When browsing flickr, I realize that the photos I enjoy the most are simple photos of everyday life.
This has really inspired me to start a little photography challenge:
1. Take at least 10 photographs of something ordinary. It could be something on your desk, an item from your house, a photo from your travels to work, your family etc. Try to see what you see every day from a different perspective. In a different light maybe? Or from another angle? Try to figure out what makes ordinary unique.
2. Chose your best photograph and post it on your blog with a description of the item/person.
3. Comment with a link to your photo. If you don’t have a blog, you can e-mail me a link to your photo at me(at)mausumi(dot)com.
The closing date is Friday March 5th at noon GMT. I’ll have the photos up over the weekend! Have fun!
oh wow, i’m so so behind. smh.
this is a great project and i’d love to participate if i get myself in gear!
i completely agree with you on flickr. sometimes it’s more inspiring than other photo sites :)
Oooh, great idea! I love photos of simple everyday objects too, so I’m definitely going to give this a try. I hope I can come up with something good enough!
Hope you’re having a lovely Sunday too :)
xx
Ooh what a neat project. I tend to take photos of common place things a lot. My friends call it “The Interesting Mundane”. I’ll definitely keep an eye out for these daily things to photograph. Hope you had a nice weekend.
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i’m with you … i usually just love photos of simple, everyday things. the one above is lovely!
I took a bunch of photos of my scarf today, and posted one on my blog http://muchlove-anna.blogspot.com/2010/03/ordinary-extra-ordinary.html
Hope it’s ordinary/good enough ;)
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this is mine:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4403167675_b455a8e62a_o.jpg
i posted it on my blog just recently.
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hope it’s not too late to submit! haven’t had a chance to post until today http://lauratj.blogspot.com/2010/03/ordinary-shot.html this is fun!
I finally got to post mine! My scanner was being temperamental but we had a talk and I was able to get my photo uploaded.
It’s here:
http://thatsaturday.com/2010/03/07-photographing-the-ordinary/
better late then never!
http://jodeska.blogspot.com/2010/03/photograph-ordinary.html
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Oh, my. This is exciting! May I please join the challenge too? Is it still open? I hope I’m not too late.
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