52 Weeks of Awesomeness continues!
The challenge for Week 8 of 52 Weeks of Awesomeness is “Out of Focus (OOF)”.
In pursuit of being “the father he dreams me to be“, I’ve taken up exercising on a somewhat regular basis to be a healthier and more active dad. Paxton has been my accountability partner. Even as life and time passes us by as an out of focus blur, I cherish these father-son moments together.
I shot 193 frames to get this image. I kept running up and down my neighborhood to find the best shade/light. In my mind, I knew I wanted to use the panning technique, slow shutter speed while moving the camera with the subject to create a blurred image, to showcase the Out of Focus theme for this week. However, I struggled with figuring which shutter speed to use and how much movement was needed and how I could include my wedding ring as well. Alas, 193 total frames. And overshooters everywhere rejoiced! =) #StoryBehindTheImage
24mm | ISO 50 | f/3.2 | 1/40 | Feel free to ask any questions!
The challenge for Week 9 of 52 Weeks of Awesomeness is “Shoes”! Excited to find your submissions via #52WoA on social media!
~ Chris
For more information about 52 Weeks of Awesomeness…
After a 4 year hiatus, the La Brisa weekly photography challenge, 52 Weeks of Awesomeness, is back!!! As a photographer, sometimes you need to work on things outside of your normal day-to-day life and this weekly photography challenge is designed to utilize your personal experiences, your unique perspective and newly learned photography techniques to improve your photos. Weekly for the next year, I will be sharing my images with you. You’ll find my weekly photography challenge images on the La Brisa blog, instagram.com/labrisaphoto and facebook.com/LaBrisaPhotography!
52 Weeks of Awesomeness is for any photography enthusiasts of all skill levels and equipment. The goal is to have fun and learn a little bit more about photography along the way.
Each week, there is a new challenge to photograph based on one of three categories:
Personal – the best photographers use their own experiences to create unique photographs!
Perspective – view everyday objects in a different way to inspire your creativity!
Technique – learn various photography methods to make your images more dynamic and interesting!
For those of you interested in participating, PLEASE join me in this weekly photography challenge! The more the merrier! You definitely do not need to be a professional photographer, this is something you can easily do with your point and shoot, cell phone, ipad, etc. You can comment with a link to your image here on our blog or on our La Brisa fan page or you can tag La Brisa Photography in your image on your own FB page or use the hashtag #52WoA on twitter and/or instagram that way everyone can view each other’s photos!
All images should be created the week of the due date. A list of the challenges and their due date is below. Feel free to right click and save the list as a photo, or save the PDF on your computer or print it out.
View and download 52 Weeks of Awesomeness 2017-2018 as a printable PDF by clicking HERE.
The La Brisa Aspiring Photographer Workshop FB group is where we will be discussing our weekly photos, sharing advice and offering critiques! Two rules of the group:
1) be kind. negative/unhelpful comments will be deleted.
2) be willing to share resources/experience/etc with everyone else!
Request to join the APW group by clicking – https://www.facebook.com/groups/labrisaAPW/
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