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MCP Editing and Photography Challenges: Highlights from this Week
This week the MCP Facebook Group issued another fun editing challenge. This week’s image, shot by Abigail Hardy, is a full of boyish charm and wonder. Here is the original image: The photo challenges give you a chance to flex your creative muscles to edit other photographer’s images, share them for critique, and see how others…
MCP Editing and Photography Challenges: Shallow Depth of Field
Photography is all about perspective; telling a story from behind the lens. Small adjustments to aperture and shutter speed can make a huge impact on the feeling your image conveys. This week the we challenged you to explore depth of field through aperature and shutter speed changes. One subject, two photos equals two very different…
MCP Editing and Photography Challenge: Highlights from this Week
On Monday, the MCP Shoot Me Group issued Photo Edit Challenge #3. This week the challenge was to edit this lovely, ethereal still life taken by David Lester – BackRoad Photography. Several members of the group have shared creative edits. Here are a few of the many favorites: Submitted by Sue Zellers Submitted by Sonia-Glasser-Sutton Submitted…
MCP Editing and Photography Challenges: Highlights from this Week
This week we introduced a new photo challenge, and what a challenge it is! As photographers, it is easy to get stuck behind the camera. It is also very easy to make excuses for not being the subject of your shots. This week there is no excuse because this week we challenged you to get…
MCP Editing and Photography Challenges: Highlights From This Week
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MCP Editing and Photography Challenges: Highlights From This Week
This week we introduced a new photo challenge on the MCP Shoot Me Facebook Group. While last week’s challenge encouraged us to use the natural light to illuminate our subject matter, this week’s challenge encouraged us to turn the light around and capture a reflection. Reflections from water, glasses and in glass, we loved…
MCP Photography and Editing Challenge Highlights
On Monday we started our first editing challenge of the year. We give you the image to download and you edit and share your results. Plus you can see how others edit the same image and learn what steps or actions/presets they used. If you have an idea on how you’d edit the horse image…
MCP Photography Challenge #1 Highlights
Project MCP may have ended with the beginning of the New Year, but the inspiration, camaraderie, encouragement and opportunity to grow as a photographer has not ended. For 2013, the Project MCP group has moved to the MCP Shoot Me Facebook Group . In addition to gaining valuable photography advice and critique, learning new techniques and…
Project MCP: Highlights for December, Challenge #5 and a Farewell!
Happy New Year from Project MCP! We hope your 2013 celebration was safe, happy and full of photographic moments. The final challenge for Project MCP, December, Challenge #5 was to capture a photo representing “13”. The Flickr gallery may have been feeling a bit unlucky as the “13” photos posted to the gallery, but the Project…
Project MCP: Highlights from December, Challenge #4
The bows have been untied, the wrapping paper has been torn off, and the boxes opened with squeals of delight. Wishes came true for the young and old alike on Christmas morning. Did your Christmas wish come true? December, Challenge #4 was to capture a photo of your Christmas wish. Some wishes were tangible, like cars…
Project MCP: Highlights, December, Challenge #3
The term “Christmas Spirit” has a different meaning for everyone. For some, it is a feeling of being jolly and having more tolerance and patience, while for others it is the essence of giving and being grateful for the things they have and the blessings they can share. With Christmas only 3 days away, people…
Project MCP: Highlights from December, Challenge #2
The holidays are based on tradition. One of my favorite holiday traditions growing up was counting down the days until Christmas on our homemade felted advent calendar. I have kept that tradition with my own growing family and added several others, including; opening Christmas jammies on Christmas Eve, making cookies for Santa and this guy; he…
Project MCP: Highlights from December, Challenge #1
I am ashamed to say that it is December 7th and I still haven’t decorated my Christmas tree. As a matter of fact, if it hadn’t been for our family Elf on the Shelf, “Scout”, it might still be in the box. Christmas tree aside, I have managed to get a few of my favorite…
Project MCP: Highlights from November Challenge #5 and December Challenges Reveal
I love the holiday season! Silver bells, mistletoe, evergreen trees with twinkling lights and Santa in the mall, I really enjoy watching the season evolve; trees, streets, houses and even whole towns coming to life with lights and good cheer (and of course a Humbug or two). This week’s Project MCP challenge was to capture…
Project MCP: Highlights from November, Challenge #4 -Thankful
The turkey and dressing have been put away, the dishes have been washed and the family packed up and on their way home. There was truly a lot to be thankful for this year; food, family, friendship and photography! I am thankful to have been a part of Project MCP this past year and to…
Project MCP: November, Challenge #3 Highlights
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, a temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War. Commemorated as Armistice Day beginning the following year, November 11th became a legal federal holiday in the United States in 1938. In the…
Project MCP: November, Challenge #2 Highlights
The start of Daylight Savings means less daylight and less daylight means more low light photos. Capturing photos in low light can be tricky, but oftentimes makes interesting shadows and intense emotion. This week’s photo challenge was to take a “low light” photo. Here are a few highlights from the Flickr gallery this week: Submitted…
Project MCP: Highlights for November, Challenge #1
November is Child Safety and Protection Month. Celebrating Child Safety and Protection month reminds us to check out everything from our homes, to the gear our kids use, to cyber safety. With kids you never want to leave anything to chance, as children are our legacy, our love and our future. This week the challenge was…
Project MCP: October, Challenge #5 Highlights and November Challenges Revealed
Halloween The clock is striking midnight The witch her spell has cast All fairies, ghosts and goblins Will be conjured from the past …
Project MCP: Highlights for October, Challenges Week #3 and Week #4
Along with colder weather, the month of October often brings colds and stomach viruses. I sincerely apologize for not posting the Project MCP Highlights for last week; however, I was a bit under the weather. This week you will be graced with highlights from both October challenge weeks #3 and #4. I love the colors…
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