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p.17 #1Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
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I think we can still make up the time lost if everyone makes this a priority. But really, what does it matter if we finish in 6 months or 8 months? It will still be the same great project. I just don't want anyone to totally flake and we lose the camera.
Granted, most folks have a certain level of "instant gratification" built into them, and when things aren't "on time", we get a bit bugged by it. But, given that the work of the project will live on till eternity ... meh, what's a few extra days among friends.
Although, If you can't get your "one shot" done in a week ... I'd say, send it on to the next guy. Plenty of folks available to shoot your "one shot" if you aren't up to it. Most folks probably can get their's done ... (and back on it's way) in just a few days.
With that timeline in mind, we'd be looking at 36 weeks total if everyone took one week (2-3 days for the shot, 2-3 days for the mail). But, even if 36 weeks turns into 40-ish, no biggie.
Imo, this is a "one and done" project:
One (frame) and done ... for the shot.
One (week) and done ... for the prep / shoot / ship / delay(s).
Push1stop wrote
Initially i think it was about a 6 month project... any clue what it'll be now with Cope awol?Granted, most folks have a certain level of "instant gratification" built into them, and when things aren't "on time", we get a bit bugged by it. But, given that the work of the project will live on till eternity ... meh, what's a few extra days among friends.
Although, If you can't get your "one shot" done in a week ... I'd say, send it on to the next guy. Plenty of folks available to shoot your "one shot" if you aren't up to it. Most folks probably can get their's done ... (and back on it's way) in just a few days.
With that timeline in mind, we'd be looking at 36 weeks total if everyone took one week (2-3 days for the shot, 2-3 days for the mail). But, even if 36 weeks turns into 40-ish, no biggie.
Imo, this is a "one and done" project:
One (frame) and done ... for the shot.
One (week) and done ... for the prep / shoot / ship / delay(s).
Jan 15, 2024 at 01:19 PM
p.17 #2Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
So far the only information we have is the member that is currently in possession of the camera is also dealing with a new child. We don’t know if there were any complications or what the situation is. Any response would be great but at this point, all we can do is wait.
Jan 15, 2024 at 01:34 PM
p.17 #3Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
RustyBug wrote:
Although, If you can't get your "one shot" done in a week ... I'd say, send it on to the next guy. Plenty of folks available to shoot your "one shot" if you aren't up to it. Most folks probably can get their's done ... (and back on it's way) in just a few days.
I think for some people, myself included, the time challenge isn't necessarily with taking a photo, it's finding time to go to the post office and send the parcel on to the next person.
Although, If you can't get your "one shot" done in a week ... I'd say, send it on to the next guy. Plenty of folks available to shoot your "one shot" if you aren't up to it. Most folks probably can get their's done ... (and back on it's way) in just a few days.
I think for some people, myself included, the time challenge isn't necessarily with taking a photo, it's finding time to go to the post office and send the parcel on to the next person.
Jan 15, 2024 at 02:03 PM
p.17 #4Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
There are a lot of micromanagers involved in this project 
Doods, chill out
Doods, chill out
Jan 15, 2024 at 02:50 PM
p.17 #5Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
OregonSun wrote:
There are a lot of micromanagers involved in this project
Doods, chill out
I'm chill, but after being "next" for close to a month now ... ummm, just sayin'.
There are a lot of micromanagers involved in this project
Doods, chill out
I'm chill, but after being "next" for close to a month now ... ummm, just sayin'.
Jan 15, 2024 at 03:43 PM
p.17 #6Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
The only reason im questioning where the camera is and the length of time its been there is because of the fact that he's said to have been active on instagram at least once (or more) recently but has not checked in on here. If theres time for insta on the phone it doesnt take much more effort to contact someone on here and give an ETA or any info pertaining to the camera/project.
Jan 15, 2024 at 04:00 PM
p.17 #7Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
bjhurley wrote:
I think for some people, myself included, the time challenge isn't necessarily with taking a photo, it's finding time to go to the post office and send the parcel on to the next person.
Not really. All you need to do is to create a courier shipping label online (UPS, Fedex, etc.) and have the package picked up. Anyone participating should be conscious of some responsibility to the other 35 people.
I think for some people, myself included, the time challenge isn't necessarily with taking a photo, it's finding time to go to the post office and send the parcel on to the next person.
Not really. All you need to do is to create a courier shipping label online (UPS, Fedex, etc.) and have the package picked up. Anyone participating should be conscious of some responsibility to the other 35 people.
Jan 15, 2024 at 05:07 PM
p.17 #8Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
Well, whatever is going on, it certainly seems like the camera is very low on the priority list. I hope all is well with the new baby/mom/dad.
Jan 15, 2024 at 07:09 PM
p.17 #9Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
I think it's going to be fine in the end. The camera is probably soon on its way. The time that it take doesn't matter it's a fun idea and challenge. Some sort of social project also. Nice!
Jan 16, 2024 at 11:15 AM
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p.17 #10Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
Mitch Alland wrote:
Not really. All you need to do is to create a courier shipping label online (UPS, Fedex, etc.) and have the package picked up. Anyone participating should be conscious of some responsibility to the other 35 people.
If this is the most important thing going on in any of the 36 folks' lives..well...go outside
bjhurley wrote
I think for some people, myself included, the time challenge isn't necessarily with taking a photo, it's finding time to go to the post office and send the parcel on to the next person.If this is the most important thing going on in any of the 36 folks' lives..well...go outside
Jan 16, 2024 at 11:45 AM
p.17 #11Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
RoamingScott wrote:
Not really. All you need to do is to create a courier shipping label online (UPS, Fedex, etc.) and have the package picked up. Anyone participating should be conscious of some responsibility to the other 35 people.If this is the most important thing going on in any of the 36 folks' lives..well...go outside
It's not, and shouldn't be ... the most important thing.
This is supposed to be a fun thing. Delaying everyone else for a month, adding angst and frustration to others, adding search and tracking efforts and time to others, necessitating involvement of the postmaster, not responding to communications from fellow members of the project that was designed to be FUN, and generally infusing doubt into the project is NOT FUN for the others.
Nope, not the most important thing in life, but there's a point where things go from "meh" ... to negatively impacting / detracting from the joy and positive experience the project was designed to instill and bond among fellow members.
Sure ... not the most important thing in life. But, this is pretty ridiculous, barring some extraordinary explanation, that eludes us at the moment.
In short ... everyone else is being held in limbo by one person, for reasons, unknown. Angst, wonder, worry, doubt, confusion, etc. ... are never joyful, nor fun, even if there is a reasonable, logical rational reason. However, that is elusive (atm), too.
YMMV
I think it is reasonable to understand that participants of the project have a certain eagerness and anticipation for the progress of the project ... that's part of the fun / joy. For the moment, folks have had to suspend, or at least, temper that.
It'll return, once the project resumes it's normal trajectory. Until then, it's a bummer.
If folks can't understand that ...
Mitch Alland wrote
bjhurley wrote
I think for some people, myself included, the time challenge isn't necessarily with taking a photo, it's finding time to go to the post office and send the parcel on to the next person.It's not, and shouldn't be ... the most important thing.
This is supposed to be a fun thing. Delaying everyone else for a month, adding angst and frustration to others, adding search and tracking efforts and time to others, necessitating involvement of the postmaster, not responding to communications from fellow members of the project that was designed to be FUN, and generally infusing doubt into the project is NOT FUN for the others.
Nope, not the most important thing in life, but there's a point where things go from "meh" ... to negatively impacting / detracting from the joy and positive experience the project was designed to instill and bond among fellow members.
Sure ... not the most important thing in life. But, this is pretty ridiculous, barring some extraordinary explanation, that eludes us at the moment.
In short ... everyone else is being held in limbo by one person, for reasons, unknown. Angst, wonder, worry, doubt, confusion, etc. ... are never joyful, nor fun, even if there is a reasonable, logical rational reason. However, that is elusive (atm), too.
YMMV
I think it is reasonable to understand that participants of the project have a certain eagerness and anticipation for the progress of the project ... that's part of the fun / joy. For the moment, folks have had to suspend, or at least, temper that.
It'll return, once the project resumes it's normal trajectory. Until then, it's a bummer.
If folks can't understand that ...
Jan 16, 2024 at 12:59 PM
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p.17 #12Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
No, I certainly don’t understand letting a long term, cross country one photo project affect my emotions in any way. If it shows up, cool. If it doesn’t, my life isn’t any different than it was.
This is of course outside of any commentary about the morality of a single person holding up a group project.
This is of course outside of any commentary about the morality of a single person holding up a group project.
Jan 16, 2024 at 01:14 PM
p.17 #13Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
RoamingScott wrote:
No, I certainly don’t understand letting a long term, cross country one photo project affect my emotions in any way. If it shows up, cool. If it doesn’t, my life isn’t any different than it was.
This is of course outside of any commentary about the morality of a single person holding up a group project.
If someone isn't part of trying to put forth the additional effort to help track it down ... then, sure ...no skin off their back.
For those involved in trying to track it down, I think they deserve recognition of the additional efforts they have encountered.
No, I certainly don’t understand letting a long term, cross country one photo project affect my emotions in any way. If it shows up, cool. If it doesn’t, my life isn’t any different than it was.
This is of course outside of any commentary about the morality of a single person holding up a group project.
If someone isn't part of trying to put forth the additional effort to help track it down ... then, sure ...no skin off their back.
For those involved in trying to track it down, I think they deserve recognition of the additional efforts they have encountered.
Jan 16, 2024 at 01:45 PM
p.17 #14Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
I only wasted my time contacting the post master at the behest of one of the micro-managers who kept sending me PMs
Didn't really make any difference in the end.
The project will move at its own pace,
Huss is a doing a great job of managing it. No need for additional management IMO.
Didn't really make any difference in the end.
The project will move at its own pace,
Huss is a doing a great job of managing it. No need for additional management IMO.
Jan 16, 2024 at 07:22 PM
p.17 #15Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
It's now a month since the camera arrived with the current holder. I'm not a participant in this project, but a couple of days ago, when it had 16 pages, I read the whole thread. It was interesting to see how the project developed, with Desmolicious (Huss) carefully selecting the camera to be used, and people becoming interested and excited about the prospect of participating; and the project becoming international with Canada, and then intercontinental with Sweden and France, and then with Thailand and Australia as well. There was a charm to how interest developed and excitement ignited. All that continued after the project started. One participant felt bad when he had delayed posting here the day he sent the camera on to the next participant.
The interest in the project shown in these 16 pages in understandable — as is the disappointment that the camera was stuck with the present holder. What is surprising to me is that a few people have criticized some posts that made suggestions of what to do as being "micromanagement." Suggestions are not micromanagement, unless you're a teenager criticizing your parents. There is nothing wrong with posters giving their opinion on what should be done.
On the current situation, some people have been concerned that, with the birth of a baby on the date the camera's arrival, there may be some personal problem that has kept the holder from sending on the camera. On the basis of what's been written in this thread (including Huss saying that in the meantime the holder has posted on Instagram), it seems to me the probability this being the case is low. More likely, the case may be, shall we say?, of a thoughtless twit who somehow cannot be bothered with, or does not wish to pay the shipping of, sending on the camera. The worst possibility is that he simply wants to keep the camera.
Huss last reported on January 9(?)that he had exchanged Instagram message with the holder on January 5 and had been told that the camera would be sent on. Presumably, Huss has not heard anything since. I hate the thought of Huss simply losing this camera and the project fizzling out.
The interest in the project shown in these 16 pages in understandable — as is the disappointment that the camera was stuck with the present holder. What is surprising to me is that a few people have criticized some posts that made suggestions of what to do as being "micromanagement." Suggestions are not micromanagement, unless you're a teenager criticizing your parents. There is nothing wrong with posters giving their opinion on what should be done.
On the current situation, some people have been concerned that, with the birth of a baby on the date the camera's arrival, there may be some personal problem that has kept the holder from sending on the camera. On the basis of what's been written in this thread (including Huss saying that in the meantime the holder has posted on Instagram), it seems to me the probability this being the case is low. More likely, the case may be, shall we say?, of a thoughtless twit who somehow cannot be bothered with, or does not wish to pay the shipping of, sending on the camera. The worst possibility is that he simply wants to keep the camera.
Huss last reported on January 9(?)that he had exchanged Instagram message with the holder on January 5 and had been told that the camera would be sent on. Presumably, Huss has not heard anything since. I hate the thought of Huss simply losing this camera and the project fizzling out.
Jan 19, 2024 at 06:41 PM
p.17 #16Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
At this point I will say that cope07 a couple of days ago messaged me that he sent the camera on to RustyBug.
We will know that this project is back on track once RustyBug confirms delivery.
We will know that this project is back on track once RustyBug confirms delivery.
Jan 19, 2024 at 06:48 PM
p.17 #17Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
Desmolicious wrote:
At this point I will say that cope07 a couple of days ago messaged me that he sent the camera on to RustyBug.
We will know that this project is back on track once RustyBug confirms delivery.
It should be standard operating procedure to send it with tracking, and the tracking numbers being sent to the receiver and probably Huss as well. Let's hope that Rusty gets it soon.
At this point I will say that cope07 a couple of days ago messaged me that he sent the camera on to RustyBug.
We will know that this project is back on track once RustyBug confirms delivery.
It should be standard operating procedure to send it with tracking, and the tracking numbers being sent to the receiver and probably Huss as well. Let's hope that Rusty gets it soon.
Jan 19, 2024 at 07:25 PM
p.17 #18Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
Plot twist: Cope07 took the camera to the most remote part of the amazon, lived with the indigenous peoples, learned their ways, dabbled with Ayahuasca, lost the camera while fighting jaguars bare handed, found the camera, took a picture of the most amazing amazonian setting before walking out of the amazon and sending it on it's way.
Cope07 for president.
Cope07 for president.
Jan 19, 2024 at 07:55 PM
p.17 #19Anyone interested in a film one photo project?
Update. Push1stop found a new supplier whose product is much stronger than he is used to. He will be prone to irrational phantasies for a few days.
Jan 19, 2024 at 08:14 PM