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Resolution: Let's Not Photograph These Cliches
there is no clichés only bad pictures tb Nov 14 07 09:47 am Link Looknsee Photography wrote: WHY? Nov 14 07 09:48 am Link William Kious wrote: How cliche Nov 14 07 09:49 am Link Believe it or not, though the topic may have been done to death, I find these posts useful. I haven't been serious about photographing models, portraits etc. until recently so I was unaware of what ideas were being overused. But because there isn't much new under the sun, knowing what's been overdone is the beginning of putting a twist on it. By the way, I love "moody" and light ratios higher than 1:2. But as a favor to those of you who are tired of seeing one-light shoots, I resolve to use at least two lights this year. But I'll put them really close to each other so I can achieve the drama I want. Maybe I'll add a hair light...and caution tape...but mine will be blue instead of yellow. By the way, I think the nudity thing has been overdone but please don't stop shooting them because I haven't seen every model nude yet. Nov 14 07 10:36 am Link Tito Trelles-MADE IN NY wrote: no you're very right. Nothing wrong with cliche. Nov 14 07 11:16 am Link I think people are just reusing others ideas versus adding their own twist or doing another idea all together. This is what's creating these "oh not again" shots that are splattered all over Mayhem and the internet. But really, WHO GIVES A ISH! TO EACH HIS OWN Nov 14 07 01:20 pm Link William Kious wrote: lol me to, although I probably have a few cliche's of my own Nov 14 07 02:52 pm Link T H Taylor wrote: Agreed. Nov 14 07 02:54 pm Link Looknsee Photography wrote: I have never used those wings.. so I guess I can start now, and it will not be a cliche for me.. lol.. I agree with you. Nov 14 07 02:56 pm Link I took a couple of courses in fashion design. They were very open about the fact that everything is inpired by something else. Photography, in my opinion is the same way except we are less than honest with ourselves and think that everything we do is totally unique. The truth is, its been done before. I see very little work that's truely unique and ground breaking. So, many/most of us do stuff we've seen and liked. Or continue to do something we've done with satisfactory results. A youth today will read Shakespeare and say "it's full of cliches". They're cliches because of Shakespear's talent. Yes, there may be someone that did it first, but they'll have many immitators if they did it well. Nov 14 07 03:07 pm Link I'll agree with the bad selective desat, and I'll add another modern nono that has come about from the photoshop age: models whose skin has been gaussian-blurred to the point they look more like a barbie doll than a human being. Nov 14 07 03:30 pm Link BCG wrote: Really?...then what the hell were they laughing at then? Wait...don't answer that.... Nov 14 07 06:52 pm Link |
