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Why am I posting Picnic Pictures Like I Am and A Thank You
13 years ago
This is a coyote... I'm making a note here HUGE SUCCESS.
Hi there,
For those old time (and first time) watches might be wondering what is the madness and why am I posting all these picnic pictures.
Put the way back machine before the picnic. I found out that a few people were not going to make it and the event runners asked if I wanted to take pictures there. I officially said I was not willing to be the super official photographer but the official unofficial photographer was fine ;).
So my goal there was to take a good series of photos of people around the picnic. Very simple goal. But it gets complicated ™. I have been taken aside in the past and been asked not to take X, Y, or Z person in a shot. This becomes a problem as you can guess. A picnic event area doesn't have hall ways or rooms people go in. The background a lot of times IS the event area or directly into the sun.
Another personal goal was to get as much as possible every costume fursuiter in their own solo picture. If you were performing you saw me looking for a break in what you are doing and I tried to pull you in the clear just quick enough to get a few shots. Mind you some came out a lot better than others.
And I wanted to make sure they look like something I would normally posted. So I use a lot of the same techniques in images that i used for FCN photos(that I had to take a break to get these out fast). They might not be totally 100% accurate to reality but I personally think most turned out fine.
So I have been posting away fast/slow as I can without REALLY flooding FA. This is the most I have posted publicly on an event and well it's draining me. Once I posted my "first round" I will hopefully be able to post them on MNFurs photo gallery if everything goes right. After that over time I will go back and start working on pictures I found I personally posted little too much of character or like part of the picture but people were really in the background or involved. So yeah there will be more not much more but that will be over the years....
Also I am watching the favorite/comments on the pictures on FA like a yote. Your comments and favorites guide me to either take more of a character, change techniques, and continue to motivate me. In truth if a picture I expect to get less favorites/comments on I am going to lean away showing more/taking more of that character in the future. Mind you it doesn't matter if you are doing something interesting I'm going to take a picture. An interesting shot will out weight a static "wave" pose any day.
Since I don't make money off of it I live off the comments/favorites. Feedback keeps me going. Adding a picture as a favorite keeps those comments/favorite on one picture. When you repost it unless you tell me and remind me those comments/favorites are never counted and I may take less pictures or stop taking pictures of you/event in the future because well it seems people don't like it or want it. Again this is really the only way I can read what people want from the community. It's not that I am trying to do a popularity contest. It's just I am gaging interest and if there isn't enough I shouldn't be taking/doing those shots.
I got to admit this run was hard on me. I had a lot of things happen recently much more than I listed but some of the days working on pictures kept me going and I am happy overall with the results. I notice for local events this is probably one of the bigger processed photo dumps I have seemed. I'm glad I was asked to do that and I hope you think I did a good job on it.
And of course - One Last Thing
The Spring Picnic pictures are done not only for the
MNFurs community and the furry community in general. I want to show our local furry community in a good light and hopefully provide smiles to people on FA.
I hope you enjoy it and I thank you for watching my pictures in general. I can't say that enough.
With big thank you to my all watchers,
Kurst
For those old time (and first time) watches might be wondering what is the madness and why am I posting all these picnic pictures.
Put the way back machine before the picnic. I found out that a few people were not going to make it and the event runners asked if I wanted to take pictures there. I officially said I was not willing to be the super official photographer but the official unofficial photographer was fine ;).
So my goal there was to take a good series of photos of people around the picnic. Very simple goal. But it gets complicated ™. I have been taken aside in the past and been asked not to take X, Y, or Z person in a shot. This becomes a problem as you can guess. A picnic event area doesn't have hall ways or rooms people go in. The background a lot of times IS the event area or directly into the sun.
Another personal goal was to get as much as possible every costume fursuiter in their own solo picture. If you were performing you saw me looking for a break in what you are doing and I tried to pull you in the clear just quick enough to get a few shots. Mind you some came out a lot better than others.
And I wanted to make sure they look like something I would normally posted. So I use a lot of the same techniques in images that i used for FCN photos(that I had to take a break to get these out fast). They might not be totally 100% accurate to reality but I personally think most turned out fine.
So I have been posting away fast/slow as I can without REALLY flooding FA. This is the most I have posted publicly on an event and well it's draining me. Once I posted my "first round" I will hopefully be able to post them on MNFurs photo gallery if everything goes right. After that over time I will go back and start working on pictures I found I personally posted little too much of character or like part of the picture but people were really in the background or involved. So yeah there will be more not much more but that will be over the years....
Also I am watching the favorite/comments on the pictures on FA like a yote. Your comments and favorites guide me to either take more of a character, change techniques, and continue to motivate me. In truth if a picture I expect to get less favorites/comments on I am going to lean away showing more/taking more of that character in the future. Mind you it doesn't matter if you are doing something interesting I'm going to take a picture. An interesting shot will out weight a static "wave" pose any day.
Since I don't make money off of it I live off the comments/favorites. Feedback keeps me going. Adding a picture as a favorite keeps those comments/favorite on one picture. When you repost it unless you tell me and remind me those comments/favorites are never counted and I may take less pictures or stop taking pictures of you/event in the future because well it seems people don't like it or want it. Again this is really the only way I can read what people want from the community. It's not that I am trying to do a popularity contest. It's just I am gaging interest and if there isn't enough I shouldn't be taking/doing those shots.
I got to admit this run was hard on me. I had a lot of things happen recently much more than I listed but some of the days working on pictures kept me going and I am happy overall with the results. I notice for local events this is probably one of the bigger processed photo dumps I have seemed. I'm glad I was asked to do that and I hope you think I did a good job on it.
And of course - One Last Thing
The Spring Picnic pictures are done not only for the
MNFurs community and the furry community in general. I want to show our local furry community in a good light and hopefully provide smiles to people on FA.I hope you enjoy it and I thank you for watching my pictures in general. I can't say that enough.
With big thank you to my all watchers,
Kurst
It's more on I am partly looking what people WANT to see.
It's not trying to find a popularity contest. but I am trying to figure out what people more likely want to see.
If you are doing something interesting no matter what I'm going to be taken a picture.
That's really the thing. I'm looking for interactions with environment and stuff. Just standing around doesn't make as interesting of a pic.
Yeah it's more risky to get a shot but when it works it's awesome
No worries and no offense :)
I've been getting my friends to watch you because they were maybe not aware as to how awesome your stuff is.
I'm glad you like it though.
And thanks for the kind words :)
Are you able to make AC this year?
And keeping jobs are too.
Hope the best of luck there too :)
Even the most simplest job is made better and more full filing with a thank you or a comment.
Mind you going to see a flood over next 2-3 days of pictures so I can have it "done" before AC :)
Again glad that you are enjoying it. IT's why I do it
I love your photos and I especially like what you do with them - with kinda fading back the background so the characters pop and seem so much brighter and more lively! You do great work and I think it shows how much time and talent you put into your photos.
ONce I get off from this AC and other con rush I hope to do more comments myself.
And thanks I look at the picture and do what I think sense for it. I just hope people enjoy them as much as I do.
I hope to see more wild critters too sometime though! :D You have captured the most amazing coyotes! (Not that I'm partial to coyotes or anything...)
I got some great pics of pups that I took with
I hope you have a great time at AC too. :3
But picnics and BBQ we have a history and at least 10+ years doing them.
I feel in a lot of cases if i'm not notice then I am doing my task.
Anyways very much glad that you are enjoying the pictures and hope I do you justice.
Now I know who you are!
*hugs*