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Weekly Assignment #89: Boxes

NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
edited August 26, 2008 in Assignments
The art of photogrpahy partially consists of focusing of what otherwsie may be considered a very mudane subject, suddenly brining something intersting about it.
This time around we're going to shoot boxes - and create involving and story-telling images out of them.
Fresh pics, blah-blah, yada-yada. You know the drill.
Now go, shoot some boxes and come back with Getty-quality images! :deal
"May the f/stop be with you!"

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    spb13spb13 Registered Users Posts: 133 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2008
    Light Shipment

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    Sean

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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2008
    spb13 wrote:
    Light Shipment
    Sean, neat idea, thank you! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    spb13spb13 Registered Users Posts: 133 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2008
    Can I submit another one? :D

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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2008
    spb13 wrote:
    Can I submit another one? :D
    Nice, I only wish it wasn't so centered..
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    pyrypyry Registered Users Posts: 1,733 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2008
    Box of LPs
    I like the theme Nik :D

    Here's what my morning tea with honey helped me to:

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    Creativity's hard.

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    spb13spb13 Registered Users Posts: 133 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2008
    Nikolai wrote:
    Nice, I only wish it wasn't so centered..

    Better?

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    DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2008
    eBay sales boxes
    Being an inveterate recycler!

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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2008
    pyry wrote:
    I like the theme Nik :D
    Here's what my morning tea with honey helped me to:
    Thank you, nice idea! thumb.gif
    However, in this picture the box is merely a frame, not a primary subject. ne_nau.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2008
    spb13 wrote:
    Better?
    yep, thanks! thumb.gif
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2008
    DonRicklin wrote:
    Being an inveterate recycler!
    Don
    Don,
    this is a vey good starting point, but on its own the image is fairly lame.
    Suggestions:
    - dramatic light (brofm behind? from inside? from the side?)
    - low angle shooting point
    - wide angle lens
    HTH
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    douglasdouglas Registered Users Posts: 696 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2008
    Cash Box

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    Best regards,
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    eL eSs VeeeL eSs Vee Registered Users Posts: 1,243 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2008
    Does a box camera count?
    Brownie-Type-O-DSC_8227.jpg

    Or is it as dumb as a Box-O-Rocks.jpg? (They even want them saved!) rolleyes1.gif
    (Does not count for assignment: Too old.)
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2008
    douglas wrote:
    Cash Box
    Very cool, Douglas, thank you! thumb.gif
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2008
    eL eSs Vee wrote:
    Does a box camera count?
    It does beautifully! thumb.gif
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    davidweaverdavidweaver Registered Users Posts: 681 Major grins
    edited August 18, 2008
    Here are my ideas that I've yet to execute upon:
    Boxes (made of ticky tack) A new development of garden homes all built way too big and too close to each other. (plenty of those in Austin)
    A long shot along a group of storage garages where everything looks alike caught at golden hour (Saw it today but couldn't stop to get it.)
    A commercial work yard that has lots of container boxes. (again, saw one today and could not get to it)
    An RV park. Hehehehe :-P

    I hope to have one of these up soon.

    Y'all please feel free to take these ideas as I'd love to see some work on these ideas, especially if I don't have time to execute on it.
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    davidweaverdavidweaver Registered Users Posts: 681 Major grins
    edited August 25, 2008
    Okay...here is my shot:

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    Errrr... you did say take a picture of boxes, didn't you?
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 25, 2008
    davidweaver wrote:
    Okay...here is my shot:
    Errrr... you did say take a picture of boxes, didn't you?
    Laughing.gif
    Nice:-)
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    SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited August 26, 2008
    Tossing my Box in
    Ok Nikolai, Give it to me, I can take it! Only way I am gonna get better is to hear the nasty truth! :D

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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    barrotj wrote:
    Ok Nikolai, Give it to me, I can take it! Only way I am gonna get better is to hear the nasty truth! :D
    EXIF
    It's a lovely picure of the box! Nice work on BG and lighting.
    It's actually TOO nice, I knda meant "boxes in their natural habitat", not the posed ones, but I guess it's my own fault that I wasn't clear enough, and it's hard to read minds over the internet forum post :-) mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited August 26, 2008
    Ok, I'll give it another go with a box or boxes in their "natural" habitat.
    do boxes have a habitat???? ne_nau.gifrolleyes1.gif
    Nikolai wrote:
    It's a lovely picure of the box! Nice work on BG and lighting.
    It's actually TOO nice, I knda meant "boxes in their natural habitat", not the posed ones, but I guess it's my own fault that I wasn't clear enough, and it's hard to read minds over the internet forum post :-) mwink.gif
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    barrotj wrote:
    do boxes have a habitat???? ne_nau.gifrolleyes1.gif
    Storage room, closet, attic, UPS truck, stockroom... You know, this kind of thing...
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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