Tulsa Zoo Photo Scavenger Hunt

The Tulsa Digital Photography Meetup Group was held at the Tulsa Zoo on June 13th. The event this time was a Photography Scavenger Hunt. At a zoo, you might wonder if that means trying to capture a list of photos of animals. However, the goal was to use a long list of photography techniques. Marty Colman (The Napkin Dad) gave each person the following list and a few minutes of instruction before sending us out in small groups to try to capture the list:

Framing – Creating a focal point by framing with other objects

Leading Lines – Foreground lines that pull the eye into the image

High Key – Images that concentrate on the paler tones using flat lighting to avoid shadows

Low Key – Images where the details are in shadows

Shadows – Images depicting the shapely absence of light

Frozen Action – Images where the action is stopped

Movement Blur – Showing the presence or illusion of motion

Abstract – Images are based strongly on lines, shapes, colors and form

Silhouettes – Using backlighting to leave the subject blacked out

Partial Portrait – Show only part of your subject and still convey a sense of their personality

Negative Space – Accentuate your subject by using empty or monotonous space

Fill the Frame – Fill the complete frame of your image with your subject.

Ground Level – Gaining perspective from the ground up

Monochromatic – Color on color, tone on tone without being black & white

Reflections – The beauty of reflective surfaces

Depth of Field – Only a distinct slice of your scene is in-focus, while the rest is blurred out

Hyperfocal Distance – Foreground & distance in sharp focus

Strong Diagonal – Using diagonal lines to pull the eye through an image

Wide Angle – Using low focal length for increasing perspective

Macro – Either your macro setting or to crop your image to get in close to your subject

Repeating Elements – Two or more of the same object

I did not cover the entire list, but I did shoot a reasonable number of photos using those techniques. I plan to keep this list and use it again — possibly for a photowalk.

Here are some of my photos from the event:
Macro and Shallow Depth of Field