Author Topic: Weekends Start on a Friday....even on Filmwasters :-) (Read 7725 times)

Ed Wenn · « **on:** September 19, 2013, 07:58:01 PM »

Hi everyone. This is trivial to the point of not being worth a mention, but let's try and start the weekend threads on a Friday (and no earlier) from now on, please. I've been meaning to mention this for months and finally remembered.

You can post images on any day of the week (it's exhilarating - you should try it sometime), but let's keep the weekend thread for the weekend, please.

SLVR · « **Reply #1 on:** September 19, 2013, 08:00:57 PM »

Agreed. It's getting a little crazy. Weekends starting on Wednesdays and such.

Francois · « **Reply #2 on:** September 19, 2013, 09:18:07 PM »

Yeah I know... hopefully nobody will start a "this weekend starts last Sunday" type of thread ...

mcduff · « **Reply #3 on:** September 19, 2013, 09:21:28 PM »

haha, although this week is probably the first week where I am ready to post now, I think this is a great idea.

I have a related question: In the short time I have been here, the weekend thread seems to have expanded from one or two pics per person to sometimes a stream of pics per person. And to be clear, I am as guilty of this as anyone. Is there any consensus on trying to self-curate one's pics, and choose your 'best' pic of the week? I would like to do that, but likely get caught in the feeding frenzy and sometimes release a torrent of pics. While I think it is a good exercise to do as an artist, it is probably not a bad thing to do for the viewer as well. Sometimes when things are busy (and there are tons of pics) I do not devote the time to each pic that I would like. That is entirely my problem

but if everyone posted their one or two faves of the week, I promise I will limit myself as well, haha.

I really liked the thread at the end of the year where we had to post our (singular) favorite pic of the year. I would not mind having to make that choice every week

Ed, as you are making suggestions on when we post, and comments on how many we post?

Andrea. · « **Reply #4 on:** September 19, 2013, 09:35:53 PM »

I'm not Ed

but would prefer one 1 image per personage per week - except on the rare occasion that only 2 or 3 will do.

Late Developer · « **Reply #5 on:** September 19, 2013, 11:17:59 PM »

Quote from: Andrea. on September 19, 2013, 09:35:53 PM

I'm not Ed but would prefer one 1 image per personage per week - except on the rare occasion that only 2 or 3 will do.

One or two per person would be a great idea.

So much for Friday being the start of the weekend...we now have an "early weekend thread". Maybe this could be incorporated into this one to reinforce the point?

Ezzie · « **Reply #6 on:** September 20, 2013, 06:16:23 AM »

I too agree, fewer is often better. But sometimes someone manages to post a handfull of images which complement eachother in such a way it would be detrimental if they were split up. Not been guilty of that feat myself yet. But then again there is the essays forum for that sort of thing.

LT · « **Reply #7 on:** September 20, 2013, 07:20:36 AM »

I mentioned something similar earlier in the year and everyone jumped on me for being too prescriptive and flickr-group-like.

I would prefer weekends on a Friday and 1 picture only. People should be starting their own threads if they have a series to show - or using the photo essays section.

Alan · « **Reply #8 on:** September 20, 2013, 09:41:52 AM »

yup I agree with the Friday kickoff !

there does seem to be a rush to START the weekly thread which leads to .... an early start.

1 pic per person is also an idea but a bit limiting IMO.

I like DonkeyDave's pics from this weeks thread and all compliment each other
but I suppose a seperate multiple image thread could be started too ....

DonkeyDave · « **Reply #9 on:** September 20, 2013, 11:53:13 AM »

where would we be without rules?

Anarchy!

as a culprit - duly noted

;-)

Fluminian · « **Reply #10 on:** September 20, 2013, 12:35:10 PM »

Mea culpa, mea maksima culpa.

imagesfrugales · « **Reply #11 on:** September 20, 2013, 12:58:46 PM »

ego te absolvo

Fluminian · « **Reply #12 on:** September 20, 2013, 01:02:04 PM »

Quote from: imagesfrugales on September 20, 2013, 12:58:46 PM

ego te absolvo

Gratias tibi Dominus.

Moiz · « **Reply #13 on:** September 20, 2013, 02:34:47 PM »

Quote from: Alan on September 20, 2013, 09:41:52 AM

I like DonkeyDave's pics from this weeks thread and all compliment each other
but I suppose a seperate multiple image thread could be started too ....

Would it be cheating to combine all three pictures into a single file as a triptych? Although I'm sure some people would push boundaries with pentychs and septychs

imagesfrugales · « **Reply #14 on:** September 20, 2013, 04:13:57 PM »

Quote from: Fluminian on September 20, 2013, 01:02:04 PM

Gratias tibi Dominus.

in saecula saeculorum

Fluminian · « **Reply #15 on:** September 20, 2013, 05:17:50 PM »

Quote from: imagesfrugales on September 20, 2013, 04:13:57 PM

Quote from: Fluminian on September 20, 2013, 01:02:04 PM
Gratias tibi Dominus.
in saecula saeculorum

Veniam vel maledicto?

jojonas~ · « **Reply #16 on:** September 20, 2013, 05:24:36 PM »

sound ideas here. I remember a time when I could find the time to really take a good look at every post in the weekend thread and try to leave my thoughts on more than just a few.
there have been fantastic weekend threads but it's just so much

as said, separate threads for multiple photos is the way to go and there would be good room for discussing the shots there too.

also, I thought the prefered language for this forum was english??

imagesfrugales · « **Reply #17 on:** September 20, 2013, 06:46:53 PM »

Venia puriter salus est, amicus meus.

So this is probably the worst latin the world has seen since Asterix and Obelix in the kindergarden. Enough OT from my side, I hope you didn't mind the joke.

Fluminian · « **Reply #18 on:** September 20, 2013, 06:54:52 PM »

Quote from: imagesfrugales on September 20, 2013, 06:46:53 PM

Venia puriter salus est, amicus meus.

So this is probably the worst latin the world has seen since Asterix and Obelix in the kindergarden. Enough OT from my side, I hope you didn't mind the joke.

Haha! I agree, enough with the silliness.

Ezzie · « **Reply #19 on:** September 20, 2013, 07:05:20 PM »

John Cleese' centurion might have had his work cut out with you two.

Regarding one or many. I still vote for one. However I have a feeling posts in the essay section often get overlooked. Would it be acceptable to post picture essays in the main forum, and then have them moved once the posts have become of age?

Francois · « **Reply #20 on:** September 20, 2013, 09:41:42 PM »

I have an idea! Lets drive Ed totally insane by resurrecting every weekend post for the last six years and bring them back to the top

Just kidding

Please don't do that, it's the type of thing I would consider just pointless and somewhat evil...

02Pilot · « **Reply #21 on:** September 20, 2013, 09:52:04 PM »

Pointless and evil? Where do I sign up?!

Quote from: Francois on September 20, 2013, 09:41:42 PM

I have an idea! Lets drive Ed totally insane by resurrecting every weekend post for the last six years and bring them back to the top

Just kidding
Please don't do that, it's the type of thing I would consider just pointless and somewhat evil...

moominsean · « **Reply #22 on:** September 20, 2013, 11:59:40 PM »

I don't think it matters how many pictures someone posts. I think the whole posting on thursday thing started because people were excited about beginning and posting the weekend thread. Again, I could really care less when it starts...it's just a photo thread, don't see any real reason to start policing it and being all anal about it and killing some of the enjoyment for the people posting it. Plus, I have no idea when it is friday in the UK, but I assume it starts before it does here in the US.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #23 on:** September 21, 2013, 12:31:56 AM »

Sean, I do know where you're coming from and I take your point about time zones. When Skorj used to post his latest stuff on FW he'd often kick the weekend thread off from Tokyo well in advance of those of us further West, but it was nice to log on to FW on a Friday and see some new 665 action from Japan.

Friday, local time is fine...wherever you are.

With regard to spoiling people's fun, obviously that's the last thing on my mind, it's just an attempt to encourage people to post photos in other threads and at other times. The success of the weekend thread has resulted in fewer photos being posted in threads of their own. As Jonas says, it's becoming quite difficult to comment on people's work because if they primarily post at the weekend and there are often too many photos in that thread to comment on.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #24 on:** September 21, 2013, 12:32:26 AM »

Quote from: Ezzie on September 20, 2013, 07:05:20 PM

Regarding one or many. I still vote for one. However I have a feeling posts in the essay section often get overlooked. Would it be acceptable to post picture essays in the main forum, and then have them moved once the posts have become of age?

That's absolutely fine.

Sandeha Lynch · « **Reply #25 on:** September 21, 2013, 08:21:35 AM »

Far too much talk and not enough pictures.

So, it was Friday yesterday, it's still the weekend, and here's one pic. No Latin was involved in taking this shot.

The fact that I now hate colour film as much as slide film is pretty much official. This was Ektar in daylight but the colour balance was totally off the wall - I mean, the wall was white but it came out blue. WTF.

Fluminian · « **Reply #26 on:** September 21, 2013, 08:59:17 AM »

Ed, you've inadvertently caused a total confusion.

Now, there are two weekend threads
and people posting images in this thread.

Edit: I remembered that unwillingly is not the right word in the intended context and it means "reluctantly"
and I thought of something like "without intention". Sorry, English is my second language.

limr · « **Reply #27 on:** September 21, 2013, 03:56:34 PM »

Quote from: Fluminian on September 21, 2013, 08:59:17 AM

Ed, you've inadvertently caused a total confusion. Now, there are two weekend threads
and people posting images in this thread.

Edit: I remembered that unwillingly is not the right word in the intended context and it means "reluctantly"
and I thought of something like "without intention". Sorry, English is my second language.

I'd venture to say that even though English is not your first language, it's better than that of many native speakers. I see many mistakes in posts written by native speakers. Not on this forum (another reason I like it so much!) but in some other haunts of mine.

Perhaps you confused 'unwillingly' with 'unwittingly'? Though 'inadvertently' also does the job.

Fwiw, I vote for one picture for weekend threads that will start on Fridays. I don't like a lot of 'rules' but I do like consistency and 'guidelines'

Fluminian · « **Reply #28 on:** September 21, 2013, 04:26:46 PM »

Thanks, Leonore. I first think of what to say in Croatian, of course, but sometimes I find corresponding
English word too mechanically, literally, and the resulting word is not in the spirit of English language.
That's what happened today.

gothamtomato · « **Reply #29 on:** September 21, 2013, 06:24:02 PM »

Weekend? What's a weekend?

hookstrapped · « **Reply #30 on:** September 22, 2013, 06:53:14 PM »

I thought we started on Thursdays out of respect to Skorj and others, not to mention Japanese cameras, for whom Thursday is Friday.

Ezzie · « **Reply #31 on:** September 22, 2013, 09:47:05 PM »

So that's why they have been one step ahead of us, if not one day.

Urban Hafner · « **Reply #32 on:** September 22, 2013, 09:52:22 PM »

After thinking about it a bit, I tend to agree with starting on a Friday and limiting it to one image. I'd love to see more threads like the one Ed started recently. Maybe it would really be a good idea to use the "Photo Essays" board just as an archive and encourage people to start posting their "stories" here in the main forum.

charles binns · « **Reply #33 on:** September 23, 2013, 07:28:55 AM »

Can we also agree that week end threads end on a Sunday.

I like the thematic threads that have appeared recently - we should have more of these.

calbisu · « **Reply #34 on:** September 23, 2013, 09:51:44 AM »

Quote from: Sandeha Lynch on September 21, 2013, 08:21:35 AM

Far too much talk and not enough pictures.

So, it was Friday yesterday, it's still the weekend, and here's one pic. No Latin was involved in taking this shot.

The fact that I now hate colour film as much as slide film is pretty much official. This was Ektar in daylight but the colour balance was totally off the wall - I mean, the wall was white but it came out blue. WTF.

Sandeha, this is fantastic!

Sandeha Lynch · « **Reply #35 on:** September 23, 2013, 12:29:18 PM »

Glad you like it. It's in my book.

Late Developer · « **Reply #36 on:** September 23, 2013, 12:41:11 PM »

Quote from: charles binns on September 23, 2013, 07:28:55 AM

Can we also agree that week end threads end on a Sunday.

I like the thematic threads that have appeared recently - we should have more of these.

That makes sense to me.

Post one photo onto a "Weekend Thread" so long as it happens to be Friday through Sunday - wherever the photographer happens to be..... All other multiple / themed sets to be posted onto Photo Essays board with a bit of accompanying text....

Irrespective of whether the Mods sanction this as a rule, I'll use it to get a bit of discipline into my postings.

hookstrapped · « **Reply #37 on:** September 23, 2013, 12:52:26 PM »

I don't see why we need to limit ourselves to one pic per weekend thread.

Francois · « **Reply #38 on:** September 23, 2013, 02:18:40 PM »

I have an idea!
Why not also make a mid-week thread on Wednesday for all those who haven't made the regular weekend post?

SLVR · « **Reply #39 on:** September 23, 2013, 02:25:36 PM »

I like the idea of limiting the weekend threads. I know on RFF they have a "post the best pic from your most recent roll" thread. Maybe we could approach the weekend threads with the same idea. Pick one image from your most recent session where you sat down and scanned or printed. That gives people who shoot LF a chance to pick from their "roll" of images.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #40 on:** September 23, 2013, 11:25:02 PM »

Personally I'm not 100% sold on limiting the weekend threads to 1 image each. Makes no sense to me, really. I'm happy with a small number of images per person - we just didn't want people going crazy and posting multiple images multiple times during the course of the thread. I usually post 2 or 3 when I have anything to contribute and I don't plan on changing that.

Ending on Sunday does make sense however, so let's try and stick to that. Sunday evening, your time zone.