Newschoolers.com Tour of Excellence Signup Thread (Photo Contest Type of Thing)

Ben.

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Let me start by saying yes, I stole this idea from skateperception, but it works really well on there, so Id try it here.

What you are responsible for if you agree to be in this is posting -

Photo #1: Ski/Snowboard

-Anything ski/snowboard related. Pow, park, whatever.

Photo #2: Portrait.

-No need to explain.

Photo #3: Where you live.

-Something about your town/home/etc. This does NOT have to literally be a picture of your house, just something associated with "home".

Photo #4: Whatever.

-Optional, just pick a photo you'd like to share.

Every picture you post needs to have a caption and/or description. Short or long, just write something.

How this works:

This thread is the signup thread. It will be open until next Sunday 12/4 at midnight. If you would like to participate, simply post in here that you would. (Please do not PM me, its too hard to keep track of 2 lists). If we get a ton of them, I'm going to cut it off at roughly 25 people, because beyond that it becomes hard to manage. However if this works well I will totally set up another one again in the future.

You will then get approximately 1 month to shoot. Im thinking 1/15/12 as the beginning of the submission dates. Most of the skateperception guys shoot film and manage to shoot, and get things processed and scanned in that time, so I dont think this should be a problem for you guys. Plus it should land over most folks winter breaks, so you should have time to shoot.

Come January 15, in the order that names were submitted, 1 person will post their submission each day, until we have gone through all of them. IF YOU DO NOT POST YOUR SUBMISSION BY THE END OF THE DAY YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SUBMIT YOU WILL BE BANNED FOR 2 DAYS. I know this sounds harsh, but this doesn't really work if people dont submit on time. The only exception will be if you for some reason will be not near internet/a computer the entire day of your submission. If so PM me ahead of time and well work something out.

This should be obvious but please shoot new stuff for this. The whole point is to get you out there shooting stuff. By having multiple photos in your submission you should be able to shoot both something you excel at, and maybe something you arent so good at. If you have any questions just ask in here, I may have missed explaining stuff. If you want to participate, just post in here that "I would like to participate in the Newschoolers.com tour of excellence". Also please dont post "Oh I might be down, let me think about it." Think, then post if you are in or not.

http://forums.skateperception.com/index.php?showtopic=283863

Example of tour of excellence submissions. Please do not troll SP, you'll just be IP banned anyways.

Happy shooting!
 
Forgot to say, due to the obvious weather differences, I will allow folks living in the southern hemisphere to pull their ski shot, since obviously your winter has ended. No point in excluding you folks from this just because you have reversed seasons.
 
I'm in, as longs as I can substitute ski/snowboard for skateboarding. I live no where near snow since i started taking pics...
 
Rails are fine. They just have to be skiing/snowboarding related. Doesnt have to be the most epic action shot ever. Click on the link and you can see, some dudes skateboarding shots on the SP Tour of Excellence are definitely a stretch. It just has to in some way relate, since after all, this is a skiing/snowsports website.
 
Down like a clown, Charlie Brown! This is just the motivation I need to shoot stuff.

And will there be a critique or voting for the best one or something? Or is this just a chance to share work and see the stuff that NS can come up with?
 
I am definitely in! Just one question, can the ski shot kind of a "nature shot"? Like something of the mountain that is particularly eyecatching but no one actually skiing?
 
Id prefer that it involved skiing/snowboarding in SOME way.

However a photo of your mountain would work for your "home" shot just as well. I think many of us "live" at our home hills.

I encourage everyone to go look at the SP example I posted in my original post. Itll show how you can get abstract with that ski/snowboard one.
 
Alright folks, signup is now CLOSED for this one. Im gonne leave this thread up here until submission time comes, so people can ask questions and I can post reminders.

Come January 15, one person will post their submission each day by midnight of that day.

So..

Sklar - Jan 15

zbphoto - Jan 16. etc etc etc.

drugs

Akofsky

hollygrove

StefanJanoski

michelle

Chunter

NINJA_STEEZE

alexat955

the.cheat

-SteezeMonger-

BikeMlatt

jeremy.g

Jabronis*Mom

Kevski

.God.

Daphinitely.

gavinrudy

jrcoyotes21

Sean.

1337.

Dubnik

.jesus.

Big5hifty

dresserski

N.Skinner

Bmo.

Myself (Ben.)

There will be two threads come submission time. One will be "Tour of Excellence Submissions" this will be for ONLY submissions, I think this will be cooler if you can see each persons posts without a ton of posts and quotes between each. I will create a separate discussion thread where we can give props, critiques, etc etc.

I will try and send people a PM reminder a week before their submission date, but I make no guarantees.

I think I already mentioned this, but please save your photos that youll use in the tour, dont post them ahead of time elsewhere, way cooler when the shots are brand new.

Have fun shooting!
 
I want to leave this up to you guys. SP does theirs with just a discussion thread where people can give props on photos and critique. But if you guys all want to make this a "contest" where we announce a winner, I'm down for that too. Totally up to you folks.
 
maybe we could get some small contributors like a NS sticker pack or saga t shirt? just for a fun little gift
 
Anyone else shooting film for this? I just picked up my first rangefinder and a roll of portra 400 - fingers crossed for good results!
 
Ill probably have a combo. Ski shot will most likely be digi, everything else film. Too expensive to shoot film for sports stuff haha.
 
Leave it here. Not sure everyone in this thread is in Photo cult. And I want randoms browsing M&A to be able to see this. And submissions of course?

Hows everyones coming along? I havent shot diddly so far haha, I'm hoping to get more done post Christmas insanity.
 
yeah the only place open around here is the hill i don't have a pass to, i can't afford going there. come on winter! i have my random shot done and a couple ok ish skiing shots, if i can't pull anything else together.
 
Well see. If everyone is still getting shafted for snow when the date gets closer well either move people around, or extend the whole thing. I know weather hasnt exactly been cooperative for a lot of folks
 
Gah, haven't had time to go out and shoot anything. I did a ski trip and none of my shots turned out, and I might not get another day up for a while. Might need to get creative for the ski shot. I'll have some time this week though to dedicate to this, so I'm pumped. Getting a new lens as well which will need to be thoroughly tested
 
fuuck i got shit all so far, been waiting for a clear night to try out some shit with the view from my mountain but its been socked in fog all winter break
 
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