October Photography Challenge

Hello, and welcome to the October Photography challenge! I can’t believe 2018 is ¾ over. Time seems to be moving so quickly—lately I haven’t picked up my camera as much as usual, so I’m trying to be better about just taking photos and having fun with it in the moment. Sure, not every photo I end up taking looks perfect and the background might be messy, but at least I’ve got the photos, and I can tell my stories! And sometimes, if I’m lucky, the "odd" photos end up being some of my favorites when I scrap.

And with that in mind, it’s time for the Photography Challenge! This month, let's take a photo with an obscured (or obstructed) subject. “Obscure” in this case simply means the photo isn't what we would normally consider "perfect": the subject is blurry or partially missing; the exposure might be off. The subject of your photo shouldn’t be perfectly in focus and/or perfectly visible. But I'm not asking you to take an ugly photo (see my example for proof lol!). This challenge can be interpreted a few ways, and basically anything “obscured” will work. One example is the infamous “Photobomb.” Or perhaps you wanted to take a photo of the countryside from your car, but it starts raining. Your view is obscured by the rain, but you still end up with a great photo to tell the story.

Here's my layout:

I used Tropicana {Elements} and {Papers} by Paula Kesselring and
Happy Go Lucky - Layer Styles | CCM - March 2017 by Mommyish Designs

While my DD was naturally obscured via the water, you could manipulate your photo in your scrapping program if you prefer. Mommyish has a great set of bokeh brushes that could be so fun for this challenge.


Below are two more examples. The left layout is mine and on the right is a page by @tkradtke. On hers, the bottom-left “family selfie” photo is obscured by the fun Ferris wheel and Twinings boxes. What a great way to use a photo to tell the story!


What’s great about this challenge is that you can really take this in any direction you wish.

To recap: Create a page featuring an “Obscured view photo.” The photo itself must appear obscured (so a big element cluster on top of your photo doesn’t count). I can't wait to see what you create!

And as always: your page must contain at least 75% current Lilypad product. (“Current product” is product created by Lilypad designers who currently sell in the store. If it has a working store link, then that's a current product.) Your page should be posted to the Lilypad Photography Gallery, the October Challenge Layouts thread (so it can be tracked), and to this thread.

The Lilypad provides 8 challenges a month for you to participate in, and uses a percent system for your rewards; the number of challenges you participate in determines the store discount you will receive at the end of the month:

2 challenges = 10% off
4 challenges = 20% off
6 challenges = 30% off

If you complete 7 or more challenges, you will receive a coupon for 30% off, plus you will be entered to win a $50 Lilypad gift certificate!

 

You sure did, and it's such a fun photo, too! Thanks for playing along!

 

I am so excited and truly thrilled to see what everyone has made so far! What awesome takes on the challenge! This was a great way to start off the challenge, and I can't wait to see what else scrappers come up with!