4 pros each get 12 shots.

pbromaghin · Dec 17, 2014

4 professional photographers are turned loose for a day in Tokyo, each with a Hassie and 1 roll of film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ--S-wG_lk

Bob Carnie · Dec 17, 2014

Naked in the House has been using this contest, since the early 90's.. Lots of pressure on the photographer to get the film processed right... I never really liked these shows, even though lots of my clients participated and
sometimes one.

AgX · Dec 17, 2014

I read the title as if they were shot.

pthornto · Dec 17, 2014

Funny. I watched this just yesterday. Interesting to see how many of them used the prism finder when the waistlevel finder would actually be quicker and help them get the shot they wanted. A fun video though and inspires me to go out with just one roll of film.

P.

frank · Dec 17, 2014

Bob Carnie said:
Naked in the House has been using this contest, since the early 90's.. Lots of pressure on the photographer to get the film processed right... I never really liked these shows, even though lots of my clients participated and
sometimes one.

I really enjoyed watching that contest! Nude model in abandoned urban decay, at a mansion, and at the cottage: I'd love to do that. It wasn't the same when they switched to digital cameras.

snapguy · Dec 17, 2014

well

I only watched a bit of it. I would love to see the photos but did not want to listen to the blather. The photos are all that counts, in my humbug opinion.

frank · Dec 17, 2014

The photographers's commentary in this vido was blather, agreed.

In the Toronto series, I still remember a shot of the model drinking from a puddle in the abandoned factory in a kind of post-apocalyptic scenario. In that series, the photographers could bring their own MF cameras, one roll of 120 film, and they were given a short time limit. (30 or 60 min.)

pbromaghin · Dec 17, 2014

snapguy said:
I only watched a bit of it. I would love to see the photos but did not want to listen to the blather. The photos are all that counts, in my humbug opinion.

Skip to the last few minutes. They show each individual shot pretty clearly.

Bob Carnie · Dec 17, 2014

Contest is still going even though they are allowing digital cameras... Kevin Kelly was in that last year and wanted to go with film but ended up doing a digital shoot.

frank said:
The photographers's commentary in this vido was blather, agreed.

In the Toronto series, I still remember a shot of the model drinking from a puddle in the abandoned factory in a kind of post-apocalyptic scenario. In that series, the photographers could bring their own MF cameras, one roll of 120 film, and they were given a short time limit. (30 or 60 min.)

frank · Dec 17, 2014

Thanks for the info, Bob. Would you happen to know, if with digital cameras, are the participants limited to a number of shots? Can they delete and reshoot?

I wish they would have stuck to film.

Bob Carnie · Dec 17, 2014

I think they had 1/2 hour.. could only keep 10 images..I have printed that show many times, lately budget seems to be priority over the printed piece in the show...I doubt I will ever print it again
unless they go back to the old format where what went on the wall was evaluated in conjuncture with great imagery.

frank said:
Thanks for the info, Bob. Would you happen to know, if with digital cameras, are the participants limited to a number of shots? Can they delete and reshoot?

I wish they would have stuck to film.

frank · Dec 17, 2014

Bob Carnie said:
I think they had 1/2 hour.. could only keep 10 images..I have printed that show many times, lately budget seems to be priority over the printed piece in the show...I doubt I will ever print it again
unless they go back to the old format where what went on the wall was evaluated in conjuncture with great imagery.

That blows. IMO, digital cheapens the contest. Take as many pics as you want and then choose the 10 best. Were they allowed post processing?

A group of us here in Toronto/GTA (and anyone wanting to visit) should do this with their initial rules using a roll of 120 film. One 11x14 or 16x20 processed individually either at home or commercially, entered by each participant.

Bob Carnie · Dec 17, 2014

Life goes on Frank... they raise money each year for charity so its a good thing... most of the top commercial shooters here in Toronto have never used a film camera .. so they have adjusted the theme.

frank · Dec 17, 2014

Any APUGers interested?

Sirius Glass · Dec 17, 2014

Thanks

j-dogg · Dec 18, 2014

Hard mode: 12 photographers, one 4x5 and 12 film holders.

Each one gets two shots.

Ultra-hard mode: Velvia 50

Helinophoto · Dec 18, 2014

I think it only makes sense as long as they are using (one roll of) film.

Shouldn't matter one bit if you've never shot film before, it's a capturing medium, just like the memory-card.

Hell, if they cannot gauge or halfway meter the scene they are going to shoot, and rely on the LCD-instant-feedback, to check if they got it or not, they don't deserve to call themselves photographers IMO.

This is basic photography, the challenge here is creativity and "eye", the number of frames and the no-feedback situation, forces them to actually think before they shoot, which one should do in any case.

frank · Dec 18, 2014

Helinophoto said:
I think it only makes sense as long as they are using (one roll of) film.

Shouldn't matter one bit if you've never shot film before, it's a capturing medium, just like the memory-card.

Hell, if they cannot gauge or halfway meter the scene they are going to shoot, and rely on the LCD-instant-feedback, to check if they got it or not, they don't deserve to call themselves photographers IMO.

This is basic photography, the challenge here is creativity and "eye", the number of frames and the no-feedback situation, forces them to actually think before they shoot, which one should do in any case.

This is my view as well.

pbromaghin · Dec 18, 2014

frank said:
This is my view as well.

That seems to be the participant's view. Del Rosario said he was exhausted at the end of the day.

4 pros each get 12 shots.

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