PF PHOTO CONTEST - Life Is A Stage (10/4-10/10)

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around a photo contest themed "Life Is A Stage," focusing on capturing performing artists such as musicians, actors, and dancers. Participants share their entries, discuss the rules, and clarify the scope of acceptable submissions.

Discussion Character

  • Contest-related
  • Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • One participant shares a historical anecdote about Curtis Salgado and his influence on the Blues Brothers.
  • Questions arise regarding the inclusion of animals in the theme, with one participant clarifying that animals performing alone do not qualify, but they can be included if part of a human performance.
  • Another participant expresses a desire for more entries, indicating a competitive spirit within the contest.
  • Several participants mention their own photographs, with one describing a personal experience photographing Emmylou Harris and the challenges faced due to lighting conditions.
  • Multiple entries from the same event are discussed, with participants unsure about submitting similar photos.
  • One participant humorously notes a lack of suitable stage photos, referencing a less-than-ideal location.
  • Repeated mentions of the Street Art Festival in Warsaw, with participants sharing their experiences and images from the event.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the contest rules and theme, but there is some uncertainty regarding the inclusion of animal performances, which remains a point of discussion.

Contextual Notes

Participants express varying levels of confidence in their submissions and the quality of their photographs, highlighting personal experiences and technical challenges encountered during the photo-taking process.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in photography contests, performing arts, and community engagement through shared artistic expression may find this discussion relevant.

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Life Is A Stage

This week, the theme is on performers. Your picture must have, as its main subject, performing artists. This can be musicians, actors, dancers, etc. performing for the public or an audience.

Please note that if the photo came from a performance where the taking of photographs is prohibited, then such photos are disqualified. The same goes for the use of flash photography where it is prohibited.

Zz.

Contest Rules:

1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted within the contest period. In case there's a gray area, or you're not sure if the picture is suitable, check with me first.

2. Please resize your digital photo to no more than 650 x 490 or 490 x 650 pixels. You may also crop your picture if you wish. You are also allowed to adjust the brightness and contrast of your picture but these should not dramatically alter the look of the picture. But other than those, any form of picture editing or modification is not allowed. This is a photo contest, not a picture editing/special effect contest. You may add a watermark or your name/nickname to the photo for identification purposes.

3. Upload your photos to any of the photo servers such as imageshack or photobucket. Then post it the relevant contest thread and link your picture using the img command. PM me if you do not know how.

4. Only ONE picture per member per contest. Once a picture is posted, it cannot be changed other than a total withdrawl by that member from that week's photo contest. Exceptions will be made for modification to comply with the rules, such as resizing.

5. At the end of the contest period, I will open a poll and every PF member can vote for the picture they like best.

6. Note that in case we have a large number of entries, I will do the polling in more than one thread. If that's the case, you can vote in each of the polling threads. The photos will be assigned in the polling threads in the order they were submitted.

7. These pictures must be something that you took, not something taken off someone else's photo albums or taken by someone else. I have no way of checking if you did this, so we'll go by the honor system.

8. You can use a picture only once. Once it is used in a contest, it cannot be reused in another contest.

9. Please post only pictures meant for submission in this thread.

Zz.
 
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This is Curtis Salgado, a Northwest Bluesman. In 1970 he was playing in a Eugene bar where his show was seen by Dan Akroyd and John Belushi while they were filming Animal House. This was the inspiration for the Blues Brothers.
 
ZapperZ said:
...This can be musicians, actors, dancers, etc. performing for the public or an audience.

would the "etc" include animals?
 
Someone else NEEDS to enter a photo!
 
There will be two from us, we just can't decide - we took pictures at the same events and we don't want to put too similar ones.
 
Andre said:
would the "etc" include animals?

If it is only the animals performing, no. If animals happen to be part of the human performance, then yes.

This means that a typical circus act does not qualify, since the animals are the ones doing all the performance, while the human beings simply are making them perform.

Zz.
 
Here is a shot of Emmylou Harris at the Club Casino on Hampton Beach. We paid extra for a table adjoining the stage. I was using big fast lenses with no flash to blind her, so she gave me a number of very good shots. The quality was not great, because of the wide-open aperture and slow shutter speeds, but she seemed very happy not be zapped with a powerful flash. The paper taped on her guitar is a hand-written set list, and I was sitting right beside her sound-man, who gave me his copy at the end of the show. The sheets are printed in script at the top "Emmylou's Dreaded Set List", though she didn't seem to dread much about the night. Her opening act was Sleepy Le Boeuf (sp) and it was a great show in a cozy setting.

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There are two really great shots at this point. The only stage I have a photo of is the stupid thing at Chucky Cheese. :cry:
 
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Zz.
 
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Street Art Festival, Warsaw, June 2008.
 
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Street Art Festival, Warsaw, June 2008.
 
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Marzena said:
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Street Art Festival, Warsaw, June 2008.
Ah, the lovely Mrs. Borek makes an appearance! Nice choice of shots!

I loved the images from your biking vacation, too.
 
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:smile:
 
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You have less than 2 days left to submit a photo for this contest.

Zz.
 
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