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Competition Themes
Themes for 2011 - 2012
Exact dates for each theme will be announced before the start of the 2011-2012 club year in September 2011.
Subject matter, theme, and artistic presentation are normally the choice of the photographer. However three of the monthly competitions will have a predetermined theme that must be observed. Although the themes were specified by the Theme Committee, the interpretation of the theme is being left to the photographer. Thus, the Theme Committee intentionally did not provide definitions or examples for the 2011 - 2012 themes.
Subject matter, theme, and artistic presentation are normally the choice of the photographer. However three of the monthly competitions will have a predetermined theme that must be observed. Although the themes were specified by the Theme Committee, the interpretation of the theme is being left to the photographer. Thus, the Theme Committee intentionally did not provide definitions or examples for the 2011 - 2012 themes.
- October 18, 2011: "Simplicity"
- January 17, 2012: "Shadows"
- April 17, 2012: "Weather"
Themes for 2012 - 2013
Exact dates for each theme will be announced before the start of the 2012-2013 club year in September 2012.
- Bridges
- The Sun is your Friend.
- The image must be taken at least two hours after Sunrise and at least two hours before Sunset
- The image must be taken at least two hours after Sunrise and at least two hours before Sunset
- The image must portray that the sun is shining and not obscured. e.g. there are shadows.
- The intent of this theme is to take a photo in hard light.
- Light that comes from a single, point source, such as the Sun, and falls directly on the subject from one direction, without being reflected off another surface, is known as hard light. It generally casts dark shadows and produces high contrast pictures with deep blacks and bright highlights. The shadows also generally have a very distinct or hard edge, so that the outline of the object closely reflects the shape of the shadow.
- A Different Point of View Look up, look down, look behind the subject (Look at the subject from the top, the bottom, the back--in an nontraditional way.)
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