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The term ‘monochrome’ does not just refer to images that are black and white, it also refers to images that are full of the same shades and tones of one colour. This could be any colour from pink to the more classic sepia tint. Below we explore some monochrome images.

"Blue Buzzz" by flyxer

"Monochrome" by indiae

"Monochrome Jag" by dsoden

"Psychedelic Zebra" by oo-rein-oo

"Anna Monochrome" by artdictator

"Urban Life" by sunnydayze

"Monochrome" by emiller3

Each Friday we will post a Weekend Photo Focus (also hash tagged on Twitter as #weekendphotofocus) on a certain subject; something to spark your creativity. An empty weekend for a photographer is like an empty canvas – we could always use something to do when we have nothing planned, right?

The premise is simple; snap some photographs over the weekend dealing with the weekend’s focus, and if you send them to us (or Tweet them to us) we will post them up in the follow-up article. Having a focus will help us as artists and photographers to see things that we might not always see, and make us take a shot at something we might otherwise have not.

At the weekends close, we will follow up our weekend focus,  with what we found on the Web, and your submissions, that fall in line with our focus. We hope you join in the fun and help us spread the creativity.

example of a tweet to us:

@fuelphotography Here’s my submission for this week’s #weekendphotofocus, New Life & Spring: http://bit.ly/aY1oC7

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If this title sounds vaguely familiar to you we are probably about the same age, for those of you that don’t know Dire Straits here is a link to history!

We know you love FYP and we also know that you are not always at your computer and therefore can’t get on your browser to keep up-to-date with the latest postings.  Rather than watch you flop around on the floor, I’m going to share some additional ways that you can read your favorite FYP authors during your morning  or afternoon travels, lunchtime or even lying on a tropical beach like me.  If you are reading this congratulations, you already know the most popular way to read the great articles from the most diverse photography writers on the web!  In this posting I’m going to explain elements of the little yellow box on the site inviting you to “Get Fueled”

RSS

Really Simple Syndication more commonly known as RSS is a great way to aggregate feeds from your favorite sites.  RSS comes in both desktop and mobile forms and allows you to go to a single place to receive all your latest updates. Google Reader is a popular desktop and mobile RSS client if you have an Android phone you can get it from the Android Marketplace.  Apple fanboys/fangirls you are not to be left out, a version for iPhone is available here.  Blackberry users , like me, will have to be content with Viigo, it is not quite as intuitive but it does the job!

Once you have your preferred method you can click on the “SITE RSS FEED” link and then select Google Reader and FYP will be added to your feed.  Full and complete articles are available for you to read at any time just by opening your RSS reader and selecting Fuel Your Photography.  This is especially great for smaller screened mobile devices where mobile browsers are a pain.

Email

Keeping up by email is even easier, simply enter your email address in the field in the yellow box that says “Suscribe by Email” and then click the subscribe button new articles will be emailed to you immediately after posting.  Depending on your mobile email client you may not receive the full multimedia experience.  Your mileage may vary!  You will not be sent any Unsolicited Commercial Email (SPAM) by subscribing to the email feed.

Twitter

FYP maintains a very active twitter feed, a link to every article published is posted here along with select other tweets, follow us on twitter @FuelPhotography.   One of our Twitter secrets, for you die hard photographers and tweeters you can follow the list of our writers and keep up with their tweets.  Be advised that writers tweets are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of FYP.  If you are brave and not faint of heart follow TeamFYP.

Facebook

Facebook??  Heck yeah, we are on Facebook!  You can find our page here and Facebook provides an additional forum for you to give feedback and easily share our articles with friends and groups, we really appreciate when you do so.  Feel free to fan us on Facebook.   We also have a page strictly dedicated to our FYP/500px Photography Contest, have you entered yet?

Google +

What is Google +?  Google Plus, like FYP, is a great place for creatives, however not as targeted as FYP, we know we are among your top photography resources. FYP maintains a page on Google Plus and reaches out to photographers and photography lovers alike, if you are on Google Plus circle us at gplus.to/FYP, if you are not yet on Google + join here mobile clients are also available.

Flickr

Check, we are also on Flickr and if you are too you can post 2 images per day to our group for feedback of other members.  We look forward to seeing your shared images!

I’ve shared with you some great ways to interact with FYP, I’m interested in hearing how you use it in the comments section below.

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Hello folks! Welcome to the February 2012 contest.  We are happy to partner with 500px.com and they are awarding an annual account to the first prize winner each month in this series of the contest. The winner will also be featured in the Indie Spotlight at FuelYourPhotography.com.  N.B. Submission to the Contest must be made by midnight United States Eastern Standard Time on the 21st of the month.

January Contest Winners

This months contest was the closest ever with 1st and 2nd place being separated by .20 of a point, unfortunately 2 entries were disqualified for not meeting the rule of having an active 500px.com account watermarked on the submission.  That being said, congratulations are in order for our January 2012 Contest winners, Aaron Wilson – first place, Boris Frković – second place and Zoran Stanko – third place.  The top photographs are also featured in this article.  Special thanks also to our judges for the January contest Indie Spotlight Team Leader – Bryan Zimmerman, FYP writers, Amber Fife, Hafez Kamal and new to the FYP team Jaycee Crawford and Andrew Iles.

This Months Contest

This months theme is “Black & White”, color is all around us but this month we’ll do a turnabout and go old school.  We encourage you to experiment with tonal ranges and produce some stunning black & white submissions.  Your submissions maybe any subject you wish as long as they are black & white.  Remember to watermark your images with your email address and your 500px.com account!

Below is a brief highlight of the rules to get you started, however, a full copy of the rules including the judging criteria can be found as a document on the Facebook Group Page.

Aaron Wilson - 1st place

The Eligibility Rules

• The contest is open to both amateur and professional photographers from around the world.
• You certify that you are the legal owner of the work submitted.
• Entries are accepted up to midnight United States Eastern Standard Time on the 21st of the corresponding month.

The No-Holds-Barred Rule

Feel free to express your creative vision by any means: any type of camera or lens, subject, light, composition, perspective, processing techniques, and anything else you can think of to create a meaningful, impactful, and beautiful work is perfectly acceptable. Submitted images may be from any date and not necessarily limited to the contest period.

Boris Frković - 2nd place

The Technical Rules

• All images must be submitted in JPEG format and should be clearly watermarked with your email address AND your  active 500px.com site (IE http://500px.com/YOURNAMEHERE) at which you can be notified should you be the lucky winner.
• Images are to be submitted (in  high resolution if available) by joining the “FYP Photography Contest” Facebook group page, and then uploading to the folder for the corresponding folder IE this month’s folder is “February 2011 contest”.
• Maximum of 2 Images to be submitted per person (submitting more may result in disqualification of all images).
• Photographs will be judged on: Impact, composition, technique, presentation, originality and viewer input (comments/likes)

The No-Rights-Grab Rule

By entering this contest, Fuel Your Photography to post your submitted image(s) on our respective sites and blogs, along with your name. You also agree to provide your name and mailing information in order to facilitate delivery of the prizes. You retain all other rights.

Judging Period

Judging starts on the 22nd of the month and winners are announced in the article posting the new theme on the 1st of the following month.

The Judges’ decision is FINAL

I’m looking forward to seeing some fantastic entries from you, good luck!

Zoran Stanko - 3rd place

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Weekend Photo Focus Submissions:

“Fes Sunrise” by uk_photo_art

Other Links:

"Spilled With Light" by maticgolob

"Surfing Over The Clouds" by xavierjamonet

"Light Searcher" by rykardo

"Light Absorbing Machine" by bosnia

"Light Of Day" by karisca

"Cotton Candy Clouds" by light-from-emirates

"Dark Clouds Rising" by r3ds0ld13r

Each Friday we will post a Weekend Photo Focus (also hash tagged on Twitter as #weekendphotofocus) on a certain subject, something to spark your creativity. An empty weekend for a photographer, is like an empty canvas, we could always use something to do when we have nothing planned right? So with this in mind we created this series, one that will get you out doing what you love. The premise is simple: snap some photos over the weekend dealing with the weekends focus, and if you send them to us, or Tweet them to us, we will post them for others to see. Having a focus will help us as artists & photographers see things that we might not always see, make us take a shot at something we might otherwise have not. In seeing other photogs chase after the same focus, it can only breed even more creativity in our own work.

At the weekends close, we will follow up our weekend focus, with what we found on the Web (including some of the photos sent from you) that falls in line with our focus. We hope you join in the fun and help us spread the creativity.

example of a tweet to us:

@fuelphotography Here’s my submission for this week’s #weekendphotofocus, New Life & Spring: http://bit.ly/aY1oC7

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[Editor's note:  A few challenges prevented us from publishing this Weekends Photo Focus on Friday as we usually do, but we know you were chomping at the bit for it, so here it is!  The corresponding Weekend Photo Find will be published on Tuesday January 31st.  Enjoy!]

This weekend we will be looking upwards for our theme. Clouds are a constant in an ever-changing world, but they also change constantly. Every so often, we look up and notice how beautiful those clouds look today, and for this weekend’s theme, we want you to grab your camera and snap those gorgeous cloud formations.

"Sky In A Bottle" by angeli-photography

"Cloud Carpet" by downthunder

"The Sky" by kangdj

"Jumping Cloud" by daaram

"Clouds" by alfaowl

"Sky Walker" by intao

"Aerith" by jay-cougar-prints

"A Winter's Tale" by m4k4v3l1

"Droplets On The Sky" by Skippy

Each Friday we will post a Weekend Photo Focus (also hash tagged on Twitter as #weekendphotofocus) on a certain subject; something to spark your creativity. An empty weekend for a photographer is like an empty canvas – we could always use something to do when we have nothing planned, right?

The premise is simple; snap some photographs over the weekend dealing with the weekend’s focus, and if you send them to us (or Tweet them to us) we will post them up in the follow-up article. Having a focus will help us as artists and photographers to see things that we might not always see, and make us take a shot at something we might otherwise have not.

At the weekends close, we will follow up our weekend focus,  with what we found on the Web, and your submissions, that fall in line with our focus. We hope you join in the fun and help us spread the creativity.

example of a tweet to us:

@fuelphotography Here’s my submission for this week’s #weekendphotofocus, New Life & Spring: http://bit.ly/aY1oC7

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Weekend Photo Focus Submissions:

"14/365" by bgottsab

"164" by Ameena Rojee

Other Links:

"The Line" by MichelRajkovic

"Cross The Line" by duchesse-2-guermante

"Line And Texture" by manj3d

"Line" by salmasterz

"Draw The Line" by davespertine

"Walk The Line" by photos-by-fee

"Snibston Train Line" by ph0t0-girl

"In Line" by martac

Each Friday we will post a Weekend Photo Focus (also hash tagged on Twitter as #weekendphotofocus) on a certain subject, something to spark your creativity. An empty weekend for a photographer, is like an empty canvas, we could always use something to do when we have nothing planned right? So with this in mind we created this series, one that will get you out doing what you love. The premise is simple: snap some photos over the weekend dealing with the weekends focus, and if you send them to us, or Tweet them to us, we will post them for others to see. Having a focus will help us as artists & photographers see things that we might not always see, make us take a shot at something we might otherwise have not. In seeing other photogs chase after the same focus, it can only breed even more creativity in our own work.

At the weekends close, we will follow up our weekend focus, with what we found on the Web (including some of the photos sent from you) that falls in line with our focus. We hope you join in the fun and help us spread the creativity.

example of a tweet to us:

@fuelphotography Here’s my submission for this week’s #weekendphotofocus, New Life & Spring: http://bit.ly/aY1oC7

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Photographs are made up of a variety of elements, one of them being lines. The lines in a photography can act differently; lines can lead the eye into a photograph and can also provide symmetry and balance. Below are a few examples.

"Living Between The Lines" by gilad

"Down The Lines" by mrcool256

"Tram Lines" by pajunen

"Old People And Lines" by grandspammer

"Lines" by dynnad

"All The Fine Lines II" by kvikken

"Lines" by roieg

"Life In Lines" by gnato

"Between The Lines" by strany

"Reading Between The Lines" by felidae84

Each Friday we will post a Weekend Photo Focus (also hash tagged on Twitter as #weekendphotofocus) on a certain subject; something to spark your creativity. An empty weekend for a photographer is like an empty canvas – we could always use something to do when we have nothing planned, right?

The premise is simple; snap some photographs over the weekend dealing with the weekend’s focus, and if you send them to us (or Tweet them to us) we will post them up in the follow-up article. Having a focus will help us as artists and photographers to see things that we might not always see, and make us take a shot at something we might otherwise have not.

At the weekends close, we will follow up our weekend focus,  with what we found on the Web, and your submissions, that fall in line with our focus. We hope you join in the fun and help us spread the creativity.

example of a tweet to us:

@fuelphotography Here’s my submission for this week’s #weekendphotofocus, New Life & Spring: http://bit.ly/aY1oC7

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Weekend Photo Focus Submissions:

by slice-of-life

Other Links:

"Fire" by patrickh

"The Art Of Fire" by avivi

"Match" by cerebralcortex

"Fire" by emjade

"Memories in a fire" by reachingflames

"Fire Ball" by nigeno

"Steel Wool Light Painting" by sonjamy

"Fire" by rdalpes

"Dissension Of Pyre" by sea-of-ice

Each Friday we will post a Weekend Photo Focus (also hash tagged on Twitter as #weekendphotofocus) on a certain subject, something to spark your creativity. An empty weekend for a photographer, is like an empty canvas, we could always use something to do when we have nothing planned right? So with this in mind we created this series, one that will get you out doing what you love. The premise is simple: snap some photos over the weekend dealing with the weekends focus, and if you send them to us, or Tweet them to us, we will post them for others to see. Having a focus will help us as artists & photographers see things that we might not always see, make us take a shot at something we might otherwise have not. In seeing other photogs chase after the same focus, it can only breed even more creativity in our own work.

At the weekends close, we will follow up our weekend focus, with what we found on the Web (including some of the photos sent from you) that falls in line with our focus. We hope you join in the fun and help us spread the creativity.

example of a tweet to us:

@fuelphotography Here’s my submission for this week’s #weekendphotofocus, New Life & Spring: http://bit.ly/aY1oC7

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Fire is a strange thing; it is commonly viewed as a destructive force, and yet without it we would be without many things in our day to day lives.  A destructive force it is, but it is also a beautiful one that can provide light and warmth.  Below are some examples of this natural phenomenon.

"The Phenomenon Of Fire" by oo-rein-oo

"Hastings Pier On Fire" by panduka56

"FIRE" by jacac

"Fire" by ricoo

"Inside The Fire" by oro-elui

"Fire" by japan

"Fire" by sicopath

"Fire Masamune" by mattthesamurai

"Lighter" by mrtashkent

Each Friday we will post a Weekend Photo Focus (also hash tagged on Twitter as #weekendphotofocus) on a certain subject; something to spark your creativity. An empty weekend for a photographer is like an empty canvas – we could always use something to do when we have nothing planned, right?

The premise is simple; snap some photographs over the weekend dealing with the weekend’s focus, and if you send them to us (or Tweet them to us) we will post them up in the follow-up article. Having a focus will help us as artists and photographers to see things that we might not always see, and make us take a shot at something we might otherwise have not.

At the weekends close, we will follow up our weekend focus,  with what we found on the Web, and your submissions, that fall in line with our focus. We hope you join in the fun and help us spread the creativity.

example of a tweet to us:

@fuelphotography Here’s my submission for this week’s #weekendphotofocus, New Life & Spring: http://bit.ly/aY1oC7

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Weekend Photo Focus Submissions:

"3/365" by bgottsab

Other Links:

"White" by dinagreen

"Tree" by sevimnur

"Soundwaves" by onesynergy

"Carissa: One" by walker1812

"Walking On Water" by marcschmidtmayer

"Light Bubbles" by srodas

"All Too Smooth Surface" by scheinbar

"Blossom" by dieux-faux

"Landing" by hengki24

Each Friday we will post a Weekend Photo Focus (also hash tagged on Twitter as #weekendphotofocus) on a certain subject, something to spark your creativity. An empty weekend for a photographer, is like an empty canvas, we could always use something to do when we have nothing planned right? So with this in mind we created this series, one that will get you out doing what you love. The premise is simple: snap some photos over the weekend dealing with the weekends focus, and if you send them to us, or Tweet them to us, we will post them for others to see. Having a focus will help us as artists & photographers see things that we might not always see, make us take a shot at something we might otherwise have not. In seeing other photogs chase after the same focus, it can only breed even more creativity in our own work.

At the weekends close, we will follow up our weekend focus, with what we found on the Web (including some of the photos sent from you) that falls in line with our focus. We hope you join in the fun and help us spread the creativity.

example of a tweet to us:

@fuelphotography Here’s my submission for this week’s #weekendphotofocus, New Life & Spring: http://bit.ly/aY1oC7

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A white winter wonderland is what many await during this time of the year, but for the other side of the world,  it is the height of summer. For this weekends focus, we instead focus on the colour of snow and high temperatures; white.

"First Snow" by ivan-suta

"A Certain Balance" by intao

"White Stallion" by mari-mi

"White" by plingeh

"Mathematikoi" by arctoa

"The Golden Gray" by drgiancarlo

"Rest Area" by hengki24

"White Anthurium" by menoevil

"4 Tulips" by giedriusvarnas

Each Friday we will post a Weekend Photo Focus (also hash tagged on Twitter as #weekendphotofocus) on a certain subject; something to spark your creativity. An empty weekend for a photographer is like an empty canvas – we could always use something to do when we have nothing planned, right?

The premise is simple; snap some photographs over the weekend dealing with the weekend’s focus, and if you send them to us (or Tweet them to us) we will post them up in the follow-up article. Having a focus will help us as artists and photographers to see things that we might not always see, and make us take a shot at something we might otherwise have not.

At the weekends close, we will follow up our weekend focus,  with what we found on the Web, and your submissions, that fall in line with our focus. We hope you join in the fun and help us spread the creativity.

example of a tweet to us:

@fuelphotography Here’s my submission for this week’s #weekendphotofocus, New Life & Spring: http://bit.ly/aY1oC7

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"Black" by apha-photo

"Black" by deeevilish

"Black" by odpium

"Black Forest" by lunalndignata

"Black And White Study 24" by niclake13

"The Breeze Is Black" by swifecs

"Black" by 7thnovember

"Forever Black-Eyed" by furtivelungs

"Black Ocean" by justsunny

Each Friday we will post a Weekend Photo Focus (also hash tagged on Twitter as #weekendphotofocus) on a certain subject, something to spark your creativity. An empty weekend for a photographer, is like an empty canvas, we could always use something to do when we have nothing planned right? So with this in mind we created this series, one that will get you out doing what you love. The premise is simple: snap some photos over the weekend dealing with the weekends focus, and if you send them to us, or Tweet them to us, we will post them for others to see. Having a focus will help us as artists & photographers see things that we might not always see, make us take a shot at something we might otherwise have not. In seeing other photogs chase after the same focus, it can only breed even more creativity in our own work.

At the weekends close, we will follow up our weekend focus, with what we found on the Web (including some of the photos sent from you) that falls in line with our focus. We hope you join in the fun and help us spread the creativity.

example of a tweet to us:

@fuelphotography Here’s my submission for this week’s #weekendphotofocus, New Life & Spring: http://bit.ly/aY1oC7

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Hello folks and Happy New Year!!!  Welcome to the January Photography Contest in which we are happy to partner with 500px.com to award an annual account to the first prize winner each and every month in this series of the contest. The winner will also be featured in the Indie Spotlight at FuelYourPhotography.com.  N.B. From this month onwards the submission date has been extended until the 21st of the corresponding month.

November Contest Winners

Congratulations are in order for our December 2011 Contest winners, Jim Crotty – first place, J Siegel – second place and Brenda Gottsabend – third place.  The top photographs are featured in this article.  Special thanks also to our judges for the October contest Indie Spotlight Team Leader – Bryan Zimmerman, FYP writer, Amber Fife, former FYP Editor-in-Chief Ron Heerkens Jr. and the newest writer on the FYP team David Cleland.

This Months Contest

This months theme is “Mornings”, some of us hate mornings other of us really enjoy them.  Your photographic submissions this month can be anything that represents your morning, whether it is that morning jog, a sunrise, a steaming cup of Joe.  Show us how creative you can get!

Below is a brief highlight of the rules to get you started, however, a full copy of the rules including the judging criteria can be found as a document on the Facebook Group Page.

Jim Crotty - 1st place

The Eligibility Rules

• The contest is open to both amateur and professional photographers from around the world.
• You certify that you are the legal owner of the work submitted.
• Entries are accepted up to midnight United States Eastern Standard Time on the 21st of the corresponding month.

The No-Holds-Barred Rule

Feel free to express your creative vision by any means: any type of camera or lens, subject, light, composition, perspective, processing techniques, and anything else you can think of to create a meaningful, impactful, and beautiful work is perfectly acceptable. Submitted images may be from any date and not necessarily limited to the contest period.

J. Siegel - 2nd place

The Technical Rules

• All images must be submitted in JPEG format and should be clearly watermarked with your email address AND your  active 500px.com site (IE http://500px.com/YOURNAMEHERE) at which you can be notified should you be the lucky winner.
• Images are to be submitted (in  high resolution if available) by joining the “FYP Photography Contest” Facebook group page, and then uploading to the folder for the corresponding folder IE this month’s folder is “December 2011 contest”.
• Maximum of 2 Images to be submitted per person (submitting more may result in disqualification of all images).
• Photographs will be judged on: Impact, composition, technique, presentation, originality and viewer input (comments/likes)

The No-Rights-Grab Rule

By entering this contest, Fuel Your Photography to post your submitted image(s) on our respective sites and blogs, along with your name. You also agree to provide your name and mailing information in order to facilitate delivery of the prizes. You retain all other rights.

Judging Period

Judging starts on the 22nd of the month and winners are announced in the article posting the new theme on the 1st of the following month.

The Judges’ decision is FINAL

I’m looking forward to seeing some fantastic entries from you, good luck!

Brenda Gottsabend - 3rd place

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To counter last weekends focus, we have chosen this weekends focus to be on black. The dark colour can be used to portray anything from dark atmospheres to striking silhouettes. Have a look at some examples below for inspiration.

"Black Souls" by skia

"Black Rose" by superheroesdeath

"Black Rain" by hres

"Cat In Black" by tigress-phan

"Black Widow" by senju-hime

"Black" by habter

"Black Bow" by bubblywums

"Black Passion" by girlishevil

"They Only See White Or Black" by aiko273

Each Friday we will post a Weekend Photo Focus (also hash tagged on Twitter as #weekendphotofocus) on a certain subject; something to spark your creativity. An empty weekend for a photographer is like an empty canvas – we could always use something to do when we have nothing planned, right?

The premise is simple; snap some photographs over the weekend dealing with the weekend’s focus, and if you send them to us (or Tweet them to us) we will post them up in the follow-up article. Having a focus will help us as artists and photographers to see things that we might not always see, and make us take a shot at something we might otherwise have not.

At the weekends close, we will follow up our weekend focus,  with what we found on the Web, and your submissions, that fall in line with our focus. We hope you join in the fun and help us spread the creativity.

example of a tweet to us:

@fuelphotography Here’s my submission for this week’s #weekendphotofocus, New Life & Spring: http://bit.ly/aY1oC7

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"Morning On The Rocks" by bleed-the-sky

"Morning Bath" by esirec87

"Out Of Body Experience" by indiae

"Morning Glory" by gilad

"6 In The Morning" by evike

"Early Morning In Wiltshire" by p0rg

"Morning Sun" by libelle

"Sleep Away" by rawpoetry

"Ethereal" by r3novatio

"Sleepy Jeans" by oveclipse

Each Friday we will post a Weekend Photo Focus (also hash tagged on Twitter as #weekendphotofocus) on a certain subject, something to spark your creativity. An empty weekend for a photographer, is like an empty canvas, we could always use something to do when we have nothing planned right? So with this in mind we created this series, one that will get you out doing what you love. The premise is simple: snap some photos over the weekend dealing with the weekends focus, and if you send them to us, or Tweet them to us, we will post them for others to see. Having a focus will help us as artists & photographers see things that we might not always see, make us take a shot at something we might otherwise have not. In seeing other photogs chase after the same focus, it can only breed even more creativity in our own work.

At the weekends close, we will follow up our weekend focus, with what we found on the Web (including some of the photos sent from you) that falls in line with our focus. We hope you join in the fun and help us spread the creativity.

example of a tweet to us:

@fuelphotography Here’s my submission for this week’s #weekendphotofocus, New Life & Spring: http://bit.ly/aY1oC7