{"id":18275,"date":"2021-07-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bendigocameraclub.org.au\/?p=18275"},"modified":"2021-08-10T22:01:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T12:01:22","slug":"challenge-low-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bendigocameraclub.org.au\/?p=18275","title":{"rendered":"Challenge &#8211; Low Light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whilst the days are short and the sun is weaker let&#8217;s take low light photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These might be long exposures taken at night or subjects taken indoors with subtle lighting, known as &#8220;low key lighting&#8221;. Perhaps you&#8217;ve been to Awaken and have some photos to share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some tips and inspiration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-digital-photography-school\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0GvVnSh5oJ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/weekly-photography-challenge-low-light-photography\/\">Weekly Photography Challenge &#8211; Low Light Photography<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Weekly Photography Challenge &#8211; Low Light Photography&#8221; &#8212; Digital Photography School\" src=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/weekly-photography-challenge-low-light-photography\/embed\/#?secret=S5hulbdSxl#?secret=0GvVnSh5oJ\" data-secret=\"0GvVnSh5oJ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/posterjack.ca\/blogs\/inspiration\/top-11-low-light-photography-tips-take-great-pictures-without-a-flash\">Take great pictures without a flash<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/photography.tutsplus.com\/tutorials\/the-complete-beginners-guide-to-shooting-low-key--photo-3427\">The complete beginners guide to shooting low key <\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdenkadarula.com\/blog\/low-light-photography-tips-and-tricks-camera-challenge\">Low light photography tips and tricks camera challenge<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Heads up &#8211; next week&#8217;s challenge will be circles)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are a few examples from our cluster gallery:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/irmVQXOR4D_s8yE-ARqEnQwYb9DemN3p9HF5vBBwpyPs5sPZlpmowRL09pSL3vsSAVV7EP3jtbaglOdf_Yq2y8uqtJPAetmtqLW1vpYfLABY7zIhEQ=s1280\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>A shot from Awaken by Pier V<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/Jq1CcUtFNmCuQfOX1OcHcWO1wWtR0KXwfWABDtrsju175PTFlrvVjvyCrCfaa2LuKBxI8yR1M2qD8aHKh9QuV-QCIK7ff5WYr_eo-A=s1280\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Photo by Felicity J<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/gweXMhLNL7gbYYEhf_nmSoy20PV3N_dvv5efeyJ6c67W1_kcfavHMwjV2nn_XO6UwEDy0z2hrusRMJR5rQuUGVebvMQXozQLqwmYHbJW0aC2UAiaPPgu=s1280\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>by Brian H<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\">I would love to receive your suggestions\/requests for future challenges<strong>. <\/strong>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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst the days are short and the sun is weaker let&#8217;s take low light photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18284,"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-18275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activity-report"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6XlND-4KL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20936,"url":"https:\/\/www.bendigocameraclub.org.au\/?p=20936","url_meta":{"origin":18275,"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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