Rolleicord Vb The Photo Game: High Angle This week's roll of film was special because I shot it using my grandfather's Rolleicord Vb.
Canonet G-III QL17 The Photo Game: Home The diaper bag is featured prominently alongside one of our daughter's "sparkle shoes" and a selection of her favorite hats. This is home. It's not an image of a house with a perfectly manicured lawn or a Pinterest-worthy kitchen.
Canonet G-III QL17 The Photo Game: Candid Relationship This week's prompt required me to find a candid shot of a relationship. I made this task unnecessarily difficult due to nervousness about making subjects uncomfortable.
Rolleiflex 2.8E The Photo Game: Low Angle I chose to use my grandfather's Rolleiflex this week because its waist-level viewfinder makes it easy to get low. The twin lens reflex (TLR) viewfinder allows me to compose and focus the camera from above. So, there's no need to lay on the floor to get low-angle shots.
Canonet G-III QL17 The Photo Game: Makes You Smile This week's prompt was a "softball" compared to the last couple. Take pictures of things that make me smile. Easy peasy. That's my default strategy for making photographs. Just look for things that make me happy.
Canonet G-III QL17 The Photo Game: Opposition 'Opposition' (the word) *feels* foreign to me. It makes me think of politicians yelling at each other and rebel groups trying to overthrow governments. It doesn't apply to my quiet, suburban life.
Canonet G-III QL17 The Photo Game: Upside Down This week's submission came down to the wire as I struggled to find "upside down" images.
Canonet G-III QL17 The Photo Game: Unique Angles Background I joined Kenneth Wajda and a small group of photographers in a weekly photo game a while ago. Kenneth wrote a prompt each week and tasked us with creating a photograph that met the prompt. Unfortunately, Kenneth's photo game is taking a break. Since I'm not prepared to give
Nikon N90s The Photo Game: Family The meaning of "family" has changed since I married and became a father. I've graduated from participant to leader.
Canonet G-III QL17 The Photo Game: Spring I know it's spring when Mom wants to color Easter eggs. This week's submission is a photo of that.
Canonet G-III QL17 The Photo Game: City Livin!! This week's prompt, "City Livin!!" contrasts "Farm Life" from last week. At least, it seems like the two prompts should generate contrasting images.
Rolleiflex 2.8E The Photo Game: Farm Life This week's prompt is "farm life," something I've been thinking about since I discovered a neighbor's chickens.
Canonet G-III QL17 The Photo Game: Unusual/Uncommon/Unique This truck caught my attention partly because of its age and partly because of how small it looks next to a modern Range Rover. It's wild to see how today's SUVs dwarf the farm trucks of the past.
Canonet G-III QL17 The Photo Game: The Grind This week's prompt was "the grind," which is a term that I don't understand, and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.
Canonet G-III QL17 The Photo Game: Travel This week's prompt was "travel," which coincided with a trip to Oceanside, California. Well, actually the prompt was, "Up up and away, travel travel hey!" (No idea what inspired this goofiness from my wife.)
Canonet G-III QL17 The Photo Game: Celebrate! This week's prompt is "Celebrate!" Fortunately it coincided with a birthday, which means that I was able to get this fantastic shot of a piece of my mother's chocolate cake.
Olympus Pen EE-2 The Photo Game: Going Up! Going Down. Inspired by some half-frame diptychs on Half Frame Club, I chose to shoot two photos of the steps, one "Going up!" and the other "Going down."
Rolleiflex 2.8E The Photo Game: Bubbles This week's submission shows the bottle of cava ("bubbles") that we keep in the fridge just in case we need to celebrate something at short notice.
Rolleiflex 2.8E The Photo Game: Appliance Love This week's prompt is "Appliance Love," which I struggled with. I'm not very fond of most of my household appliances. In fact, my mood sours whenever I think about my Internet-connected, touchscreen-controlled oven. So dumb!
Nikon N90s The Photo Game: Wintertime This week's prompt is "Wintertime," which seemed straightforward. Just find some pictures of cold-looking, snowy things. Right?
Rolleiflex 2.8E The Photo Game: Living In a Material World This week's prompt is "Living in a Material World." So without much thought, my family and I headed to the nearest shopping mall in search of the "material world."
Rolleiflex 2.8E The Photo Game: Friend, Best Friend, Some Kind of Friend This week's prompt is "Friend, Best Friend, Some Kind of Friend." My submission shows three friends at what looks like their regular coffee meetup.
