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TYBCWD06: Wed, Feb. 1

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senorton says:

Hi all,

I'm thinking of observing Take Your Box Camera to Work Day again this year on Feb 1st--a Wednesday this time.

I realize that "taking" your box camera "to work" means lots of different things to different people, so i guess the best guideline would be to make the photographs "about work", whatever that means to you. For me, it's pretty straightforward, as i have a dumb corporate job (see last year's shots). For Gayla, on the other hand, there's no "taking" the cameras to work, since they're already there (as is she), so it might mean simply rolling over in bed and shooting toward the door of the home office (or whatever, i'm just making this up).

As usual, it will probably take me forever to get my shots developed & scanned--oh, well. I'm planning to tag them with TYBCWD06.

Have fun, that's what it's about! Don't forget to ask permission before you post other peoples' mugs to the web.

/steve
Posted at 7:54AM, 29 January 2006 PDT (permalink)

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e50e  Pro User  says:

I'm in.
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Ted Forbes  Pro User  says:

I'm on it too!
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mhartford  Pro User  says:

Count me in!
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senorton says:

Awesome--y'all rule! What are you shooting?

I have a Gevabox coming in the mail. If it arrives by Wednesday, that's what i'm shooting. If it doesn't arrive, i think i'm going to use my JEM JR. as a fallback. I haven't shot it in ages, and i recently figured out what went wrong when i shot it the first time.

I got an Agfa A8 Cadet (tiny 127 format box) recently which i haven't shot yet, but it doesn't have a T (time) setting, so i can't take the 2 - 8 second exposures which seem to be required by the dim fluorescent lighting at The Corporation. So it'll have to wait...
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mhartford  Pro User  says:

I think I'll use the Nomad; the February challenge in the Hawkeye group is going to take a roll of serious thought.
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Josie2 [deleted] says:

OOOH. I should do this too. But, I need to rig up a box to shoot. Just the motivation that I need.

Thanks senorton.
Posted 77 months ago. (permalink)

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Dog Faced Herman says:

Too bad I don't work on wednesday. I will be at work on Thursday, so, could I have an extension?
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eyeuno  Pro User  says:

My calendar is marked! I'll be using the Spartus Press Flash.
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DeborahK  Pro User  says:

I am gonna try to do this, too. I may break out my Kodak Target 620 for the occassion -- somehow a cardborad box camera seems just the thing. Might use the Clack instead, though -- I haven't Clacked in a while...
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senorton says:

_some_guy: dude, for you? anything! extension granted. (as if i'm imbued with the power to grant such things--i don't think so!)
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Rob Cruickshank  Pro User  says:

happy tybcwd everyone! I was late for work cause I was digging through the fridge looking for film...
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Gayla is a group administrator Gayla  Pro User  says:

I can't decide on a camera. And no light today. Admittedly I have been at work for quite a while.
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eyeuno  Pro User  says:

I'm here with the Spartus and a Brownie Hawkeye! And I finished a roll from the Imperial Mark XII.
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dakgirl1  Pro User  says:

They are replacing our carpeting today -- yes the saga continues -- so the whole place is a mess. Nonetheless I am on the job with the Spartus Full-Vue.
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derevaun says:

I'm gonna take a one-day extension too--I'm a man of leisure on Wednesdays. But it gives me time to find a working box camera.
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senorton says:

Well, it's 6:30 pm and high time to be getting out of this place. I have one more shot out of 8 to go on my roll of Acros in the Jem Jr.

The Jem Jr. is a tinny 6 x 9 box from about 1940. It has a T setting (bulb, essentially), but the bottom isn't quite flat so holding it completely still for the (typically) 2 sec exposures, well, i'm expecting some shake :-)

Think i'll take my last shot out in the parking lot in the dark...
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mhartford  Pro User  says:

I did my part--only a couple frames were worth posting, though it was fun trotting out the decidedly lo-tech Sawyer Nomad among the computer geeks. Montage and worthy pics here.
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eyeuno  Pro User  says:

I will post tomorrow. I think I got two or three worthwhile shots.
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eyeuno  Pro User  says:

Without People, Places, or Things, There Would Be No Nouns
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eyeuno  Pro User  says:

Rollin' Paper
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dakgirl1  Pro User  says:

Mine turned out better than I thought they would. TYBCWD06
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senorton says:

Hi all -- remember, i said last year in my initial post at the top of this discussion that it would "take me forever to get my shots developed and scanned". And sure enough, i just put them up last night. Because i figure that's the deadline.

Dakgirl--you deleted your shots, even though they turned out better than you thought they would?!

The shots are fun, i like their "workness". (Looks like Rob Cruickshank & i are in related industries.) mhartford's set is hilarious! eyeuno's look positively retro--nice!

For those who shot and forgot to tag, please remember to add "TYBCWD06" to your photos, and then they'll all show up here.

Many thanks to DeborahK for taking up the slack this year!
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DeborahK  Pro User  says:

I had my two photos tagged incorrectly, so I changed the tags to match what you all have. But my two shot are still not showing up with the rest of the group. Oh well, they were very boring, so no great loss.
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Emily Barney  Pro User  says:

I took a whole roll but double exposed some and decided not to scan others... so I posted a few of the best to the pool. Fun stuff!

Senortan, your tag link goes to the 2006 group... is that what you intended? Here's the 2007 group: www.flickr.com/groups/boxcamera/pool/tags/TYBCWD07/
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DeborahK  Pro User  says:

S5hiara - - that link is for last years photos. Senorton, who came up with Box Camera at Work Day, is just a little bit behind in his scanning and posting .... :-) Hey, better late than never!
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senorton says:

Hi Deb--they're showing up when i run the tag search. You probably just need to clear your browser cache. -Steve.
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DeborahK  Pro User  says:

Oh, okay. Thanks!
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