Happy weekend, Lunar here again, excited to bring you some of the latest and greatest happenings in the One More Stop photography collective. There’s a lot of lovely work to show off, so with no further ado, let’s get into it.
Gallery Gems
This week LDB re-posted an iconic photo, one that I have a deep regard for, because he entered it into the London Camera Exchange’s Photographer of the Year contest! Personally I think this painterly photo of an adorable puffin has a strong chance at winning! But, in addition to the judge’s choice, there’s a people’s choice award! I’m not going to tell you to go vote, but I will leave a link at the bottom of this entry, and let you know you don’t even need to make an account to vote. Best wishes to LDB!
Using one of my favorite lens/body combinations, the Fujifilm X-H1 and the XF 56mm f/1.2 R, Sethie brings us a delightful silhouette. The image is balanced wonderfully, and the subject stands out perfectly. Give Sethie a follow at his Instagram below for some great photos and filmmaking!
When I saw how the moonlight hit this statue, I knew I had to include this photo in the blog! Framed beautifully, the statue would be interesting on its own. But the glow of the moon hitting it brings it to another level. Mymmy says this is a worn out trope, but if it is he’s excecuting it well. Please encourage his photography journey at the link to his Instagram below.
People tend to depict dirty areas with a muted palette, but blue squares left the colors bright. A toxic orange, bright yellow warning label, and dirty red barrel have a strong impression immediately. The barrel giving instructions on how to stay clean, while looking very dirty is hilarious. Please check out more of blue squares’ work, he now posts a gallery weekly showing off what he’s been working on.
With such a thin depth of field, these leaves with raindrops feel a little surreal. It also feels true to life, as if you were trying to focus on something so small with your own eyes up close. Not to mention the lovely crop, and the contrast. eeenmachine has been pumping out some great work on many different camera formats, from instant, to micro four thirds, to medium format! Please take a look at his Mastodon for more!
Community Collaborations
Everyday Carry 2024
Managed by Aidan
Continuing last year’s popular collaboration, Aidan is running the Everyday Carry challenge for 2024! This simply entails bringing your camera with you every day, and taking a photo of it in the wild. At the end of the year, Aidan will be making a slideshow containing all of the entries, and hopefully this will encourage everyone to go out and shoot ever day, so it will be a lot of entries. Check it out in the collaboration thread “Everyday Carry 2024”
Mirror Selfie Thread 2024
Managed by Hot Pink Bulb
Not a new thread for 2024, but Hot Pink Bulb is also continuing their Mirror Selfie thread, encouraging everyone to take selfies with their cameras in mirrors, particularly convex or fisheye mirrors, or anything else interesting you run into! Take a look at the gallery thread “Post a Mirror Selfie photo thread.” and contribute if you think the concept is fun. People are getting very creative with it, and there’s a whole year’s worth of good photos to look through from 2023 too.
Thermal Printing Shenanigans
Managed by Ben
As a fun project that anyone can contribute to right now, user Ben has set up a thermal printer with a web queue, so anyone can print their photos out directly to his thermal printer. This has been fun to watch so far! Please go ahead to the link below and print your favorite photos, but please try to limit this to your own work, and keep it SFW at that. If you want to see your printed photos, head onto the server and check out his project thread! Much love to Ben for this fun project!
It has been a very fun week, and I am so excited to see what comes of next week. Not directly highlighted in this post are the Vacation Fortnight theme, ran by blue squares and deathclamfive as well as the continuation of Liquid 2024, and Club f/64 ran by Rob. If you want to know more about these, check out previous weeks’ blog posts!
With continued enthusiasm,
Lunar Hades
Please take a look at my Instagram for more of my work!