Round 7 - DVXUser Photography Contest

[Jeremy Ordan]

DVXUser Photography Challenge: Round Seven

Why?
Why is a filmmaking community doing something with photography? Simple... With photography you learn about lighting, composition, framing, blocking, and it is fun. Ask any of the 30 people who submitted for the first round to raise money for charity as well as participate in a community event and they will tell you, it was fun, plus:

It is very simple

The Rules:
*Take a picture, in the time period, that fits within the topic of the week on any camera with any lens that you want (D-SLR, Film, DVX, XL1, Cellphone)
*Post process the image in any way that you choose and see fit.
*Please do not post any images that are larger than 8" x 10" at 72DPI
*Email the image to DVXUser@stffilms.com along with any comments regarding the image
*Vote and comment on the images submitted
*The winner will choose the topic for next weeks photography contest.

Simple, right? Maybe too simple... So what's the catch? There is no catch! No cost. No one profiting. No one stealing your images and claiming them as their own. Nothing...

PRIZE:
*The winner chooses next weeks topic (example: landscape, macro, or anything) & if we exceed 50 entries I will make a $50 donation to Isara.com. If we exceed 250 entries, I will donate $250 to Isara.com which is an associates degree in Thailand (according to PK). Your participation can help give the gift of education. PLUS as added motivation, weekly participant and resident, well he lives here, Brandon Rice (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/member.php?u=6061) has offered to donate a copy of his film A Price Too High (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=57245) to the winner if we exceed 30 entries... Do you really need more motivation than that? Thanks Brandon!

This week's topic: Won't You Be My Neighbor? chosen by Week 5's (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=70094)winner Jeremy Ordan (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/member.php?u=7852)
Details: submit an image of a member of DVXUser.com (self portraits are allowed).
Due Date: September 27th @ 11:59 EST
Voting Period: September 28 - September 31st @ 11:59 EST
Next Topic Posting on: September 27th (by winner of Round 6 - Night at the Cineplex (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=71001))

Good luck everyone and I can't wait to see what you submit!

-Jeremy

[Brandon Rice]

Cool topic! I'll be in again for sure...

[mikegrasso]

Ok I can do that. How much of this person do you have to see??

[Jeremy Ordan]

How much of this person do you have to see??

That is open to interpretation... Be creative.

[CR_OPSO]

Details: submit an image of a member of DVXUser.com (self portraits are allowed).

Dang... now I have to go get my hair cut.

Chad

[Steve_Arm]

Naked? LOL! I agree this is easy.

[Brandon Rice]

OH boy... I have the perfect idea for this round!

[mikkowilson]

Now *we* have to take the photo ourselves right? Or can it be a picture take on our behalf (so that we don't have to use the self-timer)?

- Mikko

[Jeremy Ordan]

Ground Rules:

Take a picture of a member of DVXUser.com
It can be a self portrait
You must be the photographer of the photo you submit
You should be the editor of the photo you submit
The deadline is next Wednesday

Creativity people... creativity.

[Brandon Rice]

WHOOOHOOOO!!! I am excited about this round! (If my plan works!)

[mikkowilson]

Fair enough, thanks Jemery.


- Mikko

[Brandon Rice]

Fair enough, thanks Jemery.


- Mikko

You ok Mikko? :) :beer: :beer:

[mikkowilson]

Huh? why do I need to be ok?

- Mikko

[Brandon Rice]

Fair enough, thanks Jemery.


- Mikko

:cheesy: :cheesy: :grin: :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

[mikkowilson]

Eh, My girldfrind just got here from the states and she's really jet-lagged, so I'm going to just use that as an excuse for me beeing tired!

Sorry Jeremy.


- Mikko ... goes off to bed.

[Brandon Rice]

LOL! I was just razzin' ya dude. :beer:

[Jeremy Ordan]

What's sad is I didnt notice...

[Brandon Rice]

Photos up?

[Tom Marshall]

Count me in on this one... can it be more than one dvxuser? As in me and a friend?

[Brandon Rice]

OH BOY do I have a good one for this!

[Tom Marshall]

Hey Brandon, wasn't your tagline "6,000 today, 1,000,000 tomorrow!" like a week ago?? lol

[Brandon Rice]

No a few days ago... my post counts over 7k now though....

[Tom Marshall]

I am jealous though - I don't have the privilege of listing my occupation as editor/cinematographer, so kudos on that... :thumbsup:

[Brandon Rice]

I am jealous though - I don't have the privilege of listing my occupation as editor/cinematographer, so kudos on that... :thumbsup:

Thanks... it was a road to get here.... Now back to the photos!:thumbup:

[Tom Marshall]

I think this week's topic is right on, with people working on Horrorfest and all... :)

[Brandon Rice]

Yeah, should be great! I have the perfect person to take a shot of....

[JoshuaNitschke]

I'm passing on this one.

[Steve_Arm]

Silly question but portrait is mostly a close up. Are we limited to close ups????

[Jeremy Ordan]

Silly question but portrait is mostly a close up. Are we limited to close ups????

Just be creative, it doesn't say portrait... It says: Take a picture of a member of DVXUser. If you can get a picture of the top of Jarred's eat that counts, but I said that you can also submit a picture of yourself.

[Steve_Arm]

OK, don't worry I won't let you down this time...heh. I'm doing some exercises for this creativity to come out.

[Brandon Rice]

If you can get a picture of the top of Jarred's eat that counts.

I don't understand what Jarred's eat means....

[HorseFilms]

I think it's supposed to be Jarred's ear, but I may be wrong.

[Brandon Rice]

Ah ok....

[Jeremy Ordan]

Keys are too close together

[Blaine]

If you can get a picture of the top of Jarred's ear that counts

You mean like this...
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/10394/1158943143.jpg

:Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

[Steve_Arm]

I wondered too. You win!

[Brandon Rice]

heehee Blaine! When did ya take that? LOL! Nice pic.

[Jeremy Ordan]

Blaine, you scare me more than a little bit...

[deneb79]

I have been registered since October 2005 (As you can see... duh!) but I started "living" here for a week or so...

I really like the idea of this competition but I am not sure If I will have the time to have something ready until September the 27th. Will try though... ;)

[Cynic821]

i have a perfect pic to submit, but its a still from the horrorfest short im making , Catherine. (see signature) Its whats actually in the still itself is what i cant show until the short is seen, its a cool shot id like to keep hidden until its released.

[Aaron Marshall]

I'm going to enter this one. I just emailed you a little bit ago Jeremy.

Come on people, how hard can this competition be? Just snap a photo of yourself doing something stupid and send it in. The more people that submit the more money goes to isara.

[mikegrasso]

I just sent mine out. I think you are going to like this.

[Brandon Rice]

Not sure if I'll get one in this week... slammed with horrorfest and all...

[Steve_Arm]

Come on, just a self shot and ready to go. I haven't done anything yet cause I'm waiting for my new toy (D70) tomorrow. Then I'll spend all nite shooting! hehe

[mikkowilson]

Not sure if I'll get one in this week... slammed with horrorfest and all...

After your 50+ posts hyping up the great idea you have for this week? C'mon man, you can do it!


- Mikko ... just sent in his entry.

[Tom Marshall]

After your 50+ posts hyping up the great idea you have for this week? C'mon man, you can do it!


- Mikko ... just sent in his entry.

Yeah, B-Man! Just take a shot of yourself in front of that Avid workstation... :thumbsup:

[Jeremy Ordan]

Hey everyone... Just to let you know I am heading out to help out a buddy on some post processing sound stuff so the contest pictures will not be up until tomorrow night. I know this is the second week in a row with a delay, BUT this will give you an additional 24 hours to submit your image.

I am sorry about the delay, but you just bought yourself an extra 24 hours. I will post the photos by 11PM EST tomorrow.

[HorseFilms]

Nothing to worry about, my friend. We're just glad you continue to keep this going for us.:beer:

[Steve_Arm]

Great. I was hoping for a one day delay because in an hour I'm picking up my D70 and shooting some ideas in afternoon.

[Brandon Rice]

Nothing to worry about, my friend. We're just glad you continue to keep this going for us.:beer:

Exactly... doing this each week is awesome. Thanks Jeremy!

[Jeremy Ordan]

This week's photos should be upby midnight at stffilms.com/Photos

The contest is now closed for entries though.

[Brandon Rice]

Good luck everyone, looking forward to everyone's entries!

[Brandon Rice]

OK... Photos are up guys! 7 entries this week, good stuff! Sorry it took so long, I was planning on being back by 9, but had a few plans change. Cool pics everyone!

[Jeremy Ordan]

Great submissions everyone and thank you to Brandon for helping me get everything posted (I have been pretty slammed lately and being pulled in way too many places). I will get around to posting my comments in the next day or so, but just want to congratulate everyone on some amazing submissions (perhaps the best quality yet) as well as thank Brandon for helping me out.

[Brandon Rice]

Glad I could Help! Great submissions guys!

[Cynic821]

Sorry i didnt enter, i have the perfect photo, coulda been a winner i think, but its from my Horror Fest Entry, and i decided id rather keep it a secret until we can view the movies.

[Brandon Rice]

Coolness, looking forward to that shot dude.

Well, TODAY I finally got my hands on a good camera, a Canon EOS 20D! I shot a few shots of my buddy (and co-worker) Hank (g0ldenb0y55 on DVXuser) so since this round was about other DVXusers... I'll post a few of them online later :) Going to comment and vote on everyone's photo's tonight... been pretty busy all day.

[Brandon Rice]

If I had entered.... here ya go....

Shot w/Canon EOS 20D

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/6061/1159565581.jpg

[HorseFilms]

Here was mine:
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/232/1160360936.jpg
The jack-o-lantern was added after the fact in Photoshop. The key was a 100w fresnel with full CTO, the BG light was a daylight balanced fluorescent... the booze was whiskey.:beer:

[mikkowilson]

The jack-o-lantern was added after the fact in Photoshop.

I totally missed that! Nice!

A textbook example of how good lighting can mask a crappy (now that I look at it) key.

- Mikko

[Aaron Marshall]

Here was my photo. It was of my girlfriend who is a forum member as well.

http://static.flickr.com/104/253088286_e9d51ae850.jpg

It was taken with a Nikon D200. Thanks for the kind words Matt, and everyone else who commented over in the gallery.