This week the challenge is either very complex or very simple; it depends on how you want to view it.
I've been thinking about it as the complex challenge, as I'm wont to do.
For me, this challenge is to photograph a subject but then also have something interesting in the background to capture the attention and take it away from the foreground subject and hold focus on the background.
I have been inspired by an episode of Community in this regard. Read More…

We think we know what it is, but we might be off.
People think of Marie Kondo and white-on-white decor, but maybe there is something about the Minimalist Art Movement that we've forgotten, or never knew to begin with.
So I've watched a series of lectures and videos from art professors and educators that go back to the origins of the 1950s and 1960s movement.
It was interesting, honestly. Read More…

I do not think I am comfortable with this week's theme: Chaos.
I prefer order. Predictability.
Chaos is… well… messy.
So what am I going to do? I've done a bit of research into the ancient idea of Chaos, the void before the beginning, the emptiness before Earth and Sky were born to populate the Cosmos with their offspring.
But how does one photograph that and make it into art? Read More…

One word: Road.
That's it. That's the prompt. We have the word Road as our challenge this week.
There is a shot I've been wanting to riff on for some time now, But it requires two models and a cool car to pull it off.
So if that doesn't work, what's the backup plan? Read More…

I have the idea for this week's challenge clearly in mind.
Well, I have two.
One: A Wes Anderson style scene, a boy in briefs sitting on the sofa in a very symmetrically-designed room.
Two: The twin girls from The Shining in a hallway, except they're boys in matching underwear. Read More…