Thank you, Pat, for the sympathy. I never saw most of the photos I shot, unless I opened a magazine and so I had to have rock-solid self-confidence or I would not have lasted a week. At the end of every shooting day (which often involved two separate assignments, each exposing 12 to 15 sheet films), I had to unload the exposed film sheets in a hotel room closet, and sometimes notch a code into critical negs for the darkroom crew, then package and address the films so I could take them to the local post office. Then I was free to have dinner or collapse. If my negatives were not up to par, however, I instantly heard about it. I was shooting "on-site" assignments, like the off-shore rig a few frames ago. Leaving NYC for a week of (maybe) five or six assignments, I had to carry all my gear alone -- tripod and light stands tied with web straps, flashbulbs and extensions, 15-double-sided film holders (loaded, of course), a box of extra sheet films, view camera with three lenses, cords for the flash extensions packed into a fiberboard case -- plus a very small briefcase for a shirt, underwear, toothbrush, and the like. I flew everywhere, often at the last minute because the on-site time was critical. Luckily, there were no security problems at the airports in those days. I carried a booklet of "flight checks" honored by all the airlines, so I could rush straight to the gate, fill in the flight number, the codes for cities, date and run with all my junk straight to the plane. They all had a carry-on luggage compartment at the front of the cabin. Obviously, all these arrangements would be impossible, or unnecessary, today. I did that for five years in the mid-1950s when I was in my 20's. Perhaps you can imagine what my wife and kids thought of that as a career. But boy, it was exciting!

Thank you, Pat, for the sympathy. I never saw most of the photos I shot, unless I opened a magazine and so I had to have rock-solid self-confidence or I would not have lasted a week. At the end of every shooting day (which often involved two separate assignments, each exposing 12 to 15 sheet films), I had to unload the exposed film sheets in a hotel room closet, and sometimes notch a code into critical negs for the darkroom crew, then package and address the films so I could take them to the local post office. Then I was free to have dinner or collapse. If my negatives were not up to par, however, I instantly heard about it. I was shooting "on-site" assignments, like the off-shore rig a few frames ago. Leaving NYC for a week of (maybe) five or six assignments, I had to carry all my gear alone -- tripod and light stands tied with web straps, flashbulbs and extensions, 15-double-sided film holders (loaded, of course), a box of extra sheet films, view camera with three lenses, cords for the flash extensions packed into a fiberboard case -- plus a very small briefcase for a shirt, underwear, toothbrush, and the like. I flew everywhere, often at the last minute because the on-site time was critical. Luckily, there were no security problems at the airports in those days. I carried a booklet of "flight checks" honored by all the airlines, so I could rush straight to the gate, fill in the flight number, the codes for cities, date and run with all my junk straight to the plane. They all had a carry-on luggage compartment at the front of the cabin. Obviously, all these arrangements would be impossible, or unnecessary, today. I did that for five years in the mid-1950s when I was in my 20's. Perhaps you can imagine what my wife and kids thought of that as a career. But boy, it was exciting!

At one time there was a Challenge Thread that ran for several years (some of you will remember and for some of us, that is where we met) RED is a color associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination, passion, desire and love. RED is intense, brings text and images to the foreground - an accent color used to stimulate people into making quick decisions. (Color Wheel Pro - color theory)

RED's global similarities are significant: one of the top 2 favorite colors of ALL people, appears in 77% of the world's flags.

Blogger/photographer Kent DuFault ("google" him) analyzed the photographs posted on one photo challenge site in effort to boost his images' performance. He discovered those receiving the most "points" more frequently contained some RED. RED gets noticed.

Other forum topics post links so I am trying it. I found these articles very interesting.

https://www.lightstalking.com/using-the-color-red-for-impact-in-your-photography/

https://www.lightstalking.com/try-using-the-color-red-in-your-next-photography-project/

In this challenge do more than post RED. Think about RED and the impact it has on your image. Does it show energy, passion, intensity, a powerful message? Tell us in word and image. My first post illustrates the impact of red. In the second image, I changed the color only. What do you think? Which would you want on your wall? AND most of all - have fun turning your/our UHH world RED for 3 days.