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5 of the Most cliche Themes... Add to the list
This is not to insult photographers or models... but to inspire originality. 1. The Doll-- Mostly done on a Pink Back Ground... ok we get it... the model is a doll... not STOP IT 2. Bath Tub Full of Skittles... Been There Done That... you sucked all the taste out of the rainbow 3. Sexy Teacher Sexy Nurse Sexy Kitten... what about Sexy horse or a sexy trash man or woman or a sexy plummers crack... 4. Covering your boob with your hands... ok we know your insecure about you nipple but we can see 99% of your boobs... lol you either say NO to Nudes or be butt naked... jokes aside there are 10000000 ways to do implied besides covering the nips 5. Pic of you Fighting, having Sex with killing yourself... I like to call them double mint gum photos... you can do alot with these but people just do the same "fighting yourself pics" add to the list... just don't add anyones pics... lol Feb 04 09 10:31 pm Link Railroad tracks Feb 04 09 10:38 pm Link Women and guns is admittedly a guilty pleasure of mine, BUT.... I would be eternally grateful never to see another photo of a bikini-clad bleach-blonde in high-heels awkwardly holding a gun for the rest of my life. Feb 04 09 10:54 pm Link peacock feather beauty shots Feb 04 09 10:58 pm Link ive actually been seeing alot of "joker" shots, dark knight style... and ofcourse. caution tape hahaa Feb 04 09 11:05 pm Link Guitars? That weird gas mask thing that I don't get. Feb 04 09 11:06 pm Link water mellon on the head - STOP Anything that knocks off America's Next Top Model - It's not 'an homage' if you don't change anything. Butt shot - how is this fashion if all i can see is your thong and the back of your head? Nerdy Librarian gone hooker. Front of a boat, or worse: front of a car Parking Garage - got it, you have nowhere else to shoot! Anything with a globe. Feb 04 09 11:10 pm Link Tytaniafairy wrote: OK, I know YOU hate them, but does everybody: Feb 04 09 11:12 pm Link People in laundry mats. People sitting on dirty toilets. Feb 04 09 11:13 pm Link Darn: I've got a guitar pic also.................. Feb 04 09 11:13 pm Link Parabellum Photography wrote: While being guilty for at least for the things in this thread so far, I'd have to second this one. Naked with a gun I could concoct a visual story for but bikinis, high heels and guns? Not even in my wildest dreams could I come up with something that made sense of that. Feb 04 09 11:14 pm Link Two girls kissing. Ugly girl being gagged and tied up on a nasty motel bed. Feb 04 09 11:16 pm Link In before the lock.....5..4..3...2..1... Feb 04 09 11:17 pm Link Kelly Watkins wrote: Feb 04 09 11:18 pm Link angel/fairy wings Feb 04 09 11:19 pm Link Naked girl in the woods. Ugly naked girl in the woods. Over-exposed photo of an ugly naked girl in the woods. Feb 04 09 11:20 pm Link I wouldn't mind not seeing any more shots of a model giving me the finger. Feb 04 09 11:23 pm Link nude girl in gas mask on with angel wings wrapped in caution tape and sitting on a toilet that is on top of a motorcycle that is on top of a Ferrari... wtf. Feb 04 09 11:24 pm Link Fruit near mouth. Fruit on crotch. Feb 04 09 11:25 pm Link electrical tape X's on the nipples. Feb 04 09 11:26 pm Link People screaming in their photos for no apparent reason. Girls squatting in their photos as if they're pooping or trying to pop out a baby. Either way, they aren't screaming, but probably should be. Feb 04 09 11:31 pm Link The awfull rose petal shot. Feb 04 09 11:31 pm Link Feb 04 09 11:34 pm Link Schwarz wrote: At least you remembered to wear your pants. And I thank you. Feb 04 09 11:35 pm Link Kelly Watkins wrote: and so did the people driving by. Feb 04 09 11:36 pm Link Anything involving the broken chicken pose. STOP ITTT. And I don't think the watermelon on the head thing is too overdone... I've seen a few shots of it, but they've all been from the same set and they turned out really really well in my opinion. Feb 04 09 11:37 pm Link RedPolly wrote: I did that once ages ago, when a camera to me was for little more than snapshots...but it was only because there were roses on hand and it seemed a good excuse to make it seem justifiably "arty" enough to convince my girlfriend at the time to let me take pictures of her nekkid. Feb 04 09 11:41 pm Link Caution tape wrapped all over. Feb 04 09 11:42 pm Link Cliche threads are now cliche. This is about 20% of what I found when searching cliche threads. What do wings and cowboy hats have in common? Time to retire these ideas... cliché no more hand-over-boob shots...... (130+ posts) What cliche will you NEVER shoot ? 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(deliberately shooting cliché images) Cliche Photo Contest - Official Posting Thread. (65+ posts) Cliche Photo Contest Winner (35+ posts) For Eric M-B and all you cliche lovers And, of course, the threads about cliché threads⦠The Anti-Cliche! The biggest cliche on this site is... (15+ posts) Cliche hate threads.. (25+ posts) What about the cliche' threads? Feb 04 09 11:43 pm Link I'm not disagreeing with any of the clichés mentioned, but I do pose a question. At some point, even in the very near future, won't all of the themes/genres become cliché? Just with how fast technology moves now and how many photographers we have in the world. Feb 04 09 11:43 pm Link Faith Rae wrote: I've seen kittens with the melon thing.. that must mean its over done. lol Feb 04 09 11:44 pm Link Faith Rae wrote: Excuse me? Broken chicken? Is that anything like the Maltese Tortise? Feb 04 09 11:46 pm Link Okie Studios wrote: unless the model has the dandruff. lol Feb 04 09 11:48 pm Link Resonating Art LLC wrote: Ouch. But at least we used good ears! and a giant bell...dammit! Feb 04 09 11:48 pm Link MinisterC wrote: you that bored... who cares if it has been talked about... Feb 04 09 11:49 pm Link beautiful chaos wrote: Naw, I copied that post from a cliche post I was reading earlier... looking for ideas. I wanna do a shot of all the cliche's at once. Feb 04 09 11:50 pm Link Pin ups. Graveyards. Girls dressed as nuns doing something very un-nun-ly. Feb 04 09 11:51 pm Link Schwarz wrote: true, true i was thinking you would eat it before you wore it.. but like the thought process... Feb 04 09 11:52 pm Link MinisterC wrote: what he said... Feb 04 09 11:55 pm Link Broken chicken pose! LMFHO! I was wondering what it was called. Feb 04 09 11:56 pm Link |