Who's up for a 30-day Minimal Editing Challenge?!?

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

02/27/2007 02:36:51 PM · #26

Originally posted by xxrozxx:

7 days would be great, but i wonder if its enough? .. i reckon two weeks would be a better amount of time, which is only my opinion, but i think it takes a couple/few days to actually get in the swing ... we're going to be finishing the 30 day in two days ... when would this one start ...
should be interesting for me to go for a minimal editing one, being the photoshop idiot that i am!! ... i think this would be a great way for me to learn more about my camera and photographic techniques in general ...

I believe the consensus is March 9th :)

roz

OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED

02/27/2007 03:46:49 PM · #27

Originally posted by TCGuru:

Originally posted by xxrozxx:
7 days would be great, but i wonder if its enough? .. i reckon two weeks would be a better amount of time, which is only my opinion, but i think it takes a couple/few days to actually get in the swing ... we're going to be finishing the 30 day in two days ... when would this one start ...
should be interesting for me to go for a minimal editing one, being the photoshop idiot that i am!! ... i think this would be a great way for me to learn more about my camera and photographic techniques in general ...

I believe the consensus is March 9th :)

EXCELLENT ...
edit ... 1 or 2 weeks??

Message edited by author 2007-02-27 15:47:22.

Retroesque

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

02/27/2007 04:06:20 PM · #28

My camera just died (or fell into a deep sleep) last night BUT if I get it back before you start I'm IN!

Lisa

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

02/27/2007 04:56:33 PM · #29

I'm in!!! Great idea.

Shmee

Nikon D70s

02/27/2007 05:10:50 PM · #30

I suppose we could do a 14-day challenge, and anyone who wants to just do 7 days could stop at the 7-days.

Message edited by author 2007-02-27 17:11:27.

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

02/27/2007 05:29:55 PM · #31

Will it be a free study or do we want some sort of loose subject or technical guidelines each day? With NO possibility of DNMC, by the way!

xXxscarletxXx

Nikon D80

02/27/2007 05:31:52 PM · #32

No editting O.O na uh lol

TCGuru

Canon EOS-40D

Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital

02/27/2007 07:18:37 PM · #33

I say we just do a Free Study, I need to work on getting my portrait shots correct in camera and I haven't been practicing enough... I suppose 14 days would be alright as opposed to 7 or we could call it a 7or14 minimal editing challenge in the spirit of Ware3927's suggestion so people could just stop whenever :)

I suppose I have a theme of my own... I would love to see other people follow some sort of theme that they love or just need to work on :)

WAZZZAH MATTAH SCARLET???? YOU SKERED??? :P

joynim

Olympus E-500 EVOLT

02/27/2007 07:29:58 PM · #34

I havent done much photography lately this might be a way for me to ease back in I might be interested and will watch this thread

quasicamera

Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel

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

02/27/2007 08:56:48 PM · #35

I'm in, too.

JunieMoon

Sony Alpha a7 II

Sony FE 3.5-5.6/28-70 mm OSS

02/27/2007 09:49:16 PM · #36

Count me in if I can try just the 14 days. If you run the 30 days, we can each set up our portfolio with the amount of days we want to participate, and I think I can stick to just doing 14. I would love to see what kind of settings everybody uses for their minimal editing. Sharing settings would really be helpful. I think that getting back to the essence of photography and the connection we as photographers have with our cameras would be awesome. The camera wants to please us, does the best it can, but we can always help it along by trying to get the very best settings for the situation we are shooting.
In this case, I want to stick to one subject and one only. I think I am going to choose skies. It can be used to highlight a subject such as a tree, but all my shots have to have a lot of sky. That is one of the most difficult areas to shoot with minimal editing.

admajic

Nikon D50

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

02/27/2007 10:32:07 PM · #37

Im in!! Should be interesting. xxRozxxx should be even more interesting to see what your photos actually look like before u PP them :P

Alicia

Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel

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

02/27/2007 10:39:33 PM · #38

I wanna! When does it start - on March 1?

I like Melethia's idea of having a topic.

roz

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED

02/28/2007 05:38:56 AM · #39

hi alicia ...

Redjulep
think someone's said its starting on 9th march .. i could be wrong and from wot i've read i think they are now deciding how long to go for, whether 7 days or 14 ....i think they decided early on in this thread that 30 days would be too long ....... i dont know who actually decides how long and when it starts tho ... ????????

and ad ..

admajic
i do occassionally do minimal editing ... in fact did one for the 'tree' challenge and did another ... hmmmmmmmm ... actually never did!!!!!!!!!!! yeah it should be real interesting to see how i go with no editing .. bloody horrible i reckon ... you see i correct all my ignorance of photographic techniques in photoshop ... so without that tool i will totally SUCK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Message edited by author 2007-02-28 05:43:56.

Angadeon

Nikon D100

Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon

02/28/2007 01:14:21 PM · #40

I fell off the 30 day where-you-live challenge thanks largely to a killer cold-flu, but I'm good to go for a 14 day minimal. I'm in!

bennettjamie

Canon EOS-6D

02/28/2007 01:47:12 PM · #41

Originally posted by Angadeon:

I fell off the 30 day where-you-live challenge thanks largely to a killer cold-flu, but I'm good to go for a 14 day minimal. I'm in!

I fell off of the 30 day where you live challenge too because I have been working too much overtime at work. Im def. good for 14 days though, I think I will be minimal editing and the theme will be my pets.

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

02/28/2007 04:43:27 PM · #42

Here's another idea - let's make it a 14 day challenge like this:
- The first seven days are minimal editing. If you want a theme or a technical objective, pick one of your own or copy someone else's. :-)
- Next seven days - edit your first seven pictures using advanced editing rules. Then post them side by side along with some information on what processing you used.

This way it can really be a good learning challenge - first in "seeing" and framing a picture in-camera, then developing that picture further.

SteveJ

Canon EOS-7D

02/28/2007 04:46:44 PM · #43

I have problems with 30 day or 7 day or 14 day challenges cos of work. Why not a weekend challnge that lasts for a month? In other words submit a Saturday and Sunday photo that span a month?

It is so much easier to submit a weekend shot or two.

02/28/2007 04:54:30 PM · #44

Steve, I kinda "cheat" because of work - I may only be able to shoot on the weekends, so I take enough to use for the week's challenge. No one will DQ you if you don't shoot each day. :-)

noraneko

Canon EOS R5

03/01/2007 07:59:45 AM · #45

Hi all, I'm interested in participating in this challenge. When does it start and where do I sign up?

TCGuru

Canon EOS-40D

03/01/2007 08:20:50 AM · #46

OKAY, IT SEEMS THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS TO FILL EVERYONE IN SO FAR:

(Hope the OP don't get mad at me) LOL

STARTING MARCH NINTH

GO FOR EITHER 7 OR 14 DAYS, WHICHEVER IS BEST FOR YOU

There are no rules about when or what you can shoot, but you need to follow the minimal editing rules. Remember, this is not competition, it is a learning exercise and if you cheat, you cheat no one but yourself.

You don't have to turn in a photo every day, if you miss a day, do 2 the next day or do 14 on day 14 :)

NOW, YOU HAVE 1 WEEK TO PREPARE!! LET'S DO THIS!! :)

Anyone have anything to add??

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bennettjamie

Canon EOS-6D