Product Shot: Post Original Ad here AFTER results

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

09/07/2008 09:08:11 AM · #1

This thread won't take effect until AFTER the voting has finished... otherwise it will give away who took which pic... BUT

I'm sure that I'm not the only one who has made a direct copy of a magazine add for their product shot... And i'm sure that i'm not the only one who wished that they could post the original magazine add along with their challenge entry... sooooo

I think it would be cool if anyone who had duplicated an original magazine product shot could scan the original add from the magazine ect... and post it side by side with their challenge entry...

the reason i am posting this thread NOW is so that everyone who wants to do this can get ready by scanning in the original magazine advertisement and hide it in their portfolio... i just wanted to make sure that everyone does that now, rather than wait a week in which time they may loose the original add...

Thanks... I'm looking forward to seeing the results...

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Lydia

Canon EOS-6D

09/07/2008 09:22:36 AM · #2

That sounds fun. But, you do know that the image is supposed to be a shot for a CATALOG, not an AD, right? Just making sure...

Trumpeteer4

Nikon D7000

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

09/07/2008 09:32:08 AM · #3

I think it was a "product" that might appear in a catalog. As long as the product is the focal point it doesn't matter.

docpjv

Fujifilm X-E1

Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS

09/07/2008 09:34:44 AM · #4

Jumping the gun with a wrong premise ;-). Might is not have....

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

09/07/2008 09:54:02 AM · #5

I hope there won't be too many copies of original ads, I'd have to give them all low scores for lack of creativity...

Puckzzz

Pentax K10D

Pentax FA 28-80mm 3.5-5.6 AF - Silver

09/07/2008 01:19:40 PM · #6

Originally posted by eyewave:

I hope there won't be too many copies of original ads, I'd have to give them all low scores for lack of creativity...

Got a point there :-)

I've tried to be as original as I can be. I hope I won't get punished for that. I've switched my entry three times already :-D

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

09/07/2008 01:29:23 PM · #7

welllll.... if you are duplicating a CURRENT add, then that's poor creativity...

BUT if you are duplicating an old add from the 1970's or 1950's which requires dressing up in a certain way ect... then i think that you are being VERY creative =)

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

09/07/2008 02:08:05 PM · #8

Originally posted by Shutter-For-Hire:

You are dressing up your product?

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

09/07/2008 02:25:02 PM · #9

hahaha... dressing up people that appear in the add... like for example an old betty Crocker add for cake icing would show the icing can in front and in the background a mother with two kids icing some cupcakes, but they would be dressed in 1970's clothes... and the mother would have huge ass thick glasses... If someone did a big setup like that i would give it a very high score for creativity...

Here is another example...

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yanko

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

09/07/2008 02:56:41 PM · #10

Originally posted by Shutter-For-Hire:

Neither concept appears creative to me and both examples requires dressing up a certain way. Granted it may be harder to get older clothes especially if it's not as simple as raiding your grandmother's closet but that only speaks to it's level of difficulty not creativity. Here's a novel concept, don't duplicate instead create. Take old concepts and make them new. It's not as hard as it sounds once you break free from the shackles of copying.

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

09/07/2008 03:01:38 PM · #11

well, honestly it's your call... if you want to vote low on this type of pic, suit yourself... either way, i created this thread for people who Did duplicate an original pic... if you don't like the idea of duplicating, then don't duplicate, and feel free to disregard this thread =)

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cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

09/07/2008 03:10:36 PM · #12

The description says to take a picture of a product that might appear in a catalogue. Is that a picture that might appear in a catalogue or a picture of something that might be for sale? If the latter, then it could be any picture of something that could be for sale in a catalogue and an ad for that product that would appear in the catalogue.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

09/07/2008 03:17:05 PM · #13

Honestly... everyone seems to be interpreting it a little differently... i'd say that an add in a magazine is the same as an add of something for sale... i think that the only difference is that usually magazines don't have prices... but the products obviously are for sale, otherwise why would they be in a magazine?

IMO, just take a pic of a product and make it interesting...

Simms

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

09/07/2008 06:31:38 PM · #14

Regardless of the interpretation - the shots that will score best will be the ones that look like well shot magazine adverts and not flatly lit catalogue shots. Let the moaning and bitching commence.

Nikon D200

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

09/07/2008 06:43:59 PM · #15

Originally posted by Simms:

Regardless of the interpretation - the shots that will score best will be the ones that look like well shot magazine adverts and not flatly lit catalogue shots. Let the moaning and bitching commence.

Simms, would it be wrong to admit that I saw your name and only peeked at what you wrote long enough to say that YOU ARE CORRECT? :)

violinist123

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

09/07/2008 06:47:01 PM · #16

Here's hoping that the Victoria's Secret catalog serves as the inspiration for all entries.

Delta_6

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

09/07/2008 07:24:49 PM · #17

Originally posted by L2:

Originally posted by Simms:
Regardless of the interpretation - the shots that will score best will be the ones that look like well shot magazine adverts and not flatly lit catalogue shots. Let the moaning and bitching commence.

Simms, would it be wrong to admit that I saw your name and only peeked at what you wrote long enough to say that YOU ARE CORRECT? :)

Well, looks like my prediction of a low 5 for my shot if I;m lucky is going to be right on the money if this is the case.

Simms

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

09/07/2008 07:26:49 PM · #18

Originally posted by L2:

LOL, thats been printed off and stuck on the fridge!

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

09/07/2008 08:17:31 PM · #19

Originally posted by Simms:

Amen! And I have no horse in this race, I did not enter. I'd be amazed if all the high-scorers didn't more resemble magazine ads than catalog shots... Though I have seen some creative catalogues...

R.

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

09/07/2008 08:24:06 PM · #20

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Simms:
Regardless of the interpretation - the shots that will score best will be the ones that look like well shot magazine adverts and not flatly lit catalogue shots. Let the moaning and bitching commence.

Amen! And I have no horse in this race, I did not enter. I'd be amazed if all the high-scorers didn't more resemble magazine ads than catalog shots... Though I have seen some creative catalogues...

R.

Funny, they didn't even have to be an ad. The product just had to be likely to appear in a catalogue.

09/15/2008 07:51:26 AM · #21

ok.... back to the reason I started this thread...

If anyone coppied an original add and wanted to show their pic and the add together for fun, please post them here...

If you think that copying an add is not creative, then dont' read this thread... =)

Here's my entry
It was a LOT of work and took up most of my weekend to plan it out and take the pic...
It did pretty bad, but my fionce and I had fun either way =)

and the original