sure hope spring is springing somewhere... here in Toronto it's positively frigid!
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FIRST OFF - the PSA
PLEASE BE SURE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR PARTNER BY MONDAY AT THE LATEST...
We've had a handful of players go AWOL over the last little while, which can be very frustrating for their partners... in order to give everyone a good chance to play, i am going to say that if you do not get a challenge by end of day Monday, please let me know and i will do my best to get things sorted...
If you do not get in touch with your partner by Monday, I will take your name off the list until you let me know that you are back and WILL be playing... this is not meant to be punitive - it is just intended to minimize disappointment for those who are playing consistently...
-- if i left your name ON by mistake, left your name OFF by mistake, or made a MISTAKE in spelling your name, please let me know by responding to this thread and i'll fix things up...
-- if you are interested in joining this challenge, respond in this thread and i will add you to the list... if it's not too late in the week, you'll likely be able to play this week...
-- if you find you must bow out of the game after i've posted the list, please let me know ASAP in this thread, and please tag your partner... i will do my best to find a them a new partner...
-- if you don't get a challenge by late afternoon Monday, let me know in this thread... PLEASE do not suffer in silence! even if you're ok with not playing this week, the person paired with your partner next week may be very disappointed... letting me know about inactive players is the only way i can keep the list up-to-date...
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IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ!!!!!!
One of the key aspects of "get pushed" is that we get "pushed" out of our photographic comfort zones... this means that you need to find something that is a CHALLENGE for your partner...
Look thru the recent months of their project and come up with something they don't seem to have done, or have indicated struggling with... it could be a type of subject, a compositional technique, a particular camera setting, use of light, anything... as long as it is something they don't seem to have done, or done much of...
If you're paired with someone who appears very experienced and accomplished, give them a concept challenge - eg.: interpret a word (something a bit intangible like "silence", or "ambiguous"... not a thing like "animal" or "toy")...
Looking thru your partner's albums needn't take a lot of time... but it is very much appreciated when this effort is invested...
Explain what your challenge was when posting your shot. This helps the previous week's winner when they are choosing the week's finalists. And if someone is cruising the photos with a "get pushed" tag, they like to see what the challenge was when looking at your photo.
-- Saturday / Sunday Mar 28 and 29 - find your partner and issue a challenge
-- Monday Mar 30 thru Sunday Apr 5 - take a picture (or pictures) in response to the challenge issued to you, and post it with the tag: Get-Pushed-140, and comment on the photos taken in response to your challenge
-- Monday, April 6 - the winner of week 139 will pick 5 finalists for a vote
1. Find your partner from the list below and click on their name to get to their profile
2. Browse through the last couple of months of photos to get a feel for what they shoot and don't shoot etc.
3. Post an introduction on their last photo, and also issue the challenge you are setting.
RESPOND TO A CHALLENGE
4. You have until midnight next Sunday, to take and post your shot or shots.
5. When posting your shot WRITE A SHORT DESCRIPTION about
-- who challenged you,
-- what the challenge was,
-- what you found hard about it etc.
6. Make sure to tag your shot for the challenge.... Get-Pushed-140
7. Tag your challenger in a COMMENT (not just your write-up). You MUST tag your partner in a separate comment... tagging them in your write-up of your photo is not sufficient as it will not result in them getting a notification...
ALSO
8. it is nice to visit the photo that was made in response to your challenge and offer some comments and maybe even some constructive criticism...
9. On the Monday after the challenge is over, the winner of the previous week will pick 5 finalists for a vote, this can be based purely on their fav photos, who they felt best met the challenge etc, etc.
I am home from uni for Easter and only have access to an old laptop that is slow as hell with the internet to match. I won't be uploading at all from 1st-14th April and the rest of my Easter break will be if and when I have time, so please take my name off the get-pushed list from now till 27th April :) (sorry @neatz )
@thejazzyj I have already left a get pushed. I see you cannot do,it.
Does anyone else not have one? You can do this:
Take a photo of a colour collection. Lay out a range of objects in rows or however you like arranged neatly on a colour coordinated surface or background. But they must all be hues if the same colour. Hope that's fine. You can use cutlery crayons, jewellery buttons anything to add interest. Thanks.
Would like a get pushed from anyone if possible?
@northy@neatz Hi both! If that's ok with everyone, I'm up for it! The challenge looks good and makes a massive change from my usual snaps of kids! Anita, do you need a challenge or are you happy with the multiplicity one that Northy suggested? :)
@aecasey This is Marta's husband. She's had to make a last-minute trip out of the country, and so she won't be able to set you a challenge until she's back on Wednesday. Sorry about the delay.
Hi Northy could you please out me of the list. I have lot of projects at the moment and I couldn't really do last weeks challenge. I come back as soon as possible. Thank you and sorry for any inconvenience ;) Martina
@notperfectbutmine hi Alex... your partner has had to pull out for this week... hopefully someone else will come around within the next day looking for a partner and then you can pair up with them... if not, then you and i can pair up :)
@shesnapped and I have seen yours and accept it somewhat warily. My mind is blank but that's pretty normal for 8 am Monday. I hope I can come up with something.
@debseibly hi Deb... Yes - I think that's what happened... I'm having a real challenge these days w lots of folks falling off the list I'm afraid, and if I leave it too long then it's hard to find someone else for them to pair up with... I know you do play, but I think you don't post daily and that may be why the confusion? I will try to remember for the future...
If you want to play this week, why not check in with @notpetfectbutmine as her partner had to pull out this week?
@northy Please do you know if can do multiplicity on ps elements 12. Only have photoshop at work. Have the shots but no clue what to do now?
Explanations I have found are too vague. It's school hols till 13 April so no access to ps at moment.
Does anyone else not have one? You can do this:
Take a photo of a colour collection. Lay out a range of objects in rows or however you like arranged neatly on a colour coordinated surface or background. But they must all be hues if the same colour. Hope that's fine. You can use cutlery crayons, jewellery buttons anything to add interest. Thanks.
Would like a get pushed from anyone if possible?
Thanks
If you want to play this week, why not check in with @notpetfectbutmine as her partner had to pull out this week?
I'd love to see what you come up with if you decide to do it :)
Probably too late this week - but still up for next week
Explanations I have found are too vague. It's school hols till 13 April so no access to ps at moment.