Assignments Archive

15Mon June 20, 2011
Panning: A Five Minute Photography Exercise

Panning is the act of following something moving with the camera so the moving person or object appears in focus while the world around it…
17Mon May 30, 2011
Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Scavenger Hunt Sunday is weekly photography scavenger hunt. Five themes and/or techniques are presented by the inspiring Ashley Sisk and you have a week to…
2Tue May 24, 2011
Know Your Lenses – Focal Length Photography Exercise

This morning I received an email update that Clickin’ Moms registration for Shooting 301: Composition and Creativity Workshop was open for general registration. (Of course,…
8Tue May 17, 2011
Scavenger Hunt Sunday

What makes a rock band or concert pianist great? Certainly passion and talent play a huge role, but this alone won’t yield a perfect performance…
4Mon May 16, 2011
Understanding Exposure Exercises

I’m not sure if it’s fair to say that having kids turned my brain to mush, however I can tell you before having kids I…
16Fri May 13, 2011
Shutter Speed Experiments

Earlier this week in Digital Photo Magazine, I read Experimenting with Shutter Speed with Bryan Peterson, author of amazing photography books such as Understanding Exposure…
6Thu May 12, 2011
Project 52: Self-Portraits: Challenge Week

On Monday, I opened an email from Digital Photography School informing me that they are having a self-portrait challenge this week hosted by self-portrait photographer,…
12Mon April 25, 2011
Scavenger Hunt Sunday!

This is my first week participating in the awesome Ashley Sisk‘s Scavenger Hunt Sunday. And by “week” I mean that late Saturday night I read…
8Thu January 20, 2011
Practice Makes…

Well, in my case practice rarely makes perfect. In fact, it seems the more I practice something, the worse I get at it. At least…
5Tue January 18, 2011
Simplicity SLR Class: The Challenge of Manual Mode

Shooting in manual mode all the time is extremely challenging and rewarding. In an instant I must determine what combination of ISO, aperture and shutter…
4Wed January 12, 2011
Simplicity SLR Class: Window Light and Aperture

In July I took Faith Raider’s very first photography ecourse and recommended it as a cheap way to inspire your photography. The course was really…
1Sat June 19, 2010
Low Angle Play Room

This week’s DPS Forum Assignment is “Low Angle“. This is a great one for me since I’m almost always on the ground taking photos. With…
4Tue June 1, 2010
Be Inspired: Fat Mum Slim eBook Giveaway and Photo Challenge!

Chantelle at fat mum slim has been blogging for some time. She is a talented writer and photographer, providing daily content to her audience. She’s…
4Sat May 29, 2010
Running a Site as a Project Management Exercise. (And the contents of my purse.)

Off-topic tidbit: For lunch today, I gave Boa cut up mozzarella cheese, turkey and wheat bread. Despite the lack of response to my heartfelt entry…
3Sun May 23, 2010
Weekend Photo Focus: Headless Portraiture

Fuel Your Photography‘s Weekend Photo Focus was on Headless Portraiture. I was inspired by the photos in the article and wanted to take a stab…
20Sat May 22, 2010
Photography Assignment: Fences [142/365]

Speak Softly, Boa This week’s Digital Photography School assignment (05/12-05/26) is Fences. I was excited for this simply because I knew it’d be easy enough…