One year, wide open only

[ampguy]

with these exceptions:

photographing for events or family/trips where you need good prints for them.

when you just have too much light and need to stop down for exposure reasons

who's in ??

 

[Mcary]

By shooting at ISO 100 and using an assortment of ND filters including a -1.8 which equals ISO 1.5 shooting wide open shouldn't be an issue and if it is just add a .09 that way you'll be shooting at around ISO 0.187

 

[mfogiel]

I thought I would start a theme using my f 1.5 optimized C Sonnar wide open only on a slow film (Rollei retro 100 @ EI 64), and although I would not restrict myself just to using this lens, I definitely want to explore the bokeh shots more, in particular with this lens and also some older Leica glass like Summitar 50/2 Elmar 50/2.8 Coll Summicron 50/2, DR Summicron 50/2, Elmarit 90/2.8 v1, Summicron 35/2 v3. I think one year wide open only will bore you to death, unless you have lots of interesting models to shoot... However I would be more than willing to make it one of my major themes for some time.

 

[ampguy]

well I'm not thinking a year of bokeh shots, I mean using wide open at infinity for landscapes, etc. I have only a few handfuls of 25-100 film left, so I'm stuck at digital 200 or 160 ish ISO. However, I don't mind a bit of overexposure once in awhile.

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

Certainly not! - why spend a year limiting the enjoyment and possibilities of the hobby with pointless exercises like this? 😕

 

[Damaso]

I love hearing about these thought exercises! Looking forward to seeing your results...

 

[yanidel]

I guess I have been 95% in for the last three years 😉

 

[mfogiel]

Shooting wide open at infinity if it is a landscape does not normally produce pleasing results, while if you have some interesting front object can be intriguing at times...

 

[ampguy]

huh

huh

what is pointless about reducing diffraction in one's photos for a year ??

Certainly not! - why spend a year limiting the enjoyment and possibilities of the hobby with pointless exercises like this? 😕

 

[ampguy]

that's an interesting photo

that's an interesting photo

You should have asked your subject to stand back a metre or two, and you would have had a perfect photo

Shooting wide open at infinity if it is a landscape does not normally produce pleasing results, while if you have some interesting front object can be intriguing at times...

 

[Jonas]

So basically shoot wide open when you feel like it? How much of your photography is of your family? The whole thing with an idea like this should be "no exceptions". A Nd filter will sort one of the exceptions.

 

[Andy Kibber]

An interesting idea. How about six months of wide open and six months at f/16? 🙂

 

[Ranchu]

I try to aviod wide open if at all possible, so I'm out..

🙂

 

[Neare]

There are people who shoot wideopen more or less exclussively and get by quite well from it. There are a lot of people here who seem to believe that shooting wide open cannot produce any great photographs. Completely disagree with this.

I'm not in on this one, but I'd encourage anyone thinking about it to do it. It would mean people would be taking a different approach to shooting that what they're used to. Could be a great learning experience.

 

[ampguy]

well

well

that's one way to put it. But when shooting for someone's event or where they are expecting usable photos, I just don't want my 'project' to interfere with their expectations of usable photos ... about 95% of my photos are of family, or family related (trips, etc.)

I have a shutter that goes to 1/8000, but those with legacy cameras might have only 1/1000 or so.

So basically shoot wide open when you feel like it? How much of your photography is of your family? The whole thing with an idea like this should be "no exceptions". A Nd filter will sort one of the exceptions.

 

[sanmich]

One year at 1/125th only
One year with a brown strap only
One year focusing at 1.73 m only
One year with the horizon at 23 degrees counterclockwise
One year on a tripod
One year with a black camera
One year underwater
One year missing the point of the one year limiting fashion
One year keeping my mouth shut and leaving nice people doing whatever they think is interesting photography-wise for them.

I admit: I kind of miss the point, but I would really be glad to eat my hat after seeing meaningful result from all these "one year..." exercises...

Good luck!🙂

 

[Spleenrippa]

One year, carrying only a digi- and you can only take ONE PHOTO per outing. Make it count!
I'm in with my Canon 1D MK IIN and 70-200 F/4L... Seven pounds of fast-as-f%^k-auto-focusing fury... Gonna kill that one photo, dudes.

edit: the one photo per outing will also be wide open ;-)

 

[ampguy]

Well they say the first day is the hardest ...

And I'm 3/4 through the day, and 100% at full aperture only - 105/2.5 Nikkor @ 2.5, and 50/1.4 pre-asph v2 E43 @ 1.4.

No temptations, no cravings.

 

[JoeV]

Perhaps if the challenge were for a duration of only one month, rather than a full year, we could cycle through twelve different such challenges. January: one lens one film; February: 50mm @ F/2; March: pinhole body caps with cross-processed film, etc.

~Joe

 

[mfogiel]

What about a year of good photos ?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmanuel_smague/4625806585/