- Things are moving along for the second edition of the spring Day in The Life of Asheville community photo/art project.Some of the basics, as I understand them. Please weigh in:
- Judges: We’re finalizing judges, but we have strong leads on two people.
- Show space: We’re working hard to nail down display space. We should have an update soon.
- Deadlines: The photo shoot begins at noon on April 18 and ends at midnight April 19. Proposed deadline to get photos uploaded to the flickr site is April 23. We propose to have judging the weekend of April 26/27. Photogs would have a week to have photos printed and returned to a designated drop point (that can be me, my office downtown).
- Deadline for prints would be May 5. We would like to have the finished show up by the end of May at the latest.
- Number of photos: At our last meeting, we discussed allowing each photographer to upload 15 photos, plus one which is their favorite and an automatic entry into the final show.
- Tagging: When uploading to flickr, each photographer should tag each project photo exactly like this: ditloa2008.
- Printing: Photographers will be responsible for printing their photos (8×10).
- Captioning: Photographers should include their name, their photo title and a caption on the back of their photos. The caption is most needed for the library. We plan to donate these photos to Pack Memorial Library’s North Carolina collection, and they would like at least basic information about what’s pictured.
- Licensing: By participating in this project, photographers are agreeing to a “creative commons” license because we plan to give the photos to the library. The library, as you know, lends material to anyone who asks, so it needs that understanding for any materials donated to it.
- Meet-up: We’re planning one more meet-up before the shoot. How does Sat., April 12 work?
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March 24th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Tammy Silver at the library has this suggestion, in terms of captioning:
The only improvement I could suggest over last year is a better way of
more fully capturing the information that goes along with each picture.
For archive purposes, we’d like the location of the photos (not just
“Sam’s House” but the address too), the names of the people in the
photos (if you have them) and any other details about the event or
location. At the library we spend a fair amount of time squinting at 40
year old photos trying to determine, “Who is this? Where is this? And
why are they all standing on their heads?” - so in consideration of the
librarians who come after us, we try to give as much detail about our
current pictures as we can.
Thanks,
Jason
March 24th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
A few thoughts, for what they’re worth:
3. Judges: Have you tried asking local Art Teachers at High Schools and Professors at Colleges? Who better to judge art and photography than a teacher?
7. Number of Photos: An ideal number. 15 is about the size of a portfolio, given 36 hours people should have plenty of time to get 15 good ones and at least one outstanding one.
12: Meet-Up: Works for me. April 04-06 I’m in Wilmington though, no good.
March 24th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
I can’t do the 12th, I’ll be on a ship out in the middle of the ocean.
But don’t worry about me for the next meet up, my schedule is totally filled until the weekend of our shoot. I’ll keep up to date via online.
-Frank
March 24th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Just a note on the 8×10 prints. For the library showing, you will need to print only your top pick and the judges Top Pick(s) if you have them.
I’m kind of inclined to let people post 16 pictures, and choose the top pick out of those that DIDN’T get picked by the judges. Thoughts crew?
M.
March 26th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
I like that, M. Let’s do it!
March 27th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
That’s a good idea, mog.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:25 pm
I will be away at a shoot in AZ on the 12th, will there be minutes?
April 8th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
So are we still meeting on Saturday (Apr 12)? Forecast says 30% of rain at the moment. Is Amboy park still the venue or should we plan a backup in case of rain? Also, what time?
-B
April 8th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
correcting email address…sheesh!
April 15th, 2008 at 11:22 am
I have just subscribed. Is it too late to be involved in this coming weekends shoot?
April 15th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
It’s not too late Chris - all are welcome even at the last minute.
April 17th, 2008 at 7:14 am
Thanks, looking forward to it.