Thanks MFC for hosting the previous challenge and thanks to all participants. Hope you can all find the energy and time to participate in the next one as well. Remember, these challenges are open to anyone, and the eligible category is open to anyone using a Sony camera, so don't hold back.
The results of the previous challenge are here :
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=5612119
This morning, I did the pre-announcement of the new challenge topic here :
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=5613582
Challenge 47 topic is ADVERTISEMENT and I leave it fully to your own interpretation and imagination what you want to advertise for.
The galleries are here, including a gallery with some examples :
http://www.pbase.com/stfchallenge/challenge_47advertisement_hosted_by_willem
You might initially think of a product shot, and these can be very challenging and rewarding, but it does not have to be a product shot, it can be anything, here are just a few things you can advertise for :
The list is really endless. So get your creative juices flowing, get inspired by advertisement you see around, think about the message you want to get across and then photograph it in the strongest way you can think of.
Use props, use lighting, use color, use atmosphere, use humor. Needless to say: keep it decent.
ONE RESTRICTION : The challenge should be around expressing your message with images, not with words. Therefore you can only add a MAXIMUM OF 10 WORDS to the image using Photoshop or any other editing software.
You may use the title of your image, you may photograph text as part of your image, but you cannot add more then 10 words to the picture using editing. You should try to get the message across with the image itself.
And the voting will decide on how well you have done so.
Please feel free to ask questions.
Challenge 47 has begun...galleries have been set up. You will have two full weekends to obtain images, and the entry starting time began immediately after the C46 results announcement.
And copied from the previous challenges, here are the further instructions to help things run smoothly...thanks for reading this stuff:
Everyone please join in on the fun...veterans and newcomers alike. It's really all about fun and sharing our common interest in photography. Please elaborate any of your techniques...everyone welcomes an opportunity to learn something new, something to try. I really look forward to your enthusiastic participation! Go advertise, get your message across!
Sincerely,
Willem
The results of the previous challenge are here :
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=5612119
This morning, I did the pre-announcement of the new challenge topic here :
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=5613582
Challenge 47 topic is ADVERTISEMENT and I leave it fully to your own interpretation and imagination what you want to advertise for.
The galleries are here, including a gallery with some examples :
http://www.pbase.com/stfchallenge/challenge_47advertisement_hosted_by_willem
You might initially think of a product shot, and these can be very challenging and rewarding, but it does not have to be a product shot, it can be anything, here are just a few things you can advertise for :
- your home town as if it is for a travel brochure.
- your grandmothers cookies
- yourself as president
- to stop kids from smoking cigarettes
- to collect money for humanitarian aid
- to get yourself started as professional photographer
- to sell your house
- to sell jewellery
- to stimulate your husband to bring flowers
- You can be humorous and change the text on a food label and make an ad out of it.
- You can be sarcastic and advertise your mother-in-law.... for sale LOL
- You can be serious and photograph a bottle of wine and make it look like a magazine ad.
- You can even take a photograph of a city tourist attraction and advertise it like a travel place.
The list is really endless. So get your creative juices flowing, get inspired by advertisement you see around, think about the message you want to get across and then photograph it in the strongest way you can think of.
Use props, use lighting, use color, use atmosphere, use humor. Needless to say: keep it decent.
ONE RESTRICTION : The challenge should be around expressing your message with images, not with words. Therefore you can only add a MAXIMUM OF 10 WORDS to the image using Photoshop or any other editing software.
You may use the title of your image, you may photograph text as part of your image, but you cannot add more then 10 words to the picture using editing. You should try to get the message across with the image itself.
And the voting will decide on how well you have done so.
Please feel free to ask questions.
Challenge 47 has begun...galleries have been set up. You will have two full weekends to obtain images, and the entry starting time began immediately after the C46 results announcement.
And copied from the previous challenges, here are the further instructions to help things run smoothly...thanks for reading this stuff:
- Four (4) images are allowed in each of the two galleries (Eligible and Exhibition).
- Those who prefer to have critiques of their photos to be more "critical", please mark the title with an asterisk ( ).
- Please put your name and a unique title on each of your image thumbnails. It really helps to keep voting problem issues to a minimum.
- Please resize your images to no larger than 800 pixels on the longest side before uploading to pBase... can be larger if a panoramic image. This cuts down on too much usage, and it helps to preserve the quality of your image upload for best viewing.
- Please don't move images around in the galleries...respect first-come-first-serve. If you alter an image in any way, please replace it at the end of the gallery when uploading again. This should avoid any confusion...and everyone will be treated equally.
- Please keep your questions and concerns posted in this thread for best response. One of us will address them as soon as possible.
- Challenge time period will run from the time of the challenge 46 results announcement until Tuesday, July 29th, 2003, at 1 am EST (New York time). Note this is 3 HOURS LONGER than normal, I live in Denmark and did not want to get up at 4am to post closing messages !!! Time tables will be posted in the galleries. A separate voting thread will be posted shortly after the end of the Challenge period.
- Eligible images must be taken with a Sony digital camera within the Challenge time period. The winner of this gallery will host the next Challenge.
- Exhibition images can be obtained with any camera at any time. If you do not want to host the next Challenge, this is the gallery you should post your images to.
- Those not familiar with uploading images to pbase can view this link for instructions: http://www.pbase.com/stfchallenge/howto
- Remember, the login name to pbase is "stfchallenge"; and the password is "stfpost".
- Here’s a link to the stfchallenge galleries page:
Everyone please join in on the fun...veterans and newcomers alike. It's really all about fun and sharing our common interest in photography. Please elaborate any of your techniques...everyone welcomes an opportunity to learn something new, something to try. I really look forward to your enthusiastic participation! Go advertise, get your message across!
Sincerely,
Willem
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