I just thought it might be nice if those of us doing @tabbycat's Photoschool might have a catchup on how the first week went for us, what we felt about it, our favourite photo (our own and/or someone else's) and whatever else we might want to say. Tabs has a lot on, but was happy for it to happen.
For me, I really enjoyed it. I moved into my new house in a new town last summer, so still have lots to discover about my new space (including how I am ever going to fit into it and get it the way I want it - its way smaller than my old house). I wanted to see how many different aspects of 'my space' I could convey, and in the end, I managed 12. the ideas didn't all come easily, but I always had one or two to think about at a time. I found myself trying new things, particularly the abstract 'Space inside my head'. I thought it was great that the assignment inspired me to do this!
The hardest one to achieve in a practical sense was Sharing my Space, requiring 90 shots, and a tubful of treats to get all the pets to stay in one place for long enough!
My favourite shots by others were @janmaki's selfie with chairs, and @mstipe's waterfall.
i am loving this photoschool - just what i need - i only managed one photo for the 1st one : - (, due to other commitments, but will try harder next time
I really liked your shots and @janmaki's as well as the colourful locker shot from tabbycat
@mortisa - Yeah, its brilliant of @tabbycat, isn't it, and I agree with you about her locker shot - funny, I didn't mention it cos I kind of think of her as the 'teacher.' :-) Thanks for the kind words about my shots!
@mortisa - Hmm, I had an idea for mine, but not sure how it will work, photographically! I'm sure we will both get there, though, we have a week. Just say if you want to bounce a few ideas around, hopefully some of the others will join in too! :-)
@mortisa@jenirainbow I realized I have a very global sense of space and home and my space. Have started to work on this week's assignment and am glad there is a weekend cause that gives me more flexibility to getting out for location shots.
@mortisa -Well, as I understand it, the idea is to take a photograph of something that represents your space. It can be an object (i.e. 3D) or it could be a picture (2D) e.g. a drawing or painting but NOT a photograph. It could be something you make yourself, or you could photograph something in a different way or edit it using a technique you haven't tried before.
So last week we were taking photos of the actual space (at least, in most cases) whereas, this week we are taking photos of something that REPRESENTS our personal spaces, rather than the actual spaces. I'm sure @bmnorthernlight won't mind if I direct you to her contribution - she explains the reason for her choice of photograph of a 3D item, which you may find helpful. also @tabbycat's stick figures are a 2D example. They were clearly inspired by some of her photos from the week 1 task.
@swguevin - Hi Sheila! it sounds like you have some ideas already! Have a great weekend and I hope the weather is good for you so you can get out and about, working on your assignment. It is interesting, isn't it, how doing the tasks makes you analyse what 'your space' means to you as an individual, and how this shows in our different approaches and choices!
@jenirainbow I have seen it on several threads tonight and just took the lead from someone on one of these threads who did that. I would never have thought of it on my own! ;~}
@grammyn - Oh, that makes me feel better then! Ross will no doubt sort it out! Cheers! Were you reading this thread because you are doing the photoschool, or just to check it out?
Ohhh, just clicked on this to see what it was about. I think I didn't get a notification because you added an 's to my user??
Anyway, thanks so much for the shout out!
I really struggled last week. I had a hard time figuring out what my space really was. Everytime someone would post something, esspecially you since I follow you, I'd say, OF COURSE!! out loud. Especially with the spider photo.
I too wasn't sure how exactly to go about this weeks assignment so thank you for your explination.
@shirljess - I'm acting as link person for the photoschool at the moment, and @tabbycat has a lot going on right now. Basically she is doing a photograpy course for the next year, so many of us were jealous, she kindly agreed to share her assignments, so we can participate alongside her for free. We are now on week 2 but it won't matter that you didn't do week 1 (though you still could, if you like - search for the discussion board thread if you want to. There's a synopsis of the task for week 2 above, or look at @tabbycat post on her page (stick drawing pic, a couple of days ago. Take your pic during this week and tag it Photoschool365-2 (the last figure to indicate the week we are on). Have fun!
@mstipe - Oh sorry, I thought it would still work with the 's. I'll remember for the future. Glad you found it! Well, I suppose the purpose of the assignment was to really make you think about your space and how to illustrate what it means to you, and you cracked it brilliantly! So glad if I helped give you food for thought along the way. Good luck for this week. We are continuing with photoschool, I will act as link person for Tabs (we have a bit of fine tuning how it will work, but it'll be fine!)
@mortisa@mstipe@grammyn@swguevin@shirljess I'm sorry guys that i bailed out on 365. There was just some ugly stuff going on that left a bad taste in my proverbial mouth, and I don't want to be here anymore, but I WILL continue the photoschool for you guys, and will try to upload assignment photos myself too! I am leaving the very capable Jeni in charge and I'm just wondering how this would best work? Probably just a new discussion thread for each week, detailing the assignment and the tag for it...does anyone have any thoughts on this? (discussion thread vs posting on mine or Jeni's profile..??
@tabbycat - Thanks Tabs, its no problem!
My thoughts are that if we have a discussion thread, we can put up photos that illustrate points we are discussing, Though I don't mind posting on my profile page if others would prefer that. and you know, everyone would be very glad if you choose to come back, maybe when things have had time to settle down a bit...?
@jenirainbow@tabbycat
I'm glad the two of you have worked something out! How very generous of both you.
I think a thread would be best. Then everyone will feel welcome to participate and join in.
Tabitha- I wish you the best of luck in your new endeavors! I know you'll be great!
@tabbycat I don't know what happened but so sorry you feel you have to leave - you have been very inspiring to me. thanks jeni for continuing this, i think a discussion thread would be good @jenirainbow
@jenirainbow@tabbycat I like the idea of discussion threads. A new one for each assignment, kind of like the contests are done. So we can find the assignment in the thread and post progress photos. Also, that way new people can jump in if they want to play too.
Meanwhile I gave some thought to my space and realized I carry my own little world around with me. Found a very old key and though of using it, but instead am shooting my world this week at my 3-d object which best represents my space. Here's my latest:
@mstipe@mortisa@swguevin
Thanks for all your responses. it seems like a discussion thread would be preferred, on the basis of responses so far!
Love your contribution, Sheila! Beautiful shot and the globe literally encapsulates the space around you!
@jenirainbow I like the idea of the discussion thread also ..easy to find and everyone can enjoy! I have already had some difficulty with assingment #1 I only got to take one photo of my space...and my # 3D object photo was just plain old boring ..so with saying that i will try very hard to be more creative please bear with me on that!!
@tabbycat...Thank you for doing this for all of us...You will be missed! ...
@ellimae@tamsg4
There's still plenty of time for a 3D object shot (more than one if you like) as this assignment continues until Thursday (and beyond if you wish, but we get a new one then).
This is my first attempt, and I'm not happy with it, though I like the shells and the focus. I'm not sure how to improve it, so any suggestions would be welcome.
@jenirainbowI really like this I like the dof and the focus and I think it helps to know what you idea of space is first to know how you are rellating the object to it..This fits perfectly! i dont think i really had a grasp on what i could use and now that i have seen some others..i could have used alot of other objects to discribe my space... so i am going to try to get a better perspective on this by Thursday!! Thanks!
@ellimae - Thank you and I'm glad if it and other people's ideas help! That's the brilliant thing about lots of us doing it together - we can bounce ideas around, suggest things and reassure each other. Best of luck, I'm sure you'll get some great shots! :-)
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It really reminded me of the Eiffel tower as well! Lovely, isn't it.
I started a new thread on the General discussion page today for Photoschool365-3
@tarbus@jenirainbow It is an Eiffel Tower ornament! I forgot my text doesn't copy over as well haha it was explained under the pic but I didn't copy it here!! It's so obvious to me (obviously since I took it lol) so I forget y'all can't read my mind!! ;-P Thanks! Hopefully I have more ideas for the new assignment!
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I really liked your shots and @janmaki's as well as the colourful locker shot from tabbycat
So last week we were taking photos of the actual space (at least, in most cases) whereas, this week we are taking photos of something that REPRESENTS our personal spaces, rather than the actual spaces. I'm sure @bmnorthernlight won't mind if I direct you to her contribution - she explains the reason for her choice of photograph of a 3D item, which you may find helpful. also @tabbycat's stick figures are a 2D example. They were clearly inspired by some of her photos from the week 1 task.
Anyway, thanks so much for the shout out!
I really struggled last week. I had a hard time figuring out what my space really was. Everytime someone would post something, esspecially you since I follow you, I'd say, OF COURSE!! out loud. Especially with the spider photo.
I too wasn't sure how exactly to go about this weeks assignment so thank you for your explination.
@mortisa @mstipe @grammyn @swguevin @shirljess I'm sorry guys that i bailed out on 365. There was just some ugly stuff going on that left a bad taste in my proverbial mouth, and I don't want to be here anymore, but I WILL continue the photoschool for you guys, and will try to upload assignment photos myself too! I am leaving the very capable Jeni in charge and I'm just wondering how this would best work? Probably just a new discussion thread for each week, detailing the assignment and the tag for it...does anyone have any thoughts on this? (discussion thread vs posting on mine or Jeni's profile..??
My thoughts are that if we have a discussion thread, we can put up photos that illustrate points we are discussing, Though I don't mind posting on my profile page if others would prefer that. and you know, everyone would be very glad if you choose to come back, maybe when things have had time to settle down a bit...?
I'm glad the two of you have worked something out! How very generous of both you.
I think a thread would be best. Then everyone will feel welcome to participate and join in.
Tabitha- I wish you the best of luck in your new endeavors! I know you'll be great!
@jenirainbow
Meanwhile I gave some thought to my space and realized I carry my own little world around with me. Found a very old key and though of using it, but instead am shooting my world this week at my 3-d object which best represents my space. Here's my latest:
Thanks for all your responses. it seems like a discussion thread would be preferred, on the basis of responses so far!
Love your contribution, Sheila! Beautiful shot and the globe literally encapsulates the space around you!
@tabbycat...Thank you for doing this for all of us...You will be missed! ...
Glad to see this will carry on!
There's still plenty of time for a 3D object shot (more than one if you like) as this assignment continues until Thursday (and beyond if you wish, but we get a new one then).
This is my first attempt, and I'm not happy with it, though I like the shells and the focus. I'm not sure how to improve it, so any suggestions would be welcome.
It really reminded me of the Eiffel tower as well! Lovely, isn't it.
I started a new thread on the General discussion page today for Photoschool365-3