*ENTRY* THREAD: DSS Round #15 (Family or Strangers)

Greensquared

Dgrin Sharp Shooters Challenge #15

Welcome to Round #15 of the Dgrin Sharp Shooters Challenges. This challenge is open to any Dgrin member. It will run from Monday, December 15, 08:00am, EST time (GMT -5) to Monday, December 29, 08:00am, EST time (GMT -5).

The topic ready for your interpretation:


Family or Strangers

How do you portray relationships in an image? Please don't show us a standard studio family portrait with everyone wearing denim! This is a perect opportunity for candid work, street photography and informal portraits. Body language, facial expressions and environments can be keys to unlocking the story of relationships. Or perhaps none of this appeals to you, and you will search for alternative definitions...

Your Judges:
#1 Divamum
#2 AaronNelson



IMPORTANT NOTE: We're going to try something new this time around - you'll be submitting your entry directly into a Smugmug gallery! It's pretty simple, just go to the gallery link below, and follow the upload instructions at the top of the page:

DSS#15 Entry Gallery

Since this is the first go around, let's all relax and see how it goes, ok? Just so you know, the login we're giving you is "assistant" level, which means you can't really mess anything up too badly - read: you can't delete anything. There may be a few snags here and there, but our chief challenge-mechanic, DoctorIt, is going to work them out. Please PM him and only expect a reply on urgent issues. No more size, and hopefully no more exif issues! This thread, for the most part, is only here to give you this info. For this first go at gallery submission, we can try to address any common issues here.

Remember, the basics stay the same: 1 entry per person, and the photo must be fresh, taken during this contest period. Do not use a minimal save method (such as "save for web"), and your exif will be embedded in your image, no worries!

To avoid disqualification, read, in full, the Dgrin Sharp Shooters Challenge Rules, there have been some slight modifications.<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

DoctorIt

We're live, folks!

Trevlan

This is will be pretty cool. One place where you can just view the pictures. I'm all for it!

jeffmeyers

Great idea! I like it a lot.

divamum

Wooohoo! I think I suggested something along these lines after the first "gallery" round, and I"m SO glad you found a way to implement it - I'm sure it will save Emily HOURS of uploading work (and with rounds this large, it's no small task!) thumbthumb

ETA: question (sorry if this is a st00pid Q, but it wasn't 100% clear to me from the instructions and I figure if I don't ask it somebody else may...): will we ONLY submit to the gallery, and no longer link them to the thread? Could/should we link them into the submission thread from the link location in the gallery to keep the thread alive, or is that overkill?

As always, not trying to stir things up, just clarifying (and brainstorming)!

sdways01

I have noticed that some people change their entries as the competition comes to a close and they get better shots. Will people still be able to do that or will they have multiple entries in the gallery?

pyroPrints.com

sdways01 wrote:

I have noticed that some people change their entries as the competition comes to a close and they get better shots. Will people still be able to do that or will they have multiple entries in the gallery?

from the rules: If necessary, you can also change that submission at anytime during the challenge period, by uploading a second photo and notifying the moderator immediately via PM. In the case that there are multiple entries by the same dgrinner at the time of challenge closing, the most recently uploaded will count as the entry. The order of entries in the challenge gallery has no bearing on the selection of the finalists. Instructions for uploading will be included in thread announcing and detailing each DSS round.

DoctorIt

Folks, thanks for the comments. As for the questions, I've answered all of them already. Please read the first post in this thread.

thanks,

divamum

Here's another "practical" question: if one uses multiple images (ie composite), is it just a case of uploading ALL images used to the gallery and exifs will be stripped and viewed accordingly, or will other action need to be taken? And how will those images be "kept together" as it were?

FIgure we may as well throw out these Q's now as the whole system's getting set up and can be tweaked (and you can get us all trained up and toeing the line in the shortest possible time )

DoctorIt

divamum wrote:

ETA: question (sorry if this is a st00pid Q, but it wasn't 100% clear to me from the instructions and I figure if I don't ask it somebody else may...): will we ONLY submit to the gallery, and no longer link them to the thread?

Don't read into it. Upload to gallery, done, drink a coffee, go shoot some more.

DoctorIt

divamum wrote:

Here's another "practical" question: if one uses multiple images (ie composite), is it just a case of uploading ALL images used to the gallery and exifs will be stripped and viewed accordingly, or will other action need to be taken? And how will those images be "kept together" as it were?

FIgure we may as well throw out these Q's now as the whole system's getting set up and can be tweaked (and you can get us all trained up and toeing the line in the shortest possible time )

Again, stop reading into it. One image entry per person. If you submit all your composites, I'll promptly delete all but the last one.

Use the thinking cap for photographing your entry, not the mechanics of entering

And by the way, we're not "tweaking", "preparing", or "toeing". This is the entry thread, and this is live.

divamum

DoctorIt wrote:

Don't read into it. Upload to gallery, done, drink a coffee, go shoot some more.

What, make it easy? Don't be silly. It wouldn't be teh internetz if SOMEBODY didn't overthink it :D:D

(kidding aside, since I'm still fairly new to this AND it's the first "new system" round AND I'm the first judge to "fly solo" without greensquared, I figure I better get my facts straight!!!!! )

ETA: We keep posting at the same time. Doc, given that there have been so many confusions about this in the past, I'm not sure my questions are unwarranted (and I suspect if I don't ask them, somebody else will in two weeks. Now all you have to do is link them back to this thread and that'll shut 'em up right fast!! )

DoctorIt

divamum wrote:

(kidding aside, since I'm still fairly new to this AND it's the first "new system" round AND I'm the first judge to "fly solo" without greensquared, I figure I better get my facts straight!!!!! )

Judging has nothing to do with entering.

And now that I remember you're judging, go fly a kite for two weeks!

Greensquared

divamum wrote:

What, make it easy? Don't be silly. It wouldn't be teh internetz if SOMEBODY didn't overthink it :D:D

(kidding aside, since I'm still fairly new to this AND it's the first "new system" round AND I'm the first judge to "fly solo" without greensquared, I figure I better get my facts straight!!!!! )

ETA: We keep posting at the same time. Doc, given that there have been so many confusions about this in the past, I'm not sure my questions are unwarranted (and I suspect if I don't ask them, somebody else will in two weeks. Now all you have to do is link them back to this thread and that'll shut 'em up right fast!! )

Not too difficult. AaronNelson is your co-judge, I'll be around to help with whatever, plus I've now posted judging instructions. No worries!

divamum

DoctorIt wrote:

Judging has nothing to do with entering.

And now that I remember you're judging, go fly a kite for two weeks!

Shunned.... spurned.... left out..... Sigh. The price of fame is tough. :giggle

(and yes, for anybody who may think that the resident n00b has gone mad and got a swelled head, I am most emphatically just kidding!!! And since the images will be going to a gallery, I'm not misbehaving by reading this thread. So there )

divamum

Greensquared wrote:

Not too difficult. AaronNelson is your co-judge, I'll be around to help with whatever, plus I've now posted judging instructions. No worries!

Thanks Emily and Aaron - glad to have somebody experienced at this to ride with!!!

Ok, now I really will (try to) shut up and sit on my hands for 2 weeks. This is gonna KILL me! :giggle

Travis

divamum wrote:

Shunned.... spurned.... left out..... Sigh. The price of fame is tough. :giggle

Oh just wait... fame quickly turns to infamy!

richtersl

divamum wrote:

This is gonna KILL me! :giggle

We'll need to find a support group for you. :poke

JAG

I think this is a wonderful idea and concept. My only question is...will the "buy" button in that album be made to disappear??? Like in the other competition albums?

DoctorIt

JAG wrote:

I think this is a wonderful idea and concept. My only question is...will the "buy" button in that album be made to disappear??? Like in the other competition albums?

Fixed. Right-click protect is on as well. X2 will be the largest size available. Your precious contest photos are safe now.

Candid Arts

Due to the fact that my only knowledge of the dgrin challenges is #14, the one we just did, that one stated the fact that it was SOOC and no pp allowed. I'm assuming that since this challenge didn't specify that there was no pp allowed, that it is allowable. Is my assumption correct?

That's my only question. I think I pretty much got everything else understood.

Tentacion

Candid Arts wrote:

Due to the fact that my only knowledge of the dgrin challenges is #14, the one we just did, that one stated the fact that it was SOOC and no pp allowed. I'm assuming that since this challenge didn't specify that there was no pp allowed, that it is allowable. Is my assumption correct?

That's my only question. I think I pretty much got everything else understood.

Your assumption is correct..The last challenge was SOOC, this challenge is entirely different. BUT remember that you still have to have the EXIF and if you do composite work, the photos must also be fresh (if I remember correctly). They will not ask you for all the EXIF of the composite, unless the judges feel the need to validate when the photos were taken, but your main photo must have the EXIF.

richtersl

Candid Arts wrote:

Due to the fact that my only knowledge of the dgrin challenges is #14, the one we just did, that one stated the fact that it was SOOC and no pp allowed. I'm assuming that since this challenge didn't specify that there was no pp allowed, that it is allowable. Is my assumption correct?

That's my only question. I think I pretty much got everything else understood.

Yep. You can PP images. This challenge was an exception in that all participants were required to shoot SOOC. For other challenges it's really up to the photographer if they want to enter a SOOC or a PP'd photo.

Check out the past Challenges galleries to see what's been done.

Candid Arts

Got it thanks. Yeah I know the photo has to be taken within the range of this challenge, just wasn't sure on the specifics of the photo. But I'm all set. Not off to think of an idea... Hmmm...

JAG

DoctorIt wrote:

Fixed. Right-click protect is on as well. X2 will be the largest size available. Your precious contest photos are safe now.

Thank you so kindly sir!:D

pyroPrints.com

some inspiration
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/14/the-beauty-of-street-photography/

liflander

sweet

pyroPrints.com wrote:

some inspiration
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/14/the-beauty-of-street-photography/

awesome images! thanks for the link.

more inspiration: google (image search) a photographer named larry fink. one of my faves for cool relationship images.

cheers,
mark;)

richtersl

Also:

http://www.trekearth.com/members/manny/photos/

http://www.trekearth.com/members/scalerman/photos/

Candid Arts

Due to the fact that this thread turned into more of a discussion, are we going to get a new thread that's the actually *ENTRY* thread for just photos?

Greensquared

Candid Arts wrote:

Due to the fact that this thread turned into more of a discussion, are we going to get a new thread that's the actually *ENTRY* thread for just photos?

Go back and read the first post in this thread, please. We are now using a gallery for entries. This thread is for discussion.

Manfr3d

I used to subscribe to the entry thready just to be me reminded to shoot my picture already ... how can I get notified when someone adds an entry to the gallery? :cry