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Nicole is a DPS Forum moderator and keen photographer from New Zealand. See her Flickr account.
Weekly Assignment We finished another one of our assignments in our month of black and white, High Contrast Black and White. High contrast photos typically have deep blacks and bright whites, and there is a notable difference between the darkest and lightest parts of the image. Our winner this week was TTHW‘s jeans shot. This [...]
Weekly Assignment For our first week of Black and White April, our assignment was Black and White Nature. While we often look at (and think about) the bright, vibrant colours of nature, the challenge this week was to show how nature could be seen in another light, and instead look at the shapes, forms, and [...]
Weekly Assignment Whether it’s Spring or Fall where you are, this week we finished our Spring / Fall assignment. We wanted you to show us what spring or fall was like by you. Some of the photos were very literal, while others portrayed the ideas of the season. Our winner this week was the most [...]
Weekly Assignment We finished an assignment this week that we really hope made people think, both about the shots they were seeing and the shots they were taking. We wanted you to Tell Us a Story with your photo and focus on a subject or an object that had a story to tell. Some of [...]
Weekly Assignment This week we asked you to show off your advertising savvy in our Product Photography Assignment. There were so many different products advertised, and in some very creative ways. We put a lot of thought into picking our winners, and there were a few really stand out shots in the assignment. Our winner [...]
Weekly Assignment This week we finished our Commute assignment. We wanted you to show us how you or others typically got from point A to point B. Our winner this week was Draycat for the photo of the man walking to work under an umbrella. We liked the depth of field in this shot, and [...]
Weekly Assignment This week we repeated an old assignment that we had a lot of fun with the first time around, Jump. We wanted you to get your feet (or someone elses’ feet) off the ground and into the air. We wanted to see people jumping and having fun, and let me say, there’s just [...]
Weekly Assignment As February has come to an end, so has our series of food assignments. Our last food assignment was focused on Beverages. Whether those were drinks that warm you on a cold day, or the cool refreshing drinks of summer, we wanted to see them all. Our winner this week was GwenieThePooh‘s “‘Diet’ [...]
Weekly Assignment We finished another food photography assignment this week, and the subject was Main Dishes. We wanted you to show us how tasty the food that your meal is based around is. Our winners seemed to have a bit of a seafood theme going this week, but there were some great shots of other [...]
Weekly Assignment We continued our month of food photography this month with our Fruits and Vegetables Assignment. The goal was to progress on what you learned in the Desserts Assignment and apply it to fruits and vegetables to make them look just as appetizing. Well, you guys really did well. This week’s winner was gomommygo‘s [...]