Weekly Photo Contest 23rd - 30th of May 2018 - Photography Is For Me...

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

Okay, I've given this some thought throughout the day and here's what I've come up with for you all as the next weekly challenge...

Show me what photography is for you. In a photograph. That is all.

Okay, to make this a bit easier, maybe give me a sentence accompanying your image, so I can get what you're trying to get across with your image too...

• Submit a photograph of your own making.
• Be as expressive as you can be!
• The contest runs for a week, from now.
• In a weeks time, I'll make some comments and choose some images that moved me the most.
• The winner will rinse and repeat this process, getting 2 days to get the next one underway.

• Please update the Weekly Contest Master List when you start the next round.

 

[kenoh]

Wow! this one's going to take some thought! jeez-oh!!

 

[Bigtree]

What? You mind explaining? How are you going to judge it?

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

Wow! this one's going to take some thought! jeez-oh!!

What? You mind explaining? How are you going to judge it?

Well, rather than the usual take a photograph of this thing. I thought with the recent focus in several threads here on telling stories through photography, that we could explore that further.

I understand it may possibly take a bit of lateral thinking to create something, it's probably not something you will just be able to dip into your bag of photo's and whip out an entry for, but isn't it good to stretch our explorations every now and then?

Judging is the same every week, it's purely subjective and what moves the judge.

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I've just expanded the description in the first post to include the inclusion of a sentence, not a paragraph or a thesis, to accompany your image if it needs assistance to understand it.

Here's a couple of examples from my library as illustrations that it could theoretically be anything.

Photography is for me... frustration.

Photography for me is... delight in the unseen.

 

[kenoh]

Photography is for me... a day away from this ...

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

And we're off to a great start!

 

[mollyc]

Okay, since this is already an off the grid challenge, I am going to submit an off the grid entry. I have mentioned in various threads that I am also a scrapbooker, and this is a layout I did once about why I like photography (the photo contained is mine).

 

[needfx]

Facing myself in some way.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

For me, it's about capturing that moment worth sharing. Like when your daughter's favorite stuffed animal is found randomly left in the most thought provoking of positions...

 

[deep diver]

For me, it is about preserving what we cherish the most.
I grew up on the East Coast less than 2 hours from the New Jersey shore. My kids grew up in the Mid-West. This is my youngest putting his feet in the Atlantic Ocean for the 2nd time.

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

While I appreciate the entries so far, please keep the explanations to one sentence, and one sentence only, so as to not make me read other things into your images! Thanks folks.

 

[kenoh]

While I appreciate the entries so far, please keep the explanations to one sentence, and one sentence only, so as to not make me read other things into your images! Thanks folks.

Can I add a sentence to mine.... That sentence is "I know the tie is overlapped with the shoe, it is also doing my nut in."

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

Can I add a sentence to mine.... That sentence is "I know the tie is overlapped with the shoe, it is also doing my nut in."

I'm fixated on why only one edge of the tie is straight... Dang OCD...

 

[kenoh]

I'm fixated on why only one edge of the tie is straight... Dang OCD...

It isnt lying flat... Damnit you set me off now...

 

[mollyc]

I'm fixated on why only one edge of the tie is straight... Dang OCD...

It isnt lying flat... Damnit you set me off now...

You can clone out the stray edge and warp back in the curved part.

Just sayin'.

 

[stillcrazyman]

Photography, for me, is about capturing Nature's beauty.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

Photography, for me, is about capturing Nature's beauty.

Well done!

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

It isnt lying flat... Damnit you set me off now...

And my work here is done!

 

[kenoh]

You can clone out the stray edge and warp back in the curved part.

Just sayin'.

Is this Critics Corner I posted in ?

 

[mollyc]

Is this Critics Corner I posted in ?

They all blend together now.

 

[Nathan King]

Photography is for me capturing the essence of things we take for granted before they're only memories.

I know this can't be part of the contest, but this image was a portion of a multi-year photo essay I did a few years ago. It's not my best work since it's an early project of mine, but the message remains relevant.

http://nathanaking.com/journal/2018/1/6/the-rebirth-of-ms-pub

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

About 36 hours to go on this one folks. If you have an idea, better get it in soon!

 

[Apple fanboy]

Photography for me is..

_DSC6687 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr

Getting out from the house or the office and enjoying nature. Having something to focus on that isn't my life for an hour or two.

 

[inkmich]

Photography is for me ... capturing something that happens to catch my eye while out and about.

South Street Seaport by Lance Randall, on Flickr

 

[Hughmac]

For me photography is a constant learning process; if I do this will my picture look like that - but in all that time lost in the taking of a photo I find it totally relaxing

It doesn't matter what photo I upload, there isn't one capable of expressing the pleasure of executing a shot exactly as planned.

Cheers

Hugh