DVXUser Photography Challenge
- Thread starter Jeremy Ordan
- Start date
Jeremy Ordan
Major Contributor
Upload & File Size
Upload & File Size
All Details:
General Overview Information:
TOPIC: Portrait / People Shot
Detail: Portrait is defined as: A portrait is a painting, photograph, or other artistic representation of a person. Portraits are often simple head shots or mug shots and are not usually overly elaborate. The intent is to show the basic appearance of the person, and occasionally some artistic insight into his or her personality. Because this is a Portrait or People shot full body portraits are acceptable.
START DATE: August 2nd 2006
END DATE: August 9th 2006
VOTING BEGINS: August 10th 2006
VOTING ENDS: August 12th 2006 (and the next one begins)
Submission Instructions:
The beta test is working out very nicely, although not originally what I had in mind, but the upload system is only working 10% of the time. I am very sorry about this and have really been trying to get this up and running properly, but it just isn't working...
Therefore, I am offering two different methods to submit your image:
1. Email: DVXUser@Stffilms.com your image.
2. Upload your image to your DVXUser file and PM me a link.
You can begin to submit your entries now.
Image Name:
Please title your image with 'Laura Profile', 'View Into Her Soul', 'Why I Like To Hug Trees' whatever you want to call it, but do not put your DVXUser name on your image. I will link everything so that we can really have the anyonymous voting.
Please do not post images in the thread.
Image Size:
A couple of people have asked me about this. Any image under 2megs is acceptable, but for ideal viewing 4'x6' is ideal @ 72dpi. You could go as large as 6"x9" without a problem...
Post Processing:
Since DVXUser is a filmmaking community and unless you take your project directly out of your camera and then to DVD with no editing, we all know that things must be processed. There are no limitations for this challenge as to the level or degree that you can post process an image.
Voting / Comments:
This system is working out very well so far and you will be able to select the images from the gallery and vote on them. I ask that if you are entering an image that you take the time to vote on the other entries. Remember, this is a community event, other people have invested time, money, and energy into putting their submissions together so it is only polite to take a moment out of your day to vote on the images.
Next Contest:
I will continue to host the images and can continue to host the future contests without a problem. The winner of this week will get to choose the next weeks topic.
Prize:
*Jeremy Ordan (me) will give a $50 B&H Gift Card to the winner
*The winner chooses next weeks topic (example: landscape, macro, or anything)
The Best Prize:
Mikko is going to make a donation to Isara.com for every entery in the amount of $2. So just by participating, whether it is a cell phone picture or something that you took on an $8000 SLR camera helps raise money for a great cause. How can you sleep at night without entering?
Additional Questions:
Just ask!
-Jeremy
Upload & File Size
All Details:
General Overview Information:
TOPIC: Portrait / People Shot
Detail: Portrait is defined as: A portrait is a painting, photograph, or other artistic representation of a person. Portraits are often simple head shots or mug shots and are not usually overly elaborate. The intent is to show the basic appearance of the person, and occasionally some artistic insight into his or her personality. Because this is a Portrait or People shot full body portraits are acceptable.
START DATE: August 2nd 2006
END DATE: August 9th 2006
VOTING BEGINS: August 10th 2006
VOTING ENDS: August 12th 2006 (and the next one begins)
Submission Instructions:
The beta test is working out very nicely, although not originally what I had in mind, but the upload system is only working 10% of the time. I am very sorry about this and have really been trying to get this up and running properly, but it just isn't working...
Therefore, I am offering two different methods to submit your image:
1. Email: DVXUser@Stffilms.com your image.
2. Upload your image to your DVXUser file and PM me a link.
You can begin to submit your entries now.
Image Name:
Please title your image with 'Laura Profile', 'View Into Her Soul', 'Why I Like To Hug Trees' whatever you want to call it, but do not put your DVXUser name on your image. I will link everything so that we can really have the anyonymous voting.
Please do not post images in the thread.
Image Size:
A couple of people have asked me about this. Any image under 2megs is acceptable, but for ideal viewing 4'x6' is ideal @ 72dpi. You could go as large as 6"x9" without a problem...
Post Processing:
Since DVXUser is a filmmaking community and unless you take your project directly out of your camera and then to DVD with no editing, we all know that things must be processed. There are no limitations for this challenge as to the level or degree that you can post process an image.
Voting / Comments:
This system is working out very well so far and you will be able to select the images from the gallery and vote on them. I ask that if you are entering an image that you take the time to vote on the other entries. Remember, this is a community event, other people have invested time, money, and energy into putting their submissions together so it is only polite to take a moment out of your day to vote on the images.
Next Contest:
I will continue to host the images and can continue to host the future contests without a problem. The winner of this week will get to choose the next weeks topic.
Prize:
*Jeremy Ordan (me) will give a $50 B&H Gift Card to the winner
*The winner chooses next weeks topic (example: landscape, macro, or anything)
The Best Prize:
Mikko is going to make a donation to Isara.com for every entery in the amount of $2. So just by participating, whether it is a cell phone picture or something that you took on an $8000 SLR camera helps raise money for a great cause. How can you sleep at night without entering?
Additional Questions:
Just ask!
-Jeremy
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mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
And just a reminder that I will be donating $2 to our favorate charity isara.com for every entry to the contest! So enter and donate today!
- Mikko
- Mikko
Jeremy Ordan
Major Contributor
See, Mikko and I are putting our hard earned (well maybe not Mikko) money down to motivate ya'll. Think of all the kids you can help by taking a picture!
-Jeremy
-Jeremy
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
Entry submitted.
Ok everyone else, thanks for playing. Now who get's 2nd place? :cheesy:
- Mikko ... is full of hardly earned sh-t.
Ok everyone else, thanks for playing. Now who get's 2nd place? :cheesy:
- Mikko ... is full of hardly earned sh-t.
Jeremy Ordan
Major Contributor
Well I have four images that I'm debating between for which I want to submit... and I do reserve the right to give myself that gift card 
Then again, the infamous brown medal will look nice around my neck as well
-Jeremy
Then again, the infamous brown medal will look nice around my neck as well
-Jeremy
500lb Productions
Well-known member
Mine was submitted yesterday.
Where can we view the entries?
Where can we view the entries?
Jeremy Ordan
Major Contributor
The entries will be posted Wednesday and I will post the link for viewing/voting Thursday.
-Jeremy
-Jeremy
cast4shows
Member
procrastination
procrastination
What is the cutoff hour for entries on the 9th? I am just being procrastinator guy....:costumed-smiley-047
procrastination
What is the cutoff hour for entries on the 9th? I am just being procrastinator guy....:costumed-smiley-047
Jeremy Ordan
Major Contributor
11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time... At that point I am going to release the voting link... Anything not in my email box by then doesn't get in.
-Jeremy
-Jeremy
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
Is that 11:59:00 or 11:59:59?
Thank god for the last minute!
oh, and 11:59pm Aug 9th, EST is:
Aug 9th:
6:59pm Hawaii
7:59pm Alaska
8:59pm Pacific
9:59pm Mountain
10:59pm Central
11:59pm Eastern (duh)
Aug 10th:
4:59am UK
5:59am Central Europe
6:59am Estern Europe
12:59pm Tokio
- Mikko
Thank god for the last minute!
oh, and 11:59pm Aug 9th, EST is:
Aug 9th:
6:59pm Hawaii
7:59pm Alaska
8:59pm Pacific
9:59pm Mountain
10:59pm Central
11:59pm Eastern (duh)
Aug 10th:
4:59am UK
5:59am Central Europe
6:59am Estern Europe
12:59pm Tokio
- Mikko
I'm in.
Jeremy Ordan
Major Contributor
OK people...
I have begun the upload process with the received images. Please make sure that you are resizing your images... I had one that was 34" x 24" @ 300DPI.
Please resize to 72DPI and save me the hassle of having to do it for you.
Everything is working but we had to go to a weird type system, but hopefully everyone will be happy with how it works out. It will require you to register, but just use your DVXUser name and whatever password you want, that information is not shared with the admin setting. It doesn't require an email activation so after login and password you're set up and can view and vote.
The only reason I ask that you use your DVX User name is because then you know who left comments for who.
The system does support comments. The system does support voting. The system does support ranking. The system will work for all future contests and we can have an archive.
Sorry for having to put this on another server but everything is up and working now, so everything is allgood.
I could have allowed for anonymous login and posting, but then you wouldn't know who left comments... Sorry that it will take 30 seconds to register, but I think it's worth while.
Regardless, if you have sent me an entry it has been posted and tomorrow at Midnight (technically Thursday morning east coast time) I will post the link to begin voting.
-Jeremy
I have begun the upload process with the received images. Please make sure that you are resizing your images... I had one that was 34" x 24" @ 300DPI.
Please resize to 72DPI and save me the hassle of having to do it for you.
Everything is working but we had to go to a weird type system, but hopefully everyone will be happy with how it works out. It will require you to register, but just use your DVXUser name and whatever password you want, that information is not shared with the admin setting. It doesn't require an email activation so after login and password you're set up and can view and vote.
The only reason I ask that you use your DVX User name is because then you know who left comments for who.
The system does support comments. The system does support voting. The system does support ranking. The system will work for all future contests and we can have an archive.
Sorry for having to put this on another server but everything is up and working now, so everything is allgood.
I could have allowed for anonymous login and posting, but then you wouldn't know who left comments... Sorry that it will take 30 seconds to register, but I think it's worth while.
Regardless, if you have sent me an entry it has been posted and tomorrow at Midnight (technically Thursday morning east coast time) I will post the link to begin voting.
-Jeremy
Zak Forsman
Major Contributor
i'm in.
Joey Lawrence
Active member
Spent all of tonight playing around with cheap lights, my friend and stuff for the challenge picture...
Don't know if you want the challenge anonymous so I won't say any more. I was able to borrow my neighbours NikonD70 for the challenge.
Good luck everyone!
Don't know if you want the challenge anonymous so I won't say any more. I was able to borrow my neighbours NikonD70 for the challenge.
Good luck everyone!