Inheritance diptychAck. I have no clue.
Here's an idea for a very loose one, possibly for some time in the future, suggested by a meatspace friend of mine who's sort of following all of this:Inheritance tracks: there's a radio show which asks a guest to do this: one track you received from your parents(' generation), one that you have passed on to the next generation. For us, of course, this would be an image of something you'd inherited and one of something you'd passed on - concrete objects or not - posted as a diptych.
I still dont get it. So i just take a picture of something that was handed down to me from my parents or someone?
So can self portrait be any interpretation?
Wannab, I would think that any picture of any part of you would work. Maybe even a picture of stuff that represents you would be ok. I am sure that whatever you do will be fine.
lily - what does that mean? Aside from perhaps people jumping?
Hey! Should we do fireworks?
Leggova and ferrellk might find it hard to get fireworks round July 4th, though.
Money!!!I think there should be a technique one in there, too. Like bokeh (my new vocabulary word), shallow depth of field, or canted.
What's canted?
So what are the rules regarding commentary and the timeline? I am looking forward to some great discussion. Also, I propose a challenge on greenery/plant life, if it hasn't already been suggested. And heat. Or cold. Or maybe just extremes. Of temperature. Or just extremes of any kind!
Ah, I wasn't sure if there was a certain window of time to wait, to be sure everyone who wanted to had posted before the feedback started.I like makeda's idea for doing a cold theme in summer, and challenging people not to use archived pics.
People are supposed to use new pics, but sometimes it gets away from them, and they use archived ones. We always let them slide. But, the idea is to use your camera on a regular basis to improve, and you can't do that if you're rifling through your old stuff instead of trying to see the world in a new way......ETA by archived I mean older than the themes presented here. We've put the themes several weeks in advance so that if the mood strikes you to do one ahead of time, you know what the themes are for each week several weeks out. (It's early and I hope I am making sense).
Exclude the obvious...no snow on the ground, icicles, frozen ponds, etc. How can we stop and think carefully about a composition & concept that says cold, when our own mind is sweating? I think it's neat to push themes that will challenge us technically, but also conceptually...push ourselves to think about the story our picture is telling and how we can deliberately create a feeling that touches particular senses, so we can feel the chill, even though that's not where we are now.
"Greenery"This means plants right?
At least the rain here is bringing some of our greenery back to life...things were looking pretty brown for a while, so my options for the greenery shots were getting limited!Are we looking for theme ideas for August and beyond?
Bokeh coincides with a shallow depth of field. It's the blurred out background that helps to isolate a subject in the foreground.Different lenses produce different bokeh effects. Basically, the shape and number of blades in the shutter have a lot to do with it...
(I went to the Met's 'Framing a Century' exhibit this past weekend, and I'm all re-impressed with some of the early masters)...
So what is this week? I am up for anything.
Is everyone interested in a Thanksgiving Dinner theme?