It’s here: our first phoneography challenge!
To kick this off, grab your phone and head out the door. That’s right — get on your feet and go outside to explore — and document — where you live. I want to see your neighborhood: The path you take for your daily morning run. Your local coffee shop or dive bar. The nearby alley of street and community art. A shot of the intersection that perfectly captures the bustle of your own corner of town. Or a serene landscape view of your village:
For this inaugural phoneography challenge, document where you live with just your phone. I’ll leave it to you to decide how best to capture it; you can post a shot like the one above, or get creative with angles. Maybe you want to get low, as suggested by our recent guest photographer Christopher Martin, as shown in this street shot in Oxford:
Or perhaps you want to zoom out and show us a view of your entire city from a favorite spot, like this shot of Los Angeles from up high in the Los Feliz neighborhood at the Griffith Observatory:
For this challenge, I really encourage you to use your camera phone to snap a picture, then create and publish a new post from your WordPress.com app. (I covered mobile app basics in Wednesday’s “Blogging on the Go” post, so take a peek if you need a refresher and download the app you need to get started.) But ultimately, use any camera you’d like for this and future phoneography challenges — we won’t disqualify your submission if you simply can’t stay away from your regular camera.
In addition to your image, type some text in the editor screen, too — tell us about the snapshot and more about your neighborhood, town, or city:
You can publish a single image in your post, but if you’re looking for an advanced challenge, upload multiple photos and tell a story with a mini photo essay — created entirely on your phone.
In a new post created for this challenge, share a picture that reveals your NEIGHBORHOOD.
A few tips to consider:
- Get lost in the details. Capture details particular to your neighborhood: Brick wall exteriors of nearby buildings. Rare plants on the path to the park. Storefronts. Road signs.
- Capture a panorama. Want to capture your city’s skyline at night, or the creaky wooden bridge at the edge of town? Take a wide establishing shot. For example, on the iPhone, click Options at the top to use the panorama setting. Or on the Android, select the panorama mode and touch the green button to pan across the area you want in your image.
- Select a focal point. Let’s say you post a photo of a street corner, or apartment building, or wall inside your favorite café. Lead your viewer to the image’s focus. On some mobile apps, like the iPhone and Android, you can tap the part of the image you’d like to focus on; on the BlackBerry 10, drag and move the cursor on the screen to change the focal point. You can also run your photo through a camera app, like Instagram or Focus Camera, and manually focus. (We’ll give you bonus points for choosing an off-center or unexpected focal point that reveals something interesting about your neighborhood!)
- Experiment with motion. At the end of the day, your camera phone is a mobile device — which means you may not be able to avoid movement. Place your phone atop something to keep it steady as you shoot. Use the iPhone’s grid option (accessible via Options) to create a level horizon in your composition. Or if you’ve got a BlackBerry, enable stabilization mode if you’re on the move. But sometimes unexpected movement creates a cool picture — try taking a photo of street traffic at night and see what you come up with, or experiment with an app like Motion Camera for your Android and see what beautiful blurs you can capture.
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Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
— Cheri
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Here’s how it works:
1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog (a new post!) anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.
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Could you clarify something? is this the weekly photo challenge?
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Yes, it’s the photo challenge this week. We’ll be mixing in phoneography and our normal photo challenges this month, but you’re free to experiment with any device of choice for any of these challenges.
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A little Emeryville-San Francisco Bay love! Here are my first two entries!
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Here is a view into Golden, CO from the Life Bus! Happy Friday!
http://thelifebus.com/category/postaday-2/
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Punit Van, This is the place where I prefer to go for Morning walk. This place is in my neighborhood and special because with each Photography Challenge, this place provides me different situation and I can see the place with different eyes each time.
Phoneography Challenge: My Neighborhood http://myvividvisions.com/2013/03/08/phoneography-challenge-my-neighborhood/
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Can’t say I’m happy with the format of the gallery as it looks on my phone, but here’s my contribution! https://luluseestheworld.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/phoneography-my-neighborhood/
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http://pavantarawade.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/serenity-of-the-lake/
My entry: A beautiful lake!
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My neighborhood is very snowy today:
http://mixerupper.com/2013/03/08/phoneography-challenge-my-neighborhood/
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Thanks for the Challenge. Have a great weekend.
My entry this week: http://buntscheck.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/phoneography-challenge-my-neighborhood/
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Here is my attempt: http://archanarj.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/weekly-photo-challenge-my-neighborhood/
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Phoneography Challenge: My Neighborhood-Farm and Pond http://myvividvisions.com/2013/03/08/phoneography-challenge-my-neighborhood-farm-and-pond/
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I can only play without a phone! 😛
http://lespetitspasdejuls.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/weekly-photo-challenge/
Cheers!
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Here is a photo of my neighborhood lake: http://humanrightswarrior.com/2013/03/08/phoneography-challenge-my-neighborhood/
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Phoneography Challenge: My Neighborhood-Village http://myvividvisions.com/2013/03/08/phoneography-challenge-my-neighborhood-village/
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I have posted with my phone before and I always accidentally hit the publish button to soon and have to redo it on the computer. It wrks ok if I only 1 picture, Any suggestions? This is the full sized keyboard post. http://piecesofstarlight.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/phonograph-challenge-neighborhood-of-dancing-lights/
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Here’s my new neighborhood.
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My first ever entry into the weekly photo challenge. http://myyearofsweat.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/weekly-photo-challenge-my-neighborhood-2/ Thanks for the great idea.
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Phone and neigbourhood
, as you asked….
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Here is my entry for My Neighbourhood http://chrisbreebaart.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/weekly-photo-challenge-my-neighbourhood/
This picture was shot using Iphone on Hueless, then edited in Snapseed and prepublished in WordPress App, and finally edited (text, tags, links etc) on my laptop. Actually this is more or less my normal workflow when I publish on my blog. I take a picture from my NAS to my Ipohone, edit it, make a draft in WordPress app and then do the finishing on the laptop.
Well, not really important is it? enjoy
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Interesting idea, using my phone:
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Here ya go 😉
http://dropsofink.com/2013/03/08/phoneography-challenge-my-neighborhood/
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Hi, great idea, and just the sort of thing to get me blogging more often. Here’s my first entry, please let me know that I have referenced everything correctly, thanks. http://secondintime.wordpress.com/
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Here is my regular entry: http://littlebritishpea.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/weekly-photo-challenge-my-neighbourhood/
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Reblogged this on odds and sorts.
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Absolutely beautiful!
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It just so happens I was out this morning with my iPhone and captured some shots of my neighborhood! Joining the challenge today.
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#16 for easier access:
http://myatheistblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/phoneography-challenge-my-neighborhood/
This was fun!
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My contribution for this week’s challenge: http://wp.me/p10iHd-m6 😀
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I want to go to Kent.
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My husband’s from there — we stayed there over the holidays. It’s lovely!
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I love it! I love taking photos with my phone. Here are mine. http://ayearinmyshoes.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/wordpress-photo-challenge-my-neighbourhood/
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