I give up. Jet lag doesn’t usually get the best of me, but here I am wide awake at 2:30 in the morning. Actually being awake at 2:30 am isn’t that big of a deal for me, but the problem this time is I just woke up after sleeping for the past 8 hours. I have a feeling getting back into a Pacific Time rhythm is going to be difficult.
I just realized, many of you probably have no idea what I am talking about. I suppose if you haven’t been on my Twitter feed or Facebook Page you may be out of the loop. Yesterday, I ended a 10 day trip to Liberia with 32 straight hours of traveling. It’s good to be home to say the least. I had an amazing time, met some wonderful people and saw a part of the world I had never been to before. It was quite a learning experience, and I want to thank MiiR Bottles for working with me on this project. I will have a lot more to say and show in the weeks and months to come, but that is not why I am writing now.
Before I left for Liberia, I started a fun contest on Twitter and I want to extend it to everyone who reads my blog as well. It’s very simple. Guess how many pictures I took in Liberia. The person with the closest guess will receive a free print from my trip. One guess per person, and I will only accept guesses left as a comment on this blog post, on Twitter (@johnkeatley) or on my Facebook Page. I am looking for the total number of shots. I shot for 6 1/2 days, and I used my Canon 5D Mark II and Hasselblad H3DII. I will stop taking guesses on the 21st of January at noon PST. If the winner Likes this post on Facebook and or guesses the EXACT number correctly there will be a bonus prize. Good luck! Start posting your guesses.
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I’m going to guess 3354 photos.
Love your work and the blog, John. Thank you.
3,975.
6001 Shots.
My guess is 8769
My guess is 1847.
Glad to hear you had such a fun trip.
5645
I’m in !
3524.
4360
I’m going to guess 11,231. Go big or go home I always say.
I’ll say 7456 shots, ftw!
2345
I’m going to guess 6721 photos.
Man, either the guessers so far shoot a lot more frames than I do, or I’m not running my buffer hard enough. I’m going to assume John K. is a bit more judiciious with his shutter (like myself) and go with a 1,697
4276
Can’t wait to see your photos man!
4747
My guess is 2,397
6.5 days, say 1500 images per day, so 9750 images – prolific!
1150
Quality over Quantity
5245 images
2472
5600 frames
7514
2280. Looking forward to seeing the results of your trip John.
Liberia – 6226 shots.
7558
10341
I just came back from filming and photographing in India. Since I plan on going back every year to finish the documentary I decided to let myself enjoy the trip and not go trigger happy because I wanted to to build a relationship with myself and the people and the places I visited. I played a little game with myself that dared me to think that I had film in my camera and only 1-3 times to get the shot . I also didn’t want to look like the tourist. So, from a month long trip a 5D and a video camera, I took about 2190. I’m going to guess…2200.
I guess 11,500.
6 days… Im going with 18,384 shots!
11,589
4, 827.
For 6.5 days, I think you probably snapped about 5,233 shots!
I never win anything.
6507
5,750 Love your work!
lets see, I take between 100 and 200 pics per day when traveling. are you going to take more because photography is your main goal of the trip or less because you are a better photog than I who doesn’t need to shoot as much? hmmm….
2229
I’m going with 638.
I feel like I’m on ‘The Price Is Right’, haha.
I’m going with a lower number than the rest: 1,133.
Can’t wait to see the work!
I have no idea how fat you shoot, but I’m guessing: 11,111.
9876
Is it too late to guess? I’m gonna guess 12,900. Hope you’re having lots of time to process & reflect on the trip.
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