Tag: lens-artists
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Lens-Artists Challenge #402 – Wonder
This week, Sofia issues the challenge – harking back to the very first Lens-Artists Challenge – This week we’re looking back at the very first Lens-Artists Challenge, July 2018, hosted by Patti. You can find that post here. Marvel, wonder. Elation, inspirational. We’re looking for the moments, places, and people that we treasure, the little stories…
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Lens Artists Challenge #401 – Focus on the Subject
This week’s challenge is from P.A. Moed who asks us to produce some images illustrating compositional techniques that make it possible to focus on the subject. She provides us with some excellent techniques to accomplish this. Here at left, and in the featured image above, the subject is a circular outdoor staircase at Grace Farms…
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Lens Artists Challenge #400 – The Rule of Three
Before getting into Tina’s challenge, let me observe that this is Challenge Number 400 – Quite a milestone! I’ve only been around for about a year and a half. My first post to Lens-Artists was Challenge #336 – Only One Picture. But some have been around far longer – For all 400?! My congratulations to…
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Lens Artists Challenge #397 – Texture
I was so busy last week that I managed not to post to Anne’s challenge on Texture. I had even selected images for the post. Now I’m trying to catch up. Anne asks us to show images “where texture plays an integral part.” The featured image above, and to the left, shows a closeup view of…
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Lens Artists Challenge #398 – Pick a Color
Ritva offers this week’s Lens Artist Challenge. She asks us to pick one color, then select six photographs that showcase that color. This is going to be an enjoyable exercise. My color is Red, and I can’t wait to see what others choose to feature. The Red Lotus is, I think, an auspicious start to…
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Lens Artists Challenge #396 – Illustrate a Quote
I think that I shall never seeA poem lovely as a tree, A tree whose hungry mouth is prestAgainst the earth’s sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day,And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wearA nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow…
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Lens Artists Challenge #395 – “On the Water”
The featured image above, and to left, is alas not mine. It seems only too apt to open a post “On the Water.” It’s full title is “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa.” It is by Hokusai and is a prime example of Japanese ukiyo-e art during the Edo period. The print is the first in…
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Lens Artists Challenge #393 – Lucky Shot
For this week’s Lens Artists Challenge, Sofia asks us to share “Lucky Shots” – She writes, “Photography is made of luck. In my case, I’d say 90%, either at the moment of capture or while editing.” Some years ago, I took a class in “Advanced Digital Photography” (at the Silvermine School of Art). Among other…
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Lens Artists #392 – Framing Shots: Foreground, Middleground, Background
There are various ways to characterize framing photographs. For instance, in landscapes, I almost always try to have substantive elements in the foreground, distinct and in front of my subject, to frame the main subject. This tends to create a spatial dimension to the photograph. I’m usually less concerned with the background, although instinctively I…
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Lens Artists Challenge #391 – Phone Photography
This week’s challenge is by Tina, who asks us to do some phone photography. I confess I almost never do photography with my iphone. I very much prefer using the “real” camera, even if it means lugging weight around. (I used to travel with two Nikons plus lenses!) Now I use a light and fast…