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primesuspect
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13 Jul 2009, 7:15am

Inspire me. A photo-a-day challenge - IDEAS




Snark and I had an idea tonight.

In this thread, post an idea for a photo, one a day. Each day, we'll pick tomorrow's subject.

Anybody who wants to participate can then take photos of said subject, and post their best shot in this thread's companion.

The idea is not to compete to see who has the best photo (it's all subjective anyway), the idea is to inspire this community's photographers to go out and practice, shoot something, push their boundaries, and experiment.

Sometimes all we need is a little inspiration.
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13 Jul 2009, 7:32am
Theme suggestion for 7/14 - purple
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13 Jul 2009, 7:35am
7/15 - Trees
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13 Jul 2009, 7:39am
7/16 Computer parts
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13 Jul 2009, 7:42am
7/17 water!
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13 Jul 2009, 7:43am
7/18 slurpies/Frozen Drinks
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Nate_LapT edited : 13 Jul 2009 at 7:54am .
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13 Jul 2009, 7:56am
Will you post the link here to the companion thread? What resolution are we looking at max?

I think I'd like to get in on this. Maybe I can invite some of my more photographically inclined friends as well.
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13 Jul 2009, 7:58am
Posted!

Resolution shouldn't matter; whatever works for you. I'd suggest using a photo hosting site for the actual photo (I'll be using Flickr, for example) and just posting a smaller version in the thread, no more than, say 900px wide, so we don't end up with a weird ugly thread.
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13 Jul 2009, 8:00am
so wait, are we suggesting for a specific day, or rather making a pool of suggestions, and then the next day's topic is being pulled from said pool?

Either way, I suggest 7/22 something mechanical.

*Edited for date
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13 Jul 2009, 8:00am
also post anything you do in post-processing (crop/contrast/color/etc) along with your photos. maybe post what lens/camera/etc you shoot with as well.
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13 Jul 2009, 8:02am
Just check the exif, nub.

7/19 - musical instruments - any kind. Anything you can "play music" on.
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13 Jul 2009, 8:04am
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13 Jul 2009, 8:06am
Quoting Snarkasm
Just check the exif, nub.

7/19 - musical instruments - any kind. Anything you can "play music" on.
It'd be great if Keebler didn't post pictures of the skin flute.

thx.
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13 Jul 2009, 1:12pm
I think a themed week is better than a themed day. You might not, for whatever reason, be able to get out to take a picture. Giving someone a week to come up with their best shot is better. And let's think more abstract for the themes. The more open for interpretation the better the shots.
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Snarkasm
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13 Jul 2009, 2:38pm
You're not required to participate in every day's event, and I'm a fan of the picture-a-day because it's going to require you to think on your feet more. If you can whip up a good picture on a day's notice, you can whip up a good picture on a week's notice.

Just my thoughts. Jackie's considering doing it once weekly, since she just found an old film camera of her mom's that she'll be playing with. Nobody has to enter every day.

Also, I'm making it a point to try to take whatever the theme is and abstract it as much as possible, but we have requested pretty generic suggestions. It's hard to strike a balance between not too specific, but not so generic that the theme is "wildlife" or something too broad.
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13 Jul 2009, 2:45pm
Regardless how you do it- daily or weekly- I'm in.
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13 Jul 2009, 3:11pm
I would love to participate. Photography was once a great hobby of mine, and while I have no advanced equipment, I like to think I can still compose a nice shot with my $300 camera.

my idea for theme: timepiece 7/22

Doing this daily, however, will quickly run out of themes, methinks.
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13 Jul 2009, 3:18pm
Quoting CB
Doing this daily, however, will quickly run out of themes, methinks.
That's the other reason I'd go with weekly.

Also, CB, the photographer makes the shot, not the camera. You'd be surprised how many amazing photos I've seen that were taken with point-and-shoot cameras and even iPhones.
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13 Jul 2009, 3:23pm
CB, can you mark your theme with a date?

We're going to work on getting a calendar created, since it'll become tiresome to come back to subsequent pages to see whatever today's theme is.

We can also reuse themes, or specify or broaden old ones; part of the fun of abstracting everything is that you can get 18 different images out of one theme. It can certainly be revisited if we see that need or are running out of options, though. Pulling from such a large group of Icrontians, I wouldn't be surprised if we could come up with several years' worth of themes.
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13 Jul 2009, 3:26pm
Edited.... Sorry, I took the OP description to mean that we were posting ideas, and you were deciding which day to put them on (so that we can't take the photos days in advance (even just seeing them here, makes me start thinking already about what I would do for each one))
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13 Jul 2009, 3:35pm
That was a thought, but this is a nice compromise between those who wish it was once a week and those that see it fine at once a day. Now you can plan for several days in advance, but you can plan for multiple, or just your one at the end of the week or what have you.

You're somewhat at the mercy of the submitters as to how far into the future you can look, of course, but so it goes.
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primesuspect
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13 Jul 2009, 6:51pm
I don't think we'll ever run out of themes.

Snark, a calendar is a brilliant idea.
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13 Jul 2009, 7:23pm
I'm game! Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!
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UPSLynx
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13 Jul 2009, 8:24pm
Timepieces shoot is going to be AWESOME.
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Gate28
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13 Jul 2009, 8:32pm
7/23 - Living things
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13 Jul 2009, 8:33pm
Gate, we're missing an entry for the 21st - mind if we move it up there?
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13 Jul 2009, 8:49pm
I guess I'll try and do as many as I can.
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13 Jul 2009, 8:56pm
damn, i need to get a camera.
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14 Jul 2009, 12:27am
7/24 - Paper

7/25 - Exercise

I love this idea and this is totally the community I'm excited to do a photo-a-day with. Let's rock this!
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chrisWhite edited : 14 Jul 2009 at 12:28am . Reason: Added 7/25 idea
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14 Jul 2009, 1:38am
I was trying to think of a purple pic for tomorrow and I am drinking red wine...my husband replied with " keep drinking that wine and I'll take a picture of your teeth". LOL! Thought I'd share ;o)
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14 Jul 2009, 2:14am
A reason to actually use my crappy little digital camera? I'm in as soon as I have a cable to connect it to my PC. (It's insanely hard to find one that fits my camera.)
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14 Jul 2009, 2:15am
Sounds like an amazing idea - I'm in. Photography is one of my bigger hobbies, so I'm quite excited to see what people come up with.

My theme request is...

July 25th: Fire


Edit: If I'm allowed to double-dip, I'll also add:
July 26th: Crystals

If not, just the first one would make me quite happy as it is.
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Bandrik edited : 14 Jul 2009 at 2:21am . Reason: Adding thoughs without making a 2nd post
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14 Jul 2009, 2:28am
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primesuspect
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14 Jul 2009, 2:36am
I've got my purple idea lined up and ready to execute.
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14 Jul 2009, 3:10am
I have no idea what I'm going to shoot tomorrow, but shoot I will.
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14 Jul 2009, 4:06am
Calendar has been updated with the next requests, and the first entries have been posted in the results thread. Let the game begin!

To clarify for everybody, we're considering the theme's date to be the end date to submit pictures for it - in other words, by tomorrow night, pictures pertaining to the purple theme should be up and in the thread so we can ogle them.

Have fun shooting!
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14 Jul 2009, 4:21am
Oh, okay, thanks Snark!
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14 Jul 2009, 4:39am
Quoting Snarkasm
Gate, we're missing an entry for the 21st - mind if we move it up there?
Go for it.
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14 Jul 2009, 4:54am
Spoons.
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14 Jul 2009, 5:05am
Quoting Thrax
Spoons.
[DATE] [Subject]
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14 Jul 2009, 5:52am
Assigning to the 28th.
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14 Jul 2009, 5:53am
Quoting Nate_LapT
[DATE] [Subject]
I love seeing Thrax get some flack for not following the forum convention
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14 Jul 2009, 5:54am
7/29 - Something abandoned.
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14 Jul 2009, 5:55am
Abandonment! I like it. Added.
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14 Jul 2009, 5:55am
Snark, does the Google Cal at the top happen to have an iCal feed that I can embed into my desktop calendar?
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Snarkasm
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14 Jul 2009, 5:57am
Chris, try this:

Code:
http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/c20ufco07puohsn3ceajb5q3t4@group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
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14 Jul 2009, 6:00am
we may want a limit on idea timeframes, Im wanting to do photos for two weeks away, next they will be 2 months away :P
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14 Jul 2009, 6:03am
Fantastic, thanks man!
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14 Jul 2009, 6:48am
Im new Im shwaip's girlfriend.

Here is a theme that might be fun: thwarted.

What do you think?
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14 Jul 2009, 6:51am
I think a lot of things.

One of them is: Good idea. Added.
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