Category: Monthly Themes

October’s “Monochrome” Theme

The term of monochrome usually means black & white or grayscale. But it may also be used to refer to a combination of shades of one colour like green, red, etc. This challenge would like you to explore some of these colours. Here are some examples of how you can achieve this;

1) Use your macro lens to get in close to an object like a flower of one colour. Use shadows and textures to compose an interesting picture.

2) Take a picture of an object on a background of the same colour, i.e., Green frog on a green leaf.

3) Experiment with Blue Light to get a monochrome dusk or dawn shot.

4) Take a picture through a diaphanous material of one colour, i.e., Coloured glass or sheer curtain.

5) Convert the picture to sepia tones.

Use your imagination to shoot unusual pictures while remembering techniques like Mik’sang, Impressionism, Lens Painting and using a variety of lenses.

Post submitted by Lynn Reket. Look for some sample images on our Facebook page in the coming days.

Autumn Colours Theme

The Camera Club had their first outing for the new season with a small membership present to try shooting for our theme “Fall Colours.” The idea was to shoot creatively for an old theme using techniques we learned over the past few years at workshops and seminars. We were to focus on the colour wheel and try to capture complementary colours, gradient shades of one color or monochrome. Ideally, we wanted our members to think outside the box. So this outing was an opportunity to “create” some non-traditional Still Life scenes of fall colours. Here are some examples to watch for. Try shooting “outside the box” and bring in your favourite five pictures at our next meeting on October 11, 2011.

You can see some of the images at http://on.fb.me/pteFvx

Submitted by Lynn Reket