Difference between revisions of "Photo Friday"

Revision as of 22:27, 27 September 2007

Overview

The idea is a simple one: each Friday, post photos on a given theme. It's tons of fun, but the pay's for crap. "Originally suggested back in February of 2006" by shane.

Use this page to keep track of upcoming themes and look back on past threads. Add themes to the list and make sure to include your name.

Upcoming Photo Friday Themes

• 1 September '06 FURRY FRIDAY! ...once again and always popular, suggested by cmonkey. Post pics of your animal companions or other people's animal companions or... hell, you know... animals. Not even necessarilly furry ones. Bugs are fine, jon. Post pics of those "other furries" if you want, too.
  
• 8 September '06 "What's Wrong With This Picture," suggested by WolfDaddy, no PhotoShopping allowed: "...pictures that at first glance look 'ordinary' but something's subtly--or not--wrong..."
  
• 15 September '06 "Alice In Wonderland," suggested by lonefrontranger: "...this could be interpreted so many ways... i.e. white rabbits, top hats, weretable's Most Excellent Caterpillars [photos], macros of chess pieces, and general trippy weirdness... these are all good things, right?"
  
• 22 September "Pictures that Evoke an Extreme Emotional Reaction," suggested by Zack_Replica: "Everything from wonder and fascination to awe and horror. There doesn't have to be a specific reason behind the emotion (as it's all subjective anyway), just the picture triggering something in your grey matter that goes 'Yow!' "
  
• 29 September [tentatively] "Found Art," suggested by shane: "I like that. Stuff you just, um, found. Tripped over. Whatever. And it's, like, 'art.' "

Previous Photo Fridays

2007

• September 21: "Babies and Kids"
• September 14: "Bad ____ Day"
• September 7: "Where I Work"
• September 1: "FIRE!" (special photo Saturday)
• August 31: 1, 2
• August 24: "Show Us Your Scar"
• August 17: "Butts", suggested by cmonkey
• August 10: "What I Love", suggested by jrossi4r
• August 3: "Furry Friday"
• July 27: "My Neighborhood"
• July 20: "MetaChat Paparazzi"
• July 13: "Hobbies"
• July 6: "Food"
• June 29: "Where I Sleep"
• June 22: "Schrödinger's LÖLKATZ"
• June 15: "Signs"
• June 8: "Abstract"
• June 1: "Crime Scene Photos"
• May 25: "Guess the Theme"
• May 18: "Free for All"
• May 11: "Spring"
• May 4: "Strangers"
• April 27: "Geometry"
• April 20: "Femmes Fatales or Hommes Fatales"
• April 13: "Naughty Friday! Bad, bad, wicked naughty Friday!"
• April 6: "Good Friday"
• March 30: "Trees"
• March 23: "Sacred Things"
• March 16: "Toys"
• March 9: "Babies"
• March 2: "Altered Photos"
• February 23: "Things I Made", suggested by fluffy battle kitten
• February 16: "Weather(ed)", suggested by ethylene
• February 9: "Pets"
• Febuary 2: "Legs"
• January 26: "No Theme Whatsoever"
• January 19: "Drawings", suggested by youngergirl44
• January 12: "Scanner Friday"
• January 5: "Your least favorite photo on your photostream that you won't delete, and why.", suggested by eekacat

2006

• November 17th, 2006: "Post your favorite photo by another Mechazen!", suggested by fenriq
• May 26th, 2006: "Photo or image or something that makes you happy"
• April 21st, 2006: "Cheers!", suggested by taz
• April 14th, 2006: "Owned Art", inspired by interrobang
• April 7th, 2006: "Modes of Transport", suggested by Eideteker
• March 31st, 2006: "School and kiddy photos"
• March 24th, 2006: "Fridge Friday"
• March 17th, 2006: "Toys and Meaningful Objects"
• March 10th, 2006: "Hands and feet"
• March 3rd, 2006: "Where y'at?"
• February 24th, 2006: "Furry Friday"

Future Photo Friday Suggestions (be sure to include your name)

• Emulate a MetaChatter. Make yourself up/dress yourself up/pose in what is quintessentially in a way that flatters or lightheartedly pokes fun at another member. For example, I might put on a rock t-shirt, a flannel, grab a beer bottle, and presto! I'm jonmc. (I could blur the photo for extra realism).
• Something secret. Still have all your Babysitter's club books? Have a large Barry Manilow collection you're not entirely proud of?
• Something that makes you smile (too close to this week? Can be very abstract, from a sunrise, to a person)
• Something that makes you proud (a trophy, something you saved really hard to buy, a smile on your S.O.'s face)
• Goofy clothes (take a pic of yourself in a goofy outfit, something you never wear anymore, a funny wig or hat)
• Sanctuary (a favorite place, a park, a cafe, wherever you go to relax/feel safe)
• Exquisite corpse - everyone takes a picture of their upper torso, middle torso and lower torso/legs. Then Photoshop mix and match fun. -hellbient
• Self portraits with as liberal an interpretation as you like or don't like.
• Handwriting. Somebody suggested it in a thread sometime, I forget who.
• Favorite thing(s) you wear (clothing, shoes, jewelry)
• Favorite vacation photo
• "What I Did Over Summer Vacation: An Embellished Narrative Featuring Words, Photographs and An Unusual Conclusion"
• I thought this was cool: [1] finding faces in things that don't have faces - iconomy
• similar to iconomy's above - Looks Like (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gauzem/sets/72157594503144903), nondescript things that resemble something specific (sorry for self-link). -hellbient
• the front of the outside of your dwelling space. -hellbient