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You've probably noticed that we've swapped Critics Corner with Assignments. That's not the only change as "behind the scenes" we've also discussed an overhaul of the assignments in general. We'll wipe the slate clean (i.e. lock all old assignment threads) and start anew.

Current thinking is 3 levels of assignments as follows:

Basic Assignments:
- Rule of Thirds and Golden Mean
- Leading lines
- Foreground Interest
- Softness
- Perspective

Intermediate Assignments:
- High Key
- Low Key
- Shape/outline Silhouette
- Primary Colours
- Symmetry
- Pattern
- Texture

Advanced Assignments:
- Getting closer
- Macro w/o macro
- Decisive moment
- Use of fill-in flash
- Use of flash with rear curtain sync
- Use of multiple flashes
- Self set goal/assignment

Rules and guidelines are still under discussion and the above list is not final, so for any suggestions you have pls. post below.

Edited by pegelli - 26 December 2009 at 14:23

I agree with Eddy. Even the high/low key assignments can be moved under the portrait section.

I like this more thorough set of assignments. I've never been involved with those threads before, but I'm excited to do them in the future.

Good work admins! Looking forward to the challenge

Thanks for all the input, how about this list as a second pass:

Basic Assignments:
- Rule of Thirds and Golden Mean
- Leading lines
- Foreground Interest
- Perspective
- Shape/outline Silhouette
- Use of fill-in flash

Intermediate Assignments:
- High Key
- Low Key
- Softness
- Primary Colours
- Symmetry
- Pattern
- Texture

Portrait Assignments
- Natural light
- Studio with multiple lights/reflectors
- Environmental portrait

Advanced Assignments:
- Getting closer
- Macro w/o macro
- Decisive moment
- Use of flash with rear curtain sync
- Breaking the rules
- Self set goal/assignment


Two other comments:
1) We specifically moved Critics Corner one level "deeper" as it also attracted a lot of newbee posts with lots of posts/pictures that didn't meet the CC guidelines because they didn't read the rules. So putting this "newbee magnet" a little further away might help this problem.

2) I left low key/hi key out of the portrait section, as the interpretation can be much broader. No problem to submit portraits for these, but no need for this to be the only subjects

I like this outline of the assignments too. These will be added to my 2010-to-do list.

A few questions:
- Will those that have previously passed be added to the "pass post"
- What does "one dimension crop" mean?
- Will the instructions for assignments be copied into their new threads?

I think that's it for now.

I like the structure much better than before. I took a couple shots with the assignments in mind, but never posted.

I would also like to see some more PP assignments. High Key / Low Key can be done PP, but the rest seem more composition and subject matter.