Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Concert photoshoot project (ID: 22840082)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Wojciech Pędzich
- Organization
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- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
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- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Main Proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Concert photoshoot project
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-03-01 - 2025-12-31
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Regional (more than one country in the same continent or region) Poland, Switzerland, France, Germany
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Not applicable
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
Providing Wikimedia projects with up-to-date photos of Polish and international musical artists on stage, across a variety of genres, thus adding to the appeal, timelessness, and current state of music articles for Wikipedia readers. When uploading photos of internationally-known artists, who could have been active for years and even decades, I often found the most recent photos to be from 2007-2008. I have been a Wikimedia concert photographer for more than two years, bringing in thousands of photos each year.
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
The grant budget lists events that I am planning to visit and to take photographs of artists on stage. All of these events, except one item, gather tens of performers and therefore are a good opportunity to enrich multiple articles with photos at one place.
The odd item are single-artist events that I am hoping to photograph in a partnership with a media outlet to serve as an "accreditation sponsor". These would be high-impact music stars; I know Poland will be visited in 2025 by such performers as Iron Maiden, Justin Timberlake, Imagine Dragons, Rod Steward, etc.
For past reference, as to the quality of photos as well as the character of events photographed, please refer to my Commons userpage, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Wojciech_P%C4%99dzich
In terms of equipment, I shoot two DSLRs, a Nikon D7500 and a Nikon D750, with two lenses, 24-70 and 70-200 f/2,8 which give me good coverage for all sizes of venue. Additionally, I have a 2x teleconverter that allows for more close-ups in large venues.
The list encompasses events that I have already photographed in past editions, one item which is of high possibility in terms of press access, and two items that are optional.
Apart from the activities covered by the grant, I regularly enquire for and receive photo passes in my area of residence, where costs are negligible, but where also the Adobe photo suite (Lightroom + Photoshop) comes into full use.
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
This is a single-person project in terms of photoshooots themselves. In terms of getting accreditation, most of the items can be covered by myself, while two (Wacken/Rock am Ring and the large-impact concerts) will require assistance. In case of German festivals, I will enquire for the possibility of obtaining press access with de.wikipedia's Festivalsommer programme - when submitting for Wacken Open Air 2023, they were ready to help. Large impact concerts in Poland will rely on the readiness from a Polish music radio station / website to provide access.
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
I will photoshoot the events on my own, possibly liaisoning with other local Wikimedia photographers if they are present at any of the events, especially international ones.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
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- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
My concert photography efforts have been a known thing in Polish WIkimedia community and on some occasions, my concert travels were covered by the microgrant programme of Wikimedia Polska, however, I felt the need to consolidate all planned activities into a single large project, so as not to dilute the microgrants.
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Other Important Topics (topics considered to be of impact or important in the specific context)
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Culture, heritage or GLAM
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Not applicable
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Improve User Experience
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
I am hoping to master my photography skills, as well as improve my planning for large events photography. First visits to Eurovision and Summer Dying Loud were solid lessons in streamlining work, managing my biological resources, and resulted in lessons learned, equipment purchases, and conclusions for optimising my concert work.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 1 | |
| Number of editors | 1 | |
| Number of organizers | 1 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
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| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | 3000 |
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| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
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| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
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| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
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- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
3000+ concert / event photos uploaded to Commons from events covered by the grant, 5000 photos uploaded overall, combined with my local activities but with the Adobe suite as a necessary took to process.
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BUiq0qKwMeboshOmxSm30iEeWe4kzGfupjd10116UVo/edit?gid=0#gid=0
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
19800 PLN
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
4980 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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