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Minimalist
An artfully executed minimalist photograph is anything but mundane. It illustrates a moment in time, or an artistic perspective, with simplicity and grace. Minimalist photography is characterized by a...
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Achievement
I’ve achieved a lot of personal goals in my lifetime. Running 26.2 miles through a windstorm hasn’t been one of them (and probably never will be!) but there are now 50,000 people who can claim it —...
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Angular
After an existential crisis and a stint working as an apprentice brewer, Xiao Yu realized he rather enjoyed working with bits as long as there was a purpose. He now wrangles data at Automattic in hopes...
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Converge
Geometry in photography — shapes, diagonals, vanishing points — fascinates me. As someone who was terrible at all math-related subjects this doesn’t intuitively make sense. What I like about...
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Gone, But Not Forgotten
Here in the Northern Hemisphere, fall isn’t yet winter, yet winter is deeply entrenched — much like a houseguest who overstays their welcome. Snow blankets the ground in many places already, the...
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Twinkle
American poet John Greenleaf Whittier said, “The windows of my soul I throw wide open to the sun.” As visual creatures, we are drawn to light. For thousands of years, we’ve gathered around fires in the...
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Yellow
This holiday season, we’re throwing you a photo challenge color curveball. Many of us around the world are ensconced in the holiday season. You may be surrounded with blue and silver if you’re...
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Warmth
If you’re like me, living in the upper reaches of the Northern Hemisphere, this is the season where we seek out small pleasures to compensate for the short days and chilly weather: fireplaces, down...
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New
It’s the first photo challenge of 2015, and the theme is “new.” Cliché? Perhaps, but clichés develop for a reason. For many of us, the year’s beginning is time to take stock of the past and plan for...
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Shadowed
Experimenting with shadows can be a fun and rewarding way to push yourself to try something new with your camera, your subject, and your surroundings. Shadows can also add depth and drama to an...
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Serenity
Serenity (noun): The state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled. While exploring Hong Kong over the holidays, I paid a visit to Tian Tan Buddha, one of the great statues of Buddha in Ngong Ping on...
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Express Yourself
Sometimes serendipity is the casual photographer’s best friend. (No insult intended to my subject.) Meet Chubbs, one of my three dogs. A couple of years back, I had my iPhone in hand and with Chubbs...
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Depth
A few years ago I drove through Montana. I was pressed for time, but it was a state I’d long wanted to visit. So after several long hours on the Interstate, where I could catch glimpses of the...
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Scale
Last week, I was lucky enough to find myself in New Orleans. I got an extra shot of luck when I found the baby in the King Cake, making me king for the day. I promptly named my new charge Henri, and we...
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Symmetry
Symmetry (noun): the quality of something that has two sides or halves that are the same or very close in size, shape, and position; the quality of having symmetrical parts. When I take pictures, I...
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Rule of Thirds
My preferred aesthetic in photography is a minimalist one, and I find that it is easiest to achieve this by obeying the Rule of Thirds when I compose my shot. The Rule of Thirds is a photography...
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Reward
I look at this photo and my heart grows three sizes. Last September, I had the opportunity to travel to Park City, Utah, where I enjoyed a very active week running, hiking, and biking on and around...
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Orange you glad it’s photo challenge time?
Hello. My name is Michelle, and I love the color orange. What’s not to love about orange? It’s vibrant. It’s cheerful. It makes a statement. It’s the perfect punctuation for a punchy photo.* This week,...
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Wall
From the interior walls of our home, to our book club’s Facebook wall, to the community bulletin board at the local market, walls are the canvases of our lives: where stories are read, voices are...
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Fresh
In the Northern Hemisphere, spring is beginning to slowly appear, and many of us whose creativity was dampened by the cold and drear of winter days are beginning to reawaken. The freshness of spring is...
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