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06-13-2012
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A roll of film a day for seven days!
I thought this might be fun ... I'll outlay the plan and then you can all pick it to pieces! 
During a nominated period of twenty eight days starting whenever (to be decided), you have to shoot a full roll of film per day for seven continuous days ... that's seven rolls! You can start on day one or you can leave it to day twenty one but you must be committed to the idea and follow it through within this period. Shooting two rolls in one day is 'verboten' because this is about committment to a plan and sticking to it no matter how hard it may seem occasionally. If you have a day where it is difficult to get out and have to shoot an entire roll of your cat or your laundry door ... so be it!
Film options are 135 (24 or 36 exp) and 120 (4.5x6 ~ 6x6 etc). You may also mix the formats if you choose and the choice of camera/cameras is up to you ... if you decide to move the film from one camera to another in the middle of shooting a roll ... that's OK too!
At the end of the twenty eight day period a thread will be started where you can post your best two images from your seven rolls and describe how the process went for you and why you chose those particular photographs.
This is not a competition ... it's about committment to an ideal and feeling a sense of achievment because you made occasional compromises and sacrifices to see it through. I also realise that it could be a little expensive for those that have their film lab developed but hey ... you have to spend your money on something ... why not film?
Is this idea crazy? I know there are probably some members out there who shoot at this pace anyway and would find it a breeze... Tom A comes to mind!
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Roll of film per day could be a bit of a stretch for full time working folk, roll of film per week for 4 weeks sound better to me :-)
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Roll of film per day could be a bit of a stretch for full time working folk, roll of film per week for 4 weeks sound better to me :-)
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I would like to try this ^^^^^ as, unless I'm on vacation, the roll a film a day would be difficult when working full time.
Cheers,
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I would like to try this ^^^^^ as, unless I'm on vacation, the roll a film a day would be difficult when working full time.
Cheers,
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Hi Dave,
No one has to sail on this ship if they can't find the time! I don't know how people's schedules are with full time work but realistically a person can get up half an hour earlier, use their lunch break for something other than eating ... or go out and do some night photography. It's summer in the northern hemisphere currently so there's plenty of daylight!
Respectfully!
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Excellent idea, count me in!!
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Excellent idea, count me in!!
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+1!
I've been meaning to put a decent amount of film through my OM-1 for a while now...  |
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... likes film.
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Interesting and challenging idea ! When is the 28 day period supposed to be started ?
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Interesting and challenging idea ! When is the 28 day period supposed to be started ?
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Hi Gabor,
I was thinking beginning of next month ... 1st of July. That would give us a couple of weeks to get our heads around the idea and plenty of opportunity for this thread to be seen.
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... likes film.
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Hi Gabor,
I was thinking beginning of next month ... 1st of July. That would give us a couple of weeks to get our heads around the idea and plenty of opportunity for this thread to be seen. |
Hi Keith,
sounds good to me ! I have to try this, can`t change much of my daily routines (and don`t have lunch break since I am supposed to work) but it is a challenge ! |
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Great idea! Too bad my scanner is broken 
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I'm in! Please contact me in PM and I will supply my adress to where you can ship film Chemistry is mine. |
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i try to shoot a roll a day...i try to bring a different camera to work... so far, around 5 rolls a week... the half-frames are the toughest...48 frames on a 24 exp camera.
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That will work for me even though I'm at work. I'll be running a fire trainers instructors course so lots of gritty B/W images of firefighting. Will make it the Mamiya 7 so I only have 10 shots per day.
Cheers - John
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i will think about it.
usually i need 2-4 weeks to finish a roll of film. so it definitely would be a challenge for me and get me out of my routine. maybe it would learn me to shoot more spontaneous.
on the other hand shooting so many films through the camera with the result of 2 pictures, has some kind of "digital" smell. sounds a bit like learning a bad habit. 
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i will think about it.
usually i need 2-4 weeks to finish a roll of film. so it definitely would be a challenge for me and get me out of my routine. maybe it would learn me to shoot more spontaneous.
on the other hand shooting so many films through the camera with the result of 2 pictures, has some kind of "digital" smell. sounds a bit like learning a bad habit. |
You'll have a lot more than two pictures out of this ... two pictures is what you'll be posting here! You can keep the rest!
I think your comment about spontaneity is right ... and you'll constantly be looking for subject material.
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too many rolls for me, keith. but it is a fine idea ...
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maybe i could do a mix of bw neg and c-41. i'll think it over for a week or so ...
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maybe i could do a mix of bw neg and c-41. i'll think it over for a week or so ...
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I would really like to have you in this Paul!
An eye like yours should make this a cinch.
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The fastest I've ever finished a roll was a week, this could be interesting to try, I'm in
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I'd give it a go. I'll be on vacation, with nothing to do but eat and shoot.
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I like the idea, but as the first poster mentioned, working full time makes it tough to get in a roll every single day. With work, family, etc, I can manage a few frames per day so one roll a week for a month would be more doable.
When someone starts that project, count me in!
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Hmmmm, that date starts the opening week of Rencontres Arles! I suspect I will be shooting rather more than a roll a day in 35mm. Maybe I could take an old Agfa folder with me too . . .
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all right, it is a go for me. we are driving to a wedding in texas in july. the trip out and back, and the gathering itself should present some target-rich environments ...
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i seek to photograph the things not seen.
" ... faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." Hebrews 11-1
"One eye sees. The other eye feels." - Paul Klee
"... For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal." - apostle Paul, 2 Corinthians, 4:18
"Film will only become art when it's materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper." - Jean Cocteau
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now then: 24-exp or 36-exp ...
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i seek to photograph the things not seen.
" ... faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." Hebrews 11-1
"One eye sees. The other eye feels." - Paul Klee
"... For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal." - apostle Paul, 2 Corinthians, 4:18
"Film will only become art when it's materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper." - Jean Cocteau
http://blackcreekjournal.blogspot.com/
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Just do it
allright, I'll play.
It'll be a challenge in the sense that to get the daily quotum, I will likely shoot things and scenes that I would normally pass up on, and I'm hoping this will expand my ability to pre-visualise photos.
Not sure yet if it'll be the Leica and 24 shots a day or a Rolleiflex and 12 shots a day.
I suppose the suggested starting date of july 1st is a 'Go'? Haven't had time to read the entire thread yet, I'm at work.
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