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Not Running => The Fruit Stand (Photography) => Topic started by: Eco Ellen on April 18, 2008, 06:23:41 AM
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March 17: Flowers/Trees (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=3805.0)
March 24: Full and Almost Full Moons (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=4048.0)
March 24-30: Graveyards (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=4299.0)
Week of Apr 14-20: Water (presuming Courtney is ready to do this) (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=5540.0)
Week of Apr 21-27: Inheritance diptych (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=5786.0)
Week of Apr 28-May4: Self-portraits (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=6106.0)
Week of May 5-11: Shoes (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=6384.0)
Week of May 12-18: Film Noir (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=6670.0)
Week of May 19-25: Jump Shots (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=6953.0)
Week of May 26-June 1: Danger (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=7294.0)
Week of June 2-8: Landscapes (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=7602.0)
Week of June 9-15: Money (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=7939.0)
Week of June 16-22: Architecture (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=8214.0)
Week of June 23-29: Canted (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=8519.0)
Week of June 30-July 6: Summer (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=8745.0)
Week of July 7-13: Cold (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=9006.0)
Week of July 14-20: Glass (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=9356.0)
Week of July 21-27: Greenery (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=9576.0)
Week of July 28-August 3: Taking Pictures of Strangers (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=9878.0)
Week of September 29 - October 5: Coffee
Week of October 6 - October 12: Friends
October 13-19 - Love (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=13199.0)
October 20-26 - Sports (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=13580.0)
October 27-November 1: Halloween (http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?topic=13985.0)
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What is this:
Inheritance diptych
Ack. I have no clue.
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What is this:
Inheritance diptych
Ack. I have no clue.
Here is the quote from where Toc proposed the idea...I was scared at first, but the more I've thought about it, the more I am excited about giving it a try. :)
Here's an idea for a very loose one, possibly for some time in the future, suggested by a meatspace friend of mine who's sort of following all of this:
Inheritance tracks: there's a radio show which asks a guest to do this: one track you received from your parents(' generation), one that you have passed on to the next generation. For us, of course, this would be an image of something you'd inherited and one of something you'd passed on - concrete objects or not - posted as a diptych.
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What is this:
Inheritance diptych
Ack. I have no clue.
I don't even know how to pronounce it.
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dip·tych
Pronunciation:
\ˈdip-(ˌ)tik\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Late Latin diptycha, plural, from Greek, from neuter plural of diptychos folded in two, from di- + ptychē fold
Date:
1622
1 : a 2-leaved hinged tablet folding together to protect writing on its waxed surfaces 2 : a picture or series of pictures (as an altarpiece) painted or carved on two hinged tablets 3 : a work made up of two matching parts
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I still dont get it.
So i just take a picture of something that was handed down to me from my parents or someone?
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This is my take on it...
There will be 2 photos side by side. One photo is something you've inherited - whether it be a physical item or maybe something else like a personality trait, use your imagination. The other photo will be of something you will (or have) passed on.
Still clear as mud?
Of course, I could be completely wrong on this...but that's just my take on the theme.
Here's an example of a diptych photo....not mine!
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1188/726097821_37483c16dc.jpg)
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I still dont get it.
So i just take a picture of something that was handed down to me from my parents or someone?
Two images, one of which represents something handed down to you by the previous generation, the other of which represents something you've handed on. No constraints on what the images contain - the nose you got from your mother and the graduation ring you gave your goddaughter, a flower because you inherited a love of gardening from your dad and your messy desk because your son has got your untidiness....
Here's some examples of diptychs from flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/diptych/).
One way of making a diptych from two images is given here (http://www.flickr.com/groups/dyptichs/discuss/21068/). And some more advice here (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070821135109AA4xx0m).
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OK, while we're discussing it, the self portrait is already giving me fits!
And so is film noir.
I have never psoted a picture of myself on the internets and probably won't start now. I'm an introvert, remember? :o
So can self portrait be any interpretation?
:-\
Oh, and diptych sounds like dipstick with a lisp. :)
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So can self portrait be any interpretation?
I think there's only two rules to any of this:
Rule 1: There are no rules.
Rule 2: See Rule 1.
:)
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Wannab, I would think that any picture of any part of you would work. Maybe even a picture of stuff that represents you would be ok. I am sure that whatever you do will be fine.
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Wannab, I would think that any picture of any part of you would work. Maybe even a picture of stuff that represents you would be ok. I am sure that whatever you do will be fine.
:e) The mind boggles!
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While sitting out on my deck this afternoon I got an idea for the self portrait.
I'll have to practice to make sure it's not one of my, "well it seemed like a good idea at the time" photos.
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I also had to go look up film noir. And while I'm still stumped on what to do, at least I have a starting point in my mind.
Shoes. Holy fun subject.
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I image-googled film noir and I have an idea for what I want to do - just hope it works...
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What about "Jump Shots" as a theme?
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lily - what does that mean? Aside from perhaps people jumping?
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lily - what does that mean? Aside from perhaps people jumping?
That's it. People jumping. :)
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Ahhh. I wondered if it was a technical term. :P
It would be a good challenge for me, since I tend to only shoot vegetable or mineral, but I'll have to find an event that includes jumping people... :-\
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We've got to do landscapes at some point.
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For the week including July 4th we should do "Summer".
Another one could be "architecture"
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Hey! Should we do fireworks?
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OK
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Hey! Should we do fireworks?
Leggova and ferrellk might find it hard to get fireworks round July 4th, though.
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Leggova and ferrellk might find it hard to get fireworks round July 4th, though.
We won't do an **official** thread for it. :)
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Money
Glass
Red
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Money!!!
I think there should be a technique one in there, too. Like bokeh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh) (my new vocabulary word), shallow depth of field, or canted.
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Money!!!
I think there should be a technique one in there, too. Like bokeh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh) (my new vocabulary word), shallow depth of field, or canted.
What's canted?
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shot at an angle i would think.
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What's canted?
Some examples here. (http://www.inmagine.com/searchterms/canted_angle.html) This'll be fun!
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Canted! Canted! Canted! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/canted/interesting/)
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Some of my canted shots
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceophoto/tags/canted/show/
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The ones at the outdoor train station were my faves.
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So what are the rules regarding commentary and the timeline? I am looking forward to some great discussion. :)
Also, I propose a challenge on greenery/plant life, if it hasn't already been suggested. And heat. Or cold. Or maybe just extremes. Of temperature. Or just extremes of any kind!
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I really like the idea of a 'cold' challenge during the summer (is everyone here in the northern hemisphere?). Esp. if we challenge folks to not use archived pics.
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So what are the rules regarding commentary and the timeline? I am looking forward to some great discussion. :)
Also, I propose a challenge on greenery/plant life, if it hasn't already been suggested. And heat. Or cold. Or maybe just extremes. Of temperature. Or just extremes of any kind!
Usually we all get our reviews in within a day or so of everybody posting their pics for the theme. I see we have already been chastised this week for being tardy!
Theme-wise, I check this thread and others for new ideas and then take some and put them in the calendar.
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Ah, I wasn't sure if there was a certain window of time to wait, to be sure everyone who wanted to had posted before the feedback started.
I like makeda's idea for doing a cold theme in summer, and challenging people not to use archived pics.
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Ah, I wasn't sure if there was a certain window of time to wait, to be sure everyone who wanted to had posted before the feedback started.
I like makeda's idea for doing a cold theme in summer, and challenging people not to use archived pics.
People are supposed to use new pics, but sometimes it gets away from them, and they use archived ones. We always let them slide. But, the idea is to use your camera on a regular basis to improve, and you can't do that if you're rifling through your old stuff instead of trying to see the world in a new way.
We all try to get our submissions to the thread in by Mondays. Starting critiques on Monday evenings is pretty safe. :)
ETA by archived I mean older than the themes presented here. We've put the themes several weeks in advance so that if the mood strikes you to do one ahead of time, you know what the themes are for each week several weeks out. (It's early and I hope I am making sense).
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People are supposed to use new pics, but sometimes it gets away from them, and they use archived ones. We always let them slide. But, the idea is to use your camera on a regular basis to improve, and you can't do that if you're rifling through your old stuff instead of trying to see the world in a new way...
...ETA by archived I mean older than the themes presented here. We've put the themes several weeks in advance so that if the mood strikes you to do one ahead of time, you know what the themes are for each week several weeks out. (It's early and I hope I am making sense).
That makes sense, and jives with what I already thought about how it works with archived pics in general. For the idea of a "cold" challenge, I see that push to go with non-archived pics as a way to do more of what we did with the money thread. Exclude the obvious...no snow on the ground, icicles, frozen ponds, etc. How can we stop and think carefully about a composition & concept that says cold, when our own mind is sweating? I think it's neat to push themes that will challenge us technically, but also conceptually...push ourselves to think about the story our picture is telling and how we can deliberately create a feeling that touches particular senses, so we can feel the chill, even though that's not where we are now.
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Exclude the obvious...no snow on the ground, icicles, frozen ponds, etc. How can we stop and think carefully about a composition & concept that says cold, when our own mind is sweating? I think it's neat to push themes that will challenge us technically, but also conceptually...push ourselves to think about the story our picture is telling and how we can deliberately create a feeling that touches particular senses, so we can feel the chill, even though that's not where we are now.
yeah, that's what I was thinking.
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"Greenery"
This means plants right?
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"Greenery"
This means plants right?
Well, with *this* group...
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At least the rain here is bringing some of our greenery back to life...things were looking pretty brown for a while, so my options for the greenery shots were getting limited!
Are we looking for theme ideas for August and beyond?
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I hope so. This is fun.
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At least the rain here is bringing some of our greenery back to life...things were looking pretty brown for a while, so my options for the greenery shots were getting limited!
Are we looking for theme ideas for August and beyond?
Absolutely. Start posting more ideas and I will randomly choose dates for them.
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It looks like we need some more ideas for themes. What do you guys think about:
Night
Mirror
Animal(s)
Metal
Black and White
Your favorite thing
Do we think any of these are winners?
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Those sound like they have some potential. :)
I was trying to come up with something around the idea of mood...seeing a photo that someone described as "pure joy" made me think along those lines. I don't know whether it would work to say mood in general, or to put particular moods/feelings out there...joy, fear, creepy, funny, etc.
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I think these are all usable. cgraz, we did film noir a while back, which was all about mood.
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People have mentioned techniques as a theme in the past. What about:
bokeh
depth of field
painting with light (the way I did my glass and faucet)
single light source (like tk did his lens)
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Ellen, I love all of these. What is the difference between bokeh and DoF? I kinda though they where the same thing as long as by DoF you mean shallow DoF.
I think my favorites from these lists are:
Painting with light
Single light source
Night
Metal
and mood, but i think this one needs refining some but i am not sure how.
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I believe bokeh is the focus on the blurred background (see Heavy's greenery submission). Depth of field could be either shallow or full, but the focus has to be, and the viewer's attention should be on, the depth of field of the main subject - not the background itself.
Does that make sense? Hell, maybe they are the same thing, but I didn't mean them that way, because I believe the focus is on something different and that should be communicated through the photo.
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Bokeh coincides with a shallow depth of field. It's the blurred out background that helps to isolate a subject in the foreground.
Different lenses produce different bokeh effects. Basically, the shape and number of blades in the shutter have a lot to do with it...
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Bokeh coincides with a shallow depth of field. It's the blurred out background that helps to isolate a subject in the foreground.
Different lenses produce different bokeh effects. Basically, the shape and number of blades in the shutter have a lot to do with it...
Sooooooo, how about shallow depth of field, and big depth of field?
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sure :)
also, how about...
morning.
night (did we already do this?).
How about "inspired by" topics? Brassai. Man Ray. Cartier-Bresson.
(I went to the Met's 'Framing a Century' exhibit this past weekend, and I'm all re-impressed with some of the early masters)...
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(I went to the Met's 'Framing a Century' exhibit this past weekend, and I'm all re-impressed with some of the early masters)...
:e) I think that's the exhibit I read about in the NYT a couple months ago... color me jealous...
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So what is this week? I am up for anything.
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So what is this week? I am up for anything.
More people.
Bwhahahahaha.
Halloween?
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Of coarse. Why didn't I think of that. Halloween it is.
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Is everyone interested in a Thanksgiving Dinner theme?
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Is everyone interested in a Thanksgiving Dinner theme?
Sure!
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no new posts in 4 years?... :ScratchHead:
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Time for a Christmas theme perhaps?