petemillis Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Yesterday, Tero came up with an idea.... http://www.photo.net/photo/6902419 --Tero Pylkkänen 260108 12:53PM Where were you? If someone someday comes up with an idea to create a massive collaborative shooting moment around the clobe and after that sharing the results here... count me in." Now some of us think this is an excellent idea. We choose a date and time (in UTC so it's at the same moment globally) at some point in the near future, and take a photograph of where we are. And then we upload our pictures with a simple title consisting of date, time, location and photog name. Maybe it could be in the "No Words" forum? Or maybe it would be better if all the pictures were emailed to someone who could then set up a gallery in PN to hold them. Josh, Bob, et al - would it be possible to have somewhere to upload them? Anyone else think this would be fun and interesting? Anyone else think this would be an interesting exercise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timzeipekis Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Sure, I'm game...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beartooth1 Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 That is a way cool idea, I bet the results would be amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles_stobbs3 Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Half the world will be in darkness. Tough to pick a time to suit everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I'm in casue I think it is a cool idea but I suspect that the results will be interesting but not necessarily amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seismiccwave Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I love the idea. I volunteer to be in darkness.;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonjb Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Pete, Count me in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdunker Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 In..... You'd better start working now on the e-mail list to notify people. It could get lengthy! He/she who has the idea gets to pick the date and time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_lofquist Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 All those shutters going off at one time might set off a massive earthquake and tsunami! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 If someone wanted to figure out the date/time situation, I would be happy to put it in the newsletter as the "project of the month", for the March issue. We'll need to figure it out before Monday of next week if you are interested. I would say you have two choices: 1. Pick a static time. No offense to our other users, but you will hit the largest percentage of photo.net users if you pick a time when the USA and Europe are in the light. or 2. Pick local time (4:35pm on March 30th), then everyone can take a photo at the same moment according to their local clocks. It's not quite the same thing, but might be better if you are worried about including more people. Feel free to contact me via email if needed. contact@photo.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petemillis Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 Darkness shouldn't matter - out with the ol' tripods! Josh, it would be great if it could make it into the newsletter. Perhaps we could all think about pros and cons of particular times and days over the next 48 hours, and come up with an action plan by Thursday? Alex, I'm a bit worried about the earthquake thing :)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bueh Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Count me in! I couldn't care less of the time of day. All participants shooting at the same moment is way cooler than picking the same time of day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 <i>"Josh, it would be great if it could make it into the newsletter. Perhaps we could all think about pros and cons of particular times and days over the next 48 hours, and come up with an action plan by Thursday?"</i> <p> That is fine with me. Like I said, I would need to have the details settled by Monday of next week (the 17th). But earlier is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken munn Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Up for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Let's do it on the vernal equinox (Approx March 20-21) don't know exact GMT time ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbalko Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I'd like to give it a try. How about 2 separate projects? One for UTC for those willing to go out in the dark, and one for local time for those who aren't. Either way, I'm in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photobiscuits Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I'm in too, I'd like to see more community projects here on pnet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samn Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Sounds great to me, I'm in. Might turn out way cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timzeipekis Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 would we take pictures of ourselves at that moment documenting where we are/what we're doing, or just pointing at something and shooting? whats the subject? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timzeipekis Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 by the way, if anyone starts handing out kool-aid I'm done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 If it's anywhere from 2000-0100 UTC on a weekend, you'll get a picture of me listening to shortwave radio hoping to catch a shortwave pirate broadcaster. Not exciting to watch, but a hoot to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsox Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Im in day or Night great idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 <i>"Let's do it on the vernal equinox (Approx March 20-21) don't know exact GMT time"</i> <p> Sadly, if we want to harness the power of the photo.net newsletter, we probably need it to be a few days later. I have a feeling that the newsletter will go out the 19th or 20th. <p> <i>"I'd like to give it a try. How about 2 separate projects? One for UTC for those willing to go out in the dark, and one for local time for those who aren't."</i> <p> If it were up to me (and it isn't, I'm just helping promote the project), I would say pick one and go with it. If it works well, we can do the other one next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seismiccwave Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I like the idea of a static time. I don't care what time Pete picks. That is the idea that I like about this project. The idea that knowing every one involved are taking a picture at the exact moment is enough to get me out of bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Vernal Equinox? Oh, yikes. I hope this doesn't result in pix of nekkid peeples dancing around fairy rings. On second thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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