In the tradition of giving thanks:
I’m thankful for my family.
I’m thankful for my friends.
I’m thankful for you. For reading and following and bookmarking and spreading the word about Your Photo Tips.
Thank you.
Tomorrow, the day after Thanksgiving, is Black Friday. So here’s a couple of things to do.
Treat yourself. It’s a sale. Make sure you’re informed though. To help you along the way, our friends at BeyondMegapixels have put together a post on Black Friday Deals for Photographers check it out and prepare to find good deals and save some money!
I’m actually going to hit Black Friday this year. But it’s not what you think. No really.
So some really awesomely awesome photographers and artists have an open call for submissions on their project “Picture Black Friday“!
“The project is an open call to photographers nationwide to photograph the event that unofficially rings in the holiday shopping frenzy here in the U.S.
Some of you may remember that last year at a Walmart in Long Island, NY, just before the store was to open at 5 am the doors shattered under the weight of the crowd and security guard Jdimytai Damour was trampled to death as a stampede of shoppers barreled over him. The news was quickly forgotten, but it got us thinking of the countless factors that went into to this unnecessary death.
Picture Black Friday is a project that aims to revisit the forces at work – a worsening economy, financial instability, fear and how everyday people get swept in to this mentality of the masses often manipulated
by corporations hoping to create hype – all on the morning after Thanksgiving.
I came up with the idea for the project after discussing some of these same issues with fellow artists last year. Over the last few weeks and months I’ve teamed with Jake Stangel of Too Much Chocolate and Joerg Colberg of Conscientious, to launch the project. We’ve also put together an amazing group of people to jury the submissions, photographers Amy Stein and Brian Ulrich, curator/photographer Jon Feinstein of Humble Arts Foundation and Stephen Frailey, photographer and the head of the SVA Photography Department, in addition to Joerg, Jake and myself (John Saponara)
Were hoping to collect some of the best works that are submitted and initially create an online gallery, but then a selected artist from the group will also be featured on “Conscientious” and Too Much Chocolate.
To see a list of jurors click here.” - Mary Virginia Swanson
I have to admit, I’m a little scared. Anyone have any great ideas on which store I should hit. Target? Wal-Mart? Sears? Which store is going to be craziest? Longest lines?
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I sincerely hope Black Friday proves to be an abundant one for retailers. The festive season is traditionally the one where they can make up for the rest of the year, and with the economy being sluggish this festive season's takings is going to be even more important.
Definitely in the coming years Google this application would definitely proved to be a great assets for the new users and to locate the place and it importance too.
Great idea Damien. Photographers can really help the media with projects like this. Personally I have no intention of going anywhere near the crazy shopping rush.
Thanks for the heads up about the photography Black Friday deals. This would be a great time to upgrade your camera. Or it would be a good time to buy a new camera for someone special.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I've never actually done shopping during Black Friday, I don't know… to me it's always been overrated. I'll stick with normal shopping and online shopping =D
Till then,
Jean
Happy in Thanksgiving too!
Happy in Thanksgiving too!