It is official, the Challenge is middle aged! Normally, that means middle aged spread, bingo wings, muffin tops, pony tails, mid life crisis cars or motor bikes, not being able to get out of a chair without saying "Allez 'Up", not being able to get down to sit on the floor without looking like you've been sniped, and worst of all? being offered a seat on the train or bus (twice in the past year for me and I am only a relatively young...and I thought robust looking, 62)
However, in our digital age, we can airbrush or photoshop to our hearts content to hide the march of time.
My teen years were more years ago than I care to think about......but seem like only yesterday. Tempus Fugit eh?
I find that the older I get, the more my senses take me back to my teen years....the loves, the insecurities, the (now) embarrassing clothing, our Mums, Dads and other family members and our relationships with them.
Music, cooking, perfume or after shave, clothing, a tune, inventions, buildings, transport whatever........
Take me back to your teen years. It's hard I know to depict an aroma, or a sound.....but you can depict what made them. Just give me anything to make you smile with fondness or gives pause for thought in comparing then and now.
Tough ask, but it is the 40th. Do your best friends. I look forward to seeing some interesting interpretation!
A little explanation ......a story to match your photo would be good too. Or, you may leave it to the shot to explain
Good luck!
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The challenge will run for two weeks (approximately) and I'll close it on 18th August around 8pm UK time. I'll give warning/reminders closer to the date.
1. Either take pictures that match the nominated theme or select some from your portfolio. You must be the photographer that created the images in order to enter it.
2. Only one entry per salon, please. If you want to withdraw an entry and replace it with another, that is OK, but you must make it clear in the post containing your replacement pictures that this is what you've done. You can add or change the title and add to the edit line to let everyone know.
3. The decision of the curator at the end of the challenge is final - don't give him/her a hard time about it: this is just a friendly photo-challenge, after all!
4. The winner will assume the responsibility of curator for the next Salon Challenge, and as soon as possible post a message in a new thread in the SC Photo Challenges forum, with details of the new theme. Don't forget - that opening message must include a copy of these instructions, which also double as the rules.
5. The curator cannot enter his or her own salon
However, in our digital age, we can airbrush or photoshop to our hearts content to hide the march of time.
My teen years were more years ago than I care to think about......but seem like only yesterday. Tempus Fugit eh?
I find that the older I get, the more my senses take me back to my teen years....the loves, the insecurities, the (now) embarrassing clothing, our Mums, Dads and other family members and our relationships with them.
Music, cooking, perfume or after shave, clothing, a tune, inventions, buildings, transport whatever........
Take me back to your teen years. It's hard I know to depict an aroma, or a sound.....but you can depict what made them. Just give me anything to make you smile with fondness or gives pause for thought in comparing then and now.
Tough ask, but it is the 40th. Do your best friends. I look forward to seeing some interesting interpretation!
A little explanation ......a story to match your photo would be good too. Or, you may leave it to the shot to explain
Good luck!
....................................................................................................................................
The challenge will run for two weeks (approximately) and I'll close it on 18th August around 8pm UK time. I'll give warning/reminders closer to the date.
1. Either take pictures that match the nominated theme or select some from your portfolio. You must be the photographer that created the images in order to enter it.
2. Only one entry per salon, please. If you want to withdraw an entry and replace it with another, that is OK, but you must make it clear in the post containing your replacement pictures that this is what you've done. You can add or change the title and add to the edit line to let everyone know.
3. The decision of the curator at the end of the challenge is final - don't give him/her a hard time about it: this is just a friendly photo-challenge, after all!
4. The winner will assume the responsibility of curator for the next Salon Challenge, and as soon as possible post a message in a new thread in the SC Photo Challenges forum, with details of the new theme. Don't forget - that opening message must include a copy of these instructions, which also double as the rules.
5. The curator cannot enter his or her own salon