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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 21 and 22 - find your partner and issue a challenge
-- Monday Mar 23 thru Sunday Mar 29 - take a picture (or pictures) in response to the challenge issued to you, and post it with the tag: Get-Pushed-139, and comment on the photos taken in response to your challenge
-- Monday, March 30 - the winner of week 138 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-139
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.
@northy I was just partnered with @jocasta the week before last (and again a week or so before that) :) doesn't matter to me though if Jocasta is ok with it.
how about if you guys all do a switcheroo? i can't easily track back to see whose been with who in recent weeks, so let me know what makes sense to you...
@jocasta OK, It's you and me! I'll look at your albums on my next break. Charles @zosimasy and Deb @Debseibly can partner if it works for them. Cheers!
@northy hi northy, I sent you a message on last weeks - I have no internet access for the next 2 weeks so can't do Get pushed! Will let you know when I am back. Many Thanks!
I'm not sure my partner @mdcteasers is available to take part. Last posted on 4th March. She hasn't responded to at least the last 2 challenges. I posted a query on her page as to whether she's available but no reply as yet. If no one else pops up I will just sit out this week.
I'd be interested in giving this a go for this week at least. I can't promise to set a brilliant challenge as I'm new to the whole idea, but willing to give it a go, if anyone's prepared to take the risk of being paired with a newbie to the get pushed challenge.
@loverofthelight everyone is welcome and no experience necessary :). How about checking in with @salza as her partner for this week doesn't seem to be around?
@joansmor hi Joan... @trishaclancy was unavailable for a while but asked to be added back to the list this past week... can you pls check in with her? i'm relatively certain that she intends to play...
hi @northy
after this week please could you remove me for a bit. To many additional pressures at the moment to give enough time and thought to my photo for the week.
Hi @northy. I'm afraid this has turned out to be too much of a challenge for me at the moment. Can you please remove me? Very sorry, unforeseen circumstances this week are going to seriously affect my time for a while and I won't be able to do it justice. Thank you
@m9f9l - hey Mary... your partner has had to pull out this week... hopefully someone else will come along in need of a partner in the next day or so... if not, you and i can pair up :)
@debseibly isn't around a whole lot but i believe she does consistently play "get pushed"... anyhow... i did say Monday was the deadline to get in touch with your partner... so Charles and Mary, if you want to be partners this week, i can always pair up with Deb...
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how about if you guys all do a switcheroo? i can't easily track back to see whose been with who in recent weeks, so let me know what makes sense to you...
Shall I partner up with you, Marci?
@hjbenson - how about pairing up with @atcoote this week?
after this week please could you remove me for a bit. To many additional pressures at the moment to give enough time and thought to my photo for the week.
Thanks Denise
@m9f9l maybe we can partner?
@debseibly isn't around a whole lot but i believe she does consistently play "get pushed"... anyhow... i did say Monday was the deadline to get in touch with your partner... so Charles and Mary, if you want to be partners this week, i can always pair up with Deb...