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Enhancing OPF: OPF Panoramists Testers needed: wanted a few great photographers!

Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
We are looking for experienced photographers to make panoramas for us of exceptional cityscapes, landscapes and city scenes, magnificent trains, gardens, complex machines and other fascinating subjects. You will be loaned with a digicam such as a G10 and the robot to take the block of pictures automatically. I have used this system and it's very simple to operate.

You would have full technical support and your pictures would perhaps be published and/featured. Please let me know if you are interested. Give me a link to your current work and what you plan to shoot. There will be a lot of responses so please don't get mad at me if we pass on you the first time round!

You can respond here and with further details in an email to editor.opfATmac.com Check the last post to make sure that this call has not as yet been filled.

Asher
 
Cem_Usakligil

Cem_Usakligil

Well-known member
Asher Kelman said:
We are looking for experienced photographers to make panoramas for us of exceptional cityscapes, landscapes and city scenes, magnificent trains, gardens, complex machines and other fascinating subjects. You will be loaned with a digicam such as a G10 and the robot to take the block of pictures automatically. I have used this system and it's very simple to operate.

You would have full technical support and your pictures would perhaps be published and/featured. Please let me know if you are interested. Give me a link to your current work and what you plan to shoot. There will be a lot of responses so please don't get mad at me if we pass on you the first time round!

You can respond here and with further details in an email to editor.opfATmac.com Check the last post to make sure that this call has not as yet been filled.

Asher
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Hi Asher,

Is this for US based photographers only? If not, I am willing to participate.
 
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Ivan Garcia

New member
Hi Asher

If this runs in Europe, I will be willing to participate.
I could run this parallel to my London blur series, and make panoramas of the major London landmarks.
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Guys,

Here's the answer back on Europe:

"Primarily, we are looking for US-based photographers, but if there is a really great international photographer that plans to shoot upcoming events, such as Tour de France etc., we would like to work with them as well."

So if there is something really special going on of significance then, yes. So look to see what events near you are up and coming and let me know. It could be from Portugal or Holland to Germany London or Italy and anywhere in between!

Asher
 
Cem_Usakligil

Cem_Usakligil

Well-known member
Asher Kelman said:
..."Primarily, we are looking for US-based photographers, but if there is a really great international photographer that plans to shoot upcoming events, such as Tour de France etc., we would like to work with them as well."

So if there is something really special going on of significance then, yes. So look to see what events near you are up and coming and let me know. It could be from Portugal or Holland to Germany London or Italy and anywhere in between!
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Asher I am not a really great international photographer but I know for certain that I would have taken excellent panos with that contraption. And if I were one, they'd have to beg me to try this product out, not the other way around. Besides, in Europe there is always somewhere, something really special going on which may or may not interest Americans. This answer they've provided is just a shrouded no. I would have preferred that they would say so directly. Now then, you can count me out....

PS: On a related note, we have had this discussion in the past about how Americans seem to view OPF as an American product and forget about us the Europeans/Asians/Africans who also contribute to its success. I was hoping that this was beyond us by now but alas it isn't apparently :-(
 
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Bart_van_der_Wolf

pro member
Cem_Usakligil said:
Asher I am not a really great international photographer but I know for certain that I would have taken excellent panos with that contraption. And if I were one, they'd have to beg me to try this product out, not the other way around.
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Hi Cem,

I agree with your observation that the answer is a shrouded "no". However, I wouldn't read more into it than necessary. They are looking "Primarily, ... for US-based photographers", for reasons we don't know. Maybe they anticipate export/import paperwork they'd like to avoid, maybe they have a misguided "buy American" mindset, maybe it's just a cultural thing, maybe ..., well we just don't know. It could be something as trivial as shipping cost/insurance or time loss, who knows.

I also agree with you that they are seeking a free lunch, but there's nothing wrong with that. It just reduces the chance of success.

It would have been a nice opportunity to try it at e.g. "de Keukenhof", Amsterdam canals, Rotterdam architecture (e.g. the Cube houses by Piet Blom), the 'Deltaworks', or something related to the "USA, New Amsterdam: New York, 400" theme, seen from its Dutch origins.

But there are majestic e.g. land/city-scape opportunities in other countries as well, I don't want to fall into the same local culture centric trap. It all depends on what they are seeking to accomplish, I have no clear idea, other than an attempt to acquire free inspiring image samples.

Cheers,
Bart
 
Cem_Usakligil

Cem_Usakligil

Well-known member
Bart_van_der_Wolf said:
Hi Cem,

I agree with your observation that the answer is a shrouded "no". However, I wouldn't read more into it than necessary. They are looking "Primarily, ... for US-based photographers", for reasons we don't know. Maybe they anticipate export/import paperwork they'd like to avoid, maybe they have a misguided "buy American" mindset, maybe it's just a cultural thing, maybe ..., well we just don't know. It could be something as trivial as shipping cost/insurance or time loss, who knows.

I also agree with you that they are seeking a free lunch, but there's nothing wrong with that. It just reduces the chance of success.

It would have been a nice opportunity to try it at e.g. "de Keukenhof", Amsterdam canals, Rotterdam architecture (e.g. the Cube houses by Blom), the 'Deltaworks', or something related to the "USA, New Amsterdam: New York, 400" theme, seen from its Dutch origins.

But there are majestic e.g. land/city-scape opportunities in other countries as well, I don't want to fall into the same local culture centric trap. It all depends on what they are seeking to accomplish, I have no clear idea, other than an attempt to acquire free inspiring image samples.

Cheers,
Bart
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Bart you are 100% right. I would not not have a problem with a direct no, due to any reason they might have such as dividing marketing into geographical regions or the other things you've mentioned. I am unhappy due to the fact that they do not say no but hide it behind all kinds of unrealistic demands very difficult to meet realistically. And if you'd fit the bill, you wouldn't be interested anyway. Besides, I wonder whether they have ever seen the Tour de France (I did so a couple of times myself). How could one think of creating a stitched pano of TdF I wonder. It would be a next to impossible challenge. After all, the crowds are not stationary and neither are the bikers (an understatement if there is one).
 
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Bill Miller

New member
Cem_Usakligil said:
Bart you are 100% right. I would not not have a problem with a direct no, due to any reason they might have such as dividing marketing into geographical regions or the other things you've mentioned. I am unhappy due to the fact that they do not say no but hide it behind all kinds of unrealistic demands very difficult to meet realistically. And if you'd fit the bill, you wouldn't be interested anyway. Besides, I wonder whether they have ever seen the Tour de France (I did so a couple of times myself). How could one think of creating a stitched pano of TdF I wonder. It would be a next to impossible challenge. After all, the crowds are not stationary and neither are the bikers (an understatement if there is one).
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Cem, a Pano of the tour or any other race is a piece of cake (easy). All it takes is multiple cameras, a computer and software.

30Darray.jpg


http://www.breezesys.com
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Guys,

Don't read more into this than necessary. I wanted to get this out as fast as possible. Nothing bad!

Asher
 
Doug Kerr

Doug Kerr

Well-known member
Hi, Bill,
Bill Miller said:
Cem, a Pano of the tour or any other race is a piece of cake (easy). All it takes is multiple cameras, a computer and software.

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And parallax be damned! (Hey, you can't have everything.)

(The rig pictured, by the way, wasn't being used for a panorama.)

Best regards,

Doug
 
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Gary Ayala

New member
The original request seems to revolve around stationary type objects and scenes ... the reply regarding "Europe" seems to desire more event type stuff ... perhaps more clarity is needed ... in any event I am interested w/ reservations (depending upon their demands on time).

Gary
 
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Bill Miller

New member
Doug_Kerr said:
Hi, Bill,

And parallax be damned! (Hey, you can't have everything.)

(The rig pictured, by the way, wasn't being used for a panorama.)

Best regards,

Doug
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Doug,

Doug, If you stitched all of those captures it would be a pano. Take that same rig to the TdF and you capture the race. This would be similar to a pano I've seen taken during a NASCAR race.
 
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Ivan Garcia

New member
Cem_Usakligil said:
...[snip].... Besides, I wonder whether they have ever seen the Tour de France (I did so a couple of times myself). How could one think of creating a stitched pano of TdF I wonder. It would be a next to impossible challenge. After all, the crowds are not stationary and neither are the bikers (an understatement if there is one)....[/snip]
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Don't take it so bad Cem.
They must hold the average Euro shooter in high regards... I mean, as far as they know, we can command the whole of the Tour of France to stop the race for a nice panoramic picture. lol

Coming back on topic..I love to take part but, I can't see the TOF participants stopping for me. So, I guess you can count me out.
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
If you ask question by PM and I get an answer, I'll post it here. So re: Credits?

Credit will be given to all photographers in use of the pictures.

Asher
 
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Gary Ayala

New member
Profit Sharing? (vacation, medical insurance, sick days, overtime, combat pay, travel expenses, corner office, hot personal assistant, USC football tickets, 401(k) ...)
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Nikolai,

I doubt it! I'm going to try to get as many folks access. Locally, it's going to be easy as I can share my own!

Asher
 
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