A roll of film a day for seven days!

[Keith]

Originally Posted by JSU

Crazy, YES! Fun, YES!

On days I work this will necessitate getting out either very early or very late which will interject obvious variety to the overall take.

This could be very cool. . . and crazy and fun.

I'm loving your enthusiasm here!

[Keith]

Originally Posted by Brad Bireley

I'm in. I need somethng to get me out photographing. Haven’t done much photographing lately so this should help. Does 1 sheet on my crown graphic count as 1 roll?

Only if you're prepared to cut the 4 x 5 negative into eighths and shoot one piece at a time!

[Keith]

They seem to have very short weeks up your way Paul!

[mgchan]

This seems like a great challenge. You can count me in.

Instead of two best shots from the 7 rolls, how about upping the ante to one best shot per roll, for a total of 7 best shots?

[srtiwari]

Good idea ! It will spur the lazy ones amongst us (like myself) to commit to an assignment.
I'm in !!

[Keith]

Originally Posted by mgchan

This seems like a great challenge. You can count me in.

Instead of two best shots from the 7 rolls, how about upping the ante to one best shot per roll, for a total of 7 best shots?

I thought about that but the ongoing thread where we do actually post our results could get a little unwieldy ... depending how many people come through on this of course!

What do others think about this?

[ruby.monkey]

Sounds like a good way to get comfortable with my new GS645. I'm in.

Flickr pool for best-of-each-roll submissions?

[Tsukiouji]

I've used to shot 24+ exp per walk few years ago. While now I'm way more concerned shooter for quite a reasons, I'm in!
Though, I will be using self-loaded film, so not quite sure if there be exactly 24 or 36 exp. per roll. For now it goes around 30. Guess, that's Ok?

[srtiwari]

Originally Posted by Keith

I thought about that but the ongoing thread where we do actually post our results could get a little unwieldy ... depending how many people come through on this of course!

What do others think about this?

Start a W/NW thread and call it "Best 2 of Week project" or something.

[shiro_kuro]

Count me in .....

I think it would also be interesting to see the contact sheets from which the two best images were chosen from ....

[loquax ludens]

OK, count me in. I'm a full time working guy too, but I will commit to it.

Maybe call the results thread "Your Best 2 of the 728 Assignment".

[srtiwari]

Originally Posted by JSU

Lazy, or just otherwise distracted with stuff like reading internet forums.

Maybe its the same thing.

[Mark A. Fisher]

I'm in! I have a lot of cameras that are begging to be exercised, and I always grab the same ones! So this will be a great excuse to use a couple of folders, maybe my Yashica-Mat, and... Oh, man! Can we make this a 14-day shoot?! Cool! I'm anxious to start!

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[loquax ludens]

Originally Posted by Mark A. Fisher

Can we make this a 14-day shoot?! Cool! I'm anxious to start!

You mean 14 rolls in 14 days? Or 7 rolls in 14 days? Or ... ???

I think 7 rolls in 7 consecutive days during a 28 day period is challenging enough for me.

[rbsinto]

Stipulating 24 or 36 shots per day results in frames shot for the sake of shooting (the Digital approach to photography).
I'm out virtually every weekend for hours at a time and often don't shoot a single frame, because there is nothing on the streets that particular day that catches my eye, so rather than blast away for the sake of blasting away, I'll pass on this assignment.

[loquax ludens]

You can also shoot MF, which means you only need to shoot 10 to 15 shots per 120 roll.

But I'd encourage you to go back to the first post and read it again. This is not about shooting film like it was digital. As Keith said, it's about a committment and sticking to a plan, being willing to make sacrifices to achieve it.

Who knows, as another poster pointed out, it may help some of us develop greater spontaneity.

It's also going to be fun. Not all film shooting has to be so serious all the time.

[Jobin]

I'm in. Don't know when to start though.

[shadowfox]

My record is on average 1 roll per week *constantly* since October 2006.
That's right about 300 rolls of film so far.

One roll a week is totally doable for a person with a full-time job, and a young child.

I don't know about one roll a day, though,
It seems like you'll be burned out by the time you're done.

You know the saying, a marathon is better than a sprint, if we're talking about endurance.

[Vincent.G]

I like this challenge.

[Todd.Hanz]

yeah i'm in too, somebody compile the final rules, set the date and let's get this thing going.

Todd

[benlees]

Geez, so many rules! So you have 28 days starting July 1 to use 7 rolls of film in 7 days? This might break me out of a photo funk. Thanks Keith!

[Stefan Wood]

Yikes, I took two rolls during lunch break today. So many people on the Mall, can go crazy doing street shooting.......

[kdemas]

I'm in, sounds like fun!

[benlees]

I don't think our digital brothers and sisters should be left out!

More rules:

around 6mp = 36 shots/day
around 10mp= 24 shots/day
around 12mp= 24 shots/day
around 18mp= 16 shots/day
around 20mp= 12 shots/day
+20mp = 10 shots/day

disclaimer: zero scientific pixel peeping parameters were used for the above recommendations.

[rjbuzzclick]

I don't think I'll have the time to participate in this, but I did want to chime in. I've done similar things like this (48 Film Projects and such) and I find that being "forced" to work quickly has it's rewards-getting one out of their comfort zone and approaching the work in a different way with different priorities. The results may or may not be as good as when one is working in their normal mode, but the experience can be an interesting and educational one and a great way to possibly re-evaluate one's own process.

Regarding those that shoot 4x5, I'd suggest four shots per day, which is about the same amount of film area as 36 exposures of 35mm, and is a lot to shoot from a large format perspective (at least the way I shoot).