"Not Quite Obsolete" A photograph of anything that is no longer widely used, but can still be found in use occasionally. Does not necessarily need to be an...

After much thought, and some violent meetings with the Shoot-In Board of Overseers, the chosen mandate for this month is "For Sale." Shoot a picture of...

Hi SI fans! Yeah, I'm late, dock my pay, I deserve it... So, your new challenge for the next two weeks is: "In Between" We've seen a lot of extremes in the...

Let's see who hasn't gone off for their New Year's events yet... The mandate for Dec. 31 to Jan. 16 will be: "Solid" Interpret that directly or symbolically...

Hi gang, Bandicoot is coming back from a trip today and expects to be tired, irritable, and somewhat pianissimo, so he asked me to post the new mandate for...

According to Al, it's my turn! So, the new mandate is... (drum roll please) «Black and white» See you in two weeks! eqw -- http://www.pbase.com/eqw

"The Road Less Traveled." -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems:...

Let's keep the SI going. Past admins have done great and I hope to do as well for all SI participants. A new admin is still sought (hint to Bret, Helen,...

Hi Shoot-In fans! Yes, it's the other Friday evening again, and that means a whole new mandate. For the latest on this, we turn to Alan Browne. Alan? "Street....

"Hidden In Plain Sight" You know, those everyday things that go unnoticed? For instance, when in Chicago a few weeks ago I noticed some drain pipes coming...

Having hacked Bowser's computer I've taken over the SI. Bwahahahaha. However, if a sterling SI photog would like to take over in a couple mandates from now,...

Attention SI fans! The gallery has been moved to it's own domain: http://ho.me.ly - Al.

Due to the continued unreliability with gmail, I have opened a new account with Yahoo: . Please direct all future submissions and...

Due April 21st, photos of anything beginning with or including (in a big way) the letters N, T, or X are due in 6 days for the first of three current mandates....

Undecided (as always) about the subject matter, Autum is 9 months away here. I decided on a neutral subject and then couldn't decide if the one I posted was...

This is my first attempt at studio work and at working with a model (her first time too) - all in all I think it went rather well, but I can already see many...

Al: Love the parody. Not so crazy about the photo. A lower shooting angle, better exposure, better lighting, all could have helped a lot, and maintained the...

Firstly, many thanks for the comments - much appreciated. Will reply to ones directed to me as soon as I can, but the internet connection I have at the moment...

I've tried to make my critique as useful as possible, I hope you find it so. Al: The light's a little directionless which seems to be drowning out the detail...

http://www.pbase.com/image/32110577 When this one was announced, I found myself without any inspiration at all, as I've mentioned before. Eventually I settled...