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I don't post in SAD (or read it) because it's just photos and I get just photos from my Flickr. I don't post in PAD because nobody posts there anymore and I cbf. Also a lot of the stuff in there I don't know and wouldn't critique. Like landscapes. I just post my street photos in the street thread and my MF in the MF thread. But I'm missing photos because people aren't posting their photos in the respective threads. Mannequin crossposts which is the ideal solution but most people don't. More project threads is a good idea.
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Schofferhofer posted:I don't post in PAD because nobody posts there anymore and I cbf. Problem spotted. Also, generally, if you have one or more eyes and there is a brain attached to them, you can critique a photo. It may not be great critique, but it beats nothing.
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Dec 29, 2011 11:34
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Yes but I hate getting half assed critiques and so I don't like giving them either. If there are images in there that are more geared towards what I shoot then I'll critique those but they're usually not on the page I'm posting on and/or have already received lots of comments. So I just don't.
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Dec 29, 2011 11:39
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I'm at the point where I'd really like critique but I'm not sure WHICH of the threads to post my stuff in and see what happens. I'm just starting out, perhaps Dorkroom 101? I also shoot mostly film and I haven't gotten comfortable with my 30D yet to really use it full time. I've been shooting film for like 18 months but digital for less than 3. So Dorkroom 101 could be like the antithesis of MSD3K if you wanna look at it that way. It'd also give a place to pull from the Newbie photo contest if you're gonna go the GWS route (which I think would be amazing, getting feedback from GBS/the forum at large being laypeople would be interesting). I also find myself going here first for technical stuff. The silver halide thread is how I learned black and white processing cheap and easy before I ever took a photo course and I really got a lot out of it. So maybe like more technical threads for those of us who are still real new. Also if we already have it, or don't, an IRC would be great. Just a place to bullshit and get quick stuff answered without making GBS threads up threads/creating a massive quick question thread that'd get huge immediately. fake edit: yeah I just checked I don't see a Dorkroom on SynIRC. But holy poo poo there's like 15 loving pony channels.
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Dec 29, 2011 20:23
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Tempest815 posted:fake edit: yeah I just checked I don't see a Dorkroom on SynIRC. But holy poo poo there's like 15 loving pony channels. It's #creatives.
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Dec 29, 2011 20:25
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King Hotpants posted:It's #creatives. Ah, got it. Thanks, takes care of one bit.
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Dec 30, 2011 02:24
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King Hotpants posted:It's #creatives. Can someone unban me from this please? It's stupid. I just want to talk about photography from time to time. I drunk-posted 2 years ago and said some dumb things, but it's over with. Let's move on?
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Dec 30, 2011 02:35
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Mannequin posted:Can someone unban me from this please? It's stupid. I just want to talk about photography from time to time. I drunk-posted 2 years ago and said some dumb things, but it's over with. Let's move on? Word around #c is that bans are forever.
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Dec 30, 2011 11:20
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Looking through the "Fragmente" thread and remembering some of the previous projects people have posted here made me think maybe a "Link & Discuss Your Projects" thread would be kinda cool. I'm not thinking about a scenario where we suddenly have someone's entire 365 pics posted, but posting a pic or 2 with a brief explanation of what your unifying theme or goal was and then providing a link to the full set and opening up the discussion would be neat. I'm not sure if there are enough people on here with enough active projects to make this bear fruit or not, but I just thought I'd toss it out there.
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Dec 30, 2011 15:20
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krackmonkey posted:Looking through the "Fragmente" thread and remembering some of the previous projects people have posted here made me think maybe a "Link & Discuss Your Projects" thread would be kinda cool. I didn't even know how much I wanted this until I just read it. I tend to be project oriented and they often fall way outside the purview of SAD but I want to share anyways but don't want to push threads off the first page.
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Dec 30, 2011 19:11
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Mannequin posted:Can someone unban me from this please? It's stupid. I just want to talk about photography from time to time. I drunk-posted 2 years ago and said some dumb things, but it's over with. Let's move on? Yeeeeah, I'm kinda sorry I brought IRC up now because IRC drama should stay in IRC, I feel. Sorry man.
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Dec 30, 2011 22:22
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Yeah, #c isn't some officially sanctioned dorkroom IRC channel or something, it's just where most of us tend to hang out. People should certainly know it exists, but the forums aren't the place for discussion of whatever shenanigans go on there.
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Dec 30, 2011 23:47
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A project logbook thread would be interesting. I'm starting my mf project in the new year and would really like to have a place to post samples and short updates/writeups. Plus it would be good to test the waters and gauge reactions.
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Dec 31, 2011 00:06
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8th-samurai posted:Word around #c is that bans are forever. That's dumb. Kefkafloyd and Soundmonkey are also dumb for implementing such a rule. And if you're going to do something like that you should warn people in advance. I helped start the drat chat room 2.5 years ago. But whatever. You people do what you want. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Dec 31, 2011 00:46
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Mannequin posted:That's dumb. Kefkafloyd and Soundmonkey are also dumb for implementing such a rule. And if you're going to do something like that you should warn people in advance. I helped start the drat chat room 2.5 years ago. But whatever. You people do what you want. It's ok Manny, we can start a #bannedfromnumberc.
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Dec 31, 2011 00:48
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Haha, good idea. Oh well. But let's just drop it before certain entities gets pissed and ban me for mentioning it.
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Dec 31, 2011 00:49
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Mannequin posted:(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) May I humbly suggest that we stick to ideas for improving dorkroom, and not import irc drama. Or any drama for that matter, other than the Who Owns Pentax This Week game.
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Dec 31, 2011 09:35
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Mannequin posted:That's dumb. Kefkafloyd and Soundmonkey are also dumb for implementing such a rule. And if you're going to do something like that you should warn people in advance. I helped start the drat chat room 2.5 years ago. But whatever. You people do what you want. Edit: too much drama Demon_Corsair fucked around with this message at 17:08 on Jan 1, 2012 |
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Jan 1, 2012 01:41
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I have about 3/4 of an idea for a thread I think may be fun. How about a challenge/call out thread where you can post a dorkroom regular who's work you like, but ask them to shoot something different. For example: I really like USERNAME's landscapes, I would like to see them do a portrait of a person. There would be no prize or penalty, just a fun thing to get people doing something outside their comfort zone.
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Jan 1, 2012 23:25
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TomR posted:I have about 3/4 of an idea for a thread I think may be fun. How about a challenge/call out thread where you can post a dorkroom regular who's work you like, but ask them to shoot something different. Thunderdome is reborn! This is probably a good idea, anyone have any further suggestions for it?
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Jan 1, 2012 23:28
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SoundMonkey posted:Thunderdome is reborn! Make it special edition competition where X people get nominated, then have to work in genres/formats they typically don't. Like a bonus round of the competition you were throwing around.
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Jan 2, 2012 03:42
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On the heels of the thunder dome suggestion: I'd like to suggest a photo-contest-lite. Throw ideas into an inaugural thread and pick one out every month. Start a new themed thread every month. No voting, no prizes, just something to get people shooting every month with a theme in mind. Critique would be entirely optional. Call out photos you really like, ask questions about the setup, scene, etc. So basically like a themed SAD. Definitely not labelled as a contest, just a way to get the creative process up and running. I know there are weeks and months where I can't come up with an idea to shoot to save my life, so a push in a themed direction would probably be enough to get me started looking around. Sure you can say that I shouldn't need a suggestion to start shooting interesting stuff, but let's be honest: sometimes we just need a push to get out of a creative rut. some kinda jackal fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Jan 2, 2012 |
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Jan 2, 2012 03:57
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Martytoof posted:On the heels of the thunder dome suggestion: Or perhaps even a lovely custom title, winner determined by a randomly selected judge. No prize at all is good too though!
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Jan 2, 2012 04:32
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Also, both SAD and PAD are stickied for the next month to encourage posting with the new guidelines. It made me sad to see the once-proud PAD barely clinging to page 1. Now go post.
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The only reason I suggest no prizes is that I think it would be best if there were no "competitive" nature to intimidate people who see an amazing photo and decide to just not bother. The way I see it it would be a "post your themed photo no matter how bad you think you are" sort of thing, draw in the most inexperienced photographers too. Not that I thought the competitive nature of the contests killed THAT many entrants, but I sort of suspect people took a look at some of the amazing stuff that was posted by virtue of the "one entry per person, make it count" thing and didn't think they even had a chance. Or worse, didn't want to embarrass themselves by posting an amateur attempt. I think I used the phrase photo-contest-lite when I actually meant themed-SAD. Post as many themed photos as you like. Hell, getting someone to post a photo every day would be the ideal situation here if they find they're on a roll if it keeps them looking for this month's theme every day  The best competitive nature would be to get great shots of the theme :B
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Jan 2, 2012 04:52
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Martytoof posted:The only reason I suggest no prizes is that I think it would be best if there were no "competitive" nature to intimidate people who see an amazing photo and decide to just not bother. The way I see it it would be a "post your themed photo no matter how bad you think you are" sort of thing, draw in the most inexperienced photographers too. Maybe sometimes prizes will just magically appear
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Jan 2, 2012 04:55
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Would a word/picture association game be something people would be interested in or would it be too trite?
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Jan 2, 2012 10:57
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Medusula posted:Would a word/picture association game be something people would be interested in or would it be too trite? It has been done before and can be interesting assuming that there is enough participation.
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Jan 2, 2012 20:10
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Is there enough interest to get the ball rolling on a book review thread? I can't remember if I started one here ages ago or if it was somewhere else and I know that we have an entire forum devoted to books on sa but tbb peeps have no idea about photography. Also would be a good place to post a few drafts of reviews that I'm currently doodling for recent photobook purchases.
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Jan 4, 2012 00:47
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Schofferhofer posted:Is there enough interest to get the ball rolling on a book review thread? I saw somebody mention they wanted a book trading thread. It'd be awesome if we could have a thread for book reviews and trading.
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Jan 4, 2012 01:31
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I'd be up for book trading too. My aunt gets me photo tutorial books for Christmas, but they're only interesting the first time. Ansel Adams books are the exception.
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Dread Head posted:It has been done before and can be interesting assuming that there is enough participation. I remember these being pretty entertaining. They sometimes made me dig through old photos and edit stuff I had completely forgotten about.
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Jan 4, 2012 02:05
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I'd be very much in favor of a book trading thread, with the standard disclaimers (don't send anything you ever want to see again, etc). This would work especially well for beginner style books - there's only so many times you're going to open Understanding Exposure.
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Yeah but other than those books nothing would ever get traded. It'd just be a case of having fifty copies of UE floating around America and nothing else. So only of interest to guys from America who don't know how to photo and are cheap.
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Jan 4, 2012 02:16
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Yeah since posting that I've rethought it, no one is going to mail their $150-oversized-and-heavy-as-hell photobooks to strangers on the internet based on faith.
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Jan 4, 2012 02:40
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SoundMonkey posted:I'd be very much in favor of a book trading thread, with the standard disclaimers (don't send anything you ever want to see again, etc). This would work especially well for beginner style books - there's only so many times you're going to open Understanding Exposure. I use this book as my mouse pad !
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Jan 4, 2012 02:46
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Just to check: is it worth writing up an OP for a projects thread?
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Jan 4, 2012 03:09
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Where did BradIndustry go? Looked at our mods, and he's not listed. Saw that he hasn't posted since October.
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torgeaux posted:Where did BradIndustry go? Looked at our mods, and he's not listed. Saw that he hasn't posted since October. His home planet needed him. He will me missed* *(BradIndustry died on the way to his home planet)
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torgeaux posted:Where did BradIndustry go? Looked at our mods, and he's not listed. Saw that he hasn't posted since October. I am not sure, but I am sure that is probably why we have a new mod.
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