PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT: Blown Away
By Brian Auer • August 21st, 2007UPDATE: The entry form for this project has been closed. Results can be found on the PROJECT RESULTS page. Go take a look at the entries — there are some pretty amazing images in there.
It’s that time again! Time to participate in a super-fun project here at Epic Edits. The last project on reader websites went pretty good, so I can’t imagine that you guys would let me down now. This one’s going to take a little more effort on your part though.
WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT?
The topic is overexposure and the subject is a photo of yours. I want you to post a photo that exhibits overexposure, or blown-out highlights. If you need further definition or examples, visit my recent post titled “Should You Expose For Shadows Or Highlights?“. The image can be overexposed by the camera (which is really the intent of this project), or through post-processing.
HOW DO I PARTICIPATE?
This project is open to anybody. Your entry will be in the form of a photo and optional text items, but just one photo. If you have your own blog or website, use it to publish your entry. Post the photo and tell us about it — how you did it, why you did it, what it means to you, or any other thing you’d like. If you don’t have your own site, you may also post your entry on a site like Flickr or Zooomr. These types of sites allow you to post photos and add titles, descriptions, keywords, geotags, comments, etc.
So after you post your photo
- Go to the Entry Form.
- Fill it out.
- And wait for the results on September 4th.
- DEADLINE: September 1st, 2007
Just like with the last project, DON’T SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES IN THE COMMENTS!!! Use the form; that’s why I made it. Limit your entry to one photo per person. After the project comes to an end, I’ll gather up all the photos and links and I’ll post all of them in an article. I plan on using a 150 pixel thumbnail image to link to your original photo/article. With each image, I’ll also list the title of the photo and your name.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT’S OVER?
Once I post the final list, you will all have the option of posting other participants’ thumbnail images and links. You can post the images (with credits), text links, or any other creative method of linking out — just as long as you give credit to the photographer. You can post the entire list, you can post your favorites, or you can post none. It’s up to you. You can also link back to my final list if you don’t want to repost all the images, but it’s not a requirement.
This should be kind of a fun project, so have a good time with it. Blown out images aren’t typically “normal” or “natural” looking, so get creative with the camera and with Photoshop and turn on your artistic side.
Brian Auer is a photography enthusiast from North Idaho. He's also the guy behind the Epic Edits Weblog. As a hobbyist photographer since 2003, his passion has been to constantly improve his photography skill set, to share his own knowledge with others, and to become an integral part of the photographic community.
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This should be fun
I’ll try to get something up in time, before I take off on vacation. I noticed Jim G. has his up already, so I’m behind
I don’t think he sleeps — he sent in his entry around 1AM.
The photography project seems really awesome.
Look forward to more of these photgraphy projects in the future, great way to challenge photographers and keep things fresh on your website.
I wish i hear it before Semptember 2007.Unfortunately i hear it now.I am interested in photography and projects like this.
I was just about to say ‘Great!’ until I saw 2007 not 2008… never mind.
The photography contest is really awesome.. i am also very crazy about photography.Do you have any new contests running???
I don’t have anything running right now, but I’ll be launching a new one within a few weeks time. I’m working on grabbing a few sponsors.
This competition is more than great. when is the next time you are hosting a competition?? I would love to know!
Right now we’re running the $50 Film Camera Project.
Hmm… I think i should subscribe to your posts because next time i don’t want to miss any photography contest.
This sounded like a really interesting contest, unfortunately I didn’t discover your site until it was already closed. Are you going to have any more in the near future? Thanks
We just finished up another project too, so it will probably be another month or two before the next one starts up.
great post, we use to do a lot of film with over exposure and developing film with the print solution
This sounded like a really interesting contest, unfortunately I didn’t discover your site until it was already closed. Are you going to have any more in the near future? Thanks
This competition is more than great. when is the next time you are hosting a competition?? I would love to know!
The photography project seems really awesome.
Missed a real chance, would love to take part in a competition like this !!
The photography project seems really INTERESTING!!
Engaging in a photo contest is always a good way to mesure your value as a photographer. While they don’t give you exact info of how you rank, you’ll get a pretty good idea of what your photography skils lack. I saw a couple of photos on the result page that are simply amazing. Congrats!
I think I missed it any other project running at the moment?
Not at the moment. We’ll probably start up another one in the next month or two.
Photography amazes me in some way and I got to say the designs on your page is truly amazing. It’s really all about the hype of getting photographs of the most splendid things of life and capturing that moment or the complex image into a single picture. Once again, I love the designs on your site, and what more to spark more photographer’s interest than an contest?
Are there any new contests coming up?
right now we just have one running at:
http://blog.epicedits.com/2009/11/15/book-review-polar-obsession/
As for future contests, just keep an eye on the home page or pull the rss feed. I don’t have anything explicitly planned out though.
this sounded like a cool contest. As a barely dangerous amateur photographer, I’ve got some overexposed pics that are in the trash file….plenty of them!