PLEASE BE SURE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR PARTNER BY MONDAY AT THE LATEST...
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 May 14 and 15 - find your partner and issue a challenge
-- Monday May 16 thru Sunday May 22 - take a picture (or pictures) in response to the challenge issued to you, and post it with the tag: Get-Pushed-199 and comment on the photos taken in response to your challenge
-- Monday, May 23 - the winner of week 198 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-199
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.
Hi Northy. I'm sorry but you'll have to count me out of this from today onwards. Playing with psychopath animal slaughterers is not my style! I am learning that is best to keep to myself...
@northy@salza, I have to bow out this week. It is too crazy—I have two graduations to cover for a local paper plus my son's graduation and my wife's birthday all this week!
Please take me off the challenge list from now on as well. Thanks.
Sorry @northy to add to this thread, but its Monday 10pm UK time and I haven't heard from my partner @mumswaby happy to be paired up with someone else or can just sit it out this week. Either way is no problem.
@caj1311 hi Cindi - @manek43509 sometimes gets a day or two behind, but usually he plays quite consistently... let me know if he doesn't give you a push within the next 12 hours and i will pair you up with someone else...
@stephanies ok - how about checking in with @farmreporter as her partner has had to bow out this week... (although that said, looks like she's a bit behind in her project - so please let me know if she doesn't get back to you within a day or so)
@tabbycat certainly... although i'm not sure the name calling is warranted... i realize you are extremely passionate about your beliefs, and more power to you... but psychopath?
@northy@tabbycat Thank you, Northy for defending me. I was extremely hurt and disappointed when I read Tabby's comment. I have always found 365 to be such an open and welcoming site free of political views so was very surprised to be called a psychopath animal slaughterer.
Tabby, please permit me to defend myself. Farming is one of the oldest professions and has an honourable history. Believe it or not, raising lamb is a very fulfilling occupation … to witness the miracle of birth, to watch them grow bigger, stronger, and faster each day, to develop personalities of their own (and yes, they are all unique individuals), and the pride that comes knowing they were raised to the very best of my ability. And, yes, it is a bittersweet moment when they are sold to a feedlot to get finished for market.
I am sorry that you do not agree with animal husbandry, and I do respect your life choice. All I ask is that you extend the same courtesy to me.
Thank you @northy for doing such an amazing job at keeping this organized and going every week. It's clearly not always an easy task and I think I speak for us all when I say how much we appreciate what you are doing.
@northy I reiterate Robert's comment, thanks so much for keeping the push-challenges alive! @salza and I have agreed to exchange push challenges this week.
@northy I am unfortunately going to have to bow out of get-pushed for now. I have not heard from @aecasey this week and my next few months are going to be very busy so I am going to concentrate on my photos alone. Thanks for your work on this. May be back in the future.
@northy, Ok, I'm back in starting with the next challenge.
While I've been dealing with the loss of a family pet and a crazy schedule for this week, I've realized how much I missed my routine of taking photos for this site (and another 365 challenge I'm in). Withdrawing from the world just isn't going to help me.
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Please take me off the challenge list from now on as well. Thanks.
Tabby, please permit me to defend myself. Farming is one of the oldest professions and has an honourable history. Believe it or not, raising lamb is a very fulfilling occupation … to witness the miracle of birth, to watch them grow bigger, stronger, and faster each day, to develop personalities of their own (and yes, they are all unique individuals), and the pride that comes knowing they were raised to the very best of my ability. And, yes, it is a bittersweet moment when they are sold to a feedlot to get finished for market.
I am sorry that you do not agree with animal husbandry, and I do respect your life choice. All I ask is that you extend the same courtesy to me.
While I've been dealing with the loss of a family pet and a crazy schedule for this week, I've realized how much I missed my routine of taking photos for this site (and another 365 challenge I'm in). Withdrawing from the world just isn't going to help me.