Welcome back to the 8th Photo Assignment!
As with all our assignments, the challenge is to push your creative photographic minds to find NEW and creative ways of shooting our assigned theme. Through practice and participation in these assignments, you’ll find your creative eye opening to new ideas, inspirations, and growth in your development as a photographer.
I’ve decided to make this …

Recently, one of our friends and forum members had a power surge which fried not one, but two computers. Both computers had “surge protectors” on them, as I am sure most of us have on our systems. After all, when you see a power bar that offers “surge protection” it should protect against surges, shouldn’t it? Not always…
Things like this unfortunately do happen, and when …

I bet you are all wondering what this strange looking contraption here is. If you haven’t already heard of the Lensbaby, then you’ve been missing out on one of the coolest digital photography gadgets on the market. The Lensbaby attaches onto your lens, and allows you to bend the light entering your lens, producing some wild and creative photographic effects; also known as “tilt-shift photography.”
If …

Digital photo frames make the perfect gift for friends and family members of all ages. Just like the photo-keychains we recommended earlier this week, a pre-loaded digital photo frame will be the shining star of all gifts received on Christmas day. There are countless makes and models of digital frames this year, so here are some of our favourites, along with some links to different …