I think we should have the photos be judged at christmas. There's not much time to get a shot and get it developed before thanksgiving. Especially since I have so much homework due this week.

We should leave it fairly open. Any disposable camera, any film, and any modifications - pin hole, bulb exposure, whatever - as long as it's still recognizeable as a disposable camera. I think we should also allow the CVS one time use digitals.

Photoshop should be limited corrections needed to make the scanned immage look closer to the print. (brightness / contrast and maybe some color correcting)

I'm ok with allowing any lights, reflectors, filters ect, as long as I can have access to someones lights. I'm also ok with banning them.

I'll order my disposable tomorrow if everyone's in.

oh yeah -- nice picture.

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I like the rules. Yeah, lets allow the lights, that's fine.
Additional rule:
Anyone who enters the contest must Anne up a $5-10 prize for the pot (It can be something you have at home too) (Married couples can combine)
I'm In:
My contribution is $10 worth of ColdStone Ice Cream Gift Certificates.
Anyone else in? Ben, Siri, Miky, Tom Tom, Kjer, Jason, Weezy, Erik, Jonathan??

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Married couples can combine only if they enter one picture. 1 entery fee per photo. Kids under 8 can enter for free.

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Do I count as part of the family?

I just hacked apart my CVS one time digital video camera to have a USB port now, screw that single use nonsense. Not gonna shell out $35 to get a DVD burned from 320x240 digital capture. So yeah, my next project is going to be IR with the still digicam.

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You know we actually discussed whether or not we should let you enter. We're all afraid you're going to win with a really killer photo. We're just not sure our egos can take it. But me and Josh decided a little friendly competition is a good thing. It will make us work harder so feel free to enter. You are officially an honorary family member. But if you lose to a 5 year old it will be damaging your ego trust me on this one.

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We're going to open it up to anyone. My roommate wants to do it, and my brother is going to invite a few people from his work to enter, so you're more then welcome to enter. Deadline is December 23rd.

I saw your CVS digital video, so I searched and saw that they had a one time use digital camera as well as video. So since it's on in the same leage as a disposable, I think they should be allowed.

I'm interested to see the results from your IR digicam - sounds like fun.

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Actually you should have me judge. Do a blind judging on the internet.

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We had a webpage put together last time we did this with everyone's picture, and posted the link on a few photography message boards. I think we'll do the same this year.

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I found the voting page from last year when we did.
http://atv-racing.com/cgi-bin/contest.cgi
You can check it out if you want to see the enteries from last year. I suspect the quality of the pictures this year will be a bit better than last.

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I don't even remember who won last time. Was it tied between me and jonathan? His china ball shots of me and my attempt at shooting slides that big canvas sheet. I need some better ideas this time around. Actually we never did it last year. These are from 2 years ago. I think we've improved since then.

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not only can nrchris judge but he can come for Christmas if he picks my photo!!

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