Collaborative Project 1: Dreamland

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

11/30/2004 12:51:00 PM · #1

Greetings again and thanks for the participation in my previous thread. Here is the project:

"Dreamland" by Edgar Allen Poe

1 By a route obscure and lonely,
1 Haunted by ill angels only,
1 Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT,
1 On a black throne reigns upright,
1 I have reached these lands but newly
1 From an ultimate dim Thule-
1 From a wild clime that lieth, sublime,
1 Out of SPACE- out of TIME.

2 Bottomless vales and boundless floods,
2 And chasms, and caves, and Titan woods,
2 With forms that no man can discover
2 For the tears that drip all over;
3 Mountains toppling evermore
3 Into seas without a shore;
3 Seas that restlessly aspire,
3 Surging, unto skies of fire;
4 Lakes that endlessly outspread
4 Their lone waters- lone and dead,-
4 Their still waters- still and chilly
4 With the snows of the lolling lily.

5 By the lakes that thus outspread
5 Their lone waters, lone and dead,-
5 Their sad waters, sad and chilly
5 With the snows of the lolling lily,-
6 By the mountains- near the river
6 Murmuring lowly, murmuring ever,-
6 By the grey woods,- by the swamp
6 Where the toad and the newt encamp-
6 By the dismal tarns and pools
6 Where dwell the Ghouls,-

7 By each spot the most unholy-
7 In each nook most melancholy-
7 There the traveller meets aghast
7 Sheeted Memories of the Past-
8 Shrouded forms that start and sigh
8 As they pass the wanderer by-
8 White-robed forms of friends long given,
8 In agony, to the Earth- and Heaven.

9 For the heart whose woes are legion
9 'Tis a peaceful, soothing region-
9 For the spirit that walks in shadow
9 'Tis- oh, 'tis an Eldorado!
10 But the traveller, travelling through it,
10 May not- dare not openly view it!
10 Never its mysteries are exposed
10 To the weak human eye unclosed;
11 So wills its King, who hath forbid
11 The uplifting of the fringed lid;
11 And thus the sad Soul that here passes
11 Beholds it but through darkened glasses.

12 By a route obscure and lonely,
12 Haunted by ill angels only,
12 Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT,
12 On a black throne reigns upright,
12 I have wandered home but newly
12 From this ultimate dim Thule.

The photographers:

#1 (Lines numbered with 1)
Bob Denelzen (Australia) - DPC: gurilla
//www.dpchallenge.com/profile.php?USER_ID=23251

Alternates:

enigmania, ohmark

#2 (Lines numbered with 2)
Yanik Chauvin (Canada) - DPC: kosmikkreeper
//www.dpchallenge.com/profile.php?USER_ID=4482

Alternates:

goldberry, doctornick, kennyt

#3 (Lines numbered with 3)
Alecia Mitchell (USA) - DPC: Alecia
//www.dpchallenge.com/profile.php?USER_ID=255

Alternates:

BradP, laurielblack, ClubJuggle, pcody, xtabintum

#4 (Lines numbered with 4)
Peter Marlin (Canada) - DPC: pedro
//www.dpchallenge.com/profile.php?USER_ID=6388

Alternates:

cole, thatcloudthere, CODE

#5 (Lines numbered with 5)
Josh Pritchard (China) - DPC: achiral
//www.dpchallenge.com/profile.php?USER_ID=675

Alternates:

aplomb76

#6 (Lines numbered with 6)
Paul Valgiersson (Iceland) - DPC: gauti
//www.dpchallenge.com/profile.php?USER_ID=25742

Alternates:

markmulkerin

#7 (Lines numbered with 7)
Lesley Goodman (South Africa) - DPC: goodman
//www.dpchallenge.com/profile.php?USER_ID=16241

Alternates:

brookied

#8 (Lines numbered with 8)
Darren Coleman (Switzerland) - DPC: colda
//www.dpchallenge.com/profile.php?USER_ID=24128

Alternates:

Koriyama

#9 (Lines numbered with 9)
Ecliptic Blue (USA) - DPC: moodville
//www.dpchallenge.com/profile.php?USER_ID=6008

Alternates:

sher9204, blemt, tranquil, toocool, petrakka

#10 (Lines numbered with 10)
Ed Clarke (UK) - DPC: e301
//www.dpchallenge.com/profile.php?USER_ID=6999

Alternates:

harold1066, jonpink, Mark of SRQ

#11 (Lines numbered with 11)
Ben Roberts (UK) - DPC: konador
//www.dpchallenge.com/profile.php?USER_ID=2780

Alternates:

dianab, artan, digital_quixote

#12 (Lines numbered with 12)
John Setzler (USA) - DPC: jmsetzler
//www.dpchallenge.com/profile.php?USER_ID=772

Alternates:

KaDi, lenkphotos, jenesis, GeneralE, nico_blue

The Assignment:

Your assignment is to produce one photograph that represents your assigned text. The photograph should be 6.5" wide by 4.5" high at 300dpi in its finished state (horizontal orientation).

If you are assigned as a primary photographer and wish to be removed from the assignment, please let me know as soon as possible. One of the alternates will be put into your spot.

Rules:

There are no real rules. I would like for the photos that you submit to look like photographs and not digital art. You may also use a photo that you already have if it ties in nicely with the text in your assignment. The photograph you submit MUST be your own photograph.

Thoughts:

Spend some time reading and thinking about this poem and its overall theme. Do some research on it and get a good understanding of what it means, and what it means to you. Take your time on the photo. This is not a race and there is plenty of time to complete the assignment.

Deadline:

I would like to have all photos submitted to me by July 1, 2005. If we get finished before that, great. If not, that's OK too. I would rather wait and have the best possible photos for this project.

Legal:

Since, by submitting a photo to this project, you are giving the other participating photographers the right to sell/market the entire presentation in unmodified form, I will be preparing a document for each photographer to sign and return to me. Once I have collected all the photos, built the presentation, and received all the signed documents, I will make copies of the documents and mail them out to all the participating photographers, along with a CD ROM containing the final presentation file. I will also make the presentation file available to download so everyone can have it promptly when it's complete.

Marketing Suggestions:

Since everyone participating in this project is already a part of the DPC community, I would suggest one of two things for selling this print here on DPC. 1) We could donate the final print to DPChallenge and let the site profit from it's sales or 2) We could set a selling price that each photographer must follow if selling via DPCPrints.

Comments:

Feel free to post your comments and issues in this thread. You may also feel free to post sample photo ideas and images that you may be working on for the project. The group can discuss them and help you choose if you like. If you post images ot this thread [/b]PLEASE[/b] post thumbnails or links rather than large images.

John Setzler

Message edited by author 2004-11-30 18:21:06.

thatcloudthere

Canon EOS-1D

11/30/2004 12:58:27 PM · #2

darn.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

11/30/2004 12:58:27 PM · #3

There you go again, asking people to think. This will be fascinating to watch : )

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

11/30/2004 01:02:11 PM · #4

I forgot to mention one thing about the alternates....

Each of you have a spot on another group project if you wish to participate... I will post the details of that one in a few days :) It will be fun :)

colda

Nikon D800

11/30/2004 01:03:12 PM · #5

Excellent choice - I'm a great fan of Poe (and Lovecraft for that matter)

I'm going to really enjoy this :)

Thanks

lwkimages

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

11/30/2004 01:18:08 PM · #6

Originally posted by jmsetzler:

I'll look forward to the next project. Great fun, John!!

Thanks!

Tamron SP AF 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical IF for Nikon

11/30/2004 02:43:26 PM · #7

I sent out private messages to the 12 photographers. I need responses from each of you as soon as possible. If you do not want to attempt the project, I would like to get the replacements in line as soon as possible...

Thanks again :)

Node

Nikon D300

11/30/2004 02:44:50 PM · #8

Originally posted by jmsetzler:

Thanks John for the offer. I accept!
I look forward to the challenge and I hope I can produce a photo worthy of this wonderful project.

Bob

DianaB

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

11/30/2004 03:14:47 PM · #9

11 So wills its King, who hath forbid
11 The uplifting of the fringed lid;
11 And thus the sad Soul that here passes
11 Beholds it but through darkened glasses.

#11 (Lines numbered with 11)
Ben Roberts (UK) - DPC: konador

Alternates:

dianab, artan, digital_quixote

Feel free to post your comments and issues in this thread. You may also feel free to post sample photo ideas and images that you may be working on for the project. The group can discuss them and help you choose if you like. If you post images ot this thread [/b]PLEASE[/b] post thumbnails or links rather than large images.

John Setzler [/quote]

Hmmmm - Lines11 suggest someone in REM sleep! (Rapid Eye Movements) Behind closed eyelids while in dreaming sleep. The King - the conscious mind over the unconscious/subconscious.
(Just some thoughts). Go go go Konador - routing for ya!

ClubJuggle

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

11/30/2004 03:18:41 PM · #10

Just my luck -- Edgar Allen Poe

My license plate reads NVRMORE, and I happen to be in Baltimore today and tomorrow -- and I'm an ALTERNATE. :'-(

Ah well... there's always next time.

-Terry

Message edited by author 2004-11-30 15:19:47.

aznym

Fujifilm X-T3

Fujifilm XF 23mm f/2 R WR

11/30/2004 03:19:13 PM · #11

Looks like I am not even part of the group known as 'everyone' :)
Best of luck to you all and hoping to see some creative stuff.

KaDi

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

11/30/2004 03:24:10 PM · #12

Originally posted by xion:

Looks like I am not even part of the group known as 'everyone' :)
Best of luck to you all and hoping to see some creative stuff.

You can be part of my group! ;)
(I'm setzler's 1st alternate, whaddya think the odds are?)
Looking forward to Assignment #2....

thatcloudthere

Canon EOS-1D

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

11/30/2004 03:24:27 PM · #13

Why don't we just do another one for the alternates? I think it'd be really interesting!

Curious

Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

11/30/2004 03:41:23 PM · #14

I look forward to hearing about the next project. :)

Originally posted by jmsetzler:

dclarke

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 II

11/30/2004 03:51:02 PM · #15

Don't worry xion I also fell into that group. :) I think this is a wonderful idea and I am thinking of trying to create series of photographs of my own, following the lines of this idea. Thanks for the idea John.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

11/30/2004 03:53:33 PM · #16

Originally posted by KaDi:

Originally posted by xion:
Looks like I am not even part of the group known as 'everyone' :)
Best of luck to you all and hoping to see some creative stuff.

You can be part of my group! ;)
(I'm setzler's 1st alternate, whaddya think the odds are?)
Looking forward to Assignment #2....

That's alright ... we are in a special club : )
It is especially challenging because the verse is a not-quite-repeat of the first ... I plan to have a go at it anyway -- a challenge with a 7-month deadline is irresistable.

Besides, if John's put together a viable design for a salable product, there's no end to evocative poems in the public domain. A cooperative group publishing project is more likely to get done and marketed and twelve solo projects.

The real problem with this and similar projects (like calendars) seems to be a convenient way to print/bind small quantities economically. I'm hoping the secret plan will soon be revealed, right after John gets back from the Patent and Trademark Office.

I'd suggest modeling payments in somewhat the same way as music: a share for the "composer" of the individual pieces; a share for the producer/record company which assembles the finished album; a share for the "retailer" who actually transfers the product to the public in exchange for payment. The manufacturer's "profit" should be built into the wholesale or base price.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

11/30/2004 03:54:56 PM · #17

BTW: I do type and layout for a living and have access to 2-3000 fonts. Let me know if you need anything along that line : )

Fujifilm XF 23mm f/2 R WR

11/30/2004 04:03:43 PM · #18

The participants in this project will market (if they want to) in any way they see fit. They will keep the profits from any sales they make. Each participant has the same opportunities as the others. I'm not planning to get into any complicated scheme of 'royalties'.

aznym

Fujifilm X-T3

11/30/2004 04:13:00 PM · #19

Originally posted by dclarke:

Hey, I just wanted to mention that I was someone who showed interest too and there was a post about everyone being included. I admire John for coming up with the idea and wish him and all the participants all the best. I really am looking forward to the end result.
- KaDi, thanks :D

Alecia

Canon EOS-10D

11/30/2004 04:32:54 PM · #20

thank you john--this is a wonderful idea!

it definitely has me thinking...on first read i was glad that i live at the beach, but then i realized that it may be the wrong coast. ;) now i'm kinda picturing some sort of santa cruz, CA type mountains/cliffs/ocean scene. hmmm, gotta take a vacation sometime, and this could be a good enough reason for a trip as any. :)

DianaB

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

11/30/2004 04:41:42 PM · #21

Originally posted by xion:

Originally posted by dclarke:
Don't worry xion I also fell into that group. :) I think this is a wonderful idea and I am thinking of trying to create series of photographs of my own, following the lines of this idea. Thanks for the idea John.

Hey, I just wanted to mention that I was someone who showed interest too and there was a post about everyone being included. I admire John for coming up with the idea and wish him and all the participants all the best. I really am looking forward to the end result.
- KaDi, thanks :D

I would consider it a great honour that should Konador 'pass' and if John sought me from among the alternate's mentioned that you would take my place. Dublin, Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and you take really good photos (better than I can)and would make an excellent contribution
P.S. "Wounded Eye of the Redwood" - I like that one :-)