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06/09/2002 08:15:04 AM · #1 |
If creativity doesn''t prevail, then i''m afraid i''m stuffed this week.
Oh well, keep taking the tablets:#
* This message has been edited by the author on 6/9/2002 8:14:59 AM.
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06/09/2002 07:20:07 AM · #2 |
I don't think I will suffer from any "cliche" remarks this week (not that I usually do, but we seem to talk about it a lot!), hope creativity will provoke comments instead.
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06/09/2002 04:54:03 AM · #3 |
| Finally got everything rigged up and ready to go 'on the road' when it started raining. {gloom} Might have to make this a night shot with flash if it doesn't let up soon, which probably means more B/W for those of you who haven't had enough. |
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06/09/2002 03:56:05 AM · #4 |
Nice one Amphian. This is a great site, great photos and an important message. Looking by the amount of submits so far (62), I suspect that this weeks challenge as been more difficult than expected. I know I struggled. I will certainly give each entry a fairer chance after reading that site. Cheers.
* This message has been edited by the author on 6/9/2002 4:19:37 AM.
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06/09/2002 01:48:24 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
Our camera club members recently got some results back from a competition... the 'professional' judges seem to not like 'cliche' either but they don't call it 'cliche'... I was really amazed when i saw the word "stereotypical" on some of our photographer's submissions...
Ouch! There is an interesting essay on shooting cliches (along with some great photos) at Luminous Landscape.
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06/09/2002 01:37:47 AM · #6 |
BTW- I don't consider 'cliche' when i vote... I think that a well-executed shot that I consider to be 'cliche' will score well regardless :)
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06/09/2002 01:36:28 AM · #7 |
Notes on 'cliche':
Our camera club members recently got some results back from a competition... the 'professional' judges seem to not like 'cliche' either but they don't call it 'cliche'... I was really amazed when i saw the word "stereotypical" on some of our photographer's submissions...
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06/09/2002 01:34:16 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by C3D:
I just submitted mine. So far it hasn't been mentioned as being a cliche :)
I went with a shot that I consider to be 'cliche'... :)
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06/08/2002 11:18:03 PM · #9 |
The voting hasn''t started yet---wait until Monday. <..>
Oops Karen beat me to it. <..>
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06/08/2002 11:17:32 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by C3D:
I just submitted mine. So far it hasn't been mentioned as being a cliche :)
I see you have been a member since today... welcome!
The "On the Road" voting doesn't begin until (after midnight?) on Sunday...so, you'll have to wait until Monday morning your time (or there about) to see if it will get "cliche" remarks. :-p
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06/08/2002 10:24:20 PM · #11 |
| I just submitted mine. So far it hasn't been mentioned as being a cliche :) |
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06/08/2002 08:00:59 PM · #12 |
Do I really have to be the 1st time forum user here? Yep, Just want to say that I am very excited about this site and all of the creative inspiration that you all have shown me. I have been a digital "geek" for a couple of years now and only until recently have really gotten into photography. Maybe because after the initial investments (which can be a killer) everything else is pretty much free! So all I can say is keep all of the submissions coming so I can learn and be awed by at the same time. One day, I will be as good as you.
By the way, my 1st submission really exemplifies the way I want to start out in this field, SLOW..... ;) |
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06/08/2002 07:34:57 PM · #13 |
I only see 53 entries so far, is everyone waiting till tomorrow?
Originally posted by Zeissman:
it sure looks to me like a lot of folks in here know their craft.
Originally posted by lisae:
[i]dmward, anyone who has "a craftsman like knowledge of digital darkroom methods" would have better things to do with their time than refresh the front page of dpchallenge every hour, every day, week after week to see their score :) This challenge is not something that a professional or highly skilled amateur photographer would find appealing, I'm sure. For me, it's not really how much I learn from this site that matters as much as being excited by the things other people see and photograph, and how they feel like photographing them. I don't look at them as "art", because they're the creative expression of people who generally wouldn't call themselves artists at all. You very rarely get much insight into the way the ordinary people around you see and appreciate the world, but here we get it in spades, and it's often very revealing and intriguing.
Then again, it's often just cats, dogs, flowers, babies and pretty girls... but some people find qualities in those subjects that still captivate me :) A few of those are even in my 10s this week!
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06/08/2002 07:33:56 PM · #14 |
it sure looks to me like a lot of folks in here know their craft.
Originally posted by lisae:
dmward, anyone who has "a craftsman like knowledge of digital darkroom methods" would have better things to do with their time than refresh the front page of dpchallenge every hour, every day, week after week to see their score :) This challenge is not something that a professional or highly skilled amateur photographer would find appealing, I'm sure. For me, it's not really how much I learn from this site that matters as much as being excited by the things other people see and photograph, and how they feel like photographing them. I don't look at them as "art", because they're the creative expression of people who generally wouldn't call themselves artists at all. You very rarely get much insight into the way the ordinary people around you see and appreciate the world, but here we get it in spades, and it's often very revealing and intriguing.
Then again, it's often just cats, dogs, flowers, babies and pretty girls... but some people find qualities in those subjects that still captivate me :) A few of those are even in my 10s this week!
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06/06/2002 08:01:15 PM · #15 |
All I know is, I cannot wait to see all the photos of all the new people on this site.
As your portfolio builds here we will learn more about you than anything you possibly can say..thats the fun part to watch. :-) |
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06/06/2002 06:48:51 PM · #16 |
| so, i'm trying to understand this: i'm getting the impression a lot of people are relying on "the element of surprise". : ) |
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06/06/2002 06:22:59 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by karmat:
Worse yet, "Man, that's what I was going to do. Now, I have to find something else."
That's already happened to me. I wanted to do something subtle in one of my shots, and I'm afraid that now that it's been mentioned (I won't say where or in what thread) it may seem cheesy.
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06/06/2002 05:55:29 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by BAMartin:
Any predictions for what the cliche will be this week? I have a guess, and think my photograph will probably be in that category.
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06/06/2002 05:25:05 PM · #19 |
dmward, anyone who has "a craftsman like knowledge of digital darkroom methods" would have better things to do with their time than refresh the front page of dpchallenge every hour, every day, week after week to see their score :) This challenge is not something that a professional or highly skilled amateur photographer would find appealing, I'm sure. For me, it's not really how much I learn from this site that matters as much as being excited by the things other people see and photograph, and how they feel like photographing them. I don't look at them as "art", because they're the creative expression of people who generally wouldn't call themselves artists at all. You very rarely get much insight into the way the ordinary people around you see and appreciate the world, but here we get it in spades, and it's often very revealing and intriguing.
Then again, it's often just cats, dogs, flowers, babies and pretty girls... but some people find qualities in those subjects that still captivate me :) A few of those are even in my 10s this week! |
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06/06/2002 04:22:16 PM · #20 |
I've seen a lot of boring pictures of roadkill, accidents and classic cars.
Mostly, I've seen a lot of poorly concieved, poorly executed images passed off as "art". I am speaking about images in general without regard to where or when I've seen them.
One general observation I will make about the images I've seen on this site since joining; there is a lot of talk in the forums about art and artistic expression, while the majority of the images in the challenge galleries exhibit photographic craft that is beyond the norm expected by today's automatic cameras. Few exhibit image quality that exemplifies a craftsman like knowledge of digital darkroom methods.
IMO this is a great site for helping one another experiment with image capture and post processing techniques to improve our skills. If there is one image in a challenge that comes even close to "display" standards, we collectively are lucky and should then spend time studying that image to learn from it and the photographer who made the image.
DMW
Originally posted by jonathans:
i think for this challenge, were i not suspended, i would have submitted one of the following:
roadkill. this is painfully cliche, but could be interesting if there were flies and it was a long exposure shot.
a car accident. these are hard to come by, unless you have a female friend who will run naked in the street for twenty bucks. she wouldn't be in the picture.
a really old classic car with someone no younger than 70 years of age putt-putting along at 15 mph. with a corn cob pipe in hand. hell yes.
who knows what kind of boring crap people will try and dress up for this one.
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06/06/2002 11:12:07 AM · #21 |
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06/06/2002 10:49:49 AM · #22 |
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06/06/2002 09:59:34 AM · #23 |
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06/06/2002 08:40:09 AM · #24 |
| No, I personally don't see anything wrong with it. It's fun to bounce around ideas. I thought that was all we were doing. |
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06/06/2002 08:19:48 AM · #25 |
| does anyone really think that typing the words 'car accident' on here will suddenly somehow make your photograph any less compelling or lame then it already was going to be? :) |
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