Psst...
Originally shared by Lauri Novak
Under New Management
The 20th Round of the Chrysta Rae Photography Scavenger Hunt will be starting very soon!
Sign ups WILL be held at 1:00pm Central Time Zone on June 10th.
A pretty big change this round - I will be running things (+Lauri Novak)
only 7 words will be given
and only 350 spots will be open.
If you're not sure what the Photography Scavenger Hunt is... it is simply an extremely creative way to get out and shoot. If you love photography - this is for you. It's that simple.
Every level of photographer is welcomed and encouraged to join.
You will learn, you will be inspired, you will meet a community of like-minded people who will embrace you.
If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of
then join me - here on my Google+ page at 1:00pm (CST) on Saturday, June 10th... and just say, "I'm in". We are going to try a new sign up procedure as well - besides the I’m In comment there will also be a Google Form to fill out - not much info just will save some setup time in the background.
Attached is an example of what you can create when inspired. The word was "knot" and these are 9 examples from extraordinary photographers who participated that round.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
Hmm. Not sure. Might be interesting to see how Lauri runs it.
ReplyDeleteThink I'll give it a go since the main reason I left won't be centre stage.
ReplyDeleteyup - me too
ReplyDeleteI mean the last hunt... I saw it being advertised in November... and she posted the reveals in May!!!
ReplyDeleteJust saw a whingy post in the All Scavengers community (which I got back into today).... She's leaving because she's happy and has the new man.. Sigh.... And accepts that she's caused a lot of frustration... What a pity party.
Marry me
ReplyDeletebwahahaha-
I think I almost like most of the hunters. I've come to believe that (like any group of people) I like them less as a group.
Maybe it's just a case of too much of a good thing. I've refrained from joining that community so far and I guess I'd rather regret not joining than the reverse.
As for her highness: I'm happy for her. I try to remember that it's not her fault that she was born in Canada.
bwahahaha (again)
So - are you going to shoot with a theme this time ? Perhaps "all blurs", or "all train shots" ? I saw a waterproof Olympus for twenty bucks on faceboo and was thinking "all underwater" maybe.
Well if I get in I'd probably do a bit of blur. I don't really decide in advance LOL. All underwater... Yes that would be novel. 20 bucks that's a good price.
ReplyDeleteYeah, as a group I don't much care for them, especially when they're in full chrysta idolatry mode. It's like they're blinded to her faults. That's probably what bugs me most.
I never felt accepted by some of the hard core scavengers... Maybe my distaste shone through. But those I know from other places are fine.
Funny - they mostly seemed to try hard to accept me. And the more I let my distaste out the harder they tried ???
ReplyDeleteI'm still thinking about the camera. All the reviews said it was a dog but then went on to say that they loved it. Heat and cold resistant, sealed to 30 feet, even dirt and salt resistant and fits in a shirt pocket. 10X zoom 28-280 mm point and shoot. If it's still there after I get my next check I just might have to grab it.
Definitely worth a go for $20.
ReplyDeleteWell I've been thinking all day that I should walk to the shop, but all day there have been intervals of cold wind and heavy rain, followed by sunshine and everytime I think I'll go it rains again. But I'm just going to risk it now. Catch you later.
hasta like laters
ReplyDeleteLOL are you talking about Christina Lihani on the other post..
ReplyDeleteAnd here's the farewell. You need to suffer it too....
From Chrysta:
Hi Scavengers.
This is the hardest post I have ever written.
First and foremost, I apologize for the frustration and negativity that I have caused over the last few months.
I promise you it was not my intention at all.
The struggle I have been facing has made me write posts, then delete them and take some more time to think about things... over and over again.
This crossroads I am standing at...
I WANTED to be here. I desperately wanted to be here...
but this is so much harder than I ever imagined.
I started the hunt as a very unhappily married woman with no job.
Through our years together I ended my marriage,
I started a career as a photographer
and I took on raising my boys as a single parent.
Back then they were 7 and 6 year old boys!
I dated, faced unimaginable betrayal and heartbreak and then…. finally found bliss.
The hunt gave me a family when I needed one so much.
The scavengers gave me courage and inspiration and support every day.
The community we grew together has made me speechless time after time.
But simply put - I don’t have the time to give you what you deserve.
It breaks my heart to say that.
Letting go of what I have spent 6 years building…
It’s unimaginably hard.
But at the exact moment I feel devastated and tear-filled, I remember why I don’t have the time anymore.
I found the love of my life.
He is the reason I left my unhappy marriage - I knew there had to be a tough, romantic, thoughtful, goofy, hard-working, amazing man out there looking for me too.
And he found me.
The life I have now…
I am delighted.
Every single day.
My boys are now 13 and 14.
Grayden plays AA hockey and is in a school that specializes in dyslexia and is coming home with 100% on his exams.
Tyson plays football, has a long-time girlfriend who I love, and has started to drive! (omgoodness).
I now have an additional boy, Hudson, who is 8 and in soccer and ball hockey and can do a rubix cube behind his back. (nodding)
Growing up on dirt bikes, I now have a street bike and Charlie and I ride every spare minute we have.
My life is FILLED with an amazing family, a career I feel so successful in, a man who puts me first in every situation and something to GO OUT TO DO every day.
I sit at my computer to edit and upload my photos from the day…. then I push my chair back…. grin huge…. and go see what my family is doing.
As an online girl since 1995 this is an unbelievable change in my life.
But… it’s so very good.
I never had this life. Not ever.
I moved out of my parent’s home at 18, travelled across the country to live in Toronto with a man who worked 14 hours a day.
I was so lonely, the computer guy at my little reception job felt bad for me and loaded mIrc (Microsoft Internet Relay Chat) on my computer at work and that’s how it started for me -
finding all these amazing people online who completely fulfilled every lonely part of me. (I still talk daily with online friends I met back in 1995!)
I have been hooked ever since, and things just escalated beyond belief when I started the scavenger hunt and found all of you.
I have had an amazing adventure of a life.
Who can sit back and think, “I created the greatest photography event on the internet”?
Me!!!
To just walk away would be selfish.
You deserve this place we have made together to keep going.
Grow.
Get back to what it was.
So…
I, through tear-filled eyes, am passing it on.
Lauri Novak has been with me since the very first round of the hunt, and she is the best person I can imagine to take over the reigns.
ReplyDeleteI am grateful beyond belief, but still so torn my heart aches.
But this will be good.
And I’m not going far.
I will still be picking your hunt list every round and participating now 100% as a scavenger!
I also hope to judge when time allows and will still be leaning in the doorframes of our scavenger rooms to make sure you all behave.
I can’t thank you, because it’s not enough.
I can’t say how much I love you, because that tears my heart out… and is not enough.
Every single one of you has changed me.
Have enlightened me.
Have delighted me.
Have taught me.
Have encouraged me.
Have supported me.
Have enriched my life.
The reason I sadly hand over the hunt is for YOU.
Because I love you and I know this community needs each other, just as I have needed you for the past 7 years.
So.
Not goodbye. Not ever.
Just… “under new management” the Chrysta Rae Photography Scavenger Hunt will live on.
Thank you.
Gah.
Thank you so much.
Lovens you.
wiggles butt, shakes pom poms and exits stage left
…oh crap right!!
awkwardly runs across stage to the right
A: Yes Lihani - she doesn't plus much anymore so prolly missed the announcement.
ReplyDelete2: grrr... If you didn't want to get married you could have just said so. At least you should have said, "*TRIGGER WARNING*.
III: Well, I started a list of the different items that I found ummm... not to my liking in her story but then I realized that I didn't want to read it again.
Four: Do you have any idea what happened to the Nancy/Bixie lovefest ?
I always thought Nancy was the heiress apparent/pretender to the throne ???
PS ~ I know you only made me read that because you always hurt the one you love.
Sort of. Nancy won't diss her directly, but in one hunt, Nancy (rightly IMO), started keeping people up to date, providing useful information about dates and things. After weeks of non communication Chrysta completely undermined her. Then there was informal talk of a second hunt meet up in New Orleans and Nancy started a community for that. Again, in her passive aggressive way Chrysta dissed that.
ReplyDeleteMy view. Chrysta likes to make it all look harder than it is and Nancy's efficiency made her look bad. If Chrysta had had any sense she would have let Nancy carry on supporting her.
Well good for her then in getting out of that relationship. I hope her newest adventure turns out better for her.
ReplyDeleteBTW - Should I apologize for being flirty ? I mean no harm. It's just something I enjoy but I realize that it's not always welcome.
No need to apologise for anything. These days I wouldn't recognise fliratiousness if it came up and hit me.
ReplyDeleteI don;t think Nancy got out of the relationship exactly at that point - still supportive for a while, but also I think at the time a lot of people thought Chrysta wrong, but good to see Nancy's latest adventures and weight loss.
My soon to be ex was like that. She didn't believe me when I'd point out guys "checking her out" or flirting. I made a montage once at a concert of guys in various levels of ogling her.
ReplyDeleteI broke down and called her lawyer yesterday. The court hasn't set the date yet but probably on or about July 10th I'll be officially a divorcee.
I guess I'll be making at least one more video soon.
My much older half sister married an Iranian guy when I was very young. It didn't last long but he wasn't all bad.
I don't go anywhere apart from work or the supermarket. I'm really scruffy - pretty much deliberately. Daughter says I have to change my appearance or she'll disown me (she says I look like a bag lady, I do - though I scrub up OK if I want to, but I don;t). I say it took me years to get comfortable with looking this bad. So no-one looks at me twice these days. I keep telling her that appearances don't matter, but she's obsessed by them.
ReplyDeleteI read what you wrote and in between the lines I took away an idea. It seems to me that appearances do matter to both of you and you simple have different criteria in mind.
ReplyDeleteFeel free to correct me if I'm wrong or if it matters that I am. Or not. Just sharing (or oversharing) a glimpse into my noggin.
Yes. I don't judge on appearances. Yet I do. I don't like smartly dressed people - don't trust them - I think they value appearance over substance. She thinks scruffy equals lazy. I think it equals confidence to be yourself. I can do my job without dressing well. So what does it matter
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on this but I do understand some of the other side of the issue. Just because it's not my way doesn't mean it's not also a good way for those folks who choose it. It's only a problem I think when they don't feel like it's a choice but something compelling that everyone must see.
ReplyDeleteOh yes. I agree. I'm just not up for being called a bad person because I dress badly. I thought I had brought her up to be open minded. But I've failed there.And I suppose like we all did, she's just rejecting my values, like I rejected my parents' values, etc. The arrogance of youth etc, think they know better... As we did...
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I wouldn't have anything to do with me if I didn't know me, so isolation it is henceforth in the actual world. I think mostly that people who talk to me feel sorry for me.. They certainly aren't interested in me... It is what it is... Is my motto.
Well good for you, I'm not sure what I want for the moment. I'm content to just try samples from lifes big old banquet table for now. Serendipity has been good and bad to me, but rarely has she left me bored.
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