Portrait

The challenge for the week ending May 23, 2021 was Portrait, with extra credit for “Rembrandt Lighting.”

I’ve taken other photography classes before and “portrait” is always scary for me. (1) I don’t like having my picture taken, so therefore (2) I don’t feel comfortable asking others to pose for me. So… out of my comfort zone I went. And that’s where all the learning is: outside of the comfort zone.

I picked up technical tricks for both my phone and my DSLR cameras – how to use the timers! The tutorials on how to take a selfie were brilliant, too. I tried some of the techniques I learned in those. I tried both color and black & white treatments on all the shots and in the end liked the B&W best.

As of this writing, I’m not sure which portrait I’ll submit.

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Red

Last week’s challenge was: Red. Extra credit if you used a red flash gel.

It was a hectic week for me. Early in the week, I made salad to go with dinner and snapped this quick image. I knew I would have time for nothing else, so I posted it! Streak unbroken! (I didn’t do the extra credit this time, though.)

Salad

ISO 100

I joined an online group that gives a prompt every week. This week, the content is up to us, but the camera setting is to be ISO 100. For extra credit, we can put our cameras on full manual mode. Which I did. Because I’m an over-achiever and must get the extra credit if I can.

ISO 100 is well-suited to bright sunny days. Sadly, we aren’t going to get any this week, and the rule is, the submitted photo must be shot during the designated week.

This challenge isn’t due until Sunday, so there is time to keep shooting. Here is what I have so far:

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