EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2021: Sponsor replace, additionally simply 10 days to go!

Let’s start with a delicate reminder in three components:

• You’ve got till midnight in your location on October thirty first 2021 in your time zone to register!
• You MUST have a want record set on ELFSTER or you’ll be faraway from the occasion.
• You MUST have a customized profile image set on ELFSTER or you’ll be faraway from the occasion.

With that out of the way in which, welcome to the final 10 days of registration for the seventh annual EMULSIVE Santa — the world’s largest annual movie and conventional pictures present alternate.

This replace supplies particulars on this 12 months’s sponsors (up to now), a fast how-to on gifting for the occasion, some locations you should use to purchase your presents (no affiliate hyperlinks, simply spreading the love).

Should you’ve not signed up, please do, and when you have, please assist unfold the phrase! 🙏

The point out of removing from the occasion could appear harsh however traditionally talking, gamers who don’t set profile footage or create want lists are “excessive threat” and over 90% of no-shows fall into this bracket.

As has been the case, for a number of years now, there are solely two of us managing the logistics of the occasion and other than serving to to filter out potential no-shows upfront, it makes the occasion safer and protects the sanity of myself and @aislinn-chuahiock.

Right here’s what’s lined on this article:

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Tips on how to register

Go to the 2021 event’s announcement page. After studying in regards to the occasion and related guidelines, use the shape at backside of the web page and full the two-step registration.

Why two steps? Half one is to gather details about gamers that will probably be used to supply a sign-up hyperlink for Elfster. If there are any points with matching, we’ll use these particulars to get in contact and repair them.

When you’re signed up for the occasion, that is what you’ll see one thing like this:

Let’s transfer to the following step: creating your want record. Faucet the inexperienced button on the highest proper of the Elfster occasion web page so as to add your first want record merchandise.

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After a hiatus in 2020 (as a consequence of Covid and every part that got here with it), sponsors are again on board with a vengeance for 2021, and I’m happy to announce our first wave of 15 as of about an hour in the past:

You may count on extra to come back over the approaching days, with a particular announcement in just some days from now, and a ultimate announcement near the ultimate day of registration on October thirty first, 2021.

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Gifting, a fast how-to

The next was taken from EMULSIVE 2019 event update post:

Everybody is aware of the best way to obtain a present, sending one is usually a little completely different. It’s not truthful to imagine everybody is aware of the best way to ship a present and with the vacation season and its different distractions, it could take a little bit of effort to organize and ship a present.

Right here’s a fast three-point serving to hand on analysis, preparation, sending and receiving.

Researching your present

Right here’s a easy mantra to comply with: present as you wish to obtain. By this, I imply that a bit effort goes a great distance and for 2021’s occasion, you’re getting a number of weeks to organize your presents earlier than sending them. Listed here are a couple of suggestions to assist easy the method.

As by now, every participant has a want record. After you have been matched up, soar into their wishlist utilizing the hyperlink you’ll be supplied with and take a look round. It ought to give you every part you’ll want to find out about them.

Should you want extra info, you possibly can contact them by way of direct message on Elfster. There’s a field you possibly can examine to ship your message anonymously. All they’ll know is that their Santa is getting in contact to ask a query.

Professional tip: Probably the most profitable pairings in earlier years have come from gamers who use Elfster’s nameless messages to contact their matches.

Getting ready your present

When you’ve found out what you’re going to ship, pop some native sweets in, add a card or word, perhaps even a print or an immediate photograph earlier than sending it off.

At this level, be at liberty to allow them to know who you might be in your card. Share your social media or different contact particulars in order that they’ll say thanks.

Should you’re struggling to search out movie pictures curios and nick-nacks, there’s a fast record of on-line shops a bit additional under.

Sending your present

Make sure that your present is suitably wrapped and don’t neglect to incorporate that card/letter and a few native sweets.

In your personal security and sanity, I’d suggest you utilize a registered/tracked postal possibility when sending your present. It’ll make life a lot simpler within the occasion there’s an issue with the mail.

On receipt of your present

In case your Santa has been following these pointers, you ought to be protected to open the parcel on receipt. Go forward and take a couple of images and submit them on social media utilizing the #EMULSIVESanta hashtag. You may as well tag EMULSIVEfilm on Twitter and Instagram and EMULSIVEsanta on Twitter.

Essential: Don’t open your present till Christmas Day (or the twenty fourth/twenty sixth relying in your cultural/household norms. When the time comes, go for it and please be sure to submit a photograph on social media utilizing the accounts/hashtag above!

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Locations to purchase presents

Christmas time signifies that postal companies will probably be busy and extra liable to failure, so the sooner you ship, the higher. Bear in mind to package deal responsibly and in the identical method you’d count on to obtain one thing your self.

There’s Amazon, B&H, eBay, and an entire bunch of enormous on-line retailers you should buy movie and different nick-nacks from however what about shopping for native and supporting smaller, impartial shops? I’ve revealed an up to date record from @aislinn-chuahiock’s 2017 purchaser’s information under.

If you find yourself utilizing a bigger firm to get your presents, please, please, please don’t use them to ship direct. Should you completely need to, please let me know by way of Elfster first.

Analogue Wonderland – analoguewonderland.co.uk
Analogue Wonderland, run by Paul and Mary shares over 200 movie shares and at a bit over a 12 months outdated is without doubt one of the youngest shops on this record. They’re based mostly within the UK and ship worldwide.

ars-imago – ars-imago.com
You’ll have heard of Ars-imago, who’ve 2 retail places – Rome and Zurich. They carry an entire vary of merchandise for the analog junkie, together with their very own chemistry.

Brooklyn Movie Digital camera – brooklynfilmcamera.com
Whereas they’ve very restricted picks on movie and a few cameras, their attire line is superior! I reckon they might be reinforcing their shares with Christmas across the nook.

Digital camera Movie Picture – camerafilmphoto.com
CFP is essentially the most established (and full) on-line analog movie retailer on the coronary heart of Asia – Hong Kong. They’ll ship worldwide and provide expedited companies. I do know a couple of gamers final 12 months used them to assist fill stockings!

Movie Pictures Challenge – filmphotographyproject.com
Michael Raso & his crew have at all times stood for advocating movie pictures to the world in a pleasant and interesting platform. However their web site can also be a one-stop-shop for all issues analog, from movie of many codecs (together with onerous to search out 620 and 110), to cameras.

Movie Is Not Lifeless – filmsnotdead.com
One other UK based mostly firm, FilmisNotDead is a enjoyable little cease for cameras and movie. Browse their number of level and shoot cameras.

LABEAURATOIRE – labeauratoire.com
Lance Rothstein’s LA-BOW-RA-TWAR is a unusual underbelly of hand-rolled uncommon, obscure, and the “most intriguing movies out there within the planet” from ORWO, Perutz, outdated Gevaert, Ferrania and so forth, and so forth. Lance’s choice at all times encourages experimentation. And together with his personal enjoyable labels, it’s like buying in a movie sweet retailer.

LABO ARGENTIQUE – labo-argentique.com
Positioned in Vicq-sur-Breuilh France.

Nation Picture – nationphoto.com
Paris-based Nation Picture has a couple of lab/retailers within the metropolis (in addition to an internet retailer) with a wholesome stock of movie. Their shops are on the middle of city, pleasant, and through my quick go to there, I loved the chat with the oldsters manning the entrance. It’s actually run by like-minded passionate analog shooters.

Parallax Photographic Coop – parallaxphotographic.coop
Based mostly on London, Parallax supplies an enormous number of movie shares AND darkroom provides. Nicely value testing!

Picture Warehouse – photowarehouse.co.nz
In New Zealand, your greatest guess for recent movie is Picture Warehouse.

Shoot Movie Co – shootfilmco.com
Mike Padua has created an internet retailer that caters to each movie nerd’s want to decorate his/her life with witty stickers, patches, pins, and buttons. From $1.99 per sticker to pins priced below $10, it received’t break the financial institution to bathe your associate with colourful film-related sundries. Additionally, Mike is the creator of the PhotoMemo Journal that helps preserve your movie journey organized.

Walkens – walkens.com.au
Based mostly in Melbourne Australia, Walkens inventory movie, circumstances and equipment, together with some gear from Mike Paduas Shoot Movie Co above. Should you’re in Oz and are searching for quick supply instances, give them a shout!

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Wrapping up

There’s not rather more to say aside from reminding you to get these profile footage and need lists sorted and to have enjoyable. Make it simple in your match to get again to you with their thanks, or tag you on social media and when you’ve acquired any questions, simply drop me a line by way of the contact web page right here and I’ll do what I can to assist.

Lastly, right here’s a guidelines:

1. Register earlier than October thirty first 2021.
2. Create a wishlist with a couple of merchandise.
3. Set a customized profile image.
4. Embody a word/letter in your present and ship it tracked if potential.
5. Publish images of the presents you’re sending on social media.
6. Publish images of what you’ve acquired on social media.
7. Don’t open your presents till December twenty fourth on the earliest!
8. Publish images of what you bought on social media.
9. Unfold the love of movie and conventional pictures to your fellow group members 🙂

Thanks for studying and right here’s to a tremendous seventh annual EMULSIVE Santa!

~ EM

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