FIRST order of business:
SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER MONDAY DECEMBER 14TH AT 11:59 PM EST...PLEASE READ THIS AND ADHERE
Props to the top 5 from last week (in order of appearance in the original thread, not by # of votes):
RIK4LIFE
^nate^
benk
salkley
followCam
And major PROPS to benk for winning! Due to requests, here is the winning photo from last week so you can all gloat over its awesomeness:
RULES
-Post one photo only
-Try to take the photo during the period of the contest, but this is not required
-You cannot post something you posted in a previous contest
-Winner cannot submit a photo
-No hating other people's photos, constructive criticism is fine
So after consulting with benk, we have decided to have a more challenging topic this week. The last topics have been pretty straightforward but this one will take more planning and thought and hopefully encourage people to take their photos during the span of the contest
The topic is alternative lighting:
A photo is nothing without light, and what would happen when you use an unconventional light source? This does not mean pointing your camera at a floodlight and taking a picture, but using any means of lighting, i.e. headlamp, car lights, gels to set the scene and make your photo possible. Whether it is lighting up a subject in the foreground or an area in the background, try to bring light to something without simply using an on camera flash.
Here are a few examples from benk, the first shows how interesting it can be when you light up more than just the subject:
http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/2009-01/skg2309pe_t.jpg
and the second shows how the scene can be captured using the light from the tent and the moon:
https://www.newschoolers.com/web/content/pictures/id/242058/
So this is challenging but be creative and have fun
