This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums

Weekly Assignment

Baby it’s Cold outside… well, for some of our forum members it is at least. And in case you couldn’t tell, we finished the Cold assignment this week too. Let’s put it this way, there was no second guessing that our winners were indeed cold! Our winner this week was canadajan for her picture of some very, very cold looking hands! Our first runner up was peterk’s shot of the man standing outside the car in the middle of a snow storm. That had to be cold! And last, but not least, was visper’s Frozen Tomb shot, which was kind of nuts, but totally creative!

This week’s assignment is the Rule of Thirds. The rule of thirds is a basic compositional trick that suggests putting your subject on one of the lines dividing the photo into thirds. As always, there are a few rules to follow to be included in the mini-contest to have your photo featured here on the blog. First, your image must have been taken between 4 – 18 February 2009. Second, your post must include the words “Assignment: Rule of Thirds” somewhere in the post. And last, the EXIF should be intact, and you should post the date the photo was taken as well as the basic EXIF in your post. Next week’s assignment is another compositional rule, Balance. So read up on it, and good luck!

Hot Threads

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