Theme Assignment

Head for the art room and use your camera's macro setting. Look for the icon on your camera that looks like a tulip. It will be important to use a tripod or some other steady camera mount. If you don't have anything else, use a beanbag or even your tennis shoe. That's right, take off your shoe and use it to brace the camera to get a nice steady shot.

Use a large aperture for shallow depth of field, as in the photo below. Try a smaller aperture and experiment with that too.

Color and texture are easy to find in the brushes, paints and chalk boxes. The photo below is a great example from Irene Gr's photostream on Flickr.

We've all done this. Taking your own self portrait using a mirror is easy and fun. Experiment with different aperture settings and focus points to make sure you are focusing on the subject, you! Don't overlook mirrors and reflections in places other than your bathroom. There are several Flickr group photo pools dedicated to this type of photography. Have some fun and see if you can find yourself in your own reflection somewhere.

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From Joseph Robertson's Flickr stream - titled Astoria. Robertson managed to capture the spirit of Astoria with his photos. The challenge in a location theme shoot is to tell a big story with small details. Robertson does this with his subject choice and uses traditional composition techniques to make his photos visually interesting too.