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05/24/2004 06:43:41 PM · #51 |
no use of genitalia while shooting the shot
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05/24/2004 06:51:19 PM · #52 |
Originally posted by nborton:
there should be a rule change that states:
"Your right index finger, and only your right index finger may take the shot. You may not use your toe (on either foot), or any other finger on your right or left hand. In the event that you don't have a right finger, you may not submit to dpc. Secondly, if you use a timer or a remote to take the picture, you can not submit under your profile name. You will have to make a second account with a creative username based on your camera model. At which point your first account will be erased due to violating the two user rule. Also, one should only use the right eye to compose the shot through the viewfinder. The use of the left eye is grounds for suspension from the site." |
Addendum:
"The right index finger must directly touch the button. This must consist of skin to camera, anything else is unaceptable. The use of gloves when it's cold is not allowed. Also, placing your camera in a plastic bag to protect it while raining is also not allowed unless your right index finger is inside the bag with the camera. Pressing of the button from outside the bag through the plastic is not allowed." |
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05/24/2004 06:52:46 PM · #53 |
Originally posted by Nazgul:
Originally posted by rcrawford:
Originally posted by Nazgul:
Originally posted by rcrawford:
If two people collaborate and have equal influence on the final photo, which account should they submit under or should that type of photo not be allowed as a entry? |
Gee just go ahead and DQ that shot if its such a problem..... |
Sorry, that was a hypothetical question. |
well my friend that wasnt the case ......
If you think I am using Heiða´s skills to get high scores for myself in here you are all terribly wrong.
That beeing my highest score and all that beats me and I am far from all that happy with that photo! |
Calm down. I'm on your side and think you deserve full credit fore this shot.
My hypothetical question was personal, my wife and I often work together on shots and we both have accounts.
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05/24/2004 07:02:54 PM · #54 |
My apologies to Nazgul. When I posted my original question, it was just out of curiosity as to whether there were any particular parameters involving self-portraits, etc. It was never meant to have anything to do with either Nazgul's shot or the so-called legality of it. It was fully disclosed upfront, and that is why I didn't even make mention of names, etc. I will be more careful next time, I guess. Again -- my apologies for something taken totally out of context.
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05/24/2004 07:34:30 PM · #55 |
Legally speaking (which isn't dpc I know) a photographer who composes, does everything BUT pushes the shutter has the copyright. The shutter pusher gets nothing. So, I'd say it's ok. :) How could Naz have the copyright and Heida be responsible for the shot? heh
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05/24/2004 07:45:42 PM · #56 |
There used to be a photographer (I forget his name) but he used to set up and light these elaborate scenes, then leave it for his assistants to expose the film. He was often not even in the building at the actual time of exposure. No one disputed who the artist was.
In a similar vein, historically, many famous painters had their assistants paint unimportant portions of major works so that they could concentrate on the important stuff. Again, no one disputed who the artist was.
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05/24/2004 07:53:07 PM · #57 |
| Helga is welcome to push my shutter button any time she wants. :-) |
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05/24/2004 08:03:46 PM · #58 |
Originally posted by boomer:
Helga is welcome to push my shutter button any time she wants. :-) |
Who´s Helga? :) |
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05/24/2004 08:05:42 PM · #59 |
Originally posted by boomer:
Helga is welcome to push my shutter button any time she wants. :-) |
What about Heida?
-Terry
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05/24/2004 08:12:20 PM · #60 |
Originally posted by frumoaznicul:
If it's not legal it should be. Hitting the button is the most insignifiant part of the photofraphy process. I don't know the shot I haven't notice but if he/she made the setup had the vision, and prepared everything only someone else pushed the button, he/she is the photographer the other person could be considered no more than replacement for a remote control. |
Exactly. I don't think its about who presses the button. Its the idea that matters.
//www.pbase.com/image/29348554
This photo was made with my camera... I setup the shot but I did not press the button. I used my remote timer to automatically make a shot every 15 or 20 seconds over a period of an hour or so. This would be no different than me having someone else press the button.
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05/24/2004 08:25:25 PM · #61 |
Originally posted by ClubJuggle:
Originally posted by boomer:
Helga is welcome to push my shutter button any time she wants. :-) |
What about Heida?
-Terry |
Her too. lol... And about a dozen other fantastic photographers from this site. I figure if they just "breathe" on my camera, the shot will improve. |
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05/24/2004 09:44:00 PM · #62 |
Oh yes... if someone else pushed the button, then certainly the shot should be disqualified. In fact, if someone else held up a reflector or a light or some other really important detail and that caused a shot to be very good instead of just okay, that should be disqualified too. Y'know, now that I think about it, any shot where there's actually something in motion should also be disqualified, because - hey, that's outta the photographer's hands. If the model or the vehicle or whatever hadn't been moving just like that, where would the shot be? Pffah! The photographer certainly can't plan every little movement, therefore it was not the photographer's work, eh? Actually, they don't even have to be motion shots. A human or animal subject can only follow direction so perfectly.
Seriously. This is goofy. Unless there's some cosmic power that you good photographers aren't letting me in on (and if there is, please tell me, 'cause I wanna be good too!) that gives a person control over more than the setup, framing, and all of the camera controls... how can there be any question as to the legitimacy of this photo? If anything, Nazgul had more control than most of us by not only setting up the shot but also posing for it.
Just my opinion. Nitpicking makes me grouchy. |
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