Forums > General Industry > The Unofficial List of Cliche ideas.

Model

K I C K H A M

Posts: 14689

Los Angeles, California, US

JMX Photography wrote:
girls with guitars.  I like girls, I like guitars but the combination just doesn't synergize for me.

What if the girl actually plays guitar?

Jan 06 10 11:51 pm Link

Model

K I C K H A M

Posts: 14689

Los Angeles, California, US

Victoria Julison wrote:

Rick Dupuis Photography wrote:
ok I gotta ask.... if shooting in studio is cliche, and shooting outdoors is cliche, where are we supposed to shoot?

while wearing caution tape while sitting on a toilet that happens to be on train tracks with a guitar in one hand and a samuri sword in the other next to a bathtub full of schoolgirls in front of a waterfall...in Oklahoma.

Heeeyyyy...

*sniffle*

good things can come from Oklahoma....

Jan 06 10 11:54 pm Link

Photographer

Sal W Hanna

Posts: 6686

Huntington Beach, California, US

left-handed creative wrote:
Anything T&A with a motorcycle, guitar or cowboy hat.

Damn ! Ok.... No One look at my profile tongue

Jan 07 10 12:10 am Link

Model

AndreaMY

Posts: 770

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

stillben wrote:
thumbs in waist of underwear

yupppppp!!!

Jan 07 10 07:14 am Link

Photographer

cameras_and_caffeine

Posts: 71

Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

- Topless girl with her boobs against a wall looking into the camera
- Boob covered in liquid chocolate
- Girl in a 'sexy' bikini on a beach at evening, the girl being the only one lighted
- Black tape on boobs
- Topless girl sitting on a bed covering her boobs with her hands
- Girl in bikini/lingerie on a balcony
- Handbra

And everything mentioned above smile

Jan 08 10 08:54 am Link

Photographer

Aleister Blacke

Posts: 840

South Bend, Indiana, US

How about naked skydiving woman with electrical tape on nipples, angel wings on back, toilet superglued to her butt, waving a guitar in one hand, with a stream of caution tape attached to her ankle so it's blowing in the wind as she plummets to the earth, headed directly towards a railroad track?

Or is it too cliche' ish?

Jan 08 10 09:01 am Link

Photographer

Dark Visions Photograph

Posts: 110

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Ninja squirrels in lingerie, eating peanut butter cookies, with tape on their nipples, and standing knee deep in cheese-whiz while watching Oprah -- that's so 10 minutes ago.

Jan 08 10 09:40 am Link

Photographer

Analisa Ravella

Posts: 115

BOISE, Idaho, US

Sungoddess Studios wrote:
Yes, it sucks to be the cliche. in the cliche thread

The old standby Gas masks.

LOL I'm so guilty of this one! Plus Ophelia, cemetery, electrical tape on nips... hahaha I'm such a cliche, I must be spanked!

Jan 08 10 09:43 am Link

Photographer

Sungoddess Studios

Posts: 5191

Keyport, New Jersey, US

Analisa Ravella wrote:

LOL I'm so guilty of this one! Plus Ophelia, cemetery, electrical tape on nips... hahaha I'm such a cliche, I must be spanked!

Yes, spankings for everyone!

"I'm a bad boy."

Jan 09 10 06:13 am Link

Hair Stylist

Adam Livermore

Posts: 8

New York, New York, US

What about 2 naked straight girls with hands all over eachother, ALMOST kissing but not really.

Jan 09 10 08:29 pm Link

Photographer

Redd Dyver

Posts: 573

Phoenix, Arizona, US

Okay, as a newbie to model photography, I just wanna say "thank you for taking away every shoot I had planned for the next 2 years"....lol

Jan 09 10 09:44 pm Link

Photographer

Ross Photo

Posts: 1744

Fort Collins, Colorado, US

Headshots... Christ, how many models pose for headshots? Jeeez, they're everywhere...

wink

Jan 09 10 11:03 pm Link

Photographer

Sungoddess Studios

Posts: 5191

Keyport, New Jersey, US

Headshots are a must for models and actors.

Not a cliche' just repetitive.

smile

Jan 12 10 05:30 am Link

Photographer

Sungoddess Studios

Posts: 5191

Keyport, New Jersey, US

Redd Dyver wrote:
Okay, as a newbie to model photography, I just wanna say "thank you for taking away every shoot I had planned for the next 2 years"....lol

Yes, we just gave you a PWC start off of ideas.

hmm

Jan 12 10 05:34 am Link

Photographer

Patt Patterson Photo

Posts: 89

Navarre, Florida, US

Hamza wrote:
Everything's already been done, let's just hang up our cameras and all go work for McDonalds....

You took the words right out of my mouth....oops....my bad...that was so cliche'.

I do find the thread interesting to read.  But, I have to say, I wouldn't not shoot something just because someone or several people in here coined it as cliche.  I would much rather risk being cliche than not shoot something that interests me and whomever I am working with.

Jan 12 10 05:42 am Link

Photographer

Sungoddess Studios

Posts: 5191

Keyport, New Jersey, US

This is just for fun. New ideas for newbies and photographers block. There are some extremely talented people here who can take any of these silly ideas and blow us away with it.

Jan 12 10 05:50 am Link

Photographer

Patt Patterson Photo

Posts: 89

Navarre, Florida, US

j u s t k a t r i n a wrote:
I'm shocked! No one's mentioned MySpace snapshots/self-portraits! Hahaha! big_smile

Amen!!!

Jan 12 10 05:51 am Link

Photographer

Sungoddess Studios

Posts: 5191

Keyport, New Jersey, US

Sungoddess Studios wrote:
For our own personal entertainment. I want to start a list of cliche photo concepts. I know I have seen other lists in the past. This is the "All New New Cliche Idea Massacre List"

OK, lets hear it, Short & Sweet.

I hope it says it all here.

Jan 12 10 05:53 am Link

Photographer

Dan Lee Photo

Posts: 3004

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

photos of models.

Jan 12 10 06:19 am Link

Photographer

dshootist

Posts: 1

Saint Paul, Minnesota, US

The "Dave Hill" effect
selective color
99% of the poses in bikinis

Jan 12 10 06:31 am Link

Photographer

Dimitrio

Posts: 1000

Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

Aleister Blacke wrote:
How about naked skydiving woman with electrical tape on nipples, angel wings on back, toilet superglued to her butt, waving a guitar in one hand, with a stream of caution tape attached to her ankle so it's blowing in the wind as she plummets to the earth, headed directly towards a railroad track?

Or is it too cliche' ish?

hilarious! but you forgot she has candy sprinkled lips with the other hand covering her boobs.

Jan 21 10 06:24 pm Link

Photographer

Sungoddess Studios

Posts: 5191

Keyport, New Jersey, US

DrafDesigns Photography wrote:

hilarious! but you forgot she has candy sprinkled lips with the other hand covering her boobs.

you forgot she has puckered lips, the FM look glazing through the lens and the silly mini hat.

Jan 23 10 06:45 am Link

Photographer

Sungoddess Studios

Posts: 5191

Keyport, New Jersey, US

Rebel Photo wrote:

I just couldn't help myself big_smile I wish PlasticPuppet was still running. I'd like to see just how many times this thread has been done, just out of curiosity.

agreed.

Mar 01 10 05:19 am Link

Photographer

IsaacMitchellEvolution

Posts: 750

Lithonia, Georgia, US

Models in milk

Mar 01 10 05:37 am Link

Photographer

Pacha Photo

Posts: 182

Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

Nude models.

Mar 01 10 06:57 am Link

Photographer

Kevin Connery

Posts: 17824

El Segundo, California, US

Rebel Photo wrote:
I just couldn't help myself big_smile I wish PlasticPuppet was still running. I'd like to see just how many times this thread has been done, just out of curiosity.

See the second post in this thread for a partial listing.

Mar 01 10 11:13 am Link

Photographer

Photos by Allen

Posts: 141

Ormond-By-The-Sea, Florida, US

Ken Pegg wrote:
Model stroking sackbut.

A sackbut is a trombone... why would she be stroking a trombone???

Mar 01 10 11:30 am Link

Photographer

Photos by Allen

Posts: 141

Ormond-By-The-Sea, Florida, US

Train tracks
Yellow Police/Caution Tape
Hand Bras
Thumbs pulling down bikini bottoms
Hand-Held telephone shots of "model" in bathroom mirror with toilet in the background.
Piegon Toed poses
A Single Breast with some kind of little figurine on it (skier, car, mountain climber)
Fake Blood
b/w for no apparent reason (we used to shoot b/w because that's all we had)
quickly flipping head with long hair up and out of the water

Probably a little off-topic:
Photographers with enough arrogance to ask to "judge" other's pics.

Mar 01 10 12:12 pm Link

Model

Aruna

Posts: 2162

Naperville, Illinois, US

j u s t k a t r i n a wrote:
I'm shocked! No one's mentioned MySpace snapshots/self-portraits! Hahaha! big_smile

Woot! I'm novel!

wink

Mar 01 10 08:38 pm Link

Model

Rebecca Frith

Posts: 80

Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Aleister Blacke wrote:
How about naked skydiving woman with electrical tape on nipples, angel wings on back, toilet superglued to her butt, waving a guitar in one hand, with a stream of caution tape attached to her ankle so it's blowing in the wind as she plummets to the earth, headed directly towards a railroad track?

Or is it too cliche' ish?

Lol I could not stop laughing at this....one of the rare times that I actually have lol'd when I said "lol".

Mar 02 10 04:10 am Link

Photographer

Scott Johnson Studios

Posts: 3353

Wausau, Wisconsin, US

Sungoddess Studios wrote:
For our own personal entertainment. I want to start a list of cliche photo concepts. I know I have seen other lists in the past. This is the "All New New Cliche Idea Massacre List"

OK, lets hear it, Short & Sweet.

railroad tracks.. women dressed as men, women posing on cars.

Mar 02 10 04:53 am Link

Photographer

Pro-Image Photography

Posts: 30

Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

John Pellic wrote:
Reposting the same announcement over and over and over again..

+100

Mar 02 10 04:59 am Link

Photographer

Steve Black Photography

Posts: 110

Savannah, Georgia, US

nude as art.

Mar 02 10 05:00 am Link

Photographer

Sungoddess Studios

Posts: 5191

Keyport, New Jersey, US

Photos by Allen wrote:
Train tracks
Yellow Police/Caution Tape
Hand Bras
Thumbs pulling down bikini bottoms
Hand-Held telephone shots of "model" in bathroom mirror with toilet in the background.
Piegon Toed poses
A Single Breast with some kind of little figurine on it (skier, car, mountain climber)
Fake Blood
b/w for no apparent reason (we used to shoot b/w because that's all we had)
quickly flipping head with long hair up and out of the water

Probably a little off-topic:
Photographers with enough arrogance to ask to "judge" other's pics.

Wait I know there's more to this.
and damn I just shot a roll of b&w, photographing colorful flowers in a greenhouse using the heater as a backdrop.
But, I never photographed a pigeons toes before. (LOL)

Mar 02 10 05:08 am Link

Photographer

PhillipM

Posts: 8049

Nashville, Tennessee, US

Fake orgasm'z wink & hand braz

Mar 02 10 05:10 am Link

Photographer

Sungoddess Studios

Posts: 5191

Keyport, New Jersey, US

ooo a fake orgasm may be a hard one. Can you post a pic?

Jun 09 10 01:43 pm Link

Photographer

Herman Surkis

Posts: 10856

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Sungoddess Studios wrote:

fairy wings too.

Whoa...I resemble that remark. Just did a faerie shoot.

There is not much new under the sun, so most anything anybody comes up with will be cliche.

Jun 10 10 11:55 pm Link

Photographer

Herman Surkis

Posts: 10856

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

K I C K H A M wrote:

Heeeyyyy...

*sniffle*

good things can come from Oklahoma....

First dibs on the idea.
Next weekend, but does it have to be in Oklahoma? If so then it will cost to much and I'll pass.
Next.

Jun 10 10 11:58 pm Link

Photographer

Herman Surkis

Posts: 10856

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Sungoddess Studios wrote:
This is just for fun. New ideas for newbies and photographers block. There are some extremely talented people here who can take any of these silly ideas and blow us away with it.

Yes, but that is not funny.
This thread is, and most get damn too serious.
And actually there is always your personal twist that can make it different.

Cliche...shoot beautiful models...so over done.
Must shoot only very old and very ugly, but that means going someplace else to find them. Is there an old, ugly model blog?

Jun 11 10 12:04 am Link

Photographer

Herman Surkis

Posts: 10856

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

dshootist wrote:
The "Dave Hill" effect
selective color
99% of the poses in bikinis

Sorry, there are only so many ways a real live model can bend.

However there are a few ladies on MM, that I swear are double jointed and have spent years taking yoga.

Jun 11 10 12:07 am Link