August Snapshots - DPChallenge Forums

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX100

07/31/2009 12:18:31 AM · #1

Here be the place to post your snapshots for the August Snapshot side challenge!

A quote from Ansel Adams:

The snapshot is not as simple a statement as some may believe. It represents something that each of us has seen -- more as human beings than photographers -- and wants to keep as a memento, a special thing encountered. The little icons that return from the photo-finisher provide recollections of events, people, and places; they stir memories and create fantasies. Through the billions of snapshots made each year a visual history of our times is recorded in enormous detail.

Rules and/or suggestions....

No minimum number of posts but try to keep it to no more than one a day.
No carefully set up set-up shots or studio portraits.
No well-calculated and executed landscapes.

DO enter everyday snapshots of your kids, your pets, your friends, your flower garden, your neighbor drinking beer, your vacation, your trip to the grocery store. Bonus points for stuff shot during the death hours of 10-2 outside, in full sun. DO remember that the lowly snapshot is the birth of modern affordable (more or less) photography for the masses. If it weren't for the lowly snapshot, none of us would have the nifty toys we have today. If you have a point and shoot, get it out and carry it everywhere. Snap away!

Editing rules - no editing rules. Resize and submit, or edit the crap out of it. All up to you!

Comments? Sure - we all love getting comments. But kindly relax the tendency to correct the technicals in this one. Feel free to react ("reminds me of my Aunt Grace's back yard when we were growing up"). No need to comment on every shot, of course, but do kindly try to at least VIEW every shot. Snapshots really do like getting a little attention, you know.

And the participants:

Melethia

GeneralE

Germaine

colorcarnival

tnun

Kelli

hajeka

KarenNfld

SteveJ

MattO

NikonJeb

Ecce Signum

Yo_Spiff

lelez

timfythetoo

roz

Bear_Music

MelonMusketeer

blad

Art Roflmao

Penny_weaver

suemack

vlado

in2truth

jomari

GregoryB

rogkmyers

motherlee

moriadelacroix

love

pixelpig

Lutchenko

ErikV

The_Tourist

scooter97

genghis

doyle

spiritualspatula

Giorgio

dtremain

tamatama

bob350

bobonacus

jdixonsd

alans_world

kurtmooreoh

drydoc

Message edited by author 2009-08-01 03:27:54.

spiritualspatula

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

07/31/2009 12:39:59 AM · #2

Number one!

My girlfriend excitedly taking photos with the camera I got for her, and me reveling in my E Series 50mm 1.8.
I don't have her photo at the ready.

Message edited by author 2009-07-31 00:40:25.

pixelpig

Sony Alpha a55

Sony DT 1.8/50mm SAM

07/31/2009 12:46:48 AM · #3

I'll be using my iPhone camera.

in2truth

Nikon D7000

Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR

07/31/2009 02:16:10 AM · #4

Was bored, had to shoot something today!

07/31/2009 05:22:23 AM · #5

Oh, and if there's a bit of a story to go with your snapshot, stick it in the photog's notes (and here in the thread if you want.) I know a picture is worth a thousand words and all that, but sometimes the words are fun, too!

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

07/31/2009 05:24:01 AM · #6

Originally posted by Melethia:

If there isn't a story posted with an image, can I make one up for them?

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

07/31/2009 05:37:41 AM · #7

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Originally posted by Melethia:
Oh, and if there's a bit of a story to go with your snapshot, stick it in the photog's notes (and here in the thread if you want.) I know a picture is worth a thousand words and all that, but sometimes the words are fun, too!

If there isn't a story posted with an image, can I make one up for them?

Most definitely!! :-)

see

Canon PowerShot S95

07/31/2009 05:40:51 AM · #8

Can I play...........Please.

love

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

07/31/2009 05:53:06 AM · #9

ooops I thought it was the first. haha I'll post manana.

Message edited by author 2009-07-31 05:53:40.

Lutchenko

Nikon D700

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon

07/31/2009 05:54:44 AM · #10

Don't you just love it when you're not in the jam lol

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

07/31/2009 08:10:57 AM · #11

As I understand this project, I'm going to be posting up those images that just inspired me to shoot them, regardless of what resulted. The ones that aren't blatantly obvious I will try to explain the motivation.

I liked how this woman in the wheelchair's day was made easier by the outside table. She looked content to me.

timfythetoo

Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

07/31/2009 08:30:43 AM · #12

Since there are no challenges up that I can shoehorn a pic of my kids in - you get them here. ;)

pixelpig

Sony Alpha a55

Sony DT 1.8/50mm SAM

07/31/2009 09:16:16 AM · #13