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Today starts the February Challenge, over at PhotoChallenge.org. I hope all you photonerds have planned to join me on this one. We’re shooting with color theory in mind, all month. I’ve encouraged all the participants to choose a new color each week of the month. This way we don’t get sick of just one color, and it is a little fresh each week.

I’ve started with green for this first, albeit short, week of February. Head over and check out my first post!

Oh, and I’ve also just posted my weekly 2008 Challenge shot too!

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Hey! I’m still doing the 2008 Challenge. I’ve been posting my photo submissions to my new blog at PhotoChallenge.org. Feel free to wander over there and enjoy them all! Take note of the Flickr images in the sidebar, I’ve linked to all those submitting to the 2008 Challenge. Enjoy!

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Hey! Head over to PhotoChallenge.org to see my most recent submission. This week we’re in Mammoth Lakes, CA for a short trip. It started snowing today, and I got a nice shot of it coming down from the balcony.

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The USS Ronald Reagan sailed into the Santa Barbara, CA harbor this week. Santa Barbara is the adopted port for this beautiful ship, since it was the adopted home of the former president.

This event is a huge event for Santa Barbara. The ship had been on “float” for quite some time, and the naval personnel hadn’t seen their loved ones for a while. This was the first time many got to see their family and friends for a long time. So, there were families from all over the US, here to welcome their sailors home.

This image is my 2008 Challenge submission for week 2 of 2008. This week, the USS Ronald Reagan was a major part of my community.

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So, today marks my first submission to the 2008 Challenge. The task was to best represent my community for this week. Since I’ve launched the PhotoChallenge blog, you’ll need to head over there to get the whole picture.

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For the few of you who are regular readers, you may have noticed that I’ve been tossing out Challenges to my photographically minded fans. In October, 2007, I challenged you all to select an area or genre of photography that you wanted to learn better. I chose black & white photography. In lieu of something else, many of you chose the same thing. That challenge turned out to be fun, challenging, and educational. I find myself looking at a scene with more awareness to the light balance now. This is a direct result of my black & white’s.

Then in December, 2007, I set out to shoot a portrait a day, all month long. This time many more people joined the Challenge. At one point I counted over 30 people submitting images to Flickr and Zooomr. I can’t say that I met the Challenge exactly, but hey it’s my challenge. I only missed a few days.

I’ve been working on some more ideas, to help expand the idea. I’m also working on a book idea, to combine the December Challenge into one nice catalog.

The largest project idea that has been birthed is to combine my existing efforts to document my own suburban community and the lessons of disciplined shooting, every day.

Today I’m announcing the 2008 Challenge. What is it? I’m challenging each participant to spend the whole year of 2008 documenting their community. All you need to do is commit to shoot just one great image a week. Just one a week. That’s not bad!

The one important thematic issue to follow is to shoot your community. We’re going to get out there and document our immediate community. Wherever you live, commit to shooting it. This will take a bit more work, thought, and planning however. I’m not looking for your best shot from your weekly photowalk. I’m looking for a thoughtful image representing your community from that week. So, for example, on Independence Day (in the USA), I’d like to see how your community celebrates our nation’s independence.

As the next week approaches, I’ll publish another post, with many examples of other photoblogs doing similar things. Until then, take a look at Kathleen Connally’s; A Walk Through Durham Township.

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