My 100th post! Now, how about a photography group?

[Longgrain]

My 100th post :bounce: a little milestone I know, but cool.

I also got my star next to my name. :bounce: :toast: :bounce:

Now that I can join groups on DU, anyone interested in starting a photography group. I'm thinking a place where we can share and post photographs of our own, if anyone thinks that's a good idea.

I'm more of an amateur, just for fun shutterbug, but I'm sure there must be one or two pros out their who might like to share their knowledge.

So what do you all say?

[blue sky at night]

1. Great Idea....

been a shooter for 27 years, would enjoy the view. I second that motion.

[Lex]

2. Photography is a big hobby of mine.

Just an amateur here, but I think I have a pretty good eye for composition.

I'd love to get tips and feedback from fellow DU'ers.

[Longgrain]

3. Not sure if this is legal or not...

But I got to go to bed. I want to kick this up so people on the west coast can see it. I still need eight more people. Surely there must be some other camera people out there.

[Maddy McCall]

4. Count me in.

[Longgrain]

5. No one else...

Only three other photography enthusiasts on DU? :shrug:

One more shameless kick before I give up...

:kick:

[motely36]

6. Sounds interesting

unfortunately right now I don;t have time for a lot of groups. But I might pop in everyonce in a while of it gets going.

[Rocinante]

7. I'm interested

Sounds like a good idea to me.

[RagingInMiami]

8. I'm in

[donheld]

9. Sure

I can picture a photo group :bounce:

[lakemonster11]

10. Sounds good to me.

:)

[Longgrain]

11. Two more to go!

Alright! Thanks guys. :hi:

I'll post back in a few to see how this thread is going.

[Dem Agog]

12. Count me in!

I'm an advanced amateur, looking to get some work published one day.

[Droopy]

13. Excellent idea

I'm not a photographer, but I wouldn't mind seeing y'alls views. Count me in as a supporter of a photography group. We need to write a mission statement.

[AlCzervik]

14. i'm in for sure.

i'm not all that good but i do enjoy it. I drive my husband nuts when we go places, "How many shots of that one thing do you need?" As many as i can get and hopefully at least 1 will turn out useable.

[Longgrain]

15. YeaH!

Looks like we got eleven interested parties, enough needed to propose this group to the mods.

Chimpsrsmarter
Droopy
Dem Agog
Lakemonster 11
denheld
RaginginMiami
Rocinate
Motely 36
Muddy McCall
Lex
blue sky at night

Plus me Longgrain

I'm going to kick this up again to see if I get anymore interested DUers.

I guess we also need to talk manifesto...

It should be a group for the discussion and appreciation of photography as an art, skill and means of communication.

The group should be open to both amateurs and professionals in hope that they may share ideas, stories, techniques, and of course photographs.

I think it should be non-political group for fun and enlightenment--political and editorial photographs should continue to be discussed in their appropriate forums.

Photographs can be either digital or traditional film based--we don't discriminate.

Anything else anyone want to add/take away?

I'm also curious if a someone with a somewhat high post count than my self would be interested in volunteering to approach the mods with this one, I'm not sure if little old me would be taken seriously...

Thanks everyone.


:hi: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :hi:

[Deja Q]

16. Count me in!

:D

[Longgrain]

17. Oh...another one...

I probably get back to you all this weekend, Sat. afternoon Sunday the latest (Thanksgiving and all you know), about drafting a manifesto and approaching the mods.

Anybody else want to chime in?

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

18. I'm in

nt

[Longgrain]

19. To everyone who replied to this thread

Thank you!

I'll be sending all of you out a email so that you can approve or disapprove the mission statement I drafted.

You can read it here if you like, since some of you don't have email enabled...



As someone who expressed some interest in a photography group on DU, I’m sending out this message regarding my proposal for a manifesto/ mission statement.

I’ll probably send it out to the mods Sunday giving everyone a couple of days to review it.

Simply contact me by saying approve, or if you want changes or alterations, just let me know.

“The DU photography group will be a place for the discussion of photography as an art, skill, and means of communication.

It will be open to both amateurs and professionals in hopes that they may share ideas, stories, techniques, and of course photographs.

It will be a non-political, more for fun, forum. Discussions of political or editorial photographs should continue to be posted in their appropriate forums.

Photographers can be either digitally based, or traditional film based--we don’t discriminate.”


I'll probably send it out to the mods Sunday, unless, of course anyone else wants to volunteer.

Longgrain

[Droopy]

20. Sounds good to me.

I'll be there purely as an appreciater since I am not a photgrapher. I look forward to seeing all of y'all's photos.

[DS1]

22. I'm in

Send it out

[Syrinx]

21. sounds good

I haven't taken any pictures in a long time, but I still like to look at them.

[hyphenate]

23. I would love to join a photo group

However, when I proposed the graphics group, I thought it should be included in that group. But if enough people want a separate group and can support it, that would be great.

[Longgrain]

24. Not a graphic artist myself.

When I looked at the list of groups, and saw "Graphics" I thought it meant more like computer Graphics or web design--something I know nothing about--so I didn't even bother to check it out.

Maybe if my proposal for a photography group fails, I'll give it a good look-see...

An asides the point, why is there no "artists" group, for the more passionate visual arts (painting, sculpture, crafts)--something I do know something about...

There's a writers group (which I've checked out--and liked!) but no artists group?

I'm not proposing it here, but maybe if someone else wants to take a crack at it--I'd be willing to join.

I'm still tried from working on the photography group.:thumbsup:

[electricmonk]

25. Missed this earlier

Count me in. I guess I'm a semi-pro since I make some money on the side with my photography. Hope to increase that over the next year or so.

[Longgrain]

26. Just one more kick!

To let everyone know what's going down...and maybe gather a little more interest...

I'll send out the proposal tomorrow.

Thanks everyone,

Longgrain.

[Longgrain]

27. Here's crossing my fingers...

Just put in the proposal to the Mods.

The post can be viewed here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=120x25832

and thanks to all who took interest in this little project of mine.

:toast:

Longgrain.

[funky_bug]

28. Count me in, as well as my husband

We are both enthusiasts, and shoot regularly. Between the two of us, we shoot medium format (Hassy), 35mm, and digital... not to mention my penchant for the toy cameras (Holgas, Dianas, etc...)

We are tired of the photography forums and would love to share and learn from our friends at DU.

[RushIsRot]

29. Yuppers.

I'm in.