(5 years and 3286 days ago)
Alan2641 says:
Great look to this one -- super image as well
Bar Assignment - Photography Contest [11 entries]
Contest goal:
Imagine you are working for your local newspaper and are asked to go out on an assignment. Your assignment is to take a high quality photo of a local bar. There is controversy over the smoking laws in the bars and the newspaper is running an article about the pros and cons of smoking in bars. The photo must be taken at night and it must be taken from outside the bar. You may show the inside, but you also must be able to tell that the picture is taken from the outside. The focus cannot be of the bar's sign because the newspaper doesn't want to promote a particular bar, but the sign can be in the photo.
Connecting buildings can be in a very small part of the photo but is not recommended. The newspaper wants the focus to be on the bar, not other surrounding businesses. A good example of a photo the newspaper is looking for is of a man smoking a cigarrette just outside the door while looking through the window wanting to be inside with his friends.
VOTERS: please take into consideration the ASSIGNMENT and whether the entry meets this criteria. Just because it looks like a cool picture, doesn't mean you should vote high on this one---this one is about following the directions of the theme and being a quality photo.
All credits to win in this contest will go to the 1st place winner of the contest.
Required level: 10+ or higher.
Status: finished. Check out the winners below!
Imagine you are working for your local newspaper and are asked to go out on an assignment. Your assignment is to take a high quality photo of a local bar. There is controversy over the smoking laws in the bars and the newspaper is running an article about the pros and cons of smoking in bars. The photo must be taken at night and it must be taken from outside the bar. You may show the inside, but you also must be able to tell that the picture is taken from the outside. The focus cannot be of the bar's sign because the newspaper doesn't want to promote a particular bar, but the sign can be in the photo.
Connecting buildings can be in a very small part of the photo but is not recommended. The newspaper wants the focus to be on the bar, not other surrounding businesses. A good example of a photo the newspaper is looking for is of a man smoking a cigarrette just outside the door while looking through the window wanting to be inside with his friends.
VOTERS: please take into consideration the ASSIGNMENT and whether the entry meets this criteria. Just because it looks like a cool picture, doesn't mean you should vote high on this one---this one is about following the directions of the theme and being a quality photo.
All credits to win in this contest will go to the 1st place winner of the contest.
Required level: 10+ or higher.
Status: finished. Check out the winners below!
Suggested by: k5683
jawshoewhah: Ok, subject is someone smoking outside at a bar, but you can't show the bar but you can show the sign? IS it safe to say as long as the subject is at a bar, but outside smoking, it is on theme? ( 5 years and 3286 days ago )
friiskiwi: Great (not), this week I have been out at night, around bars etc, but I'm heading home tonight and not likely to be near any bars. ( 5 years and 3286 days ago )
jawshoewhah: Ok, subject is someone smoking outside at a bar, but you can't show the bar but you can show the sign? IS it safe to say as long as the subject is at a bar, but outside smoking, it is on theme? ( 5 years and 3286 days ago )
locksmagic: "Your assignment is to take a high quality photo of a local bar." There doesn't necessarily need to be a smoker. The way I read it the subject is the bar itself. I would have to assume that is it anyway since in k5683's state you can't even be within 50 feet of a bar while smoking. ( 5 years and 3286 days ago )
jawshoewhah: So as long as it's outside the bar, taken at night, it's on theme? Why even mention the smoking controversy?
I think I'll just enter and, as usual, hope it doesn't get removed.... ( 5 years and 3286 days ago )
I think I'll just enter and, as usual, hope it doesn't get removed.... ( 5 years and 3286 days ago )
locksmagic: That sounds like a plan Josh. I'm not commenting as a mod here, this is how I'm interpreting it and I may be wrong. Perhaps kellie could weigh in on it? ( 5 years and 3286 days ago )
k5683: Some of us would like to actually get paid for what we do right? What if a local newspaper asked you to go out and take a picture for their newspaper for $50? You'd have to be able to follow the directions to the tee. The whole "controversy" was just part of the scenario, just like the newspaper sending you out on an assignment. I was trying to give you a mental picture there ya know! NIGHT, OUTSIDE, FOCUS ON BAR (not their sign or surrounding buildings) Those are the musts. I just gave an example of the man outside smoking to help you out as to what the "newspaper" would think would be a great picture...it was just an idea, not the criteria. Like I said, this has to do with following directions---clear your cloudy head and focus for a minute! 
It's really not that hard. ( 5 years and 3286 days ago )
It's really not that hard. ( 5 years and 3286 days ago ) k5683: hey adam, funny you say that about the 50 feet because most places, you see them smoking right outside the door 
In fact there's a few bars around here that actually let you smoke in them still :O 
( 5 years and 3286 days ago )
In fact there's a few bars around here that actually let you smoke in them still :O ( 5 years and 3286 days ago ) jawshoewhah: They just passed that law in Utah a couple years ago but some bars have patios. ( 5 years and 3285 days ago )
EmiK: k5683 r u looking for a picture to put in the paper, just wondering cause your directions are so specific, and I think it would be cool if it was = ) ( 5 years and 3281 days ago )
k5683: NO, I suggested this for the pure fact that so many people don't follow the goal description like they are supposed to because they don't read it...or they just look at the thumbnail picture. If we worked for a company, we would have to follow directions specifically to be successful in photography. I think it is awesome too that Mr. Monty made this contest so that the full rewards would go to the winner because that sort of reiterates the whole idea behind this.
I just wish there were more entries. It's not that hard to get a picture of a bar from the outside at night. ( 5 years and 3281 days ago )
I just wish there were more entries. It's not that hard to get a picture of a bar from the outside at night. ( 5 years and 3281 days ago )
EmiK: Great idea, and I'll do my best to take one. I've got good odds, lol.
Come on guys, lest get more pictures in this contest. ( 5 years and 3281 days ago )
Come on guys, lest get more pictures in this contest. ( 5 years and 3281 days ago )
EmiK: I challenge you MODS, take some pictures for this contest = ) ( 5 years and 3281 days ago )
Contest Moderator: Who says we haven't ( 5 years and 3280 days ago )
( 5 years and 3280 days ago ) EmiK: There has to be more than three MODS, lol. ( 5 years and 3280 days ago )
k5683: oh my gosh, I think it is a losing battle people still don't know how to follow directions clearly ;( And I'm not necessarily talking about the entries, it is the voters/commenters Maybe we should have a contest instead that only Mr. Monty and the Mods can vote on! ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE HERE WOULD EVER GET A PAYING JOB FOR PHOTOGRAPHY THAT'S FOR SURE. I don't mean just a newspaper either....what if a bride wants something specific or a senior? If you just can't seem to get it, do you think they'd refer you to others? ( 5 years and 3279 days ago )
people still don't know how to follow directions clearly ;( And I'm not necessarily talking about the entries, it is the voters/commenters Maybe we should have a contest instead that only Mr. Monty and the Mods can vote on! ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE HERE WOULD EVER GET A PAYING JOB FOR PHOTOGRAPHY THAT'S FOR SURE. I don't mean just a newspaper either....what if a bride wants something specific or a senior? If you just can't seem to get it, do you think they'd refer you to others? ( 5 years and 3279 days ago ) rbsgrl: Oh my... ( 5 years and 3277 days ago )
Drivenslush: k5683... when on a JOB you have an actual physical person to talk to, this was a contest and you get what you get... simmer down.. you are heading for a stroke before your 50th ( 5 years and 3277 days ago )
EmiK: k5683 don't forget that there are people here from all around the world and not everyone speaks English that well. English is my second language and I'm lucky that the Mods are patient with me when I make my contest suggestions, and quite often they change my wording to make the suggestion better. Which I really like by the way. ( 5 years and 3277 days ago )
k5683: True but even English speaking people couldn't read the directions. Yeah, I probably have a stroke before I am 50 I am glad for one thing now that the contest is over....that the person who DID follow the directions completely is the one who won! Congrats Adam. ( 5 years and 3276 days ago )
I am glad for one thing now that the contest is over....that the person who DID follow the directions completely is the one who won! Congrats Adam. ( 5 years and 3276 days ago ) Howdie stranger!
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Night Life - created by locksmagic
Good smoke - created by Remsphoto
Relax - created by k5683
Last night I went out to get photos for this contest and had a hard time because either people got upset because they thought I was with the newspaper trying to get pictures of them at the bar, or they just didn't seem natural. Tonight, in a different town, I stood farther back and zoomed in more so I was a little more inconspicuous. After 10 minutes or so, this guy walks up to me and asks me what I was taking pictures for. I gladly told him for contest at a site called pxleyes. He went on to explain that he was taking photos for the event across the street and saw me "over there" taking pictures and was curious. After our conversation, he shook my hand and then went over to take a cigarrette break and that is when I got this picture. Thanks fellow photographer! And we just might have a new pxl member soon if he checks pxleyes out like I suggested he do. (5 years and 3279 days ago)
Smoking room - created by Remsphoto
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Beautiful shot!
Wonderful shot, and I love the fact that the person with least movement is the waitress, haven't we all been there.
lol Friiskiwi you have a keen eye but that "waitress" is the wife of a Lebanese dignitary who happens to live in my area, they own this particular bar and most of the rest of this city. I was being paid to take shots of this bar with her in them. Gotta love politics. This is one of the creative shots that I kept for myself
High Resolution in this is even better!
No wonder the quality is so high.
I really like the colors here. Best pic. so far. = )
There are two in this contest that I really like because all of the requirements were met, but this one stands out because of the vibrant colors.
Great shot =)
Congrats, great shot.
Good shot..you led from the gate.
Congrats! I am so glad that a person who followed the directions to the tee got this
Congrats, this one was my favorite = )
Howdie stranger!
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