Look, whenever I launch a different challenge you come up with a new excuse: if I don't have anyone to pose for my portrait, if I don't have Christmas lights to make Bokeh, if I don't have this, if I don't have what other. It's over ? This time if you have a pen, paper and a camera (anyone, it doesn't matter if it's not a SLR), today you can participate. Do you accept the challenge? Keep reading.
HOW DOES IT WORK? (REMINDER)
Every week I will propose a new challenge, it is a topic that you will have to capture in a photograph and upload it to the Facebook page of the blog by putting in the description the keyword that I will indicate for each topic.
The themes will be varied, from portraits to Macro photography, going through landscapes, black and white photography, or babies.
The topics will be proposed on Saturdays, so that you have the whole weekend to work on them. You will have one week to upload your photograph (one photo per participant), until Friday of the following week. On Saturday I will update the article with the photo that has captivated me the most and I will propose a new topic, and so…
WEEKLY CHALLENGE 11: WORDS
Word photography is one of the most powerful ways I can think of to have an emotional effect on people. Written, photographed words have enormous power over the receiver. And don't tell me "that's why I write him a note and give it to him directly"Because it's not the same. You cause more effect with the photograph of a written note than with the written note directly. Photographing written words is pure photography, and therefore obeys all known photographic rules of composition, exposure, etc. Basically it is a kind of "portrait" of the word. You can play with the depth of field, focus attention on a part of the sentence or a specific word, blur a part of a word and thus create curiosity in the viewer, leave some blurry lights in the background of the frame thus marking a nice Bokeh effect, or, why not, add characters or objects that can add some chicha to the story you want to tell.
Think of a story, an emotion, a feeling, something you want to tell. Write it on a piece of paper, a napkin, a piece of cloth. Express it in one word or several. photograph it. Or maybe you want to cross it out a little before photographing it and thus convey a feeling of insecurity. And with a few drops of water on top of the ink, wouldn't it look like tears...? Or maybe you want to throw some petals nearby and thus convey some affection.
Maybe you want to transcribe the message in the palm of your hand, or it is already written on the front of a truck and you just need to take a picture of it.
Word photography opens up a whole world of possibilities when it comes to creating a story. As you can see, this week's is a very fun challenge and it helps us to always focus our photos with a story in mind. Are you up for the challenge?
To participate, upload your photo to the Facebook wall of the Photographer's Blog: In the description of the photo, please mention the keyword “Word Challenge” followed by a title of your choice.
ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO PARTICIPATE
For those of you who are not from Facebook, I have enabled new social networks to participate.
- Flickr: Accessing the Photographer's Blog Group Wall and uploading the photo directly. Give your photo a caption and be sure to mention “Word Challenge” in it.
- Twitter: uploading the photo directly to Twitter with the hashtag #RetoPalabrasBDF
welcome to the challenge. Impress me!
UPDATE
I guess photography is, in a way, poetry. Instead of producing words, you produce photos. But the purpose is the same: portray a situation, influence, convince, agitate, impress, move. The mix of word + photography that I proposed as a challenge for this week was, as expected, explosive. Throughout this week the blog wall was filled with messages of love, sorrow, joy, and even sociopolitical dismay ? Here are some examples.
The photograph of Concepción has cast a spell on me. Without deviating from the main premise of the challenge, words, he has achieved an exquisite portrait/word combination. I suspect that the photo has been processed and edited a bit using Photoshop or another digital editing program, resulting in a magnificent work of art. The idea is very original and was put into practice in a very ingenious way. Looking at the photo gives you the feeling as if you were spying on the character a bit, as if you could actually make out a little bit of the letters in her writing without understanding exactly what she writes. A game of mystery and curiosity that deserves congratulations.
