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02/19/2007 06:32:25 PM · #26 |
Landscapers can have it tough too...
hiked in one mile to tree with 20 bag laterns. Prayed they did not catch the moss on fire. Hiked out in dark lit by lantern.
Drove 2 hours to shoot in a 50MPH wind. Shot for 20 minutes with 20 pounds of sand holding the tripod down. Drove 2 hours home.
Closer to home...
Murdered my friend in cold blood.
Dressed up in drag.
Tweezers and a lot of patience.
Read the description. That's all I can say.
Another classic setup. Read the description.
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02/19/2007 06:37:05 PM · #27 |
Wasted a perfectly good baseball and almost burned down the garage. :)
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02/19/2007 06:37:55 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Dressed up in drag.
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Oh and you have such sexy legs too...hehehe!! That'll teach you to try and take on a red head!!!
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02/19/2007 06:41:59 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by Judi:
Oh and you have such sexy legs too...hehehe!! That'll teach you to try and take on a red head!!! |
Being married to one, I should have known...
Message edited by author 2007-02-19 18:42:12.
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02/19/2007 06:45:50 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by jenesis:
Wasted a perfectly good baseball and almost burned down the garage. :)
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almost doesn't count.
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02/19/2007 06:59:02 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by Muppet:
i cleaned the toilet...
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Now THAT is sacrifice for the sake of ART!
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02/19/2007 06:59:23 PM · #32 |
OMG What haven't I done?
I got very close to a very large fire
Carried a plaster column to the beach at midnighht
Wrestled THIS dog for a pic -- twice!
Covered my daughter in Elmer's glue and glitter
Dunked my other daughter & two of her friends in freezing mud
Younger daugher and a neighbor's kid painted with acrylics
Tied my camera to a ladder and set it swinging
Created my own twin
... and so much more! lol
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02/19/2007 06:59:38 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by Judi:
Oh and you have such sexy legs too...hehehe!! That'll teach you to try and take on a red head!!! |
Being married to one, I should have known... |
Men will never learn!!
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02/19/2007 07:01:04 PM · #34 |
Fried an egg and carried it on a plate with my tripod to the complex pool. Smiled like I knew what I was doing at bewildered pool patrons.
Woke up at 3:30am, drove 1.5 hours to Colorado Springs, camped out for a sunrise that never happened thanks to cloud cover. Grumbled, ran an errand in Manitou Springs, returned to the spot on a whim since the clouds had passed and took the shot with more shadow and less golden, horizontal light than envisioned.
Probably my most expensive shot. Bought some frozen baby peas, and a globe on clearance at a map store, where the manager looked at me murderously when I explained to him that I was just going to take it home and stick pins in it.
Special trip to Ulta for a cheap single-use mud mask packet, then spent an hour putting my hair in curlers. It took about thirty shots to get this lined up right, shot without glasses on a timer. The worried look you can see in my eyes is really, "Is it lined up? I can't tell."
Bought an apple. Wriggled about on burlap with bare skin for two hours. It gave me great background texture, but I'm not sure the raw skin was worth the trouble. Apple became part of a chicken and apple curry. (Note the irony.)
This one gets the prize for most bizarre story. Photoshopped Steve's head onto the body of an Elvis impersonator, printed it off and laminated him with box tape, and went to the grocery store. Propped him up amongst the peas as a sort of in-joke with the pea thing going on at that time. Then some guy at the end of the aisle collapsed and they had to call an ambulance. I now use Elvis-Steve, "Stelvis", as a bookmark.
Message edited by author 2007-02-19 19:04:01.
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02/19/2007 07:19:33 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by jrdawson:
I originally wanted to do this wearing surgical gloves but I don't own any. So, I went around to all the pharmacies in the area asking for a single pair of surgical gloves... I never did find any but I sure got a few looks as to what I was going to do with those gloves... *sigh* |
Just go to your nearest ambulance bay and ask for a pair. They may say no, but if you take their picture they'll probably go out of their way to help you. I've got a whole box of gloves in my van, and I carry two pairs on me everywhere I go (when I'm wearing pants). |
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02/19/2007 07:21:31 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by biteme:
and what to do with the other 99 pairs? :P |
...If you have to ask... |
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02/19/2007 07:22:22 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by chimericvisions:
Originally posted by biteme:
and what to do with the other 99 pairs? :P |
...If you have to ask... |
hehe :P
this is a fun thread guys, keep them coming! |
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02/19/2007 07:24:46 PM · #38 |
I went through hell
I drove my sister insane
(and we tore the ads out of her magazines)
I built a cardboard house. Twice.
I took a perfectly working clock apart
and found out that no, you can't put it back together...
I cut a leaf of our huge house plant
And the rest should speak for themselves:
 
 
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02/19/2007 07:35:13 PM · #39 |
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02/19/2007 07:35:38 PM · #40 |
Built my first light tent:
Tried desperately to get a woody to sit still in the wind:
Laid on my back in the woodchips:
Tried to be sneaky in public:
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02/19/2007 07:49:27 PM · #41 |
Originally posted by biteme:
5 days? oh girl, I was lucky to have short hair ;)
the paint got off very fast. when it's dry, you can almost literally tear it off your face. |
I know it... the bad thing about it is, it cracks once it dries and it took me about 50 shots to get this lined up right... every time with a new coat... blah LOL
Yes, you are lucky to have short hair... I have contemplated cutting all of mine off... |
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02/19/2007 07:51:46 PM · #42 |
Think this image says it all... |
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02/19/2007 08:07:07 PM · #43 |
Originally posted by Larus:
Think this image says it all... |
BRILLIANT!
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02/19/2007 08:14:27 PM · #44 |
 This was quite the setup. Two tables with my lightbox frame covered in poster board with holes cut out for my hands and head. Pieces of laminate flooring on the sides of that to give more space for the 1-2 inch layer of dirt and mulch placed on top.
 Over an hour and a half standing on a dock taking a pic every 5 minutes or so.
 Charcoal briquette with the top half dipped in lighter fluid. Lit and held in my hand while I hit the shutter with my remote. Could get off 4 or 5 shots before I felt the burn.
 Dragged our equipment and kids into a McDonalds family bathroom andlocked the door quick behind us. The rest you can see. |
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02/19/2007 08:30:26 PM · #45 |
| Dropped my pants! |
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02/19/2007 08:53:36 PM · #46 |
taken while driving. risked having an accident.
had an accident on purpose... in my own bed!
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02/19/2007 08:57:54 PM · #47 |
Originally posted by Larus:
Think this image says it all... |
Had you opened the window I bet it would have scored a lot higher from those who thought it was simply a print behind it. |
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02/19/2007 08:59:43 PM · #48 |
I don't do anything crazy for images. All of this stuff is the norm...isn't it???
Dressing a guys butt in a dress!
Went fishing for mermaids!
Risked a chickies life!
Climbed down mine shafts!
Get tied up!
Bared my skin to the midday sun!
And laid in a circle of fire!
Theres heaps more than this...but I don't wanna bore you all too much.
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02/19/2007 09:12:48 PM · #49 |
let's seeeeee....
went to the chinese fish market and sewed a pink shower cap for a fish.
laid on the sidewalk with my camera on my chest.
wrapped a 3 year old in paper.
ripped out a buncha face hairs with duct tape.
and, although not for a challenge, gave myself a mohawk 'cause i thought it would be a great photo op.
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02/19/2007 09:49:01 PM · #50 |
 Annoyed my stepdad.
 Went driving around stealing people's roses out of their gardens. Ugh, I hate this pic more than anything -__-
 Wore my least favorite color. EW!
 Oh my...that poor poor snail (read the description) ;)
 Wrote on my face with eyeliner an hour before going to work. I had to get it off with acetone. ouch!
 Corrupted a Teddy Bear :D
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