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I photographed this elderly refrigerator for another project this week, and thought we could make some good use of it here.
You have the choice of two Challenges here: take your pick. For the Photoshop fiddler, I'd like to see this unit stocked with anything that we might need to keep chilled. For the dedicated technician, a more tricky task: can you open the other door as well?
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I photographed this cameraman a few years ago - always useful to have someone to place in front of celebs ad politicians. I reckon he'd look better in a TV or film studio, though: do you think you can build me one?
The subject being filmed is up to you, of course.
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This statue in London is in memory of Quintin Hogg, the founder of The Polytechnic (which became The London Polytechnic, then The Polytechnic of Central London, and is now The University of Westminster). It's the kind of pose you wouldn't get away with these days without questions being asked.
We did a 'bringing statues to life' Challenge a year and a half ago, but I think this one offers some different challenges. So here's your task: can you make these people look real?
Not an easy one, I know, so if you find the prospect of tinting all that dark bronze too daunting, you could always consider adding or removing some props instead...
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On my visit to the seaside a few weeks ago, I saw this Punch and Judy booth set up, ready for a show. It was a tricky thing to photograph, into the sun: can you improve the contrast? And what sort of show might be performed on this tiny stage?
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A bit more of a technical challenge this week. Here's a view of a hallway in an office building, with a stairway on the left and a lift (elevator) on the right. Your task is to seal up the stairway to make a blank wall, and to remove the lift/elevator. What you put in its place is up to you - another hallway, perhaps a new staircase. As long as you get the perspective right!
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Off to the Norfolk seaside town of Cromer last weekend, where I snapped this view of an idyllic English town: the bunting, the medieval church, the 18th Century building.
All that's missing is a pub sign hanging from that wrought iron bracket. Can you oblige?
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Another image from my recent French trip. This one was taken in a museum of 19th Century shops (actually, it was much more fascinating than it sounds). The shops were arranged around a central atrium, so in many cases it was possible to get views from almost directly overhead.
What I'd like you to do here is to populate this scene. It doesn't have to be people: bottles, photographed toy figures, Poser elements - even drawn boxes will do fine. The purpose of the exercise is to try to make your placement of people and things match the perspective of the room as closely as possible.
Another tricky one, perhaps!
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