{"id":17008,"date":"2020-04-29T15:50:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T05:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bendigocameraclub.org.au\/?p=17008"},"modified":"2020-04-29T15:50:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T05:50:44","slug":"challenge-still-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bendigocameraclub.org.au\/?p=17008","title":{"rendered":"Challenge &#8211; Still Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weather has changed, so let&#8217;s photograph something indoors this week by creating a still life composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a6\/Still_life_with_red_tomatoes.jpg\/1280px-Still_life_with_red_tomatoes.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Example from wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a lot of information about still life online: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Some inspiring examples: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.photoblog.com\/learn\/still-life-photographs\/\">https:\/\/www.photoblog.com\/learn\/still-life-photographs\/<\/a><\/li><li>A guide to Still Life Photography: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.format.com\/magazine\/resources\/photography\/still-life-photography-ideas-and-tips\">https:\/\/www.format.com\/magazine\/resources\/photography\/still-life-photography-ideas-and-tips<\/a><\/li><li>A video showing how to set up your camera and subject (turn off the annoying music) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a6Kz62IEjyw\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a6Kz62IEjyw<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to upload your image<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You have until next Tuesday to upload your image to <a href=\"https:\/\/cluster.co\/\">Cluster<\/a>. Members have all been sent an invitation to join and most have done so already. If you have any trouble feel free to email Esther. We also encourage you to leave encouraging comments for other members. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;d love your suggestions\/requests for future challenges. Please leave them as a comment under the challenge notification in Cluster or Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will also post this competition on our &#8220;Friends of BCC&#8221; Facebook group so our friends can still participate by sharing their images on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather has changed, so let&#8217;s photograph something indoors this week by creating a still life composition. There is a lot of information about still life online: Some inspiring examples: https:\/\/www.photoblog.com\/learn\/still-life-photographs\/ A guide to Still Life Photography: https:\/\/www.format.com\/magazine\/resources\/photography\/still-life-photography-ideas-and-tips A video showing how to set up your camera and subject (turn off the annoying music) https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a6Kz62IEjyw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activity-report"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6XlND-4qk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20936,"url":"https:\/\/www.bendigocameraclub.org.au\/?p=20936","url_meta":{"origin":17008,"position":0},"title":"Food Photography Activity","author":"Esther Andrews","date":"April 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Another great night with Commercial Photographer, Anthony Webster, talking about the importance of light (a fan of back light). 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