wow...that's a great idea...sounds similar to the project Harvey Keitel's character in Smoke was working on...it would be fun to try a smaller version with students, but first I;d have to work on attention span! --- Guy Glorieux <guy.glorieux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Emily L. Ferguson" > > in this case the author suggested permitting > yourself a single shot per > > day. > >> > > Consider the G.G. variant (over a full calendar > year): > > - Find an old 6x9 folder (one that uses120 film not > the 620 "flim" ; one > where you need to take a reading of the light with a > light meter to work out > exposure and aperture). It will be your Project > Camera for the next 52 > weeks. It will take 8 frames per roll of film. You > will have a good-sized > image for each frame and a roll of film will cover a > timeframe of one week > (seven days plus one extra frame). You will > therefore have one contact > sheet per week, yielding 52 contact sheets after one > year (give or take a > day or two). > > - You are allowed to shoot one (and only one) frame > per day with that > camera. Any hour of the day, anywhere in the world. > But when the shutter > has been triggered, that's it for the day with that > camera, so make sure > that you've got a keeper before shooting... For the > extra frame (preferably > defined as being the first on the roll) always use > the same day of the week, > time of day, scene, angle of view, etc... Consider > making a self portrait. > It will be your constant over the year. That frame > will count as separate > from the others. It will serve to open you weekly > contact sheets. > > - Keep a recordof the specifics of the picture in a > dedicated notebook . It > will become a key reference for those that may be > interested in looking at > the contact sheets. > > - Keep your spirits up. This is a demanding project > (very, very much so, > particularly towards the end). You are only allowed > one single shot per day > with that camera. How do you decide that "this is > the one" for that day? > You need to be on the lookout all the time. You > need to carry that camera > with you all the time, over and above any other > gear. And with the passage > of time, you will become tired and your enthousisasm > will begin to wane. > This is when you need to look back at what you've > done and look forward. > > Try it for 52 weeks! It's a fantastic experience. > > Guy > > "The optimist believes this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it's true" - J Robert Oppenheimer http://www.geocities.com/tr_cunningham __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest
