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PHOTOGRAPHY CHALLENGES

If youʼre looking to improve your photography skills, participating in photo challenges is a fantastic way to stay motivated with ideas and inspiration.  Iʼve put together multiple photography challenge for you that will strengthen you as a photographer without a doubt.

 

The photography challenges will each be from one of five categories:

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1. Vision: This category is designed to push you to go beyond sight, to insight; to take inspiration and make it a reality. Developing a Vision for your work is showing to others what you see in your mindʼs eye.

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2.  Composition: Composition refers to the way the various elements in a scene are arranged within the frame. Challenges will focus on setting up the shot and developing our personal composition styles; styles which can become our trademark.

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3.  Technical: Technical Aptitude is just as important as creative inspiration in photography. The technical category is primarily focused on in-camera processes, however, there will be some post- processing techniques included.

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4.  Creative: When this category comes up, you really have room to express yourself.  You can interpret the assignment literally or figuratively.  Unlike the other categories, the idea of this category is to let your artistic impression shine.

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5.  Wild Card: Consider this a Show-and-Tell for grown-ups.  You have freedom do shoot what and how you wish.  Let me know if youʼre trying a new technique, composition, style, subject, working on a specific project, or just exercising your freedom.

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Accept the photography challenge then be creative and capture your best possible shot.  It's that easy.  When you upload your photograph, you will join the photography challenge group where you can give and receive valuable feedback which is so important when growing as a photographer.  View other participant's work and be inspired.  Be part of any discussion or start your own.

GET IN TOUCH

 

I love getting to know people around the world. 

Many of my best friends and even great loves are people

whom I met when they emailed to introduce themselves.

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Yes, it's really me, not an assistant, and I reply to all.

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Mark Paulda is a founding member of Rolling Stone Culture Council

Mark Paulda, a highly acclaimed travel photographer, has a passion for helping fellow photographers achieve their goals. Considered a photography mentor, he offers personalized one-on-one sessions to teach the ins and outs of making money and succeeding in the photography business. He also provides valuable guidance on self-promotion and marketing strategies specifically tailored for photographers. Through his expertise, you can learn the best practices for marketing your photography, setting up a successful business, and mastering the art of photo composition through the top online photography classes available. With his online photography academy, you can unlock the secrets of photo composition and the art of seeing, all while gaining a deep understanding of the business side of photography. As a Grammy Award finalist for Best Album Art for a Music CD and a three-time best-selling author of photography books, it's no surprise that Mark Paulda is renowned as one of the top photography mentors today and his online photography school is hailed as one of the best in the industry.

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