#291 ASSIGNMENT: VALÉRIE JARDIN #1
It’s assignment day where our special guest, Valérie Jardin sets a photography challenge or a way to think about your picture-making for the next week. Whatever photographically interests you, whatever camera you hold, film, larger format, DSLR, mirrorless, compact or smartphone – it’s all about the picture you see. Listen to the show to hear the assignment and find pictures that match the challenge embedded below as the weeks pass.
I would love to share the pictures you make for this challenge here, so please send them in: studio@photographydaily.show - 2000 pixels on the long side, any orientation you prefer; square, portrait or landscape.
Valérie has included a picture below to show her approach to the assignment set.
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Valérie Jardin’s contributions to the assignment self-set.
Birds in flight; an overhead grab shot from yesterday. I was photographing dragonflies and this Crested Goshawk shot over me. Looking down, the spider is smaller than the nail on my little finger.
BY THEODOR STANA
The one looking down I call "Nothing to See Here", is next to a construction site not far from where I live. The one looking up I call "Max.se Fitness, 24/7". For those outside of Swedlandia/Sweden-land, Max is Sweden's very own version of McDonald’s.
BY JASON PHANG
Here are a couple of shots from my morning ride into town. Just out of the train station, I looked down to snap the escalator and looked up to see a dangling trolley.
BY MATTHEW HADDOW
Popped out the office at lunchtime, in an attempt to take a picture for this week’s photo assignment. I had my iPhone with me. First image (left) I raised my head a little and saw the structure folding out in front of me. (Right) Camera was placed against an old door in need of a lick of paint. I positioned so the lens was looking down the door towards the floor.
BY VICTORIA ROBB
Along the embankment between Somerset House and Temple tube station I discovered there's an elevated 'Artist's garden' that was open this Easter Saturday. Currently it is covered with very colourful flooring, but looking down at it I noticed that my shadow was contrasting with the geometric lines, and shooting in B&W it looked rather graphical. So I tried to angle my camera to catch it (and keep the horizontal right which is hard as the lines play with the eyes!) Then I walked to the edge and looked down to see the outdoors newsagent at Temple closed but with Free Julian Assange messages on, which must be from some time ago now but not been painted over. While I'm not political, it struck me there was something symbolic capturing it with two people walking past with masks on.
BY ANDREA GILPIN
After taking the first shot I realised that I was staying in my comfort zone and not looking up as much as I could. So, I wandered around the gardens some more and started shooting to the top of the trees. I loved the shapes of the branches against the sky.
BY BOB DEMERS
I went up. This Saguaro cactus is planted in front of the elementary school up the street. Planted? This fellow sprouted long before the building went up and is at least 150 years old. Saguaro cacti are protected here. One must register Saguaros and obtain a badge to attach to them before removal and relocation. It’s an anti-poaching measure. They about 100 lbs per foot (not in gpsi…) Can you imagine one falling on you? Crushed and instant acupuncture for your troubles. Once, by 30 seconds, I missed being clobbered on the trail with a 30-footer that toppled in a strong gust. I heard the crash, or pulpy thump I should say; their mass is mostly water.