I turned down the first person to ask me to come up with the challenge (because I was busy at the time and horribly intimidated by the whole thing. Yes, me.) but when Pyro asked, I simply couldn’t say no. (You should have asked for something more interesting. The answer would still probably have been yes!)Your new challenge may sound a little familiar. That’s because I’ve mentioned this little exercise before. It goes like this: Pick one room in your house. Only one. Stay in it until you’ve shot 24 exposures. Don’t preview. Don’t delete. Just shoot. Then pick the best three images you’re left with. No PSing beyond the basics (sharpening, cropping, straightening, etc.). Post those and tell us if you learned anything, if it helped you see things differently, was it easy or hard, was it fun or a pain in the ass.
I picked my kitchen because I’d always shot this exercise in a bathroom—wanted the change plus my kitchen is small. But I remembered why this is fun for me and, lo and behold, during the course of playing, I finally discovered how to operate the manual mode on my little point-and-shoot! (Okay, it only took me three years.)
So try it out or don’t, post or don’t. My obligation is done here. And JustPeachy goes next. Lucky girl!
nailed heart
salt shaker
stained glass
spoons
copper mold
pottery
Okay, I liked more than three. Sue me. It's my challenge.
[editor's note, by codepoit] JustPeachy, You're up, kid!


The Kitchen had a lot of interesting shots, so here's my list. What do you think?
Young lady who rides my bus daily!
Trying my hand at the stuff you guys can do. I will learn more as I observe. Please give any hints that can help me.
Taking pictures at home would have been too easy, (this was suppose to be a challenge -- right?). So I took my camera into work
I had a new propane tank installed up in Crivitz last Friday so invited my brother up for the weekend. We did some scouting for the upcoming deer season and did a little geocaching. Great time as always!
I took these Saturday in Crossville TN
Well here is my attempt at the bi-weekly challenge, it certianly shows I have a long ways to go compared to all the great photographers here.
kind of lame but I struggle in low light, maybe next camera . . .
I went up to the Loft again yesterday and tried my 24 shots again. The first set were taken in the evening and there was no light coming through the window. This time it was late afternoon, and there was a lot of sunlight. I think that maybe the first group were better, but what do you think?
Threw my back out this morning, spent a boring day resting on my tush waiting for my back to feel better. Decided to do some low stress photography for the contest.
With the purchase of my first Zoom Lens came a certain ' growing into'or 'coming of age.'I noticed my first revelation of being a Peeping Tom when I read that the train station was under survailance by the police.An increase in paranoia followed and was exasterbated by the coldest October 13 on record for Chicago.
I didn't want to, but I said I would try. I hate shooting indoors. I hate flash. My tripod is old and cranky. I did try a few different things with lighting, timing and dof. I stayed in the kitchen. No arranging or cleaning was allowed. Mostly lousy results. Here are the three I decided on - more for emotional reasons not quality.
Newbie here! Here is what i have come up with for the bi-weekly challenge.