Human Scavenger Hunt: A Challenge

04/17/2005 10:57:35 PM · #51

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This has been the strangest of the 4 I have done so far. I felt wierd asking another photographer to point her camera at me while I made a photo of her. I think the most peculiar thing about it was that she didn't ask me 'why' I wanted to do that... lol

Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM

04/23/2005 10:38:16 AM · #52

Updated Collection

Anyone else shooting anything for this? I'm going to try to finish mine this weekend and start on something new in the forums next week...

Skip

Canon EOS-1D X

04/23/2005 12:31:59 PM · #53

Originally posted by jmsetzler:

Updated Collection

Anyone else shooting anything for this? I'm going to try to finish mine this weekend and start on something new in the forums next week...

i 'kinda' got my ice cream shot, but it doesn't fit with the others, so i'm probably going to reshoot. i was going to shoot my referee next tuesday, but it looks like if you're closing in, i should go on and get it done ;-)

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

04/23/2005 01:11:00 PM · #54

I think you and I are the only ones shooting... I'm enjoying it anyway :)

Strikeslip

Canon EOS-5D

04/23/2005 02:51:01 PM · #55

I'm very slow, but I want to finish even if it takes me all year, just for fun.

Skip

Canon EOS-1D X

Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM

04/23/2005 04:19:03 PM · #56

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

I'm very slow, but I want to finish even if it takes me all year, just for fun.

cool, slippy! keep at it!

this one's just for you ;-)

Strikeslip

Canon EOS-5D

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

04/23/2005 04:22:33 PM · #57

Originally posted by skiprow:

Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I'm very slow, but I want to finish even if it takes me all year, just for fun.

cool, slippy! keep at it!

this one's just for you ;-)

:-D

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

04/23/2005 05:18:31 PM · #58

*oops*

Message edited by author 2005-04-23 17:18:55.

Strikeslip

Canon EOS-5D

04/23/2005 05:20:43 PM · #59

Originally posted by jmsetzler:

*oops*

Bravo!

smilebig4me1x

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

04/23/2005 05:23:35 PM · #60

Originally posted by jmsetzler:

Is anyone besides skip working on this project?

ok...i just found this thread and if the kudos are still up for the taking im in....besides i need something else to do, it will help me with my people skills a bit.

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

04/23/2005 05:25:27 PM · #61

Originally posted by smilebig4me1x:

Originally posted by jmsetzler:
Is anyone besides skip working on this project?

ok...i just found this thread and if the kudos are still up for the taking im in....besides i need something else to do, it will help me with my people skills a bit.

That's the whole purpose... I have had fun with it and only been turned down for a photo once so far.

soup

Canon EOS-30D

04/23/2005 05:49:18 PM · #62

nice work !! - i might have hung around at photo 4 a while, and maybe ordered ice cream for someone to get that photo ;}

Originally posted by skiprow:

well, i'll have to say that this 'challenge' has been one of the coolest things i've done since, well, i guess since the dc g2g ;-) maybe i should say, this is one of the coolest challenges i've ever taken up.

anyways, i decided to see if i could do it today. i came close, getting 13 out of 15. hard to find a referee working in the middle of the day, and it was too cold to find anyone eating ice cream. all the same, this was an excellent adventure, on a number of levels.

for one, i wanted to get a feel for the mechanics of approaching i people don't know to take their picture while also getting a model release. another thing i wanted to find out was just how much of this could i do in a day. i ended up with about 90 shots, editted almost 30, and have uploaded about 15, so far. not bad for a days work.

i took a very straight forward approach. if i went into a place of business, i tracked down a manager to let them know what i wanted to do, and to make sure they were ok. i told them that i was participating in an on-line photo safari, and that i had to take pictures of 15 different people. i had printed out the list, using a very large font, and i showed it to them. i also did this with the subjects i wanted to shoot. when i had their permission, i explained that i would need to take at least two pictures, one with them holding up the model release, and one of them doing whatever. i also had printed up and cut out some business card sized slips of paper with my dpc url and instructions for finding the images, as well as my regular web address. once they signed the model release, i gave them the slip of paper, telling them how to see their pictures. everybody seemed to like this idea.

and, to make it even better, when i was in a restaurant, some patrons asked if they could pay me to take their picture. so i took it, and will be taking them prints tomorrow.

at this point, i'll say, "Thanks, John, for giving me a vehicle/reason to go out and do something different today!"

now, on to the pictures...

Kavey

Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon

04/23/2005 05:53:16 PM · #63

I just found this too and it's been a pleasure.
John, great idea!
Skip, frigging AMAZING results and I LOVE the fun of your release and your approach. MUCH KUDOS!

smilebig4me1x

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

04/25/2005 09:32:12 PM · #64

got my chef and my photographer today....anyone still working on this except me?

Skip

Canon EOS-1D X

Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM

04/25/2005 10:08:34 PM · #65

Originally posted by smilebig4me1x:

got my chef and my photographer today....anyone still working on this except me?

oh yeah, the race is still on!!! glad to have you join us! post 'em up so we can see 'em ;-)

smilebig4me1x