How about another exercise Richard/bd?

PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
edited January 21, 2011 in Street and Documentary
I was just cruising through the past exercise threads and 'best of 2009/10 threads and thinking I'd love to do another. I've got the January blues and need some forced discipline :wink. How about another exercise to get the creative juices flowing? :clap I think they froze during the last snow fall. :dunno
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2011
    Patti wrote: »
    I was just cruising through the past exercise threads and 'best of 2009/10 threads and thinking I'd love to do another. I've got the January blues and need some forced discipline mwink.gif. How about another exercise to get the creative juices flowing? clap.gif I think they froze during the last snow fall. ne_nau.gif


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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited January 17, 2011
    I'm game. How about one I suggested previously, but we did another Thanksgiving round instead:
    Here's a suggestion: Action: Get a shot of people doing something. Hint: sitting on a bench reading a newspaper or playing chess does not count, and neither does just walking down the street. It should convey movement or energy of some sort.
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  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2011
    Works for me. What say the rest?
    The use of a camera is similar to that of a knife. You can use it to peel potatoes, or carve a flute. ~ E. Kahlmeyer
    ... I'm still peeling potatoes.

    patti hinton photography
  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2011
    Patti wrote: »
    Works for me. What say the rest?

    I'll second it, or would that be third it?
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  • NyarthlopicNyarthlopic Registered Users Posts: 274 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2011
    I guess I could get people shoveling! lol
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2011
    Patti wrote: »
    I was just cruising through the past exercise threads and 'best of 2009/10 threads and thinking I'd love to do another. I've got the January blues and need some forced discipline mwink.gif. How about another exercise to get the creative juices flowing? clap.gif I think they froze during the last snow fall. ne_nau.gif

    Okay, I like Richard's suggestion, or...I want a well composed, meaningful image of a total stranger taken from less than 10 feet away - from the front. :ivar:ivar (By meaningful I mean that this shouldn't be a from the hip grab shot that simply says 'person walking toward me.' Give us an image that says something.)

    So either of these....Richard? Thoughts?
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited January 19, 2011
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Okay, I like Richard's suggestion, or...I want a well composed, meaningful image of a total stranger taken from less than 10 feet away - from the front. :ivar:ivar (By meaningful I mean that this shouldn't be a from the hip grab shot that simply says 'person walking toward me.' Give us an image that says something.)

    So either of these....Richard? Thoughts?
    Isn't that a rerun of the first exercise? I'd rather do something new. I'll write up something later tonight or tomorrow morning and post it.
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2011
    Well, yes...but every week the students in my classes do a variation on this, in addition to the rest of their work. So what's your point? That people are so good at it they don't need the practice?:D
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited January 19, 2011
    I agree that repeating exercises is rewarding. That's why in the forum sticky I encourage people to do them and post, even after the original time period has elapsed. But I also think that variety is the spice of life. deal.gif
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited January 20, 2011
    Richard wrote: »
    I'll write up something later tonight or tomorrow morning and post it.
    Done. http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=188595
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  • Tina ManleyTina Manley Registered Users Posts: 179 Major grins
    edited January 20, 2011
    Richard wrote: »
    Done. http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=188595

    So why is nobody else posting? I'm naked out there!! Post photos somebody.

    Tina
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited January 21, 2011
    Tina Manley wrote: »
    So why is nobody else posting? I'm naked out there!! Post photos somebody.

    Tina
    Patience, Tina. The idea is that people go out and take new pics to meet the theme, not post stuff from their archives. That can take a while, which is why there's a two week deadline. In the meantime, you've given us a nice example. thumb.gif
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  • Tina ManleyTina Manley Registered Users Posts: 179 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2011
    Richard wrote: »
    Patience, Tina. The idea is that people go out and take new pics to meet the theme, not post stuff from their archives. That can take a while, which is why there's a two week deadline. In the meantime, you've given us a nice example. thumb.gif

    Oops. Sorry, I didn't realize that. I'll go quietly now. bowdown.gif

    Tina
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited January 21, 2011
    Tina Manley wrote: »
    Oops. Sorry, I didn't realize that. I'll go quietly now. bowdown.gif

    Tina
    lol3.gif No, no, please stay--we love your work. thumb.gif
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