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 06/15/2011 11:51:41 AM · #1
Original Challenge

19 out of the top 20 had an actual bottle in the picture.

Maybe I should go make a purchase? ;-)

Any ideas floating around out there?
 06/15/2011 12:00:15 PM · #2
Man time flies, it seems like we JUST had this challenge. Maybe I will actually enter it this time.
 06/15/2011 12:02:12 PM · #3
wish it was a Jack Daniels challenge :P.

Wife likes Martinis shouldn't be too hard to make a purchase.
 06/15/2011 01:26:26 PM · #4
I still have the full bottle I bought for the last challenge! We don't drink much and it seems when friends come over they always bring their own. Now to think of a good idea...............
 06/15/2011 02:20:39 PM · #5
Maybe this site can help.
 06/15/2011 03:40:13 PM · #6
Hey, some of those DNMC!
 06/15/2011 06:01:38 PM · #7
ahhh i've been hoping for this challenge to resurface one day, now that i know a TINY bit about pp maybe i can avoid the same purple mess
06/16/2011 07:47:19 PM · #8
Shooting for this challenge in the middle of the afternoon, mixing drinks, taking shots, can't let that drink go to waste, oops need to make another drink, unable to focus after awhile, should have eaten something, nah, go with the flow.....how about a challenge featuring panama red?

Message edited by author 2011-06-16 19:55:15.
 06/16/2011 09:39:24 PM · #9
Originally posted by FourPointX:
ahhh i've been hoping for this challenge to resurface one day, now that i know a TINY bit about pp maybe i can avoid the same purple mess


Don't you mean you can now avoid the same "sand trap"? LOL.

06/16/2011 09:42:43 PM · #10
It's going to be hard to top the front page from the previous challenge.
 06/16/2011 10:22:26 PM · #11
Originally posted by MinsoPhoto:
Man time flies, it seems like we JUST had this challenge.

Ditto. It seems odd to me that there is a sequel less than a year after the original. It's like the "straight to dvd" of challenges.
 06/16/2011 11:11:34 PM · #12
Originally posted by idealodds:
Originally posted by MinsoPhoto:
Man time flies, it seems like we JUST had this challenge.

Ditto. It seems odd to me that there is a sequel less than a year after the original. It's like the "straight to dvd" of challenges.


Alcohol impairs the memory?
 06/17/2011 01:51:42 AM · #13
"To search for perfection is all very well. But to look for Heaven is to live here in Hell"

After 45 minutes that line from Sting's song just kept playing and playing in my head. Frickn' heck, up waaaaayyyyyy too late. Lighting, lighting, angle, angle, trim, trim and stretch and stretch.... 150+ shots and I *think* I got 7-9 useable ones.
 06/17/2011 05:13:57 AM · #14
Is it not odd that this challenge wasn't expert editing but the country song challenge was?

I continue to lack the time to get involved, and the challenges are not providing motivation to make the time.
 06/17/2011 05:37:32 PM · #15
Originally posted by bohemka:
Is it not odd that this challenge wasn't expert editing but the country song challenge was?

I continue to lack the time to get involved, and the challenges are not providing motivation to make the time.


Yeah, some of the things in the Absolut gallery are absolutely fall into the expert editing, but there are still many possibilities open. The weekend is coming up....or you could go for a late night with only 5 hours sleep:-) Quick peak at your gallery and I saw two ideas that could be done; you just have to set yourself a goal to do it.

Scraping the whole bunch from last night -damn reflections!!!! Did another shoot today and much better - even with the heart attack of my camera dropping on the floor.
 06/17/2011 05:40:59 PM · #16
See, now that was inspiring. Thank you!
 06/20/2011 03:42:55 PM · #17
Does it ever frustrate you when you have an excellent idea for a photograph, but have NO idea how to execute it?

I'm not the kind of person that's very creative or inventive. Very rarely do I get an idea for a photo.. but currently, I have an excellent idea (I think, anyway) for this challenge and have been killing myself all week trying to figure out how to set it up so that the final product is exactly what I envision in my head.. but with no luck. Sigh!

Okay.. end of rant.
 06/20/2011 04:05:02 PM · #18
Originally posted by Revecca:
Does it ever frustrate you when you have an excellent idea for a photograph, but have NO idea how to execute it?

I'm not the kind of person that's very creative or inventive. Very rarely do I get an idea for a photo.. but currently, I have an excellent idea (I think, anyway) for this challenge and have been killing myself all week trying to figure out how to set it up so that the final product is exactly what I envision in my head.. but with no luck. Sigh!

Okay.. end of rant.


Ask someone.

That's what I'd do. Find out who could do that type of shot and ask for their advice.
 06/20/2011 04:14:34 PM · #19
I̢۪ve got a shot entered but I really don̢۪t like it that much. I was thinking about redoing my entry from last time but better. But I think I might save that for the Take Two challenge.
 06/20/2011 04:20:02 PM · #20
Originally posted by Revecca:
Does it ever frustrate you when you have an excellent idea for a photograph, but have NO idea how to execute it?

I'm not the kind of person that's very creative or inventive. Very rarely do I get an idea for a photo.. but currently, I have an excellent idea (I think, anyway) for this challenge and have been killing myself all week trying to figure out how to set it up so that the final product is exactly what I envision in my head.. but with no luck. Sigh!

Okay.. end of rant.


Yes, I have been there. When that occurs I try isolate what exactly is creating the roadblock - lighting? angle? availability of the subject needed in the shot? those three are easy to look up for tutorials on how to or let your fingers do the typing to search out where to get the subject/object needed.

Composition is where it becomes difficult. My very first idea for this challenge would have been great but how to create it compositionaly - that just escaped me. So I explored and went with my second idea.

Wendy also has a good suggestion - you could approach someone here for suggestions....or even ask friends or family (you never know, they might help you past that roadblock and make a great suggestion)

06/20/2011 04:29:29 PM · #21
Thanks vawendy and CNovack. I appreciate your input. My problem comes to lighting. I don't have ANY equipment, and I feel like I need something in order to create the kind of quality seen in most of the Absolut Ads. I'll try my best!
 06/20/2011 04:32:46 PM · #22
Just realized that the number of entries has finally gotten over the legal drinking age in the U.S.:-)

Only 23 so far ?!?!?!?!? One more day - I really hope there will be more participation and the entry number will rise. The last one had 66 - hope II gets as high as the last one.
 06/20/2011 04:37:14 PM · #23
Originally posted by Revecca:
Thanks vawendy and CNovack. I appreciate your input. My problem comes to lighting. I don't have ANY equipment, and I feel like I need something in order to create the kind of quality seen in most of the Absolut Ads. I'll try my best!


If you do a Youtube/Google search on makeshift lighting you would be amazed with what you can do with say worklights or clamp lights from Home Depot that are cheap and inexpensive. Lighting too harsh, don't have a softbox or something to diffuse the light? Sheets stretched on poles or perhaps on a large empty picture frame propped up in front of the light source to diffuse it. There are many great tutorials that can be found online.

And yes, I have gone the 'Mcgyver' method to help achieve the end result

---------------> Lighting set-up and

----------> Lighting set-up

Now go out and shoot - you can do this!!!!

Message edited by author 2011-06-20 16:47:16.
 06/20/2011 04:46:37 PM · #24
My issue is that I need a bottle, but don't have a use for vodka. (no, this is not a "if I buy the vodka, who wants it when I'm done with the shot?" thread. :)

Where can I get an empty absolut bottle? (Or even something that looks like one?)
 06/20/2011 04:49:10 PM · #25
I'm puzzled that the extra rules assert: "Advanced Editing", which I take to mean: NO Text.

Seems odd for an advertisement. The topic should "Absolut Ad Beyond Words" or some such.
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