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Post by Al Alven on Feb 14, 2006 16:21:49 GMT -5
Doowopper, thanks for posting this and helping me jog my memory a bit regarding one of the projects I have been meaning to get back to for some time now. I have a lot of ideas for this project, that I will share here either tonight or tomorrow night. I need to get home first, and organize my thoughts a bit. I'm really looking forward to getting started with this, and I think I have some ideas that will be of interest of everyone. Thanks again!
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Post by Tobygirl on Jun 16, 2006 15:20:52 GMT -5
I know I'm a little late in reading this.. I haven't been around here as much as I'd like. But I would definitely like to help out as much as I can with this. Photography and Wildwood are pretty much my two passions in life. I'm already booked to go down in August, and I'm planning on going down at least one or two other times in July, just to take pictures. (You're SO right when you say it's nearly impossible to photograph everything) I have a small wildwood gallery up on my photo site, but I have lots more pics to add to that, that I just haven't gotten around to yet. This has me all excited now, and I'm trying to figure out a way to convince my husband that we have to go down NOW.
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Post by Al Alven on Jun 16, 2006 15:54:49 GMT -5
Tobygirl, I juuuuuuust caught your post right before getting set to turn my computer off and head out of work. Ironically, I was actually planning on posting more on this subject later on tonight... Incidentally, your Wildwood photo album is great! Love the pics you've put up so far, and I look forward to seeing the others!
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Post by cutietnj on Jun 16, 2006 17:36:54 GMT -5
What a great idea! I don't remember reading this post before but I am glad it made it's way back to the top. I have some pics from our day trip to the Kite Festival this year. But I have lots from last summer especially of neon signs at night lit up - pretty much only in the Crest since I was walking alone at night doing this. Anyway if you are interested I would love to share them and post them or email them to you. Just let me know what to do. Good Luck!
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dreamer2u
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Post by dreamer2u on Jun 16, 2006 20:43:13 GMT -5
This is a very good idea. I would love to help in this project. ;D
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Post by Al Alven on Jun 17, 2006 0:28:06 GMT -5
I've been meaning to address this topic for so long now, and just haven't gotten around to it. Thanks guys, for bumping this back up... and welcome aboard!
As far as the project goes right now, it's probably best to keep the guidelines as simple as possible. What we can do at the end (or near the end) of the year is just gather all the pictures together and organize them in some way.
For now, just snap as many pics of the Wildwoods as possible, all around the island; its fun to try to put your own unique stamp on your pics, looking for interesting angles and all of those "hidden gems" that rarely get talked about (but certainly deserve more recognition).
While the cost of printing all of the pics out at the end of the year might be quite astronomical, what we could do is put them together on disks and create something of a "virtual" photo yearbook.
Obviously, people take a lot of pictures in the Wildwoods, but I don't think that a massive collaborative effort to capture the island and all aspects of it in time like this has ever been done.
This could be our little contribution to "preserving" not just the memories, but the actual essence of the Wildwoods on a year-to-year basis. I really think it can be done, and turn out to be something that gains a following and becomes quite unique.
So, the more, the merrier at this point!
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Post by Doowopper on Jun 17, 2006 8:35:23 GMT -5
I have a ton of pictures from last summer, they are all in a thread somwhere on the forum. I have some I never showed you guys from last year as well. I will be down in mid-July this year, and will get tons of pictures. Even though I don't want to think of fall, when we do get all of our pictures together, it will be a great collection of our summer memories, and hopefully, can be used by someone/organization to help give people a better idea of the Wildwoods.
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Post by fuzzyscorpio on Jul 14, 2006 17:05:25 GMT -5
I'd like to contribute to this as well. I have some nice shots from past years. Haven't got them organized on the Web yet but will try to put up a few soon, and will be taking more on this year's visit, of course (dates TBD)... Nice to have more of an excuse to attempt some serious photojournalism. Denise, your pix are great.
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Post by MaryH on Jul 17, 2006 7:24:58 GMT -5
Hey Al, I started a thread about pics of various signs...if you could use any of those, feel free. I didn't take as many pics as I had hoped, but you are welcome to use anything that I post here.
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Post by Al Alven on Jul 17, 2006 10:06:52 GMT -5
Awesome... thanks, Mary!
Your pictures are phenomenal. I know from experience that it's not always easy to capture pictures at night... let alone neon signs (especially ones at a discernable distance). Yours turned out great, though!
Also, fuzzyscorpio, we'd love to see some of your pics as well. Thank you so much for your interest in this project... I really think this could turn into something special!
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Post by Doowopper on Jul 20, 2006 13:57:29 GMT -5
I just got back from the Wildwoods, quite depressed, but I took roughly 210 photos, mostly scenic nature related while there. I will make a gigantic thread with them soon.
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