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Well I am hoping that we can have a lot of fun with this website, and most of all, encourage a little more practice, inspiration, and learn something from each other.  The idea here is to make a point of getting off the procrastination train and get out there and get some shooting done.  I stress over and over in my courses and websites that you have to practice to get better, and yet here I sit day after day working and writing courses, while my camera sits in it’s bag beside me.

So with that, I want to challenge everyone of you, visitors, family, friends, and everyone of my students to make a commitment to this site, join in, and lets inspire each other with a simple weekly assignment, without judges, or competition.  Just simple photography and conversation.

If you are new to this site, go through the links at the top of the page, everything is explained for you here, then when you are ready jump in, introduce yourself, and start shooting.

NOTE:  When posting your assignments, try to remember to assign it to the right Category.

It will just help keep things neat and make viewing your photos later a lot easier.

If you are interested in learning more about photography, take a look at my Learning site, if you would like some additional reading or want to find out more about me, you can visit my main site:  R. McPhee Photography

Weekly Assignments

Good day to you all! In the last couple weeks I have been addressing a family emergency and a family blessing… My Brother-In-Law was lucky enough to have his first baby girl! That’s one excited Daddy! But on the way to the hospital, my Father-In-Law suffered a heart attack. Mom, Baby and Father-In-Law are all doing well now, so it is time to resume normal activities, thus your weekly assignments will be back online next week.

As a sort of apology, and to give more tips at same time, here is a neat little tutorial I found for making your own Macro Flash Ring… No $200 investment here if I can avoid it! Enjoy!

http://www.motleypixel.com/forum/index.php/topic,80.0.html

Dan

Feedback for weekly assignments

Hello Folks, I’ll cut right to the honesty part, as I am not exactly known for the flowery communications. Helping Rob with this site is something I really enjoy doing! After all, the goal is to help each other with our photographic approaches and to have some fun with photography. In the last several months, the site has had very little activity. Please be honest! There will be no hard feelings, I just want to promote more activity! So this is what I would like to ask of you:

What do you think would help bring more activity here?

Is it a personality thing? I can try to cut back on the corniness, but no guarantees there!

Do the themes not suit your liking, and if so, what would you like to see?

Photo Contests

Hello everyone,
I’ve entered a few of my images to a photo contest. This contest tally’s the “Likes” that an image receives, then is brought to a panel of Judges to determine the winner of the contest. I’ve posted 3 images named: “Lil Cutie”, “Young & Old” and “Got pollen?”

I’ve attached a copy of the 3 images I posted to make sorting through them easier for you all!

All you need to do is access the site below, and click the little heart icon below the image.
The site is: http://www.photoswinprizes.com/
I appreciate every click you place on my images!

A photoshop rendering of my neighbourhood in winter.  I think the whole ‘tiny planet’ thing is pretty well-known at this point, but if anyone isn’t familiar with it, and would like to know what I did to create this, just ask. ;)