Category: Sober Girls’ Photography Project

It’s time for photography project #8.

Learn more about the idea of having a sober hobby here. See the results from previous projects here.

I’m thinking that there might be a few other sober chicks and dudes out there looking for a new hobby, or are trying to find a way to revive an old hobby.  So if you want to join Christina and me, and take a few pictures, i think we could have some fun!  This is open for anybody, you don’t have to be a fancy ass photographer. No inner critic allowed. Are you ready?

Assignment #8 …Turquoise

Take 1 or 2 or a max. of 3 pictures of things that you see in your daily life that are turquoise.

You might think you don’t see any turquoise on a given day. But with open eyes, you’ll find lots. Only once you start to look will you realize it’s everywhere … on your way to work, on public transit, in a store window, on the book shelf. I’ll take your images and put them into one frame. Send all of your (1 or 2 or 3) images at once, attached to one email. 

Example of Turquoise (http://www.colorcombos.com/colors/34DDDD)

• DEADLINE: Tuesday, August 13 @ 12 noon Eastern.
• The format is open: filters, cropping, all OK.  You can use your camera phone or a nice camera.
• The photo must be original, and taken AFTER the assignment is received (like, no going through past pictures taken, it has to be new).
• If you suck at photo adjustments or cropping, send it anyway with a note that you’d like me to adjust.
• Send as LARGE a file size as you can manage (up to 12MB per image).  Don’t reduce for size.  the bigger the better.
• Um, you have to be sober …
• One emailed entry per person per assignment (think of the size of my inbox!)

Here’s Christina’s photo to get you started:

OK, it seems like there’s enough interest, so i’m going to host photography project #7.

Learn more about the idea of having a sober hobby here. See the results from previous projects here.

I’m thinking that there might be a few other sober chicks and dudes out there looking for a new hobby, or are trying to find a way to revive an old hobby.  So if you want to join Christina and me, and take a few pictures, i think we could have some fun!  This is open for anybody, you don’t have to be a fancy ass photographer. No inner critic allowed. Are you ready?

Assignment #7 … Window View

Take a picture to show the view from any window. We should see a bit of the window frame or the edge in the photo (or reflection or curtains or something) so that it’s clear that we’re looking through a window.

The window can be at home, at work … it can be opened or closed, and you can take the picture in the daytime or evening.

No flash, no artificial light in the room where you’re standing (so turn off the overhead light).

• DEADLINE: Tuesday, July 30 @ 12 noon Eastern.
• The format is open: black and white, filters, cropping, all OK.  You can use your camera phone or a nice camera.
• The photo must be original, and taken AFTER the assignment is received (like, no going through past pictures taken, it has to be new).
• If you suck at photo adjustments or cropping, send it anyway with a note that you’d like me to adjust.
• Send as LARGE a file size as you can manage (up to 12MB per image).  Don’t reduce for size.  the bigger the better.
• Um, you have to be sober …
• One entry per person per assignment (think of the size of my inbox!)

NOTE: Find a window, take the picture.  It’ll turn out better than you think it will. This is a fun project, you remember fun right? I learned all about fun by doing this with Christina.

Here’s Christina’s photo to get you started:

Have you forgotten what your passions are? Maybe you’d like a sober hobby 🙂

Assignment #6:  10 Minutes From Home

For this assignment, you want to walk, bike or drive *exactly* 10 minutes from where you live, and take a picture of something there. No 9 minute or 11 minute trips!

• DEADLINE: Saturday, July 20 @ 12 noon Eastern.
• The format is open: black and white, filters, cropping, all OK.  You can use your camera phone or a nice camera.
• The photo must be original, and taken AFTER the assignment is received (like, no going through past pictures taken, it has to be new).
• If you suck at photo adjustments or cropping, send it anyway with a note that you’d like me to adjust.
• Send as LARGE a file size as you can manage (up to 12MB per image).  Don’t reduce for size.  the bigger the better.
• Um, you have to be sober …
• One entry per person per assignment (think of the size of my inbox!)

Read more about FUN here.   And for inspiration, take a look at Christina’s 10-minute photo:

Mary: “I’m enjoying this photography project on both ends: coming up with my own submission but also seeing the ideas that everyone else come up with … It has both given me something to focus on and also makes me pay more attention to things around me.”

Losedabooze: “I think having something to focus on – a project or assignment like this – makes us forget other things (at least it did for me). It allowed me to involved my daughter in it by allowing her to do something fun. It brings me back to days of sobriety when simple things were viewed with clear eyes.”

OK, now that we have a few sober ‘boy’ readers, I may need to rename this Photography Project!

Here’s the deal.  When we first get sober, there’s a lot of free time that has to be ‘filled’ with something more productive. Read more here and here.

Assignment #5 Sober Rewards

For this assignment, you can take a picture of your favourite sober reward: the little things you buy yourself as a treat, just because you’re sober. Fruit, magazines, tea, books… Pink pedicure? If you haven’t had a treat in a while, this would be a good time to get one. And then take a picture of it 🙂

• DEADLINE: Monday, July 8 @ 12 noon Eastern.
• The format is open: black and white, filters, cropping, all OK.  You can use your camera phone or a nice camera.
• The photo must be original, and taken AFTER the assignment is received (like, no going through past pictures taken, it has to be new).
• If you suck at photo adjustments or cropping, send it anyway with a note that you’d like me to adjust.
• Send as LARGE a file size as you can manage (up to 12MB per image).  Don’t reduce for size.  the bigger the better.
• Um, you have to be sober … (you don’t have to be officially registered in the 100 day challenge)
• One entry per person per assignment (think of the size of my inbox!)

For inspiration, here are a few sober treat photos:

Maybe you’d like a sober hobby 🙂

Mary: “I’m enjoying this photography project on both ends: coming up with my own submission but also seeing the ideas that everyone else come up with … It has both given me something to focus on and also makes me pay more attention to things around me.”

Losedabooze: “I think having something to focus on – a project or assignment like this – makes us forget other things (at least it did for me). It allowed me to involved my daughter in it by allowing her to do something fun. It brings me back to days of sobriety when simple things were viewed with clear eyes.”

Assignment #4 Sandals
They can be on your feet, they can be in the closet, they can be on the beach, or maybe in a store window.  Close up, or far away… It’s time for sober girls to admire some shoes!

• DEADLINE: Friday, June 28 @ 12 noon Eastern.
• The format is open: black and white, filters, cropping, all OK.  You can use your camera phone or a nice camera.
• The photo must be original, and taken AFTER the assignment is received (like, no going through past pictures taken, it has to be new).
• If you suck at photo adjustments or cropping, send it anyway with a note that you’d like me to adjust.
• Send as LARGE a file size as you can manage (up to 12MB per image).  Don’t reduce for size.  the bigger the better.
• Um, you have to be sober …
• One entry per person per assignment (think of the size of my inbox!)

NOTE:  This project has a short deadline again. Read more about FUN here.   And for inspiration, take a look at Christina’s sandals photo: