Week 18: Negative Space
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Week 16: Under/Over Exposed!
Extra Challenge: Lens Whacking
Just the Facts: You have 7 days to deliberately underexpose or overexpose your image—going beyond normal exposure for a creative effect.
This isn’t just another high key challenge. We’re talking about intentionally pushing your exposure to the extreme to see what happens. In other words, break the rules. Let your technical mind rest for a moment and experiment with the powerful (and sometimes surprising) results you can achieve by letting your highlights blow out or your shadows go nearly black. Think about pairing ICM (intentional camera movement) with an overexposure, or turning a near-dark silhouette into an underexposed moody shape. If you really want to go wild, give lens whacking a try.
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When you push exposure boundaries, you open the door for artistic, abstract images. Embrace the unexpected: streaks of light, rich silhouettes, or unusual color shifts. Pay attention to shapes, lines, and the sense of mystery or drama you can create. As always, keep a narrative in mind—why are you blowing out the highlights? What feelings do you want your underexposed shadows to convey?
Don’t forget to “pin” any behind-the-scenes (BTS) photos in your comments. Breaking rules often reveals new ways to see the world.
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TIPS:
- High-Key & Low-Key Looks: Overexpose to create a dreamy, high-key effect or underexpose for a dramatic, moody low-key look.
- Silhouettes & Shadows: Underexpose to emphasize silhouettes and deep shadows, making subjects stand out against bright backgrounds.
- Blown-Out Highlights: Overexpose to wash out details and create an ethereal, minimalist composition with soft, glowing light.
- Details in Darkness: Underexpose to enhance texture and mystery, revealing just enough light to suggest form and shape.
- Color & Mood Shifts: Overexposure can create a soft pastel aesthetic, while underexposure can make colors richer and more intense.
- Minimalist Composition: Overexposure can simplify a scene by removing distractions, leaving only essential shapes and tones.
- Creative White Balance: Combine extreme exposure with custom white balance settings for surreal, color-shifted effects.
- Use a Spot Meter: Metering for only a specific part of the frame can push the rest of the image into intentional darkness or brightness.
TUTS:
- Back to the basics - exposure matters.
- Why you might choose deliberate over-exposure and examples.
- …and why you might under-expose with intent, with some cool photos to check out.
- Spotlight on famous photographers: Trent Parke's 'Dream/Life' project on Sydney and Gueorgui Pinkhassov's 'City Light' series on Marseille - two Magnum photographers capture city moments with uncomventional exposure.
- 📱 Quick tips for controlling exposure in iPhone photos 📱
- 📱 Shooting with a mobile phone? Check out our "Phone Photographers" Facebook Group.
Looking for more inspiration? Check out our previous albums Break the Rules (2022), and Distortion (2019). And as always, The Googles! Oh you sweet Googles.
Extra Challenge: Lens Whacking
Think the Main Challenge alone ain't worthy enough of your photog skillz? Sweet - try adding the EXTRA challenge along with the Main Challenge to showcase your abilities.
This week, we'd like to see you take an intentionally under-exposed or over-exposed photo by using Lens Whacking (also called Free Lensing) as a technique.
Do remember, the EC is neither mandatory nor does it enhance your odds of being picked for any 52F honors. It's just an EXTRA challenge for you, if that's something you want to take on in addition to the Main Challenge. We intentionally design the Extra Challenge to be difficult for most, so only take this on if you are looking for an EXTRA challenge. Get it? It's extra. 💖
Photo Credit: Stephanie Schank - Week 47: Break the Rules (2016)
Remember, you are only submitting ONE photo per week. It is not necessary (and sometimes not possible) to work in this Extra Challenge into your submission. It’s extra challenge!
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