Recently I challenged those on the Edward John Photography Facebook fan page to a 1/20 second photo shoot. Basically the idea is to take a photo at 1/20th of a second hand held with no tripod. It's a great exercise to challenge yourself to hold the camera steady. Brace your elbows in toward your body, breath out, pull the trigger very softly.
Here's my 1/20th challenge. Taken at f2.8 with ISO 800 around dusk.
I am continually testing my creativity and continuing to practice my craft of photography. The following was a 100 step photo challenge that I gave myself. Basically the premise is to take 100 steps in any direction and stop. Where you stop is where the photograph needs to come from. The following is my attempt at this challenge yesterday. Not the most interesting photos, but I do love how blue the sky was on this day.
A good challenge helps to inspire creativity and keeps you striving for a goal to become better. My friend and fellow blogger Kevin from Kevin's Photography and I have agreed to a photography challenge this week. This week's challenge is called "Running From Camera" inspired from the blog with the same name.
The rules for this challenge match those of the Running From Camera blog:
"I put the self-timer on 2 seconds, push the button and try to get as far from the camera as I can."
So next Thursday March 27th, Kevin and I will post the result of this weeks challenge on our blogs, so stay tuned and see how creative we can become. Maybe we can get people to vote for their favorite :)
