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Photo Challenge: Shooting sweets

Print | Comments () Posted by Teresa Hanafin, Boston.com Staff January 14, 2011 03:00 PM

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(AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

With Valentine's Day approaching, we thought it would be fun to practice shooting sweets: candy wrapped in shiny, colored paper; chocolate (solid or melted); hard candy, soft candy ....

Remember, this is not a contest; it's a Photo Challenge, designed to give you something to photograph in between our monthly contests. Here are some past Photo Challenges that we have run:

Giving Thanks

Political Campaigning

Fall Leaf Detail

For the Sweets Challenge, ePHOTOzine suggests using a macro lens or setting, a tripod, and other props, and says natural light and the correct white balance will give you the best results. Here's the rest of the post.

But as you can see from candy photos on other sites, a macro lens or setting isn't necessary and may not even be desirable.

Here are some really creative candy photos.

And here are Google images of candy to spark your imagination.

We'll run this Challenge until Valentine's Day ... and make sure you give your sweetie the real thing, not a photo ...

"Shooting Sweets" Photo Challenge gallery and upload form

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4 comments so far...

Are the photo challenges just for people living in the New England area?
If it is, sorry, I'm from CA and I entered a "sweet" photo.

Posted by joan January 15, 11 04:13 PM

Hi Joan, and welcome! The Challenges and the monthly contests are open to all. In fact, in a few of the contests, we've had winners from England, China, Singapore, and Australia.

We do reserve the Featured Photographer and Globe Critiques for New Englanders. But everything else is open to all.

Thanks for your interest.
Teresa

Posted by Teresa Hanafin, Boston.com Staff

January 18, 11 05:17 PM

I'm not sure where to go to enter a "sweet" photo?
Sorry, sort of new at this.

Posted by Lisa January 20, 11 08:13 PM

No problem, Lisa ... we'll make the links more prominent on the RAW page. Meanwhile, here it is:

http://www.boston.com/community/photos/raw/photo_challenges/2011/01/shooting_sweets/

Thanks for submitting something. We have some really nice photos so far.

Posted by Teresa Hanafin, Boston.com Staff

January 21, 11 12:41 PM

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