February's Photo Challenge!

[sloweye]

Ok, i was thinking hard about this, and decided to go for something i need to work on.
It might be fun to see what other can do with it.
So the theme for February is......


Portraits
I hope thats ok with everyone.

Same rules as before, 2 photos per person, previously unposted entries and voting starts on the 27th.

Have fun



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[Culhwch]

Oh, I'm so not a people photog... Gonna have to turn this one on its head.

 

[sloweye]

Well i thought the idea of a challange was that it was .....um.....challanging??

Sorry Cul.

 

[BookStop]

Congrats on the win, SE. Portraits will certainly be challenging. I'll have to think outside the box on this one. Lucky for me I have a house full of guinea pigs, er, I mean, subjects

 

[Wybren]

Nice one Slow, this will be challenging, portraits aren't easy.

 

[AE35Unit]

Oh i think I'll opt out of this one. People are not my thing at all.

 

[Lioness]

Ooh, this will be interesting. Now just to find people who don't go stupid when they see a camera...

 

[BookStop]

Ae, you could do a portrait of an animal, an artsy representation of yourself or a loved one, or a plethora of other things that don't even have people int hem.

 

[Wybren]

the trick I find is to make people forget about the camera, or just to have fun, otherwise they tense up too much.

 

[sloweye]

Well i thought it would be interesting, these photo threads are full of macro shots of plants and landscapes and sunsets, we all know that people are good at those sort of shots, so i thought i would Challange peoples skills with the camera yet so many seem frightened off by pointing a camera at people. i don't get it

 

[HoopyFrood]

I've never put 'effort' into taking photos of people -- although I am the official party photographer for our crazy parties -- so this will be a different challenge. But a challenge it is, so I'll give it a go; that's what I like about these things, they make me try things that I haven't yet.

 

[sloweye]

Thank you Hoopy, thats the kinda response i was hopeing for

 

[Precision Grace]

Congrats Sloweye on the January win. I'm so excited about this month's challenge, weirdo that I am, I LOVE doing portraits. Yay.

 

[AE35Unit]

something like this?

 

[sloweye]

Nice one AE, glad to see your gona play

 

[AE35Unit]

Nice one AE, glad to see your gona play

I just dont find people make intersting subjects for photography generally speaking. A good B/W portrait of an old guy at work is cool though!

 

[sloweye]

Thats the idea, to make it interesting.

I have a few ideas, but nothing set in stone yet.

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

Good idea slow. Usually when shooting people they are candid shots, so being forced to try and take a portrait is a good challenge.

 

[AE35Unit]

does it have to be people?
Tac giving me that 'Dont Mess' look!

 

[tangaloomababe]

A35 is right it dosn't have to be a person, I would'nt mess with that cat either!