Ever since I started this blog, I have become more and more fascinated with pictures (both taking and manipulating them). This new passion of mine has quickly escalated from using a simple point and shoot camera to a more professional tool. I recently acquired a new camera, entry level of course, but more complicated than anything I've ever used before. So I've been looking into courses and contests in order to keep my new hobby from going stale.
Even without any professional training in photography, I will be entering a photo contest in the new year. It's a Canadian contest being held by Photo Life magazine. They provided the categories for the contestants with very little (and by little I mean no) rules or guidelines. I have no clue whether the photos should be as they turn out or if photoshopping is allowed. As everyone knows, photoshop is a good friend of mine so I will be submitting a mixture of both. I'm allowed five photos per category and therefore I shall max them out.
The categories are as follows:
...FAMILY PORTRAITS...
There is nothing in the rules that says it must be my family in the portrait. I've been bouncing around many ideas including television families, coffee cups, and coke cans. All of which are extremely primitive and will most likely be roadkill on the road to result.
...THE COLOR GREEN...
At one point in my life I would have claimed this color to be my favorite one of all. Over the years, red has creeped its way into my life and soon became my signature color. However I haven't forgotten the things I loved about this color. It's the color of money, landscapes, and Kermit The Frog. What's not to love? For this category my plan is to go as obscure as possible. There are so many cliche items that are associated with this color and I wish to avoid that. I want to find things that we see everyday but don't really notice their uniqueness. I want to find the green in the small stuff.
...TOYS FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD...
Probably the category that excites me the most. There are so many possibilities here that my brain hurts trying to process them. I'm overwhelmed with the different routes I can take and with a five picture limit I know it will be tough. There are two ways I can take this one. I can be literal and go with eighties toys. Or I can be generic and go with the timeless toys whose era are hard to pin down. The one that attracts me the most is (of course) the 80's route. This would include the Rubix Cube, Cabbage Patch Dolls, and Skip It's. I think this will be the most challenging category out of all three. But I love a creative problem. It makes the victory all the more sweet.
What it all comes down to is excitement. The brainstorming and experiments are the best part of doing anything creative. I welcome the possibilities and reject the failures.
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