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09/17/2002 12:01:52 PM · #1 |
Hmm, I wonder that nobody else started our mandatory thread avery week...
On the one hand I like the openess of the wording because it leaves a lot of room for interpretation and individual creativity. On the other hand I think that one could submit almost everything. Or maybe I just don't understand the wording correctly. However, there are two interpretations I can think of:
1. Photograph something that represents your city/state/country in general where you live.
2. Photograph something that represents your own surroundings, the way _you_ live or what's typical for your own personal "corner" of the world.
I would like any of them but I think it would be bad if the one half thinks about the first and the other half about the second interpretation when shooting this week.
Any hints welcome.
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09/17/2002 12:11:25 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by stephan:
Hmm, I wonder that nobody else started our mandatory thread avery week...
On the one hand I like the openess of the wording because it leaves a lot of room for interpretation and individual creativity. On the other hand I think that one could submit almost everything. Or maybe I just don't understand the wording correctly. However, there are two interpretations I can think of:
1. Photograph something that represents your city/state/country in general where you live.
2. Photograph something that represents your own surroundings, the way _you_ live or what's typical for your own personal "corner" of the world.
I would like any of them but I think it would be bad if the one half thinks about the first and the other half about the second interpretation when shooting this week.
Any hints welcome.
Think "bad" and expect the worst. This has the makings of a wild one. |
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09/17/2002 12:41:53 PM · #3 |
I think this is an open challenge, basically. You can photograph just about anything you want... :)
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09/17/2002 01:13:10 PM · #4 |
That was my interpretation aswell John.
I won't be basing any votes on "does it meet the challenge" for this one.
Its all down to technical and pleasureable merit.
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09/17/2002 02:02:45 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by konador:
That was my interpretation aswell John.
I won't be basing any votes on "does it meet the challenge" for this one.
Its all down to technical and pleasureable merit.
Well, as it is my fault, I'll explain what I was thinking.
I want to see what makes where you live, where you live.
What sets it appart from where everyone else lives - that could be
your house ,because you live in a weird or unusual building, or it
could be your city, because of something unique about it.
Maybe it is your country, or your state or something that makes
where you live more than just the same as were everyone else lives.
If you had to produce a postcard with your name at the bottom of it,
for visitors to your neck of the woods/ corner of the world etc,
what would it show ?
Yes the scope is ambiguous - but I want to see what's special about
the part of the world you live in...
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09/17/2002 02:05:27 PM · #6 |
Okay thanks Gordon, I'll keep my eyes peeled incase a UFO, or something interesting happens near my house this week ;)
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09/17/2002 02:07:12 PM · #7 |
Heheh, I'll try and get a good submission in no matter what, I've got saturday to go into town, so I might get some descent stuff there.
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09/17/2002 02:21:16 PM · #8 |
The weather here has been rough this week... i hope it clears up some :)
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09/17/2002 03:03:14 PM · #9 |
I live in NEW JERSEY!
What could possibly be interesting and different here?
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09/17/2002 03:10:57 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by TerryGee:
I live in NEW JERSEY!
What could possibly be interesting and different here?
I live in HOUSTON! Hmm.. maybe I can take a picture of smog! LOL
JB
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09/17/2002 03:16:26 PM · #11 |
What about landmarks that are statues? It has probably been brought up before, but I don't remember. Could a famous statue be used to represent a "corner of the world", or does it fall under the category of photographing someone else's artwork?
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09/17/2002 03:22:46 PM · #12 |
Others have photographed statues... dunno, I particularly don't find it very imaginative... however, if the statue was a part of the whole scene, it might work.
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09/17/2002 03:33:24 PM · #13 |
I'm in Houston too! I'm been thinking of how to photograph humidity. hehe
That and traffic.
Originally posted by JeB:
Originally posted by TerryGee:
[i]I live in NEW JERSEY!
What could possibly be interesting and different here?
I live in HOUSTON! Hmm.. maybe I can take a picture of smog! LOL
JB
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09/17/2002 03:36:17 PM · #14 |
Houston, we have a problem.
Take a photo of the rockets :)
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09/17/2002 11:31:37 PM · #15 |
Uh, not sure if DPChallenge would like an image of me passed out on the couch with a bunch of strippers :)
The topic is pretty broad. I mean, you could take nature landscape shots because it represents you or what you live for. ANything goes, really.
Originally posted by GordonMcGregor:
Originally posted by konador:
[i]That was my interpretation aswell John.
I won't be basing any votes on "does it meet the challenge" for this one.
Its all down to technical and pleasureable merit.
Well, as it is my fault, I'll explain what I was thinking.
I want to see what makes where you live, where you live.
What sets it appart from where everyone else lives - that could be
your house ,because you live in a weird or unusual building, or it
could be your city, because of something unique about it.
Maybe it is your country, or your state or something that makes
where you live more than just the same as were everyone else lives.
If you had to produce a postcard with your name at the bottom of it,
for visitors to your neck of the woods/ corner of the world etc,
what would it show ?
Yes the scope is ambiguous - but I want to see what's special about
the part of the world you live in...
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09/17/2002 11:54:36 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by Karen Bryan:
Others have photographed statues... dunno, I particularly don't find it very imaginative... however, if the statue was a part of the whole scene, it might work.
I still don't understand why photographing a statue is any different from photographing a building or a car or anything else that was designed and built by a person. It's not as easy as people seem to think. I think people look at photos of statues and don't think about how much time and thought the photographer put into capturing the right angle, the right light/shade, etc. to create the image... ie. exactly the same kind of thought that goes into a photo of a church or a skyscraper or an old house, which, as I said, are just as sculptural as anything else people design, make or build.
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09/18/2002 12:00:00 AM · #17 |
Statues are part of a landscape.
Landscape have elements that are not just the simple flower or mountains. Most importantly, LIGHT. You can have incredible shots of a beautiful mountain like Mount Rainier or really boring ones, same goes with a statue. It's an ordinary object and if you can have a vision of it as extraordinary, then it's a good photograph.
Originally posted by lisae:
Originally posted by Karen Bryan:
[i]Others have photographed statues... dunno, I particularly don't find it very imaginative... however, if the statue was a part of the whole scene, it might work.
I still don't understand why photographing a statue is any different from photographing a building or a car or anything else that was designed and built by a person. It's not as easy as people seem to think. I think people look at photos of statues and don't think about how much time and thought the photographer put into capturing the right angle, the right light/shade, etc. to create the image... ie. exactly the same kind of thought that goes into a photo of a church or a skyscraper or an old house, which, as I said, are just as sculptural as anything else people design, make or build.
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09/20/2002 03:18:04 AM · #18 |
I think it's generally quite difficult to figure out what makes the place you live special. I have personally lived in my home town all my life, I do not see things here as special, they are normal!!
It'll be fun trying to see it with different eyes and trying to capture something this weekend.
Cheers,
Tim |
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09/20/2002 04:05:36 AM · #19 |
he he he ....
I fly from stockhom to paris saturday so I will have my sunday in Paris ... I should not tell this because .. I might do a very bad shot but ... I lived in US for 6 months now and .. I just miss Paris, the city by itself.
It's when you leave things that you realize realy how you like them. Well sometimes.
To me the corner of my world should be something related to the person. That's going to be tricky to vote. Everything could go ... but still ... I think I will give less to flower close shot more to flower 'fields', less to a 'horse face', more to a horse in a field.
My interpretation but .. I see it a little this way.
Anyway .. we will see a lot of different things ...
hou la la
Lionel |
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09/20/2002 08:26:17 AM · #20 |
You're right it will be harder to judge how it meets the challenge. I think we will have to assume EVERY one meets the challenge.
To me, I will vote then based on:
1) how much your photo tells me about you,
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2) how wmuch your photo tells me about where you live
with special props to those that do both.
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09/20/2002 08:38:59 AM · #21 |
So far, my corner of the world is round ! Haven't been able to find a single corner to shoot, and the weather just isn't cooperating. Not to mention that my imagination seems to be on vacation.
As for scoring the "corner..." photos, I agree with Konador; everything will meet the challenge and it's all down to how it looks, and how I like it.
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09/20/2002 08:41:29 AM · #22 |
Originally posted by Maverick:
What about landmarks that are statues? It has probably been brought up before, but I don't remember. Could a famous statue be used to represent a "corner of the world", or does it fall under the category of photographing someone else's artwork?
Ooh, this is a touchy one. We are generally much more liberal with the "literal representations of artwork" rule when it comes to three-dimensional artwork (as opposed to two-dimensional), as representing 3-dimensional artwork automatically involves decisions such as lighting and angle. My personal standard for voting for DQ on a literal representation of artwork is that if the photograph compels the voter to vote on the piece of artwork and not the photographic representation of the artwork, I would vote for DQ.
Without seeing the photograph I obviously cannot say for sure, but as an example, a tightly-cropped photograph of a statue (of the type one would see in a museum brochure) would be more likely to get my vote for get my vote for DQ than a photograph that shows a statue and the park courtyard it sits in.
-Terry
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