Projects 2021
We encourage members to try different kinds of photography and to regularly exercise their skills. One way we encourage this 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 photography.
Photos are submitted by email and displayed anonymously in a gallery on this website. Members vote online for their favourite photo with the top three winners awarded a certificate and their images featured on the club homepage. After the vote, project photos are published in galleries with the photographers’ names. Some are printed for display at the West Berkshire Hospital where the club has permanent displays.
The photographic projects for 2021 are:
Photos are submitted by email and displayed anonymously in a gallery on this website. Members vote online for their favourite photo with the top three winners awarded a certificate and their images featured on the club homepage. After the vote, project photos are published in galleries with the photographers’ names. Some are printed for display at the West Berkshire Hospital where the club has permanent displays.
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. Submit by: 22 January 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. Submit by: 19 February 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. Submit by: 26 March 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. Submit by: 23 April May: Spring
Wide interpretation. From birds on a branch to snowdrops emerging in a field. This is a challenge about composition and lighting Submit by: 21 May June: Street
Wide interpretation. From architecture to urban decay. From people to graffiti. This is a challenge about observation, perspective, candid portraiture. Submit by: 25 June |
July: Contrast
Capturing light and dark in one image. Any subject. This is a challenge about exposure. Submit by: 23 July 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. Submit by: 20 August 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. Submit by: 24 September 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. Submit by: 22 October 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. Submit by: 19 November 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 |