May 2010 - FOUND STILL LIFE

Serendipity has its own rewards, especially when you go out wandering with eyes wide-open and a camera in hand. Take the pictures that present themselves to you as you make your way on a trip, or just on the way to work. Keep in mind that this is a still life category, not a landscape, not architecture, not anything big.  Necessarily.  Think arrangement, but not by you.  Nature is very good at arrangement.  So is chance.  So, get out there and find your masterpiece!

July 2010 - AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

What more appropriate theme for the month of our country's birth?  Images may be patriotic (lots of flags, for instance) or just communicate the beauty and grandeur of this great land.  Or, it can be representative of life in this place we call home.  If it screams "USA! USA! USA!" it's fair game.  

September 2010 - Whimsy

The assignment for September is "Whimsy".  What does that mean?  Well, it's kinda up to you.  Dig out Webster for a definition that you can cover in photography.  Be it whimsical (whatever that means), fanciful, quirky, capricious, unusual, odd, humorous, merely amusing, funny, hilarious, jokey, witty, comical, droll, or just tongue-in-cheek, get an image and show us your whimsical side. 

November 2010 - Live Music

Live Music - Austin is The Live Music Capital of the World.  You've all heard that.  Now is your chance to use your photojournalistic talents to do your part to prove it.  Your image (or images) should capture a live performance by someone famous, kinda famous, or someone nobody knows (yet).  It doesn't matter.  They just need to be in the act of performing at a live venue.  Do they absolutely have to be doing this in Austin?  No, but it couldn't hurt.

January 2011 - Trailer Food

Austin has become a Mecca for trailer food vendors.  Most everyone knows about the trailers in the parking lot on South Congress.  But if you think that's all there is, look a little harder.  They're everywhere!  Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to document in photographs one or more of these establishments and / or the product that they are selling.  You might want to try the food, while you're at it.  This could be a very fulFILLing assignment.  Knock yourself out.

March 2011 - Texas Spring

Spring in Texas (when we have rain) can be incredible, as we all know.  This assignment is intended to get you out and about to capture spring at its best.  Naturally, one's thoughts are drawn to images of wildflowers as far as the eye can see, and that is certainly one scenario, but maybe you can do better.  Or not.  Just remember, you aren't limited to only wildflowers.