Welland Camera Club – December NOTL Photo Scavenger
Hunt
Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018 –
Meet at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Olde Towne, Niagara on the Lake – 8:30am
Someone asked for a “Photo
Scavenger Hunt” Be careful what you wish for!
We will follow the
theme of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” for our Photo Scavenger Hunt
“The Twelve Photos of the Annual NOTL XMAS
Photo Walk”
The “outings guy”
challenges you to capture images to achieve each of the themes or techniques
quoted within each of the verses below. The challenge will require you to spend
some time afterwards in the “Digital Darkroom” to complete the challenge.
So let’s get at it:
For your first challenge of “The Annual NOTL
XMAS Photo Walk”, “The Outings Guy requests of me”
1. Make an image where a Christmas Tree ornament is the star OR your capture is turned into a Christmas ornament … think “orb”.
1. Make an image where a Christmas Tree ornament is the star OR your capture is turned into a Christmas ornament … think “orb”.
For your second challenge of “The Annual NOTL
XMAS Photo Walk”, “The Outings Guy requests of me”
2. An image demonstrating pleasing bokeh.
2. An image demonstrating pleasing bokeh.
Bokeh - In
photography, bokeh is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the
out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens. Bokeh has been defined as
"the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light. To blur the image
in a way that is pleasing to the eye. Bokeh occurs for parts of the scene that
lie outside the depth of field. Photographers sometimes deliberately use a
shallow focus technique to
For your third challenge of “The Annual NOTL
XMAS Photo Walk”, “The Outings Guy requests of me”
3. A triptych – a set
of 3 associated images organized as 3 panels in a single image (Google Triptych
examples). This is a challenge that you will complete in the “Digital Darkroom”.
As you are out photography look for and capture images that are, by your
interpretation, associated.
For your fourth challenge of “The Annual NOTL
XMAS Photo Walk”, “The Outings Guy requests of me”
4. An image with a combination of complementary colors in some fashion.
4.
See The Ultimate Color Combinations Cheat Sheet for some inspiration.
For your fifth challenge of “The Annual NOTL
XMAS Photo Walk”, “The Outings Guy requests of me”
5. Compose an image using the “Golden Ratio”
5. Compose an image using the “Golden Ratio”
While the rule of
thirds is the most widely known composition rule, there’s another principal
that plays a big role in composing images with that wow factor; the golden
ratio. Google “golden ratio”. Sometimes called the “Golden Spiral”. Place a
point of interest on the smallest part of the spiral, the eye will naturally
flow through the rest of the image.
For your sixth challenge of “The Annual NOTL
XMAS Photo Walk”, “The Outings Guy requests of me”
6. A long exposure depicting movement or motion.
6. A long exposure depicting movement or motion.
For your seventh challenge of “The Annual NOTL
XMAS Photo Walk”, “The Outings Guy requests of me”
7. A multiple exposure image produced in camera or after the fact in post processing.
7. A multiple exposure image produced in camera or after the fact in post processing.
For your eighth challenge of “The Annual NOTL
XMAS Photo Walk”, “The Outings Guy requests of me”
8. Attempt a “festive composite” image … more “Digital Darkroom” work.
8. Attempt a “festive composite” image … more “Digital Darkroom” work.
For your ninth challenge of “The Annual NOTL
XMAS Photo Walk”, “The Outings Guy requests of me”
9. The “Red Rule”. The colour Red will fill your frame.
9. The “Red Rule”. The colour Red will fill your frame.
For your tenth challenge of “The Annual NOTL
XMAS Photo Walk”, “The Outings Guy requests of me”
10. Make an image with repeating patterns or shapes.
10. Make an image with repeating patterns or shapes.
For your eleventh challenge of “The Annual NOTL
XMAS Photo Walk”, “The Outings Guy requests of me”
11. Eleven pipers pipin'. Make an image that contains “pipe” as the main subject.
11. Eleven pipers pipin'. Make an image that contains “pipe” as the main subject.
For your twelfth challenge of “The Annual NOTL
XMAS Photo Walk”, “The Outings Guy requests of me”
12. Make an image that bests captures this “Festive Season” in your interpretation
12. Make an image that bests captures this “Festive Season” in your interpretation
If you are interested
we can grab lunch at the Harp Irish Pub after we’ve exhausted our creative
spirit.
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