Monthly Photo Assignment Announced: 7 Deadly Sins

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Amy Martin, December's photo assignment winner, has chosen the first topic for the new year. The assignment for January 2009 is: THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS, which are lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride. "I hope people have fun with it," Amy said in her email to me announcing her topic. This one seems filled with photographic possibilities. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

You have from NOW until Jan. 25 at midnight to turn in an entry. The photo must be taken during this time frame, as the goal of this assignment is to keep us all out shooting regularly and working on our conceptualization skills.

Please email entries to srwheelr@comcast.net

Entries should include EXIF data and be no larger than 800 on the longest side. Watermarks are optional to help protect your photo from unauthorized usage.

Monthly Assignment: Procrastinators ;)

Alright folks, this is your LAST WEEK to get your self-portraits submitted for the Picture Your World Photography inaugural monthly assignment. Here is my virtual kick in the butt to get those entries turned in. To motivate you (or horrify you, how ever you choose to interpret it) I posted this pic of a self-portrait I took for a Colorado 4x4 Photo of the Week entry. The theme was "music," and I had fun with the topic by showing me doing what I often do: singing in the shower! Imagine how difficult that was jumping out the shower wet every few seconds to see if the timer on my camera worked!

My boyfriend had this image as the wallpaper on his computer for months just to annoy me. Brat!

While I didn't win that week's competition, I got major props for creativity (and bravery to boot!) I truly believe these monthly assignments can give you material to include in your portfolio, but I think it's just as important to stretch your imaginations and have fun. Need a refresher course on the rules?

Now.....get out there!