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07/09/2010 12:47:26 PM · #1 |
i must say this site is by far the best online photo contest site i found.
the website is layed out beautifully, isn't obscured by flashing ads, and allows to you interact across a multitude of forums very easily.
plus its seems to be filled with a bunch of great people who are willing to offer help and mentor.
my main reason for wanting to join is for the contests, i enjoy taking pictures but i need a theme to help me focus, i guess i'm a little ADD with the camera, shooting all sorts of stuff but not focusing on a particular subject, and I need to learn how to do that. Plus this offers great insight as to how well my photos actually look to someone beyond me or someone who doesn't want to criticize (ie family).
So as it currently stands I am only able to enter/vote on about 1 contest per week, if I become a paying member will i have access to a lot more challenges?
I don't really need all the features of the site (selling, portfolios, prints, etc) but i'm sure i will use them if they are available. |
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07/09/2010 12:54:38 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by mike_311:
if I become a paying member will i have access to a lot more challenges? |
Yep. :)
At least five extras per month (weekly challenges + monthly free study).
At $25 for the year, we're not talking a huge chunk of change. You could spend that much on a how-to photography book that you never read, or even if you did, wouldn't teach you a quarter of what you could learn here in a few weeks.
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07/09/2010 12:56:32 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by mike_311:
So as it currently stands I am only able to enter/vote on about 1 contest per week, if I become a paying member will i have access to a lot more challenges?
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yes! if you become a paying member you will have access to member's challenges, but not only...
here: FAQ
welcome from Italy Mike!! |
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07/09/2010 01:00:42 PM · #4 |
| Plus you get the ease of storage if you want to participate in side challenges (which are way fun!) and its the members who help keep this site going!! |
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07/09/2010 01:03:41 PM · #5 |
Mike, you know you can enter one point something more challenges as a member. As well, you can spend way more time at DPC which will not necessarily alleviate Photographic ADD, but if taken seriously the themed challenges can go a long way to acheiving focus. It can be an intense ride: you might feel devastated by reactions to a photo that is really quite good, and falsely encouraged by reactions to a photo that has few artistic merits but exhibits photographic bravura.
It is all about getting your feet wet in a larger pond. But you don't really have to become a member for this. You might just try out for awhile as a registered user.
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07/09/2010 01:03:42 PM · #6 |
Don't forget the fruit basket...
and the welcoming committee...
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07/09/2010 01:05:54 PM · #7 |
I say, absolutely join! You will learn so much! I started out as a member on this site totally clueless about serious photography. Now, after 6 years, I have a fine art gallery, and have left my job to pursue photography full time, and I'll tell anyone who asks that I learned more here than at any of the classes I took, books I read, or cameras I upgraded to. Besides that. The community totally becomes part of your life. Some of my best friends on this planet are friends I met here.
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07/09/2010 01:17:11 PM · #8 |
I've been a member longer than Sandy and haven't accomplished a single thing. Just a reminder that the "your mileage may vary" caveat applies. I have met some GREAT people but do wonder sometimes whether membership is detrimental after a point. :)
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07/09/2010 01:18:44 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
I've been a member longer than Sandy and haven't accomplished a single thing. Just a reminder that the "your mileage may vary" caveat applies. I have met some GREAT people but do wonder sometimes whether membership is detrimental after a point. :) |
Meet Deb, head of the welcoming committee and leader of the DPC Glee Club. :P |
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07/09/2010 02:46:44 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by JustCaree:
.... and its the members who help keep this site going!! |
Hey! Don't blame me for that!!
;) |
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07/09/2010 02:54:16 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by mike_311:
...should i join DPC?... |
You sound like an Agent Provocateur to me, Mike. We are all aware that anybody who answers "No," will immediately be banished, and have their account deleted, as if it never existed.
It's happened many times before, so we don't talk about it. |
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07/09/2010 03:04:14 PM · #12 |
FWIW, I've been largely inactive here for the last 3 years, but I've been putting 25 bucks into it every year.
I haven't entered any challenges for quite some time, and I still feel that it's money well spent.
Yes, it's true that there are lots of other sites that allow much more free hosting, but there are indeed some things that set this place apart.
That's probably an odd thing to hear, but think about it this way: If you have a set of dumbells at home, and a membership at a gym, which is likely to actually get you doing more? |
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07/09/2010 03:19:34 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by coryboehne:
Originally posted by JustCaree:
.... and its the members who help keep this site going!! |
Hey! Don't blame me for that!!
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hahahaha
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07/09/2010 05:03:31 PM · #14 |
| I participated month to month at $5 a pop for a little while, until I was certain I would get my use out a yearly membership fee. c'mon, drink the kool-aid, you know you want to. Just a little sip... |
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07/09/2010 05:06:58 PM · #15 |
Yes, or maybe no? Do you want to be part of the site or an active member? Do you want extra challenges or not? Do you want AN UPDATE BUTTON!? Do you want to drift along with the site or get stuck in?
Any more questions? If so, ask an expert please:)) |
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07/09/2010 05:11:57 PM · #16 |
the worst best $25 i've spent in a long time. addiction has a new name, and it is dpc.
all jokes aside it's well worth the $$$...like steve i floated for about 6 months at $5 a month before i finally realized i was hooked.
but wow how much i've learned in such a short time.
dive in.
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07/09/2010 05:16:44 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by FourPoint7:
the worst best $25 i've spent in a long time. addiction has a new name, and it is dpc.
all jokes aside it's well worth the $$$...like steve i floated for about 6 months at $5 a month before i finally realized i was hooked.
but wow how much i've learned in such a short time.
dive in. |
I have to agree, okay cameras have improved and most of us have upgraded, but look at 1st challenge entries and last entries, can you see any difference?? $25 is peanuts, and I don't like peanuts much! Go for it. |
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07/09/2010 05:17:38 PM · #18 |
Do join. It's a great group. Very passionate about their photography -- and life in general, for that matter.
But if someone named Art tells you to pull his finger... Well, you've been warned.
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07/09/2010 05:20:14 PM · #19 |
| I know of no other online community (with about 20 people I know only through interactions here at DPC) I am willing to drive more than 4 hours on a hot summer day to go and hang out with...and that is something I will be doing this weekend. Over the 4 years, I have met over 25 fellow DPCers in HI, VT, CT, NY, and soon PA. It is a wonderful community full of some really great people. |
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07/09/2010 05:22:42 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by bvy:
But if someone named Art tells you to pull his finger... Well, you've been warned. |
Wish someone would have warned me.... :( |
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07/09/2010 05:40:10 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by sonniejake:
Originally posted by bvy:
But if someone named Art tells you to pull his finger... Well, you've been warned. |
Wish someone would have warned me.... :( |
Watch out for Art! |
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07/09/2010 06:03:32 PM · #22 |
Welcome to the nuthouse....but be warned...Art is the innocent one...compared to others!!!!!!!! Muuwwwwaaahhhhhhh!!!!!
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07/09/2010 06:10:30 PM · #23 |
| I don't know what problem you have with Art. He lets me out of my cage at least 2 times a day. |
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07/09/2010 06:14:50 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by jminso:
I don't know what problem you have with Art. He lets me out of my cage at least 2 times a day. |
Well, it's either that or he'll have to clean the cage. |
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07/09/2010 09:26:34 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by Melethia:
I've been a member longer than Sandy and haven't accomplished a single thing. Just a reminder that the "your mileage may vary" caveat applies. I have met some GREAT people but do wonder sometimes whether membership is detrimental after a point. :) |
Meet Deb, head of the welcoming committee and leader of the DPC Glee Club. :P |
Well, it's been that kind of year.
But seriously, if you put a lot of effort into the place - lots of comments, plenty of participation in challenges and side challenges, etc, you should do just fine! Perhaps that's where I've gone wrong...
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