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I can’t believe I missed the announcement of week 4, for the September Challenge. Many have been good enough to keep on working, but I forgot to remind you all. Please, please forgive me.

Environmental portraiture is quite possibly the most exciting portrait work. This is the kind of work you find in a lot of advertising. You’ll also see this in those popular, “day in the life” books. Even a standard posed shot on vacation could be considered an environmental portrait.

One of my favorite enviro-portrait shooters is Thomas Hawk. His stuff is pretty cool. Darren Rowse wrote a great post at The Digital Photography School you should read. The Washington Post even covered the topic back in 2006. And Flickr has a group dedicated to them as well.

We’ve shifted to week #2 of the September Challenge, are you keeping up? Last week we shot Close Up Portraits. I saw many great shots on Flickr, and I’m continuing to be excited about this week. Now you should be focusing on Couples Portraits. They can be candid or posed. They can be close or in a nice setting. They can be natually lit or under some strobes. Whatever you want! Just get out and shoot! My friend Josh, over at Honeysuckle Photography, has some wonderful examples of couples portraits. Don’t just think of a couple in love. You can shoot siblings or friends, you have many options.

Real quick, today is September 1st, 2008. That means you should be shooting for the Portrait Challenge.

Don’t forget from the update post, this week we’re focusing on Close Up Portraits. Reread the original post too, so you’re completely prepared!

The May Challenge begins tomorrow! That means the April Challenge finishes today. Have you been enjoying this so far?

As you know, this challenge has us shooting a new object each week of May. This week is the first week in May, and right now I’m announcing the first object.

beverage

It’s that easy. Select a beverage and shoot it for the next 3 days. If you have speed-lights or strobes, set up a studio and get creative. Get out and shoot it as many different ways as possible. Below I’ve selected a sample beverage, coffee.

Now, let me make it clearer. You need to stick to the same object. So, the samples are geared to get your imagination going. But, what I’m looking for is a constant use of the same object. That doesn’t mean that you have to shoot the same cup of coffee. Just stick with the same identifiable object.

Don’t forget to tag all your submissions correctly; “photochallenge”, “maychallenge, “maychallenge2008″.

Here’s a little entropy on my wife’s car. It happened several months ago, but is true even today. Can you see me in the reflection?

One of my neighbors missed his garage. He, he. Entropy on a house.

There is a weight limit for some things. Like this stool. Entropy bringing down the bathroom stool.

Just a quick note to tell you that I’ve upgraded the blog software to Wordpress 2.5. What do you think?

I have nothing important to say.

This blog will be the home of the infamous monthly Challenges from TrevorCarpenter.com

• October Challenge (2007)
• December Challenge (2007)
• 2008 Challenge