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Shooting Challenge: Golden Summer
This Sunday is the first official day of summer. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, give us a taste of the season to come, in gold. The Challenge Photograph something indicative of summer during the fabled golden hour. That can be flowers, a picnic, a slice of watermelon, the sun itself, or just a beautiful … Continued
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3 Photos Of Blood (It’s OK, They’re Fake)
Blood. It’s not something you want to see more than you have to, but at the same time, it’s a miraculous substance, fueling both mankind’s daily exploits, and a full genre of YA fiction. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we asked you to photograph it. Winner: Slasher This shows the gruesome mutilation that our victims … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Blood
You probably don’t know this, but June 14th is the World Health Organization’s worldwide day for blood donation. In observance, let’s take this opportunity to photograph an unlikely subject: blood. The Challenge Photograph blood. It can be real or fake. Human or hamburger or plant or a body of water during a red sunset or … Continued
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25 Doors From Around The World
I asked you to photograph some doors. And you gave us a peek into the intricate, gorgeous, and sometimes flat-out depressing possibilities that await us all from across the globe. Tobacco Lunch This is an old door to what was a lunch counter in the American Tobacco Campus in Durham, NC. The door is less … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Doorways
Every closed door seems to hold infinite possibilities. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re playing on a classic theme on photography: Photograph a door. The Challenge Photograph a door. Any door! (Though garage doors are kinda boring. You’re really better bring it if you’re thinking about photographing a garage door.) The Method It’s not hard … Continued
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8 Photos That Will Make You Wish You Were Grilling Right Now
This week, you photographed your Memorial Day BBQs. And what can we say other than, is it lunchtime yet? Winner: Premium Real Estate We all understand that in NYC space is a premium. And for those that have grills it also means compromise as we can’t enjoy the behemoths our friends own out in suburbia. … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Grilled Goodness
Flames. Burgers. Maybe some veggies, too. Memorial Day weekend is coming up, and as we grill away our three-day weekend, let’s take some photos of it. The Challenge Photograph food on the grill, or off the grill. But it should be grilled food. Make sense? The Method We had a grill challenge a while back, … Continued
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26 Amazing Photographic Negatives
Photographic negatives. They look like strange poltergeists, or an oddworld version of our earth. But as you proved for this week’s Shooting Challenge, they’re not just strange; negatives can also be beautiful. Winner: Bronzed Walking in Toronto on a break from a shoot, I had my trusty side arm with me, a Panasonic GM1, set … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Negatives
Photographic negatives are like a peek into some hidden dimension. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we want you to photograph a negative. The Challenge Take a photo negative. And since most of you are shooting digital, it’s OK, you can fake it! The Technique A photo negative is really a color and contrast reversal. … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Mother’s Day
We’ve all had a mother, and so by nature, we all owe one a thank-you. Given that Mother’s Day is this Sunday, let’s celebrate it in photography. Take a photo that says thanks to your mom. The Challenge Take a photo tribute to your mom. It doesn’t have to be of your mom! It can … Continued
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17 Photos Of Breakfasts Around The World
Breakfast. The most important meal of the day. And you’ve been eating well. Here are 17 delicious breakfasts you ate this week. Winner: Bagel & Lox Bagel with Lox & Iced Coffee for sunday brunch. Canon 5D Mark II, F4.0 / ISO 250 / 1/125. Hannah Ross Yummy Copenhagen Shot while standing on a chair … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Breakfast
From Captain Crunch to miso soup, we all eat differently each morning. It’s highly regional. It’s remarkably personal. It’s your breakfast. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, photograph your breakfast. The Challenge Take a photo of your breakfast. And take it from overhead, like our lead shot. The Technique Again, we want you to all photograph … Continued
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7 Surprisingly Lifelike Photos Of Things With Eyes
What happens when you stick a pair of eyes onto a random object? It comes to life. And so for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we asked you to push anthropomorphism to the next level. Here are the results. Nom Nom Nom Not much to the setup actually. I saw this tree while hiking and thought … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: The World Has Eyes
We’ve all seen anthropomorphic objects. But what would it look like if everything around you had actual eyes and was looking at you? For this week’s Shooting Challenge, let’s find out. The Challenge Take a photo of a manmade object or element of nature on which you’ve added a pair of eyes. The Technique OK, … Continued
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23 Photos Of Car Comets
Long exposure photos of cars at night look like comets shooting down the highway. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, you captured them in all of their stellar glory. Winner: River of Light I was doing my first cross country drive and made a lot of scenic stops. This one is a scenic exit in … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Car Light Trails
It’s one of the coolest, simple effects in photography. A car zooms by in the night. You capture it looking like Tron. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, capture long, luxurious exposure of cars at night. The Challenge Take a long exposure photo of cars driving at night. The Technique So to pull this off, it’s … Continued
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27 Cool Photos Of International Coins
Money. It’s not all that matters, but not much else matters without it. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we had you photograph money. Specifically, coins. And the results were fantastic. Winner: Cool Kiwi I’m based in Australia, but shooting New Zealand coins, due to the Australian requirement to request permission before publishing any photos of … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Money
Tax day is upon us. For some that means a refund check, and for others, that means saying goodbye to your cold hard cash. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re photographing money. But be sure to read how to do it legally: The Challenge Take a photograph of money. Specifically? COINS. Because it’s illegal … Continued
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9 Festive Photos of Easter Eggs
If you’re anything like me, you just woke up from a sugar coma with your teeth half-dissolved in a slurry Cadbury egg goop. But while Easter is over, the eggs will live on. Here are your photos from this week’s Easter Egg Shooting Challenge. Winner: The Hunted “Maybe if stay very still, they won’t find … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Easter Eggs
Maybe you’re not the religious type. Maybe you hate hard boiled eggs. Even still, for this week’s Shooting Challenge, I think we can all agree that Easter eggs are a very important message to nature that it got things wrong, and eggs really should come in fuchsia and teal. The Challenge Take a photograph of … Continued
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