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07/22/2008 01:06:36 AM · #26 |
 Best Cardboard Box photo ever! |
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07/22/2008 04:21:15 PM · #27 |
I find it very interesting that there is not one entry as of yet:-) Usually by this time there is one or two...
Have had three ideas - will hopefully have one to enter by Thursday as that I need to gather together the elements for the shot:-) |
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07/24/2008 06:40:25 AM · #28 |
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07/24/2008 07:31:37 AM · #29 |
Originally posted by violinist123:
Originally posted by ambaker:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Box. Carboard. One or more. Creative. |
Somebody call Irene, she's creative. She will know what to do.... |
She's probably out buying a giant sized bowl of milk to drop a box in... |
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! |
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07/24/2008 01:15:33 PM · #30 |
Holy Cow! That is some unbelievable work!
And yea! There are entries into the challenge:-)
Message edited by author 2008-07-25 03:57:48. |
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07/24/2008 11:42:14 PM · #31 |
millions of ideas pop into my brain for this one...
i'll just name a few tho- since i'm lazy ;) :-D
using a cardboard box as a frame of a scene/
using a cardboard box to display cool items inside of (ie symmetrical stuff like tops of glasses, bowls or something someone is going to splash stuff in like paint etc...)
using a cardboard box to climb-out of like an alternate dimension/ or something silly like lots of body-parts sticking out of a box with foam in it as if a person was shipped...or several people...
puppies in boxes/animals in general that are 'cute or odd or scary'
simple ordinary items just ordered comming out of a box with a pair of hands and fuzzed out stuffing/newspaper or other things=
a cardboard box being used for recycling (to appeal to all those crunch-granola folk) :-D
a cardboard box with creative mirrors taped to it to create infinate space.....
a cardboard box photographed in a row of mirrors to create multiple boxes that look like stairs/shapes or other abstract bits....
just a piece of a cardboard box (inside edge, torn open side or some other abstract bit...= creative)
I had to do an entire art-assignment in school made out of cardboard once.... it was horrific....traumatizing infact.... my teacher made us 'find' cardboard and make actual chairs you could sit on out of it... of course I donated mine to the school because I was not goign to carry the over 50lb chair home after it was hot-glued together and finally cut into a shape that one could sit on..... pft
soooo needless to say I can think of lots and lots and lotttsss of ways to make just a cardboard box 'creative' after that class... my teacher reallyyy liked cardboard....
you can cut great shapes in the sides and photograph tru the box like a tri-pic (ie a big refridgerator box have someone jupming in one pic another person eating at a table in another and someone on a swingset in another= all one shot= just creative cuts in the box... ) ;-D
hmmm what else...oh- lots lots lots more.... glue stuff to the sides of the ordinary box like rocks/
or use it as a plant -holder (with plastic inside of course!)
put it on your foot as a shoe!
wear it as a skirt! or a shirt! hah...
uhm, yeah..... if any of you get in a creative stump feel free to poke me I think I have a zillion ideas that I'd never waste the time pulling off :-D
put a mirror inside the box tip it on its side... get a panoramic focal view of it so you see the camera on the tripod inside the box...the scenery behind the camera lined up with the scernery behind the box.... trippy cool effect! ;) creative...ordinary box :-)
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07/24/2008 11:51:11 PM · #32 |
set your box on the water at sunset (ocean just as the waves are rollinggg in) sooo many cool ways to use a box in this scenerio (show the view thru the bottom of the box... let the water soak most of the box... send the box out to sea..... blahblahblah ;)
eat cereal out of a cardboard box! :-D pouring milk into it can be messy but loads of fun to shoot *hehe*
set up an entire living area inside of a cardboard box (doll sized clothing/bed etc...) shoot it in comparason to an empty room or outdoors...
drop paint into a cardboard box.... for the lovely splashes that it creates... (careful of the mess!)
roll stuff around inside of a cardboard box....
do a slow shutter-speed moving cardboard box that is still at one side of the frame and blurred to the other.....
.... yeah......
i have more and more and more and more ideas ;) :-D
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07/24/2008 11:56:30 PM · #33 |
and do NOTE that it says to use the ordinary cardboard box to come up with a creative image not that the box has to be in one piece or in anway resemble a cardboard box during the shooting of the image :-D
so you can cut up an ordinary cardboard box and make a great scene otu of it...
create a mask and do some art with it....
cover yourself in bits and pieces of box and do a self portrait! *hehe*
heck have loads and oodles of fun with it= make a chair! (its a nightmare! fair warning) *hehe*
wallpaper it and make it look like part of your house while you stand outside of it and title it 'outside the box'
or 'thinking outside the box' :) *heh* :-D
attatch it to the celing and have someone look like they're falling out while they're climbing out of a trap-door to the attic! :-D
darn the possibilities are endless.... |
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07/25/2008 12:19:49 AM · #34 |
Love the church made out of condom boxes |
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07/25/2008 12:52:19 AM · #35 |
Originally posted by Jaker:
Originally posted by violinist123:
Originally posted by ambaker:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Box. Carboard. One or more. Creative. |
Somebody call Irene, she's creative. She will know what to do.... |
She's probably out buying a giant sized bowl of milk to drop a box in... |
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! |
LOL! You guys just gave me a great idea ;-D |
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07/25/2008 04:12:22 AM · #36 |
Originally posted by IreneM:
Originally posted by Jaker:
Originally posted by violinist123:
Originally posted by ambaker:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Box. Carboard. One or more. Creative. |
Somebody call Irene, she's creative. She will know what to do.... |
She's probably out buying a giant sized bowl of milk to drop a box in... |
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! |
LOL! You guys just gave me a great idea ;-D |
Fear that! Get ready for a giant splash:-)
Glad to see the number of entries going up:-)More! We need more!
Had a brainstorm with a few more creative ideas some with very elaborate set ups (which is why I am up in the gosh awful middle of the morning to write them down in a word document). I might try shooting one or two others to see which is better. Like Love6 illustrates you CAN come up with a great many ideas by just thinking 'outside the box' or perhaps inside as she said;-)
Message edited by author 2008-07-25 04:14:16. |
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07/25/2008 07:15:38 AM · #37 |
Looks like we're going to see lots of different ideas for this challenge. Can't wait to see the results.
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07/25/2008 07:53:08 AM · #38 |
Originally posted by Love6:
and do NOTE that it says to use the ordinary cardboard box to come up with a creative image not that the box has to be in one piece or in anway resemble a cardboard box during the shooting of the image :-D |
Ok-dokie, good luck with that and the DNMC police. |
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07/25/2008 07:59:27 AM · #39 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by Love6:
and do NOTE that it says to use the ordinary cardboard box to come up with a creative image not that the box has to be in one piece or in anway resemble a cardboard box during the shooting of the image :-D |
Ok-dokie, good luck with that and the DNMC police. |
I agree!
The details clearly state "Cardboard box" not a piece or section of a cardboard box. IMO, I believe the DNMC police will handing out tickets if a cardboard box is not in the image. |
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07/25/2008 08:26:34 AM · #40 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by Love6:
and do NOTE that it says to use the ordinary cardboard box to come up with a creative image not that the box has to be in one piece or in anway resemble a cardboard box during the shooting of the image :-D |
Ok-dokie, good luck with that and the DNMC police. |
I agree. I think the word "box" has relevance here in this challenge. |
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07/25/2008 08:32:26 AM · #41 |
Originally posted by SDW:
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by Love6:
and do NOTE that it says to use the ordinary cardboard box to come up with a creative image not that the box has to be in one piece or in anway resemble a cardboard box during the shooting of the image :-D |
Ok-dokie, good luck with that and the DNMC police. |
I agree!
The details clearly state "Cardboard box" not a piece or section of a cardboard box. IMO, I believe the DNMC police will handing out tickets if a cardboard box is not in the image. |
I presume you are the DNMC police. That is a very narrow minded way to look at it I think. Creativity has no limits and by sticking to each and every word like it was written in cement is going against what creativity is. Why do you think there are so many boring images in challenges? Part of the answer is because people like yourself are afraid to step out and do something that may be different just because you're afraid of getting a DNMC comment.
Shooting part of a box is just fine by me and should be encouraged on this site rather than the same ole boring literal description of the challenges. Why do you think the SC doesn't elaborate on the chosen challenge subjects sometimes? Maybe it's to let us roam with their suggestion and to be a little creative. Maybe they want us to do stuff that we want, not what others think we want.
Think outside the box. I think this is precisely why this challenge was started by the administration of this site. To see where the members can take it.
But if you want to shoot a box sitting on your living room floor and light it up with 7 strobes, by all means do it. It's your way of being creative and no one has anything to say about it.
Sorry if I seem too direct but this is not directed at you personally, it's for all the ones who want to stick to a literal definition of the challenge titles.
Shoot for yourself, not for the ribbon.
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07/25/2008 08:45:12 AM · #42 |
Originally posted by Jac:
Originally posted by SDW:
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by Love6:
and do NOTE that it says to use the ordinary cardboard box to come up with a creative image not that the box has to be in one piece or in anway resemble a cardboard box during the shooting of the image :-D |
Ok-dokie, good luck with that and the DNMC police. |
I agree!
The details clearly state "Cardboard box" not a piece or section of a cardboard box. IMO, I believe the DNMC police will handing out tickets if a cardboard box is not in the image. |
I presume you are the DNMC police. That is a very narrow minded way to look at it I think. Creativity has no limits and by sticking to each and every word like it was written in cement is going against what creativity is. Why do you think there are so many boring images in challenges? Part of the answer is because people like yourself are afraid to step out and do something that may be different just because you're afraid of getting a DNMC comment.
Shooting part of a box is just fine by me and should be encouraged on this site rather than the same ole boring literal description of the challenges. Why do you think the SC doesn't elaborate on the chosen challenge subjects sometimes? Maybe it's to let us roam with their suggestion and to be a little creative. Maybe they want us to do stuff that we want, not what others think we want.
Think outside the box. I think this is precisely why this challenge was started by the administration of this site. To see where the members can take it.
But if you want to shoot a box sitting on your living room floor and light it up with 7 strobes, by all means do it. It's your way of being creative and no one has anything to say about it.
Sorry if I seem too direct but this is not directed at you personally, it's for all the ones who want to stick to a literal definition of the challenge titles.
Shoot for yourself, not for the ribbon. |
I do see what your saying although disagree with insinuating that if you do go ahead and shoot a box that it would be boring. I think it would be harder to come up with something very cool and imaginative following what I beleive the challenge is all about as well. I agree there needs to be a box in the picture, not to be narrow minded but to use our imaginations and work with the subject given.
Sometimes it is hard to stick to the challenge and be creative but I am sure it can work. To me if I saw bits of a box it may just look like cardboard so I am afraid I would probably not think it met the challenge. Sorry that is just how I view it. It did say take an ordinary cardboard box and thats what I plan on doing.
(Oh no...now I better start thinking fast, lol) |
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07/25/2008 09:07:51 AM · #43 |
Originally posted by Jac:
I presume you are the DNMC police. |
No so much really, unless it's blatantly outside the challenge theme, i.e. extreme shoehorn.
Originally posted by Jac:
Why do you think there are so many boring images in challenges? |
In your opinion...
Originally posted by Jac:
...people like yourself are afraid to step out and do something that may be different just because you're afraid of getting a DNMC comment. |
He-he. No, not afraid of a DNMC comment. :-) Just take a peek at my recent Recipe (Food) challenge entry.
Originally posted by Jac:
Why do you think the SC doesn't elaborate on the chosen challenge subjects sometimes? |
Actually, I don't believe SC have anything to do with the selected challenge subjects, nor the descriptions, that's all up to  Langdon.
Originally posted by Jac:
But if you want to shoot a box sitting on your living room floor and light it up with 7 strobes, by all means do it. It's your way of being creative and no one has anything to say about it. |
Ok. :-) BTW, I like the second sentence of this statement.
Originally posted by Jac:
...not directed at you personally, it's for all the ones who want to stick to a literal definition of the challenge titles. |
You forgot challenge descriptions; challenges are more than just the title. Also, if people don't want to consider the "literal" definition of the challenge then they are taking a scoring risk - personal choice for sure, but don't beat down those that do consider the challenge for the way it's written.
Originally posted by Jac:
Shoot for yourself, not for the ribbon. |
Plenty of side challenges out there if you don't want to compete.
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07/25/2008 09:20:29 AM · #44 |
If you want to see what´s happen when you are very creative, look at this..
see the comments too. |
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07/25/2008 10:00:43 AM · #45 |
Originally posted by Jac:
Originally posted by SDW:
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by Love6:
and do NOTE that it says to use the ordinary cardboard box to come up with a creative image not that the box has to be in one piece or in anway resemble a cardboard box during the shooting of the image :-D |
Ok-dokie, good luck with that and the DNMC police. |
I agree!
The details clearly state "Cardboard box" not a piece or section of a cardboard box. IMO, I believe the DNMC police will handing out tickets if a cardboard box is not in the image. |
I presume you are the DNMC police. That is a very narrow minded way to look at it I think. Creativity has no limits and by sticking to each and every word like it was written in cement is going against what creativity is. Why do you think there are so many boring images in challenges? Part of the answer is because people like yourself are afraid to step out and do something that may be different just because you're afraid of getting a DNMC comment.
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Your presumption is incorrect, I am by no means the DNMC police nor am I a narrow minded person when looking at challenge details. I have been a member of DPChallenge.com over 4 years of it's 6 year span and I think that qualifies me to make such a statement since I have seen the trends that come and go here.
To clarify, you can photograph a creative image using a cardboard box without hacking it to bits. Maybe it's not my lack of creativity with a box as much as the lack of some coming with a creative shot using a box.
You are correct when you stated putting a cardboard box in a room and taking a picture of it, no creativity. But with a static subject such as a cardboard box one is going to have to be very creative for it to work. Do we have that creativity in us? I hope we do without having to deviate from the details.
Message edited by author 2008-07-25 10:05:47. |
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07/25/2008 12:40:23 PM · #46 |
OK for the LITERAL MINDED out there:
Take an ordinary cardboard box in any size and use it to come up with a creative image.
in no spot in that definition does it say that the box needs to remain in one piece nor that the whole box needs to be in the frame = it says USE A CARDBOARD BOX TO MAKE A CREATIVE IMAGE when its translated into simple short and sweet=
in USING a cardboard box one can USE it in many ways = squashed torn/ cut or turned into a pinatta -
using colored lights on it= or projecting images onto just one side; doesn't matter what you do just use a box and make a creative pic :-P
try keeping an opened mind = it doesn't hurt.
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07/25/2008 12:48:15 PM · #47 |
also note it doesn't say just shoot a plain old cardboard box it says
TAKE an ordinary cardboard box and USE IT to come up with a creative image
people tend to get stuck on seeing the word 'box' its giving you a tool to use kind of like take a hammer and use it to come up with a creative image = you could detatch the head from the handle and have it laying broken ontop of a beautiful mirror with a title battle lost = the hammer isn't in one piece but its taken to create a creative image :-P :)
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07/25/2008 12:48:59 PM · #48 |
Originally posted by Love6:
... try keeping an opened mind = it doesn't hurt. |
Looks like we'll have a lively scoring thread on this one! :-D |
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07/25/2008 12:54:06 PM · #49 |
Originally posted by Love6:
OK for the LITERAL MINDED out there:
Take an ordinary cardboard box in any size and use it to come up with a creative image.
in no spot in that definition does it say that the box needs to remain in one piece nor that the whole box needs to be in the frame = it says USE A CARDBOARD BOX TO MAKE A CREATIVE IMAGE when its translated into simple short and sweet=
in USING a cardboard box one can USE it in many ways = squashed torn/ cut or turned into a pinatta -
using colored lights on it= or projecting images onto just one side; doesn't matter what you do just use a box and make a creative pic :-P
try keeping an opened mind = it doesn't hurt. |
Your right it does not say it needs to remain in one piece but nor does it say you can cut it into pieces, correct?
By the details using the word "box" and "any size" would give me enough circumstantial evidence to come to a conclusion it refers to photographing a cardboard box in its natural state.
Message edited by author 2008-07-25 12:55:15. |
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07/25/2008 12:55:20 PM · #50 |
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