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08/20/2008 04:04:44 PM · #1 |
The other day, when I was out shopping for the purple challenge, I thought, most weeks I'm out buying something to shoot.
I got three rubber duckies, which I'll never use again probably - $11.
For the Sugar challenge (which I ended up not entering) I got sugar and gumdrops - $4
For the Recipe Food I spent around $20, but ended up consuming it all.
For Still Life, I bought grapes and bread - $5
Mind you, I'm not complaining, and frankly I'd probably spend a lot more to execute an idea for a challenge.
What do YOU spend on challenges (not soft- or hardware)?? |
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08/20/2008 04:10:53 PM · #2 |
I find myself spending money too. I shot for 7 challenges in a row now.
Doors - $0
Woody - Woody ($10) - might use him again for photography
Evening - $0
Lawn - Mirrors ($20) - will probably never use
Hot - Fresh peppers ($5) - didn't use, ended up burning them all
Recipe (Beverage) - Lemons ($15) - made lemonade
Weathered - $0
It looks like i've spent money on half of them so far. And if you cont gas these days, them all of my $0 are at least $5 in gas. |
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08/20/2008 04:14:40 PM · #3 |
| Just last week I spent $19 for a fishing license, $25 for a fishing rod and reel, and drove 4 hours (maybe $30 in gas) just so I could get access to a place to shoot that I otherwise couldn't (you can only enter the area for fishing or hunting). And I barely enter challenges anymore. And furthermore, I didn't catch any fish :(. |
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08/20/2008 04:15:36 PM · #4 |
Purple - $0
Ducky - ($1) - Went to the dollor store and got a package of 3 ruber ducks.
Evening - $0
Lawn - $0
I try and use what i have around me. It helps that I work downtown and only a few blocks from a huge park area. |
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08/20/2008 04:15:55 PM · #5 |
red rose bouquet ( i only used one rose) 10$
Miniture grocery bag for the woody .79
thats about it :) |
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08/20/2008 04:26:44 PM · #6 |
I bought an Alto Sax and think I used it for 2 challenges - after 10 minutes realised I can't play it - £330:00 lol
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08/20/2008 04:31:17 PM · #7 |
I didn´t spend a cent, till today.
All I use I have in home or near me.
Sugar and Recicle I went to the stores and asked for took some pictures.
Maybe I´ll have to by a horse.....!! :D |
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08/20/2008 04:31:36 PM · #8 |
Saxophone £330
Red Roses $10
Fishing Trip $74
The feeling you get when you click the update button...priceless ;-)
(that might not make sense to anyone outside the UK but heigh ho) |
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08/20/2008 04:33:52 PM · #9 |
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08/20/2008 04:34:12 PM · #10 |
| I bought a macro filter for a challenge, thought it might not get there in time to use, so got another one from somewhere else, so Sod's Law they both arrived in time! now I have 2 macro filters. And I didn't even submit the entry :-( |
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08/20/2008 04:37:57 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by SoulMan1978:
(that might not make sense to anyone outside the UK but heigh ho) |
Oh no, we have those commercials here too :) |
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08/20/2008 05:45:41 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by eqsite:
Just last week I spent $19 for a fishing license, $25 for a fishing rod and reel, and drove 4 hours (maybe $30 in gas) just so I could get access to a place to shoot that I otherwise couldn't (you can only enter the area for fishing or hunting). And I barely enter challenges anymore. And furthermore, I didn't catch any fish :(. |
That's funny! :o) |
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08/20/2008 05:48:45 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by redjulep:
Originally posted by eqsite:
Just last week I spent $19 for a fishing license, $25 for a fishing rod and reel, and drove 4 hours (maybe $30 in gas) just so I could get access to a place to shoot that I otherwise couldn't (you can only enter the area for fishing or hunting). And I barely enter challenges anymore. And furthermore, I didn't catch any fish :(. |
That's funny! :o) |
Maybe for the fish :p |
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08/20/2008 05:51:28 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Ecce Signum:
I bought an Alto Sax and think I used it for 2 challenges - after 10 minutes realised I can't play it - £330:00 lol |
Geez man if you would've paid for postage I could've sent you mine!!! |
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08/20/2008 05:54:35 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by angelfire:
Originally posted by Ecce Signum:
I bought an Alto Sax and think I used it for 2 challenges - after 10 minutes realised I can't play it - £330:00 lol |
Geez man if you would've paid for postage I could've sent you mine!!! |
lol, if the offers still open Mary a brace of Alto Sax's would make good furniture :)
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08/20/2008 06:10:38 PM · #16 |
Spent $18 for three woodies, one was a stunt double and does not appear in the picture. The two duckies in the picture we already had, and one of those was acquired geocaching. Spent 5 bucks on beads and wire for the necklaces.
Spent $6.50 on strawberries and bluberries for the recipe challenge. Ate all of them except the handful that I dropped over and over, for 2 hours, in a bowl of milk.
Spent $12 for a propane torch and $0.79 for a piece of rebar for hot.
Still life, Morning II, and Free study 2008-07 were taken at the house, so not even any gas was used.
Oh, and there was the matter of $2,300 for a new Canon 40D and lenses.... Though, amazingly I cannot find the "take me a good picture" icon, in any of the myriad menus or camera custom set-up selections. |
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08/20/2008 06:13:08 PM · #17 |
| I spend most of what I spend on what I get paid to do, take potraits and senior pics........but I did spend 1.99 on the peep that according to someone was not a DUCK no kidding |
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08/20/2008 06:13:55 PM · #18 |
I don't usually spend on specific challenges but I DO constantly pick up weird and wonderful things that I think may someday make good props. For example I now have a collection of 30+ duckies, a woodie (he was a gift, tho') a large inflatable cow from a dairy display, cardboard 3/4 life-sized standing cutouts of Wayne Gretzky and Paul Tuttle Sr. (not together, of course!), two manequin heads, test tubes and beakers, various costumes and wigs (also for Hallowe'en), etc. etc. ad infinitum.
It helps having a couple good thrift shops nearby, as well as scrounging from work and friends who know my strange hobbies :) |
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08/20/2008 06:32:17 PM · #19 |
Most I've spent on a challenge was $26 and that was for modelling plaster and a couple of woodies.
I try not to buy stuff if I can get away with something I already have laying around, but if I have to buy extra props, I'll head for the nearest 2 dollar shop.
What's with the saxophones???? |
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08/20/2008 08:33:37 PM · #20 |
| we don't have woodies in northern mn lol ok or at least we don't talk about them |
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08/20/2008 09:40:10 PM · #21 |
Gas: $90
Hotel: $110
Crap Food: $75
Deposit on MUA : $100
Car Wash: $11
Tow : $450
Car Fixed : $1997.29
TOTAL ========$2833.29
and even then the picture only came in with a 5.02 |
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08/20/2008 09:50:12 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by JulietNN:
Gas: $90
Hotel: $110
Crap Food: $75
Deposit on MUA : $100
Car Wash: $11
Tow : $450
Car Fixed : $1997.29
TOTAL ========$2833.29
and even then the picture only came in with a 5.02 |
You win!! lol
As usual, the more effort (and money) we put into a challenge, the crappier the score. |
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08/20/2008 09:53:55 PM · #23 |
Woody $11.00
Bottle of Captain Morgan $16.99
Woody will be used for other challenges... bottle of Morgan will be used to ease the pain of the scores of those other challenges! :(
All and all.. both good purchases! :P |
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08/20/2008 09:57:46 PM · #24 |
| I really can't afford to spend money on challenges, so I try and make do with what ever I have around the house. I also look for chalenges that I know I can do relitivly close to home or around the house. |
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08/20/2008 10:07:32 PM · #25 |
| Oh man, the people at Ross, TJ Maxx, and Marshall's must hate me by now. I buy stuff there all the time and then return it when I'm done. Still life, some purple items that didn't get used, a lantern for patterns, the list goes on... |
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