The APUG photo challenge - anyone up to it?

John McCallum · Aug 11, 2004

FrankB said:
A shot added for the Movement theme, although not a new one I'm afraid!

I'll try and do better for the Still Life shoot, but I'm usually pretty awful at them so I wouldn't hold your collective breaths in awed anticipation!

You can't be worse at it than me!

.....so I will if you will .....

Thomassauerwein · Aug 11, 2004

I'm in, though still lifes are something I'm photographically challenged at.

Jim Moore · Aug 11, 2004

Thomassauerwein said:
I'm in, though still lifes are something I'm photographically challenged at.

I find it hard to belive that you are photographically challenged by anything

Jim Moore · Aug 11, 2004

JMoore said:
I find it hard to belive that you are photographically challenged by anything

That's a complement by the way

Thomassauerwein · Aug 11, 2004

Mr. Moore, you would be suprised to see all the crap I do shoot!

Thanks for the complement.

FrankB · Aug 11, 2004

Thomassauerwein said:
Mr. Moore, you would be suprised to see all the crap I do shoot!

Er, does that count as still life? Or did someone change the theme to scatology?!

kcarey · Aug 14, 2004

Challenge no doubt. I tried this before with some awful results. Let's just stay that my still lifes were dead. Off to try to resuscitate them! I'm in. -Karen

Flotsam · Aug 14, 2004

The "challenge" as it was originally proposed was a motivation to challenge ourselves, within a time frame, with topics that we may not choose on our own, thereby stretching some never used or long ignored photographic muscles. No silly, pointless photo club blue ribbons. Just the pleasure of personal accomplishment and enjoying seeing the different ways that others interpret and undertake the same random topic.

BTW. After seeing the wonderful studio shots of subjects as complex as the female nude that Thomas has posted. Am I the only one here that doubts that he would be less skilled when approaching a still life?

John McCallum · Aug 15, 2004

Jorge · Aug 15, 2004

bmac said:
We're about a week away from the close of this round of the challenge. I'd like to throw out the idea of "Still Life" as the September subject. Whadda ya think?

You are all a bunch of wusses......you want a challange? shoot dirt!

That is right folks, just dirt, no models, no props, nothing! And no Thomas, you dont get to put a nice model in a mud pit with a few of your wonderful props, that would not be fair for the rest!

I certainly hope some of you think out of the box for something like this. I got some very surprising responses when I proposed this to a little class I taught.

Flotsam · Aug 15, 2004

I believe that the APUG ToS strictly forbids the posting of "dirty" pictures.

Jorge · Aug 15, 2004

Flotsam said:
I believe that the APUG ToS strictly forbids the posting of "dirty" pictures.

LOL......

M. Walter Lyon · Aug 26, 2004

OOPs

I completely missed that whole August 18th deadline thing! Stills now huh? OK, I think I can do that!

rogueish · Aug 27, 2004

Is there a deadline for this "still life" challenge? I think I might have a suitable inmage.

bmac · Sep 26, 2004

Ok, I picked the last one, who has an idea for the next challenge? If nobody steps up, I actually do have another one, but I dont want to hog it up hehe.

Thomassauerwein · Sep 26, 2004

How About freedom? maybe tough as a concept, certainly not tangable but something worth looking forward to creating.

waynecrider · Sep 26, 2004

....and the final decision is?

Sean said:
Sounds Awesome

I will 'sticky' this thread and get a dedicated gallery page for this..

Having not reading this whole thread, but wanting to take part in the challenge, would someone please post the final rules and give us all the directions. Additional replies seem to confuse things so let's have a moderator with final say.

Ed Sukach · Sep 26, 2004

Flotsam said:
I believe that the APUG ToS strictly forbids the posting of "dirty" pictures.

As I understand it ... film and paper should be washed according to the manufacturer's recommendations . although Ilford suggested a "standing bath" and multilple changes of water routine a few months ago. Be sure to remove the proper amount of "fix".

A good idea ... but isn't "forbidding" overdoing it a tad?

TPPhotog · Sep 26, 2004

Would we use the cow pat exposure zone as referred to in an earlier thread for this one? I still have to print mine but they are covered with horse flies.

Ed Sukach · Sep 26, 2004

Jorge said:
That is right folks, just dirt, no models, no props, nothing! And no Thomas, you dont get to put a nice model in a mud pit with a few of your wonderful props, that would not be fair for the rest!

I vote that we allow Thomas to use nude models.

Come to think of it ... what about modifying the "challenge" to REQUIRE the inclusion of nude models..?
Seems more interesting than "dirt".

John McCallum · Sep 26, 2004

Not to ignore the interest that your suggestion holds Ed.
How 'bout, since we're on the theme of showing something about ourselves at the moment ..... "Through My Window".
Capture anyone's imagination?

TPPhotog · Sep 26, 2004

John McCallum said:
Not to ignore the interest that your suggestion holds Ed.
How 'bout, since we're on the theme of showing something about ourselves at the moment ..... "Through My Window".
Capture anyone's imagination?

Sounds intriquing .... looking in or out and errrrm if I'm in the mood are we allowed a model in the room if looking in?

John McCallum · Sep 26, 2004

That's what I had in mind, though "Freedom" certainly captures the imagination too. Would probably challenge you to put a person in your picture.

TPPhotog · Sep 26, 2004

Freedoms a good one also. After the cliché idea's of a car / motor cycle / the open road etc. Some quite topical idea's spring quite readily to hand.

M. Walter Lyon · Sep 26, 2004

Has the idea of reflection ever been done? Many different ways to express it or show it.

The APUG photo challenge - anyone up to it?

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