39° North Photography

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of my wonderful blog readers!!

How are those photos coming along for the HOLIDAYS photography assignment? Just a quick reminder and recap – any holiday-related photo taken during the month of December, 2011 is eligible for the assignment. Email up to SEVEN of your favorite holiday photos to me at 39DegN@gmail.com no later than January 1 and the results will be posted in the blog on January 3.

Your challenge is to BE CREATIVE with your holiday photography, but most of all, HAVE FUN!

The Fall/Autumn photography assignment photos are in… check ‘em out!

My readers reported that this was a tough assignment, since fall happens at different times and in varying degrees in different places, or not at all for some! Kudos to the participants who did a great job of finding creative ways of capturing the spirit of fall/autumn in their respective parts of the world!

As always, thumbnails for a few of the submitted photos can be found below. You can view a larger version of each photo by clicking on its thumbnail. To view all of the photos submitted for the Fall/Autumn assignment, click on the “View photos at SmugMug” link below the thumbnails. To get the full effect of these wonderful photos, I recommend viewing the SmugMug gallery as a slideshow by clicking on the Slideshow button at the upper right corner once you get to the SmugMug page.

Thanks to the participants for these very creative and colorful images. Enjoy!

Here it is – the final installment of the Alphabet Assignment series! It’s been a long haul and I’d like to thank all of the awesome folks who have participated in this assignment series. I hope you have all enjoyed it as much as I have. A special shout-out goes to my Aunt Mikki who stuck it out through each and every letter. Way to go, Aunt Mikki!

On to the eXciting XYZ results! As always, thumbnails for a few of the submitted photos can be found below. You can view a larger version of each photo by clicking on its thumbnail. To view all of the photos submitted for the “XYZ” assignment, click on the “View photos at SmugMug” link below the thumbnails. To get the full effect of these wonderful photos, I recommend viewing the SmugMug gallery as a slideshow by clicking on the Slideshow button at the upper right corner once you get to the SmugMug page.

Thanks to the participants for these very creative and fun images and again, thanks to EVERYONE who has submitted photos for this great assignment series! Enjoy!

We’ve finally arrived at the last week of the Alphabet Assignment series. As I mentioned previously, I’m going to combine the letters X, Y and Z into this final week to make things a tad easier for everyone. Your assignment this week is to take and submit images that represent the letter X, Y and/or Z in some way. I would PREFER that the photos you submit be taken during this week, but that’s not a rule as it has been with past photography assignments. Please note that you may submit up to FIFTEEN photos for this grande finale assignment.

The challenge is to be CREATIVE in your photography and in selecting your subjects. Try to be creative and/or clever about photographing even the most ordinary of subjects and remember to use good photography composition techniques. This isn’t JUST about participating in an assignment, it’s about improving your photography.

If it might not be clear to the average person just HOW your photo represents the letters X, Y and/or Z, please provide a caption. Better yet, include a caption regardless. Bonus (but imaginary) style points will be awarded for alliterative captions, as I am a sucker for alliteration. Also, if you submit photos of identifiable people, please make sure that they know what’s up and that they are ok with having their photo posted on the blog.

Your XYZ photos are due by Sunday evening, September 4 and the results will be posted in the blog on Tuesday, September 6. Email your photos to me at 39DegN@gmail.com and please limit your submissions to 15 (FIFTEEN!!!) photos.

As always with my assignments, please keep in mind that you don’t need a fancy schmancy camera to play along. DSLR, point-and-shoot, camera phone… it doesn’t matter – these photography assignments are just for fun and to help you become a better photographer by training your eye to see specific things or by practicing certain techniques. There’s no critique involved, no judges, no winners, no prizes… just photos related to the topic of the week taken with whatever camera you have available. As photographer Chase Jarvis has pointed out, “The best camera is the one you have with you.”

OK, now get busy with those XYZ photos!

Zebra at the Zoo

Yellow

Zig Zag

More Yellow

First, a heads up… since we’re coming up on the really, REALLY hard part of the alphabet, I’ve decided to combine the really hard letters into a single week. Therefore, NEXT week will be XYZ week and you’ll be allowed to submit up to FIFTEEN photos. Just thought I’d give you a little advanced warning.

OK, now for W. Your assignment this week is to take and submit images that represent the letter W in some way. I would PREFER that the photos you submit be taken during this week, but that’s not a rule as it has been with past photography assignments.

The challenge is to be CREATIVE in your photography and in selecting your subjects. Try to be creative and/or clever about photographing even the most ordinary of subjects and remember to use good photography composition techniques. This isn’t JUST about participating in an assignment, it’s about improving your photography.

If it might not be clear to the average person just HOW your photo represents the letter W, please provide a caption. Better yet, include a caption regardless. Bonus (but imaginary) style points will be awarded for alliterative captions, as I am a sucker for alliteration. Also, if you submit photos of identifiable people, please make sure that they know what’s up and that they are ok with having their photo posted on the blog.

Your W photos are due by Sunday evening, August 28 and the results will be posted in the blog on Tuesday, August 30. Email your photos to me at 39DegN@gmail.com and please limit your submissions to 7 (SEVEN) photos.

As always with my assignments, please keep in mind that you don’t need a fancy schmancy camera to play along. DSLR, point-and-shoot, camera phone… it doesn’t matter – these photography assignments are just for fun and to help you become a better photographer by training your eye to see specific things or by practicing certain techniques. There’s no critique involved, no judges, no winners, no prizes… just photos related to the topic of the week taken with whatever camera you have available. As photographer Chase Jarvis has pointed out, “The best camera is the one you have with you.”

OK, now get busy with those W photos!

Waterfall

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

Wagon Wheel

Whales

Wood Sorrel