Lightbin Photo Assignment

I have been following various photo challenges, and participating in a few when I can. The problem I have in participating is that some require daily shooting. During the winter months, it's dark when I leave for work, and dark when I get home. That, along with the other activities in my life limits my time shooting to the weekends, or to subjects that I can shoot on my way to or from work. So what happens? I just don't shoot.

So, I'm going to challenge myself, and post the subjects and rules here in advance so that anyone else that would like to participate can follow along. Even if nobody else ever reads this, the fact that it's posted in a public spot gives me some motivation to get going and shoot!!

OK, here are the rules. One topic per month, all year long. Each month, I will attempt to get 5 good shots for that month's topic. The photos need to be taken any time during that month.

Some of the pics will make it here to my blog. The rest will be on Flickr. January's challenge will be tagged lightbinassignment-january2009, February's will be lightbinassignment-february2009, and so on. If anyone else want's to participate, tag them accordingly so they can be found easily.

And here are the first topics so that everyone can start thinking about them (and for January, to start SHOOTING THEM!):

January will be Night or Low Light Photography. No flash. Use a tripod and long shutter speeds.

February will be Macro, Outdoors! For those of us in the north, that will mean putting on the gloves, boots, and snow pants and going out in the snow to see what is available to shoot that isn't buried under the white stuff.

March is Flash photography. This is pretty open. I only ask that you limit this to a shoe mount or built-in flash, not any elaborate studio flash systems.

April's topic is Rust and Decay. This should be self explanitory. I like shooting this type of thing in April. In the northeast, the snow is mostly gone, but the foliage hasn't come out fully yet. Old junk that sits in fields and hedges, hidden for much of the year in the grass/leaves, or under the snow, is out where you can see it, and shoot it.

That should get us started. Leave comments here if you have any topics you would like to see for May through December. Happy Shooting!