I apologize
... for falling out of the challenge recently, but my schedule has not been forgiving, and I have nothing to convert my RAWs here in the Netherlands yet.
It sucks and I hate myself, but I just can't pull the time.
There's my excuse. Why the hell have the rest of you stopped taking pictures?
It sucks and I hate myself, but I just can't pull the time.
There's my excuse. Why the hell have the rest of you stopped taking pictures?
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I think it would be better if we only had one theme per week. We would get more, and higher quality submissions per theme.
For example: Yesterday was "churches". I couldn't be arsed to go on a church photo-shoot for that day's photo, but if it had been the theme for the whole week, then I would have made more of a point to try to find the time to fit in a trip to a church sometime during the week.
I started it, was excited about it, now I'm indifferent.
RE schedule:
I don't think switching to weekly will change the participation. Maybe every other day. If you don't have time to shoot for all the days, you don't have to! You can just do one a week.
I think reducing it to weekly would reduce the pace too much, and people would forget about it, but keeping it at daily will result in some people feeling under pressure to submit frequently, leading to burnout once the novelty fades.
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except, it's on Timbaland's album, and that song was nothing before he did the remake|remix with them.
the original
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I think it's cool to post late in general, but it seems that people are less likely to get feedback that way, since people have tended to put most of their feedback down in one pass when they peruse the entries for the category.
Exactly.
Okay, so, I think we're all spending too much time composing and too little time just capturing. Through your camera in your pocket (or your bag if you're shooting a DSLR) and keep in mind what today, tomorrow and maybe the next day's themes are. When you see something that fits somehow snap a few photos and move on. Don't spend more then 5-10 minutes on it. We can get back to pro-photography when we gain some more momentum.
If you want to take a picture, take a picture. Skip a day, it's fine. Skip a week, that's fine too.
Repeat a theme if you want. If you want to go back and take a pic you missed, go for it.
The only thing this project is for is to inspire. That is the only goal.
You don't have to agree about changing the scheduling, but I'm disappointed that you dismissed the concerns brought up here.
Let's say you can only contribute once per week: Why not just shoot for a theme that's a week down the line? How is this in any way different from a theme that only comes once per week?
How does changing the mechanics of the challenge make it any better? Some can shoot daily, some can't; the current schedule accommodates all participants.
I didn't get a dismissive tone from Brian's post at all. I, like him, simply don't see what the big deal is, or how a weekly schedule is any different from a schedule people can already approach weekly.
I know, 100% that changing it to weekly would in fact increase my participation per theme, and make me more motivated to participate. I also feel that it would increase general participation per theme, which to me is very important because the themes with the most participation are also the ones with the most feedback, and good discussion. When I see that no one is making any comments (because there are only one or two entries per theme) it decreases my motivation.
I'm just talking about how it effects me personally, but I don't think I'm the only one who feels this way about it.
Sure, I could just pick one day a week to participate, but I would like it better if we all choose the same day.
This is my main motivation for wanting to tweak the mechanics.
Beyond that, however, choosing a setup that creates the most participation seems like a good in itself. Thrax, I mean no offense, but suggesting that people take photos well ahead of time goes against most people's nature. Outside of a sudden shift of people's priorities, I don't expect that reminding people to take photos days/weeks ahead of time will increase participation.
Let's say it's daily. Potatoes are next Monday. It's Tuesday today. You either take the picture on that Monday, or some time during the week.
What's the difference?
We can discuss pictures taken every week on the weekend. This will allow people who are late in posting to get feedback too. Immediate feedback is nice, but I feel it squelches creativity by requiring you to take this photo only on one day, where time / conditions may not make this possible. People say "oh, i missed that deadline, no reason for me to try".
I also agree with Thrax's point on taking the photo a week ahead of time. Since I have a film camera, I've been doing that. I took my food picture two weeks before it was due, since I knew it was coming.
That being said, I think the problem is more that people are getting overwhelmed with having so much inspiration, so every other day might be better.
I actually think this is a pretty big part. People see all these things on the schedule and they focus on having to take a picture, get overwhelmed and then give up. Not that they couldn't just ignore the schedule, but it's hard to do sometime.
Whether or not you've been too busy taking pictures of peas, carrots, celery, and roast beef in the meantime. Although I'm not in favor of a weekly scheme, anyway.
I like Shwaip's idea about giving feedback on the week's topics during the weekend. Sure, people are free to do so any time, but having weekly discussion threads (covering 3 or so photo subjects) would probably encourage more discussion as the week was wrapping up.