Projects 2021
We encourage members to try different kinds of photography and to regularly exercise their skills. One way we do that is to set monthly project themes and invite members to submit up to three of their photos on each theme. By taking part, members have the opportunity to build confidence with their cameras, broaden their composition techniques, develop their creativity and improve their photographic skills.
Members vote online for the submitted photos without knowing who the photographers are. The top three winners are awarded a certificate.
At the end of the year, members vote again for the 12 first-place winners to award the Chairman’s Cup for the best photo of the year.
The photographic projects for 2021 are:
Members vote online for the submitted photos without knowing who the photographers are. The top three winners are awarded a certificate.
At the end of the year, members vote again for the 12 first-place winners to award the Chairman’s Cup for the best photo of the year.
The photographic projects for 2021 are:
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January: What is it?
Photograph common everyday objects from a different angle or perspective so that they are not immediately recognisable. This is a challenge in observation, looking at things in a new way. If the image is close up it is also an exercise in Depth of Field. View gallery February: Smoke
Capturing an image of smoke can be a real challenge. Have a go at a few different types.... perhaps smoke from a chimney, a log fire, or a smouldering joss stick on a table top. You choose. This is a challenge in lighting, exposure and background. View gallery March: Winter
Wide interpretation. From frost on a tree branch to snow covered rooftops. From icy puddles to windswept pedestrians. You can take photos through a window and stay warm, or put on your winter warmers and venture outside. This is a challenge about composition, lighting, exposure and contrast. View gallery April: Raindrops
Wide interpretation. From droplets running down a window pane to drips from a gutter. From catching light on leaves in a garden to making patterns in a puddle. This is a challenge about composition, lighting, and possibly close up too. View gallery May: Spring
Wide interpretation. From birds on a branch, to snowdrops emerging in a garden, to lambs frolicking in a field. This is a challenge about composition and lighting. View Gallery June: Street
Wide interpretation. From architecture to urban decay. From people to graffiti. This is a challenge about observation, perspective, candid portraiture. View Gallery |
July: Contrast
Capturing light and dark in one image. Any subject. This is a challenge about exposure, dynamic range and placement of the camera. View gallery August: Four elements
In ancient Greece it was proposed that everything in the world could ultimately be composed of four elements in different combinations of Earth, Water, Air and Fire. In the late 1700s science proved that this was not the case and our modern understanding of matter and the periodic table was born. However, the idea of the four elements endures to this day and is used often in art and creativity. Try to capture one or more of the four elements photographically and portray them in a creative way. This is a challenge about interpretation, perspective and composition. It can also embrace the technical aspects of exposure, focus and DoF. View gallery September: Architecture
Photography of building exteriors and interiors, as well as bridges, other structures, and cityscapes. This is a challenge about perspective, composition, lighting and lens distortion. View gallery October: Harvest
Wide interpretation. From a close-up of an ear of wheat to a table top still life composition. From a farmer looking at a crop to a combine harvester driving across a field. This is a challenge about perspective, composition, lighting, landscape and portraiture. View gallery November: Disappearing technology
Only a few years ago a mobile telephone was a brick that made voice calls and sent text messages. Today it is a fully featured ultra compact computer that also makes voice calls. A few years ago most households had at least one television. A large behemoth that needed its own corner in the living room and a large aerial on the roof. Today TVs are being replaced with portable tablets and programs are streamed online. Capture images that represent the technology that is fast disappearing from our lives. This is a challenge about perspective, composition, lighting, close-up, DoF. View gallery December: Celebrations
After the muted celebrations at the end of 2020, we all hope that 2021 will bring some return to normality. The celebrations around Christmas and New Year at the end of 2021 promise to be an outpouring of happiness and hope for much of the country. Try to capture some of this with your camera. This is a challenge about composition, low light and candid portraiture. Submit by: 7 Jan 2022 |