I’m guessing that the holiday weekend might have curtailed the normal amount of submissions. Here are the submissions for GO!:
Mike Vest
Christopher D. Bennett
I went down and visited the Random Theme Generator and it quietly spit out the theme for this week:
Here is a look back at last year’s submissions:
Good luck with this week’s theme.
Here are this week’s submissions for MACRO:
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Dawn Krause
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Carla Stensland A
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Carla Stensland B
Christopher D. Bennett
Mike Vest
I’ve been down to visit the Random Theme Generator. Without much hesitation, it spit out this week’s theme:
This is a new theme for this year. It was suggested by Julie. As always, I look forward to the submissions.
Apparently there aren’t a ton of HARMONY lovers out there. I’m kind of surprised by the lack of participation this week, but what can you do. You buckle down and you carry on.
Here are the few submissions for this week:
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Carla Stensland A
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Carla Stensland B
Mike Vest
I got up close and personal with the Random Theme Generator this week. It didn’t like it much, but it still spit out the following theme:
To quote Wikipedia:
“The classical definition is that the image projected on the “film plane” is close to the same size as the subject. On 35 mm film, the lens is typically optimized to focus sharply on a small area approaching the size of the film frame. Most 35mm format macro lenses achieve at least 1:2, that is to say, the image on the film is 1/2 the size of the object being photographed. Many 35mm macro lenses are 1:1, meaning the image of the film is the same size as the object being photographed.
In recent years, the term macro has been used in marketing material to mean being able to focus on a subject close enough so that when a regular 6×4 inch print is made, the image is life-size or larger. With 35mm film this requires a magnification ratio of approximately 1:4, which demands a lower lens quality than 1:1. With digital cameras the actual image size is rarely stated, so that the magnification ratio is largely irrelevant; cameras instead advertise their closest focusing distance.”
The best way to think of the technical way to look at this project is that macro photography is close up photography of something that is small.
Here are a couple of examples:
Follow this link to look back at last year’s MACRO submissions:
Good luck with this theme. Remember, most cameras have a MACRO setting. It is the little icon that looks like a flower.
There was a decent response to what I consider to be the most technically demanding (with the possible exception of PAINTING WITH LIGHT) theme of the 52 different themes.
Here are the submissions for PANNING CAMERA BLUR:
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Dawn Krause
Jesse Howard
Christopher D. Bennett
Mike Vest
After two weeks of fairly technical themes, I hoped that the the Random Theme Generator would give out a more interpretable theme and it did cooperate. Here is this week’s theme:
Good luck with this theme. Hopefully it will inspire many people to contribute next Monday!
I think the technical aspects of this theme scared off some contributors this week. Although I am excited to have a submission from Jesse who was a founding member of RWPE who quickly dropped out.
I should point out that I had some hiccups with my email system this morning. It is remotely possible that there are more submissions waiting for me when I get home, so check back later tonight to see if there were more submissions. Also don’t panic if your submission isn’t up, it will be tonight.
Here are the submissions for LONG EXPOSURE:
Christopher D. Bennett
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Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey
I’ve been down to speak to the Random Theme Generator and I begged it for a less technical theme, but it just spit in my eye and then spit out the following:
The idea of this theme is to track a moving object with a short enough exposure so that the subject remains in focus (in the ballpark of focus), but with a long enough exposure that the background is blurred. It is a way of conveying motion in a still photograph.
A look back at last year’s PANNING CAMERA BLUR submisions:
Hopefully many people out there are inspired by this weeks theme. Hopefully next week I’m not in so much physical pain that I don’t screw up my email system on Monday morning.
Year 2 started out with a bang! Lots of submissions! First time submitter! Welcome aboard Alicia Vermeys!
Here are the submissions for REFLECTIONS:
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Alicia Vermeys
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Dawn Krause
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Julie Johnson A
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Julie Johnson B
Mike Vest
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Shannon Bardole
Dawn Poetry Submission:
Reflections
She can’t be too careful anymore,
Her memories have opened up that door.
Watching the tide bury her castle,
Wasted dreams are now just a hassle.Who she once was when she ruled the world,
That girl is gone, reality unfurled.
Demons in the people she has met,
Subdued emotion, hearts do forgetA bitter thought will eventually melt,
After all the suffering is dealt.
Time to build new castles in the sand,
Learn from the past, take time by the hand.
I’ve been to the cave that houses the new and improved Random Theme Generator. The new generator is fancy and shiny and… it doesn’t work. So I walked over to a different cave and fired up old reliable. It did not disappoint. Here is the theme for this week:
A look back at last year’s LONG EXPOSURE submissions:
It is the end of Year 1 for the Random Weekly Photo Experiment. The final theme was EYE. Here are the submissions:
Christopher D. Bennett
Shannon Bardole
Mike Vest
Becky Perkovich A
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Dawn Krause
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Scott Krause
The themes for this year have been slightly modified, but it remains mostly the same list. Here are a list of this year’s themes:
GO
Adventure
Calm
Colorful
Communication
Depth of Field
Diagonal Rule
Black & White
Dry
Explore
Eye
Face
Fast
Feet
Food
Framing
Hands
Harmony
Hope
Leading Lines
Light Placement
Long Exposure
Love
Macro
Market
Motion
Odd Camera Angle
Painting with Light
Panning & Camera Blur
Paths
Animal
People
Noise
Reflections
Night
Rule of Thirds
Self Portrait
Shadows
Signs
Silence
Silhouettes
Smoke
Soothing
Spiritual
Still Life
Strength
Symmetry and Patterns
Unfocused
Use of Space
Viewpoint
Wet
Games
The Random Generator has spoken for this week’s theme:
There is still only one rule. The picture has to be taken the week of the theme. The deadline for submissions remains Monday at Noon.
Good luck this year!
There were more submissions for PEACE OF MIND than I expected with the business of the holiday season. That is pleasing to me. Here are the submissions:
Dawn Krause
Mike Vest
Shannon Bardole
So it has come down to one final theme. Then this project has officially ran its course. 52 weeks. 52 random pictures.
Here is the final theme:
I think this is a great theme to end year 1 of this project on. It is a very broad theme. Everybody has an eye or two. Everybody knows at least 1 person with an eye or two. There is a holiday this week, but it is a meaningless holiday, so I hope there are plenty of submissions.
Exactly the same number of people that love LOVE, loved RESTAURANTS. Here are the submissions:
Shannon Bardole of Little White Lye Soap
Dawn Krause of Impassioned Versifier
Mike Vest of Waxen Media
This is it. Only 2 themes left. Somebody with a really good memory and a web browser could figure out the last remaining theme after the Random Theme Generator spit out an apropos theme for the week where Christians (like me) celebrate the birth of the savior.
I just want to throw out a reminder to anybody thinking of submitting a picture. The deadline is still noon on Monday. However, you don’t have to wait until Sunday night or Monday morning to submit.
I hope many of you find peace of mind this week. I know I will. Candlelight Service on Christmas Eve is my favorite church service of the year.
Also, the “Comments” section on my journal entries has been more active in the last week or so. This is something that I of course love, but the “comments notifier” plugin has went belly up. I’m actively working to solve the problem, but until I get fixed, you won’t be getting an email notifying you if I have responded to your comment. Or if somebody else has added a comment. So check back. Sorry for the inconvenience.
I suppose I could forward comments for the time being.
Also I would like to thank Kelly from The Colorado Grill for allowing me to take my RWPE photo this week. We had a lengthy conversation about the calendar during FNSC. It is always good to touch base with my fans.
A few people had their imaginations lit by the concept of LOVE. There were 4 submissions. The male to female ration was 3:1. Proof positive that men are the truly romantic gender.
Christopher D. Bennett
Jason Baier
Julie Johnson
Only 3 weeks left. The theme for this week might be a little tricky:
I can imagine this will be a hard theme for some people. Especially with a busy holiday season, but I have hope. Maybe there are people that love restaurants more than they love love?
