Once again, LINES was a very popular theme. We hit double digit submissions for WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE for the 5th week in a row! WooHoo!
But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions!
![WEEK 215 - LINES - MONICA HENNING](https://photos.smugmug.com/WEEKLY-PHOTO-CHALLENGES/WEEKLY-PHOTO-CHALLENGE-YEAR-7/i-4SwTvNB/0/a2b3e03b/XL/54231-XL.jpg)
Monica Henning
But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:
![WEEK 216 - FORMAL PORTRAIT](https://photos.smugmug.com/WEEKLY-PHOTO-CHALLENGES/WEEKLY-PHOTO-CHALLENGE-YEAR-7/i-3C2xTsR/1/9b1a6ff9/X2/216_AA_FORMAL_PORTRAIT-X2.jpg)
FORMAL PORTRAIT
FORMAL PORTRAIT! What a great theme! But what is a FORMAL PORTRAIT? It is a PORTRAIT, where the subject knows that they are getting their picture taken. They don’t have to be dressed nice. They don’t have to be in a studio, they just have to know that they have to know they are getting their picture taken and therefore, they are posing for the picture.
I look forward to seeing your interpretations!
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HOUSEKEEPING
A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION
The picture has to be taken the week of the theme. This isn’t a curate your pictures challenge. This is a get your butt off the couch (my personal experience) and put your camera in your hands challenge. Don’t send me a picture of you next to the Eiffel Tower, when I know you were in Iowa all week. I will point out that I have let that slide some in the past. I will not in the future. Since it is literally about the only rule.
Your submission needs to be emailed to bennett@photography139.com by 11 AM on the Monday of the challenge due date.
OR
I now allow people to text me their submissions. In the past, I had made exceptions for a couple people that aren’t real computer savvy, even though it was an inconvenience for me and required at least 3 extra steps for me. I am now lifting that embargo because I have a streamline way of uploading photos. I’m not giving out my phone number, but if you have it, you can text me.
It should be pointed out that this blog auto-publishes at 12:01 on Mondays. So it wouldn’t hurt to get your picture in earlier.
That is it, them’s the rules.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION
Nobody showed class, taste, and sophistication this week by signing up for a Photography 139 email subscription. I’ll try and do better next week.
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That’s all I got for today, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will commune right here again next Monday. Hopefully it will be a very formal Monday!