SIDE CHALLENGE FOR JANUARY .. any suggestions

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

12/27/2010 12:40:55 AM · #1

thinking of a side challenge for january .. spose three months layered could be a bit too much for most ppl altho i'd happily keep going ..
anyhow, i recently found a heap of cd's with some of my older work on them ... done before i really knew much about photoshop .. some done on corel5 which is now a dinosaur ..
so .. is anyone interested in a side where we use our older artworks (any medium) or photos as the starting point and develop/process them in photoshop to something more ..
i'm a bit vague so any input would be very welcome .. :)

UPDATE ..
from the feedback i've decided to go with 'EACH TO HIS/HER OWN' .. that way each person can do their own thing for the month ..
let me know what your 'subject' is and i'll put it next to your name when you sign up .. :)

some suggestions ... revisiting old artworks/photos, images with quotes, sayings or lyrics, using your P&S, black and white, macro, slice of life, layered, portraits, where you live, pets, flowers, blur .. etc etc ..

IMAGES GO IN HERE .. ..:)

roz - revisiting older artworks/photos or whenever with quotes or sayings

Jutilda - macro

Kelli - snapshots

neat - whatever or possibly impressionism

tanguera - portraits .. gradients & filters & whatever

daisydavid - to be decided

pixelpig - tabletop photography

colorcarnival - off-camera flash or whatever else happens

MelonMusketeer - possibly in-camera processing

Lelez - gallery 2010

jomari - turning photos into paintings without picking up a paintbrush

gsal - portraits of total strangers

adamelliott111 - black and white & revisiting 2010 work

keenon - something involving the beach

sulamk - birds in the wild

JokersSoul - inspirational photos - with text incorporated

Germaine - whatever i feel like

dahlin - the birth of two daughters ? ... let me know brian .. :)

sfalice - experimental

ancientimages - Revisit prior work

aliqui - reprocessing past photos with maybe a splash of new photos throughout the month

cpanaioti - experiments with Corel Painter 11

sjhuls - still life

MattO - Probably a slice of my life

MAK - B&W imagery

iamwoman -

WriteHeart - revisiting old work - might drop a new photo in every once in a while

digifotojo - lake scenes

ScooterMcNutty - 1 month of BW

GregoryB - Some old, some new

idp - pictures of my garden

jminso - revisit my challenge entries and re edit them

tjbel05 - New England scenery

bootlegbob - Cemeteries and Hovels or whatever

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Yo_Spiff

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

12/27/2010 12:49:37 AM · #2

I think

Melethia did something like this a couple of years back. The idea was to edit one photo from your archives every week that you had not done anything with yet. It was meant to go the whole year but ran out of steam after a few months. Could do well as a side challenge for a month.

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

12/27/2010 02:17:34 AM · #3

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

I think Melethia did something like this a couple of years back. The idea was to edit one photo from your archives every week that you had not done anything with yet. It was meant to go the whole year but ran out of steam after a few months. Could do well as a side challenge for a month.

yes it seems that sometimes a longer side challenge does run out'v steam .. so this would be for the month of january ..
i've asked for input in the layered december side challenge ..:)

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tanguera

Nikon D750

12/27/2010 02:56:51 AM · #4

Hi Roz,
Life totally got away from me for the 2nd layered sc. I'm hoping some time will free up for whatever you end up cooking in January. We've done a cameraphone sc, but how about a P&S sc? Or see how brilliant we can get with low lighting images? Just got a little Sony for Xmas I'd like to take for a spin... Of course, revisiting hidden gems is always pleasant.

12/27/2010 03:30:53 AM · #5

Originally posted by tanguera:

hey johanna .. i only did half a month for the december layered .. but it was supposed to be only what you could manage ..
i dont have a P&S .. but i reckon that could be included .. i'm pushing for revisiting hidden gems tho .. both photos and any sort of artwork ppl have done .. scanned in and worked on in photoshop or wotever .. :)

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12/27/2010 03:36:06 AM · #6

another idea i just had ..
i'm totally into quotes and sayings ..
its very hard to combine a quote and a pic or image so that they live together ..
that would be a really hard side .. quite the challenge .. !!
could use any artwork you've done or photos you've taken .. ??
??

Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

12/27/2010 03:40:10 AM · #7

another thought .. trying to decide on the 'subject' for the month might be difficult especially when everyone has a good idea ..
maybe we could decide on something we wanted to do for the month but not everyone would be doing the same thing ..
like some might want to turn photos into paintings .. some might want to combine an image and a quote/saying .. others might want to do something else ..
what do other ppl reckon .. :)

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

12/27/2010 08:03:25 AM · #8

Originally posted by roz:

Sounds like a "whatever" challenge! LOL! Those are the best ones, everyone does their own thing be it old, new, under/over edited, painterly, etc. and so on. Those are the best sides anyway!

Lelez

Sony Alpha a6000

Sony SELP1650 16-50mm Power Zoom

12/27/2010 04:29:27 PM · #9

As I have to organize my 2010 folders my suggestion is as follows:
Put the best photo of each month, totaling 12 shots.
If you feel better, you can put two best shots of each month.
The rule is: the photo must have the correct date.
ex: two pictures of January, 2 of February , and will follow the order.
What do you guys think about?

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jomari

Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR

12/27/2010 06:08:28 PM · #10

I like the idea of revisiting old work - photos, paintings, whatever, especially with no rules. I also like the idea of 'whatever'. As far as a P&S sc, there was one in November.

Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

12/27/2010 06:38:31 PM · #11

i'm going with 'Each to His/Her own' ..
that way each person can decide on their 'thing' for the month .. whether its revisiting old artworks/photos and reprocessing them, photos/artworks with quotes, sayings or lyrics from songs, using their P&S, black and white, macro, slice of life, layered, portraits, where you live, pets, flowers, blur, have i missed anything ?!!

let me know your subject and i'll start adding names .. :)

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Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

12/27/2010 07:07:14 PM · #12

Put me down for "snapshots", maybe I can turn it into snapshot art! LOL! It's all I seem to have time for anymore.

Neat

Canon Canon 1d x Mark II

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

12/27/2010 07:45:22 PM · #13

I'll be into the WHATEVER CHALLENGE, that way all our different ideas can bounce off one another, and then we can really grow in appreciation towards all the different and vast uses of photography.

tanguera

Nikon D750

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

12/27/2010 08:03:11 PM · #14

I'm probably going to concentrate on portraits, since that seems to be where I'm headed, and trying to figure out how to use gradients, LOL! The other thing I love is found filters. But the whotever was a hoot. So, it'll probably be a lot of that as well :-)

daisydavid

Canon EOS-5DS R

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

12/27/2010 08:46:27 PM · #15

Yes I'm up for the "whatever" side challenge. Haven't committed to a definite topic, but put me down for a place in the show ;) (please) (and thank you Roz, Jutilda and all others for your efforts)

pixelpig

Sony Alpha a55

Sony DT 1.8/50mm SAM

12/27/2010 08:49:34 PM · #16

I have a new camera & lens, so I'm up for a month of tabletop photography.

Jutilda

Canon EOS-7D

Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon

12/27/2010 09:38:23 PM · #17

Illustrating an image has always been pretty easy for me. Maybe because I never stop talking, so I'm always full of verse. LOL

Whatever I decide to do, I'm in. :)

colorcarnival

Olympus 45mm f1.8 M.Zuiko Digital Micro Four Thirds

12/27/2010 09:42:34 PM · #18

I'm in. I need something to make me take pics again. I'll do off-camera flash and whatever else happens :) Thanks Roz!

MelonMusketeer

Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital

Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4

12/27/2010 09:45:46 PM · #19

I've been watching this. Since it's going to be a come as you are party, I may try to be there.
I have a new camera, with processing capability, so it may be photos with in camera processing for my theme for this S C. I may only have time to put in one about every three days or so.

gsal

Olympus E-510

12/28/2010 04:48:05 AM · #20

I´m in. I´ve been thinking of taking portraits of total strangers for awhile. I might try that in January.

jomari

Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR

12/28/2010 07:45:56 AM · #21

I'm definitely up for this - oh, I see I'm already in. Good!

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Adz

Nikon D80

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

12/28/2010 09:47:12 AM · #22

My first side challenge, put me down for black and white please :)

jomari

Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR

12/28/2010 06:05:33 PM · #23

After being so much happier with this than the original, I think I might go with turning photos into paintings without picking up a paintbrush. (But if I get my printer working then I might try some real hybrids.)

tanguera

Nikon D750

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

12/29/2010 07:27:06 PM · #24

Hey Roz,
Looks like this SC is going to have some serious competition