What are Self Assignments and Why Do Them? 

We all tend to get in creative ruts sometimes. We start assuming too much about what we can and can't photograph, and about the limits of our equipment, our film, and ourselves. These assignments (hopefully) take you out of your comfort zone and get you photographing things you might not normally shoot. 

The only way to really learn is to do, and the more film you put through your camera the better you'll get.  Plus you get the chance to win a bunch of film.  This months winner will get 20 rolls of the Professional film of their choice courtesy of FujiFilm Professional.

This Month - Rust Never Sleeps

Weather and corrosion take their toll on everything. The textures created by aging have long fascinated photographers. It could be a tight crop of peeling paint, an abandoned car in a corn field, an empty building, or a tight shot of a rusted piece of iron. 

The image should convey age or aging, or possibly a bygone era and it should be interesting to the eye. 

The only subject off limits is people. Though an older person's face can posses many of these traits we're after the affects of time on places and things this month. You can use color or black and white and there's no restriction on focal lengths. 

Deadline
August 15th

Film Types
Color or black and white, film or digital.

Lens Types (35mm format used as a reference)
All

Rules
Each month we pick several photos from the previous month's contest that we think are worthy of publication. Photos should be submitted by email in JPEG format, and should be no larger than 1400x1400 pixels, 24 bit color (1.4MB). Overly large images will not be reviewed. Panoramic images may exceed 700 pixels in one direction but should not exceed 1.4MB in total file size. 

By entering the contest you are giving us permission to publish the your photo in the magazine, our back issues section, and any reprints of back issues.

Please include the following in your email:

• Name
  email address
  Brand & model of camera
  Brand & focal length of lens
  Brand & speed of film used (or specify digital)
  Scanner and/or scanning method
  How/if the image was manipulated digitally
  The story behind the image
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