SIGNS: Weekly Photography Challenge
After our image collection of ‘Signs’ earlier today we’re going to take that same theme on this weeks photography challenge. Photograph and share an image or two on that theme.
The signs can be of anything you like. Road signs, advertising signs, protest signs. They can be of old signs, new signs, neon signs… anything you like.
Once you’ve selected the ‘Signs’ image that you’d like to share – upload it to your favourite photo sharing site or blog and either share a link to it or – embed them in the comments using the our new tool to do so.
Remember these challenges are not just about finding pictures in your archives to share – we’d really love to see you getting out your camera and taking a new photo – after all that’s what dPS is about, helping you take better shots rather than just celebrating past shots.
If you tag your photos on Flickr, Instagram, Twitter or other sites with Tagging tag them as #DPSSIGNS to help others find them. Linking back to this page might also help others know what you’re doing so that they can share in the fun.
Also – don’t forget to check out some of the great shots posted in last weeks challenge – Black and White Landscapes challenge where there were some great shots submitted.
Further Reading: Photographing Signs – Travel Photography Tip




100 Responses to “SIGNS: Weekly Photography Challenge” - Add Yours
March 31st, 2012 at 6:00 am
Here’s a sign I took above the box office of our local movie theatre. Just a fun little thing that is colorful, abstract, and eye-catching.
http://ajbopp.wordpress.com/visual-journey-wallpaper-2/admit-one-3/
March 31st, 2012 at 6:06 am
March 31st, 2012 at 6:13 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leanne8790/6291704259/
March 31st, 2012 at 6:17 am
If you visit South Africa you are sure to see this sign:
http://wildlifeencounters.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Scenes-from-South-Africa/G0000pOr.t4qOyb0/I0000QXZNBGt.w2o
March 31st, 2012 at 6:55 am
Here’s one I like from my Street Signs Project – http://www.flickr.com/photos/hardluck-hotel/4682119224/
You can see all the signs I’ve load so far in this set – http://www.flickr.com/photos/hardluck-hotel/sets/72157623914594352/with/4682119224/
I also quite like these –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hardluck-hotel/5911938903/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hardluck-hotel/6070175181/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hardluck-hotel/4876088718/
I’m surprised by how many signs there are in my Flickr stream – all can be found by searching for ‘sign’. All the photographs here were taken on an iPhone 3GS and processed using Camerabag, Picture Box and Camera+ app’s.
March 31st, 2012 at 6:57 am
A sign or a tag? You decide.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emonmitra/5449561923/in/photostream
March 31st, 2012 at 7:00 am
Classic New York
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emonmitra/2845388302/in/set-72157607208538408
March 31st, 2012 at 7:23 am
Gotta love signs. Not all of them are pretty, but they sure can be fun to shoot.
http://blog.jeffejensenphotography.com/2012/03/signs.html
March 31st, 2012 at 7:58 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tharumax81/6172946714/
March 31st, 2012 at 8:05 am
My signs:
http://disney-photography-blog.blogspot.com/
March 31st, 2012 at 8:25 am
Here’s one with some wry humor:
http://taustinoconnor.zenfolio.com/p56998516/e381beff7
March 31st, 2012 at 8:35 am
Hi. One of my First Pictures two weeks ago. I just a Beginner…
hope you can open the link.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150636068068285&set=a.10150274980508285.344910.567798284&type=3&theater
its a sign for a famous running and cycling track
March 31st, 2012 at 8:44 am
The sign in this photo transforms a standard shot of the Petronas Towers in Malaysia into something great.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41898910@N03/4071804136/
March 31st, 2012 at 8:45 am
A GREAT subject, here’s one from a “10 minutes” project.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lendog64/4543945410/
March 31st, 2012 at 9:07 am
I followed this sign…
http://pdf34.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/weekly-photo-challenge-sign/
March 31st, 2012 at 9:13 am
“While U Wait” neon shoe repair sign. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_f_schantz/7030523019/in/photostream
March 31st, 2012 at 9:26 am
Taken at “Occupy LA” camp Los Angeles City Hall Oct. 2011. Interesting play on events.
March 31st, 2012 at 9:29 am
Taken at “Occupy LA” tent camp Los Angeles City Hall October 2011. Interesting play on events in this sign.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_f_schantz/6884447958/in/photostream
March 31st, 2012 at 11:41 am
Old theatre marquees – The Civic from Akron, Ohio and The Palace from Canton, Ohio:
http://www.gottgraphicsdesign.com/2012/02/06/all-the-worlds-a-stage/
March 31st, 2012 at 12:41 pm
I wrote recently about photographing signs and other common objects as a way of preserving these things for historical purposes as I am sure 50 years from now and 150 years from now signs will all look much different:
http://jasoncollinphotography.com/blog/2011/8/29/photographing-common-objects-in-public-for-historical-purpos.html
March 31st, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Taken in rural Alberta
http://paigethomsonphotography.com/?page_id=229
March 31st, 2012 at 1:16 pm
Here is one…..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rob_369/6884819724/in/photostream
March 31st, 2012 at 1:33 pm
Despite the cold, rain and wind some friends and I got some great Neon Sign shots!!
http://takenmyway.blogspot.com/2012/03/chasing-neon.html
March 31st, 2012 at 2:02 pm
Fighting a little rain, a lot of wind and very chilly air, some friends and I went on a driving/walking neon sign photography tor in Boise, ID where we all live. It gave us great practice in some night photography and we had a lot of fun! Here are a few of the shots I got.
http://dorindaseeslikethis.blogspot.com/2012/03/neon.html
March 31st, 2012 at 4:41 pm
I love to photograph signs. Usually funny signs. Here’s a couple
http://fav.me/d4s2v9z
http://fav.me/d4tks2i
March 31st, 2012 at 5:06 pm
March 31st, 2012 at 5:09 pm
http://flic.kr/p/buqcd3
March 31st, 2012 at 6:03 pm
Here is a shot from one of Melbourne’s Lanes.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66026664@N03/6885245098/in/photostream/lightbox/
March 31st, 2012 at 8:37 pm
Ok here is my sign:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yogieanamcara/7031549321/
March 31st, 2012 at 9:30 pm
Signs – Zodiac Signs – my version of it (including a tutorial on how to create the image)
http://mellimage.blogspot.de/2012/02/p52-fire-dragon.html
March 31st, 2012 at 11:01 pm
A few of my favorite Signs
http://miguelangel.smugmug.com/Other/Miguel-Angel-Photography/19114544_BQcmtn#!i=1506165587&k=F2gQNqs&lb=1&s=A
http://miguelangel.smugmug.com/Other/Miguel-Angel-Photography/19114544_BQcmtn#!i=1609010529&k=sfXsQsx&lb=1&s=A
http://miguelangel.smugmug.com/Other/Miguel-Angel-Photography/19114544_BQcmtn#!i=1727197502&k=f8Zt6xg&lb=1&s=A
March 31st, 2012 at 11:03 pm
Just noticed this security person, taking a nap at the towing sign at a neighborhood mall.
April 1st, 2012 at 12:18 am
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/108470239770597604472/albums/5694197561977672529/5715323771290804434/img
April 1st, 2012 at 12:32 am
Ice crossing use at own risk:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albertshu/6885827698/in/photostream
April 1st, 2012 at 12:38 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tine_bilder/4869896422/
Rail-Crossing in the desert Wadi Rum/Jordan…in the middle of nowhere…
April 1st, 2012 at 4:19 am
This is the sign at the border village of Pakistan’s side of Kashmir.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabamehmood/6886267512/in/photostream
April 1st, 2012 at 4:24 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58120999@N05/7032646839/
April 1st, 2012 at 5:24 am
Your “sign” project intrigued me. I had a great shot, submitted it yesterday, but it never appeared. I decided to submit it again today. Same outcome. Can you confirm that you have received my submission?
Thank you.
April 1st, 2012 at 5:36 am
I didn’t want to just show off an old pic. I went out this morning and came up with two brand new ones:
http://taustinoconnor.zenfolio.com/p9574725/e2a351369
http://taustinoconnor.zenfolio.com/p9574725/e3eb6a9fd
April 1st, 2012 at 6:51 am
I tried to submit too, but nothing appears after . . . last attempt.
Lindell Chocolate Shop – https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=189120504479381&l=cedb50932f
Old Schiltz Bottle – https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=332379726820124&l=7c2d07ace3
April 1st, 2012 at 7:34 am
http://m.flickr.com/photos/66026664@N03/7031341877/lightbox/
One of melbournes iconic landmarks
April 1st, 2012 at 9:15 am
My sign
http://www.flickr.com/photos/75264867@N03/7033354903/in/photostream/
April 1st, 2012 at 12:55 pm
My signs…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70839390@N00/6840566002/in/set-72157627077309839
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70839390@N00/6970872661/in/set-72157627077309839
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70839390@N00/6812232984/in/set-72157627077309839
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70839390@N00/6797095730/in/set-72157627077309839
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70839390@N00/6794212902/in/set-72157627077309839
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70839390@N00/6781353662/in/set-72157627077309839
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70839390@N00/6908136423/in/set-72157627077309839
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70839390@N00/6894121625/in/set-72157627077309839
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70839390@N00/6838705833/in/set-72157627077309839
And more here…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70839390@N00/sets/72157627077309839/with/6840566002/
April 1st, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Sign posted on a road completely blocked by power line poles after a tornado.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76563253@N08/6887785624/
April 1st, 2012 at 2:32 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebiblioholic/6887878936/in/photostream/
April 1st, 2012 at 3:51 pm
We encountered a really strange sign on Waiheke Island in the not-too-distant past!
You can find the image here: http://www.lemonmint.co.nz/index.php/lemonmintcurrent/10-currentgallery/126-darren-rowse-challenge-signs
April 1st, 2012 at 3:59 pm
My last link do not work in the previous message due probably to Google error or my error saving the link; I paste a new link about signs here:
http://imaginesvolantscriptamanent.blogspot.it/2012/03/rosa-parking.html
and the old one again:
https://picasaweb.google.com/108470239770597604472/2012#5719080181709236018
April 1st, 2012 at 4:49 pm
http://365project.org/grace2012/365/2012-04-01
April 1st, 2012 at 8:06 pm
April 1st, 2012 at 8:08 pm
I’m sure “SLOW POINT” is a perfectly sensible bit of traffic advice, but it sure sounds like a disco step for old people.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brisbaneanderson/6880269629/in/set-72157627105073132
April 1st, 2012 at 9:08 pm
Taken in Italy last summer….
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilbarraclough/5948354484/
April 1st, 2012 at 11:56 pm
Here’s my sign:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69340884@N06/7032695481/in/photostream
April 2nd, 2012 at 12:25 am
http://bokeh.hasanalmasi.ir/index.php?showimage=383
April 2nd, 2012 at 12:56 am
Sign..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/75484566@N02/7034028499/lightbox/
April 2nd, 2012 at 2:04 am
One of the many “No Parking” signs in my not-so-car-friendly neighbourhood. Playing around with perspective and angles on this one!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deboulai/6792372713
April 2nd, 2012 at 3:22 am
This is the sign at the border village of Pakistan’s side of Kashmir.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabamehmood/6886267512/in/photostream
April 2nd, 2012 at 3:51 am
I have tried several times but unable to post anything…However, trying again:
This is the sign at the border village of Pakistan’s side of Kashmir.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabamehmood/6886267512/in/photostream
April 2nd, 2012 at 6:18 am
not sure if this counts as a sign, but i thought it was pretty!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/petite-pics/7036189907/in/photostream
April 2nd, 2012 at 6:46 am
Taken in San Francisco
April 2nd, 2012 at 7:15 am
Which way…?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pencil_ninja/7036408031/in/photostream
April 2nd, 2012 at 10:58 am
Caution sign in a mall…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbeygan/6890901788/in/photostream
April 2nd, 2012 at 1:06 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/77861436@N08/7037407923/
April 3rd, 2012 at 1:19 am
Sign collection:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.357460094292307.81055.100000849593553&type=3&l=866fa68c34
April 3rd, 2012 at 9:02 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/miketog/6879217705/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/miketog/6894126570/in/photostream/
Two of my faves
April 3rd, 2012 at 5:24 pm
From a bar in San Jose
April 3rd, 2012 at 6:51 pm
Taken in London
http://flic.kr/p/9nN6LR
April 3rd, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Unfortunately, I only had my iPod on me to take this shot, but I still liked the way it turned out.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fhod1/6895448324/in/photostream/lightbox/
April 3rd, 2012 at 10:24 pm
http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/joemccarthyphotography/7041720843/
Four images from a current series that I am undertaking called ‘Screens’. The back-lit screen ad billboard has become a predominant feature of the modern city at night. Written words and images were once enough to capture the attention of the passerby, but the invention of the electronic screen has changed the way in which people encounter information in the public realm. My work explores this in relation to the concept of ‘the real’.
April 4th, 2012 at 12:49 am
Milk and Mortuaries:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/idealdrugs/6062069315/
April 4th, 2012 at 4:05 am
No entry (in Dutch), but where’s the gate.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7785759@N02/7042567245/
April 4th, 2012 at 8:49 am
Close up of a a large sign outside the Channel 7 Studio on State Street in Chicago:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgmethven/5399674962/in/set-72157625831310008
Sign on the side of the Chicago Theater as viewed from a side alley:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgmethven/5312859601/in/set-72157625243101506
Neon sign for an old drug store. With a slightly strange combo of drugs and candy:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgmethven/6403304807/in/set-72157625243101506
April 4th, 2012 at 9:16 am
Stop Sign I shot while I was stuck in Jasper due to ‘dangerous road conditions’
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76810218@N05/6897227542/
April 4th, 2012 at 9:29 am
Check out some images from the Capital of Kentucky.
http://jamestaylorphotoblog.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/signs/
April 4th, 2012 at 3:43 pm
here is Speed Limit Sign at night glowing coz of headlights of cars
http://www.flickr.com/photos/saghir-khatri/6967355275/
and this is sign of SLOW written in urdu at blind turn near a mount
http://www.flickr.com/photos/saghir-khatri/6851204676/in/photostream
April 4th, 2012 at 8:37 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fhod1/6898472174/in/photostream/lightbox/
April 5th, 2012 at 8:00 am
Well I am Irish, so what else was I going to Choose as a sign?????
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brendan/7046123213/in/photostream
April 5th, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Took this picture on my recent visit to San Francisco
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/s720x720/548346_3598095510941_1230090029_33575361_1330839223_n.jpg
April 5th, 2012 at 5:58 pm
I see this big Coca-Cola billboard everyday from our office in downtown san francisco.
http://www.sidparmar.com/post/20399144077/day-30-classic-coke
April 5th, 2012 at 11:04 pm
Fast cars…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashley_uk/7047690331/
April 6th, 2012 at 12:59 am
I took this on Aquidneck Island, RI….I find the contrast of the two signs hilarious!!
http://flic.kr/p/bvTTN3
April 6th, 2012 at 1:01 am
NYC, Baby! This is one of my all time favorite Signs!!
http://flic.kr/p/bvTTLb
April 6th, 2012 at 1:09 am
Sausage and Biscuits sign in Loachapoka Alabama – just love it every time I see it!
April 6th, 2012 at 1:23 am
I’m working on a Signs project; this is one of my favorites: http://atgimages.zenfolio.com/p929016242#h3bcf80f8
April 6th, 2012 at 1:47 am
This is my all time favorite sign picture.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7197/7048028909_927ae5ce80_z.jpg
April 6th, 2012 at 9:47 am
Thank you, thank you for the reminder. My 3 yo is OBSESSED with signs at the moment and I’ve been promising to take him on a ‘sign walk’ where we walk around our local neighbourhood and take photos of all the signs we see. We just did it and he had a ball! I’m going to get our photos printed so he can have his own little album of signs.
April 6th, 2012 at 8:14 pm
Contrast – Advert & A Modern Day Life of Monk
April 6th, 2012 at 8:40 pm
These are some images including signs that were taken in areas that were badly affected by the bush fires on Black Saturday in Victoria in 2009. The first 3 images were taken today and the last image was taken last year on my sister-in-laws property where the bush fires completely destroyed their home. Luckily no one was hurt!
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5349/6904174926_57c8c606a3_b.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5200/7050264227_dd0199a3e1_b.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7274/7050263277_d781d69d14_b.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7198/6904172538_77579ffb65_b.jpg
April 7th, 2012 at 1:18 am
http://friedfocus.com/2012/04/06/dead-end/
April 7th, 2012 at 3:36 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48325441@N05/6905117096/in/photostream
April 7th, 2012 at 8:03 am
Every sense they put this sign up I’ve been drawn to it. Food is pretty good too.
“The Rock”
http://jybphoto.com/dps-signs/
April 8th, 2012 at 7:19 am
this was taken walking through Surry Hills one evening……it will make you think a moment about the premises, and your thoughts will probably be right.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fifi_pics/6915430407/in/photostream/
April 8th, 2012 at 11:56 am
How’s this for signs!? Emphasis on the second s!
http://flic.kr/p/bwxxZs
April 9th, 2012 at 12:35 am
Couple of signs…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8297236@N03/6852602614/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8297236@N03/6847000260/in/photostream/
April 10th, 2012 at 3:45 am
Signs in Quebec City, QC, Canada
http://blog.valkozintsev.com/2012/03/family-day-in-qc-signs-in-city.html
April 10th, 2012 at 4:12 am
Burial prices sign (yes really)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15584557@N00/7061516777/
Cycle sign
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15584557@N00/7061517939/
Going up
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15584557@N00/6915433968/
April 10th, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Here is my entry for “signs”
http://photosbychristopher.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/sign/
April 10th, 2012 at 8:04 pm
I went with a bit of a different take on this one…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/___jess___/7063950551/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/___jess___/6917872312/in/photostream
April 12th, 2012 at 4:12 pm
Second try at posting. I love to take photos of witty or picturesque signs. Inspired by this week’s challenge, I have created a set on my Flickr page devoted to Signs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32351828@N07/sets/72157629433439968/with/7069747873/
A couple of the individual photos include the Starlite Drive-In, and an actor who found a way to go Hollywood.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32351828@N07/7069746605/sizes/z/in/set-72157629433439968/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32351828@N07/7069909607/sizes/z/in/photostream/
April 13th, 2012 at 4:02 am
Railroad Crossing- with train crossing
April 23rd, 2012 at 12:52 am
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-IbX1B0QCLhQ/T5Qa14haRoI/AAAAAAAABko/-4ruHVR7nUk/s720/P1010880.JPG
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