A summer night at the ball game. For this week’s challenge, our host, Beth, writes, “This week I am challenging you to feature sports activities. Show us your favorite sports, teams, at…| Journeys with Johnbo
An eight-ton underground blast door leads to the Launch Control Center. This week, Sofia hosts a challenge in one of our Looking Back series. She chose an early challenge, #20 – Doors. She wr…| Journeys with Johnbo
This week, Ann-Christine asks to share images of markets and fairs we’ve enjoyed over the years. She writes, “Here are some of my summer memories from such events. Enjoy the season and the smiles, and then – I’d love to see some of your memories too! They can be from any fair, Farmers’ market, Christmas […]| Journeys with Johnbo
Sharing some of my favorite stormy photos for this week's LAPC.| Peaceful at Dawn
For this week’s challenge, Ritva invites us to “share our most creative photographic interpretation of anything related to books.” Her post is gorgeous, and you can find it here. Creighton and I lo…| Lindy Low LeCoq
Old 353 For my first challenge of the year, it’s time for you to pick a challenge topic. I call this challenge “Pick a Word.” You must choose a word that fits your topic and selec…| Journeys with Johnbo
What’s the color doing to the black and white photograph, or is the black and white better because it is more graphically powerful? ~Joel Meyerowitz, A Question of Color A few weeks ago, I visited a photography exhibit featuring the work of Joel Meyerowitz, an internationally-acclaimed street artist. Pairs of his photos–nearly identical–were set next to each other. One image was […]| P.A. Moed
If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much. ~Mark Twain Cats AND dogs is Tina’s challenge th…| P.A. Moed
You don’t have to compose a masterpiece every time, but I think the challenge of art is always searching for something different, searching for a new sensitivity, a new perspective, a new vision. ~Ludovico Einaudi Ritva has set a great challenge for us this week. She asks us to try a new perspective and shoot from above. I’ve shamelessly “adopted” […]| P.A. Moed
In the depths of winter, I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer. Albert Camus So many challenges in life test our resilience. That’s true for all of us. For Anne’s thoug…| P.A. Moed
My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been. ~ Diane Arbus Welcome back! Some of you are still in the midst of the holidays and others are finished with them. In any case, I hope that yo…| P.A. Moed
As the year winds down, many of us look ahead to the new year. We make commitments to ourselves and others to weigh less, exercise more, spend more time with loved ones and less time worrying….and so on. I’m not a fan of making new year’s resolutions because my success rate is abysmal. Instead, I assess the high and low […]| P.A. Moed
Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity. ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca This week, Sofia takes us back to mankind’s early belief that all life is […]| P.A. Moed
I see that the path of progress has never taken a straight line, but has always been a zigzag course amid the conflicting forces of right and wrong, truth and error, justice and injustice, cruelty …| P.A. Moed
This week’s guest-host, the woman behind Albatz Travel Adventures blog, invites us to present photo pairings, or Diptychs. No, that is not a slang put-down, it is the term for “two imag…| Lindy Low LeCoq
Leanne Cole, our guest-host for this week’s photo challenge, invites us to feature Tourist Attractions. She isn’t asking for the standard postcard view however. “What the normal t…| Lindy Low LeCoq
Egídio introduces another technique to compose compelling photographs – two rectangles. “Having two dominant rectangular areas in an image, gives balance, harmony, and unity to a compos…| Lindy Low LeCoq
When Egidio first introduced us to this compositional technique, I was puzzled, to tell you the truth. I never considered using this technique as a compositional tool, but like Sofia, I realized (a…| P.A. Moed
This week, we’re packing our bags again and getting ready to explore new places this summer. Fortunately, a few dear friends and family will be joining us along the way. These connections hav…| P.A. Moed
WQ #170: May 22: Art/Photos, Paintings Inspire Happy Wednesday! Welcome to #WQ (Wednesday Quotes). Here’s your chance to showcase your photos, poems, thoughts, and stories about beliefs that …| Marsha Ingrao - Always Write