WPC 1320 - Graffiti
May 16, 2013 23:30:25 #
Hey Hedgehogs, its time for another Weekly Photo Challenge. This weeks theme is entitled Graffiti.
- Be sure the title or description of your entry explains your interpretation of the theme.
The challenges are simple. You start with a theme, but the twist is that everyone needs to submit a title or description *(see end) with their photo that explains the who, what, where, why, when or how they went through to get it. This helps us feel the moment as you did, but can also help with voting. You might even find some great tips to make you better.
This is about challenging yourself, pushing beyond your limits, so have fun and try anything and everything whether you are good at it or not. You can't win if you don't try.
Now for the legal stuff:
- Contests start Friday mornings and end Wednesday evenings (EST)
- Voting starts Thursday morning and ends Friday evening (EST)
- One original entry per member, and entries may only be used once. Repeats will be deleted.
NEW - Entries that do not follow the theme will be deleted
- Photos MUST include a title or description *(see below). Untitled will be deleted
- Post processing is fine, but keep it to a minimum
- Archived photos are not encouraged - please shoot your photo during the challenge
- Once voting starts there can be no additional entries
- To keep it fair, the user names and vote counts are hidden until voting is over and winners are announced.
- All votes are anonymous
- A maximum of 250 entries will be allowed per challenge
- And of course, the rules are subject to change as the challenges require
If you need me, send a Private Message or leave a Reply here. Thank you all! St3v3M
> Post Your Entries Here: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/photo_contest.jsp?pcnum=59 <
* How to add a title or description to your entry
- Click the link above
- Read Challenge Page
- Enter your Title or Description in the blank white box
- Click Choose File to select your entry
- Click Upload
- Be sure the title or description of your entry explains your interpretation of the theme.
The challenges are simple. You start with a theme, but the twist is that everyone needs to submit a title or description *(see end) with their photo that explains the who, what, where, why, when or how they went through to get it. This helps us feel the moment as you did, but can also help with voting. You might even find some great tips to make you better.
This is about challenging yourself, pushing beyond your limits, so have fun and try anything and everything whether you are good at it or not. You can't win if you don't try.
Now for the legal stuff:
- Contests start Friday mornings and end Wednesday evenings (EST)
- Voting starts Thursday morning and ends Friday evening (EST)
- One original entry per member, and entries may only be used once. Repeats will be deleted.
NEW - Entries that do not follow the theme will be deleted
- Photos MUST include a title or description *(see below). Untitled will be deleted
- Post processing is fine, but keep it to a minimum
- Archived photos are not encouraged - please shoot your photo during the challenge
- Once voting starts there can be no additional entries
- To keep it fair, the user names and vote counts are hidden until voting is over and winners are announced.
- All votes are anonymous
- A maximum of 250 entries will be allowed per challenge
- And of course, the rules are subject to change as the challenges require
If you need me, send a Private Message or leave a Reply here. Thank you all! St3v3M
> Post Your Entries Here: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/photo_contest.jsp?pcnum=59 <
* How to add a title or description to your entry
- Click the link above
- Read Challenge Page
- Enter your Title or Description in the blank white box
- Click Choose File to select your entry
- Click Upload
May 16, 2013 23:44:06 #
This could make for some interesting images, however, unless the photographer adds something to it, all the creativity belongs to the graffiti artist.
I have judged print competitions in which submissions have been of a graffiti wall and I DQ'd the entry for the reason stated above. So in reality the judging will be of the graffiti, not the photo.
Would you have a contest in which the subject was to take photos of paintings?
I have judged print competitions in which submissions have been of a graffiti wall and I DQ'd the entry for the reason stated above. So in reality the judging will be of the graffiti, not the photo.
Would you have a contest in which the subject was to take photos of paintings?
May 17, 2013 00:07:13 #
Hey CaptainC, while you make a good point, I believe graffiti is like everything you take a photo of. It is not the subject, but the way you approach it that defines the story you end up with. Using your argument the creativity of a tree belongs to God while the photograph I take comes from how I see it. I appreciate your advice and while I may be wrong, I will leave it and hope for the best!
May 17, 2013 00:47:01 #
St3v3M wrote:
Hey CaptainC, while you make a good point, I believe graffiti is like everything you take a photo of. It is not the subject, but the way you approach it that defines the story you end up with. Using your argument the creativity of a tree belongs to God while the photograph I take comes from how I see it. I appreciate your advice and while I may be wrong, I will leave it and hope for the best!
Oh I think you should keep the subject, but a straight-on shot of a wall with graffiti tells us nothing about the photographer at all. So it will be interesting to see if anyone is smart/creative enough to add value to the image.
May 17, 2013 00:59:04 #
CaptainC wrote:
Oh I think you should keep the subject, but a straight-on shot of a wall with graffiti tells us nothing about the photographer at all. So it will be interesting to see if anyone is smart/creative enough to add value to the image.
When I started this I thought it would be fun, but at it progressed I find myself fascinated by the creativity these artists bring.
May 17, 2013 11:34:52 #
Hi
I am a newbie and had a question. There is a building where I live that the grafitti changes every week. I saw that you can't archive but I have a feeling that with Graduation (4 schools this weeekend) it will change more often this week. My question is this...can I use the print module in Lightroom and submit a Contact sheet showing the same building with the changes.
I am a newbie and had a question. There is a building where I live that the grafitti changes every week. I saw that you can't archive but I have a feeling that with Graduation (4 schools this weeekend) it will change more often this week. My question is this...can I use the print module in Lightroom and submit a Contact sheet showing the same building with the changes.
May 17, 2013 14:36:42 #
Mmendes wrote:
Hi
I am a newbie and had a question. There is a building where I live that the grafitti changes every week. I saw that you can't archive but I have a feeling that with Graduation (4 schools this weeekend) it will change more often this week. My question is this...can I use the print module in Lightroom and submit a Contact sheet showing the same building with the changes.
I am a newbie and had a question. There is a building where I live that the grafitti changes every week. I saw that you can't archive but I have a feeling that with Graduation (4 schools this weeekend) it will change more often this week. My question is this...can I use the print module in Lightroom and submit a Contact sheet showing the same building with the changes.
"- Archived photos are not encouraged..."
Please don't let that stop you from joining us
May 18, 2013 06:15:19 #
CaptainC wrote:
This could make for some interesting images, however, unless the photographer adds something to it, all the creativity belongs to the graffiti artist.
I have judged print competitions in which submissions have been of a graffiti wall and I DQ'd the entry for the reason stated above. So in reality the judging will be of the graffiti, not the photo.
Would you have a contest in which the subject was to take photos of paintings?
I have judged print competitions in which submissions have been of a graffiti wall and I DQ'd the entry for the reason stated above. So in reality the judging will be of the graffiti, not the photo.
Would you have a contest in which the subject was to take photos of paintings?
There is one small issue. In a print competition, the printing art is what distinguishes the piece from just a digital submission. Would you have DQ'd it if it was say a cyanotype, so that the printer was doing something with the image and the printing was where the artist merit and contribution was coming from?
May 18, 2013 06:18:08 #
What about virtual graffiti, where I make a graffiti-like image through photo-manipulation?
May 18, 2013 18:58:14 #
Zero_Equals_Infinity wrote:
What about virtual graffiti, where I make a graffiti-like image through photo-manipulation?
in my humble opinion, virtual graffiti is not graffiti. it is not done on a wall!
May 19, 2013 17:00:39 #
True enough, but if the virtual graffiti I created was then placed over a shot of a wall, would that make it graffiti? And if I took it and then had a robot paint the image on the wall, would it be graffiti? I could create graffiti script saying, "This is not graffiti." And then paint that on a wall with a robot. Is it graffiti, and am I the artist?
It is just one of those philosophical questions that people in the art community ask from time to time.
I concur with others that taking a photo of art is not art, (unless one then does something to it other than strictly reproducing it as accurately as possible.)
It is just one of those philosophical questions that people in the art community ask from time to time.
I concur with others that taking a photo of art is not art, (unless one then does something to it other than strictly reproducing it as accurately as possible.)
May 24, 2013 21:22:38 #
CaptainC wrote:
Oh I think you should keep the subject, but a straight-on shot of a wall with graffiti tells us nothing about the photographer at all. So it will be interesting to see if anyone is smart/creative enough to add value to the image.
Missed the deadline - how about this?
What nature thinks of graffiti (and most of the works of man)
May 26, 2013 01:30:18 #
Could you explain how the votes work?....what are the numbers in brackets? And the number not in brackets
May 26, 2013 02:07:56 #
Shine11 wrote:
Could you explain how the votes work?....what are the numbers in brackets? And the number not in brackets
From WPC 1320 - Graffiti VOTING http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-120921-1.html
Please note the way voting works.
You can vote as many times as you like, but only have one (1) voting point.
If you vote for multiple entries, your (1) point gets divided among them all.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-1-1.html#98691
- scroll down to Voting
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