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Photographer

Resonating Art LLC

Posts: 91

Los Angeles, California, US

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

Photographer

Tytaniafairy

Posts: 4520

Evansville, Indiana, US

Railroad tracks

Feb 04 09 10:38 pm Link

Photographer

Parabellum Photography

Posts: 28

Bradenton, Florida, US

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

Photographer

SHGfoto- Stefhan Gordon

Posts: 2517

Venice, California, US

peacock feather beauty shots

Feb 04 09 10:58 pm Link

Model

AliceLopez

Posts: 145

Miami, Florida, US

ive actually been seeing alot of "joker" shots, dark knight style...

and ofcourse.

caution tape hahaa

Feb 04 09 11:05 pm Link

Photographer

SailorLaura

Posts: 1148

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, US

Guitars? That weird gas mask thing that I don't get.

Feb 04 09 11:06 pm Link

Photographer

Matthew Burditt

Posts: 61

Vancouver, Washington, US

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

Photographer

3PPhotos

Posts: 571

Saint Louis, Missouri, US

Tytaniafairy wrote:
Railroad tracks

OK, I know YOU hate them, but does everybody:

https://photos.modelmayhem.com/photos/081112/00/491a692077795.jpg

Feb 04 09 11:12 pm Link

Photographer

Kelly Watkins

Posts: 4144

San Diego, California, US

People in laundry mats.

People sitting on dirty toilets.

Feb 04 09 11:13 pm Link

Photographer

3PPhotos

Posts: 571

Saint Louis, Missouri, US

Darn:  I've got a guitar pic also..................

Feb 04 09 11:13 pm Link

Photographer

jt young

Posts: 95

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Parabellum Photography wrote:
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.

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

Photographer

Kelly Watkins

Posts: 4144

San Diego, California, US

Two girls kissing.

Ugly girl being gagged and tied up on a nasty motel bed.

Feb 04 09 11:16 pm Link

Photographer

Shutterbug5269

Posts: 16084

Herkimer, New York, US

In before the lock.....5..4..3...2..1...

Feb 04 09 11:17 pm Link

Photographer

3PPhotos

Posts: 571

Saint Louis, Missouri, US

Kelly Watkins wrote:
Two girls kissing.

OK, I must REALLY be cliche:  I've got the two girls kissing also!

Feb 04 09 11:18 pm Link

Photographer

Jeff Wayne

Posts: 2764

Los Angeles, California, US

angel/fairy wings

Feb 04 09 11:19 pm Link

Photographer

Kelly Watkins

Posts: 4144

San Diego, California, US

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

Artist/Painter

aquarelle

Posts: 2056

Chicago, Illinois, US

I wouldn't mind not seeing any more shots of a model giving me the finger.

Feb 04 09 11:23 pm Link

Photographer

film only

Posts: 246

Portland, Oregon, US

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

Photographer

Kelly Watkins

Posts: 4144

San Diego, California, US

Fruit near mouth.

Fruit on crotch.

Feb 04 09 11:25 pm Link

Model

Schwarz

Posts: 169

Des Moines, Iowa, US

electrical tape X's on the nipples.

Feb 04 09 11:26 pm Link

Photographer

Kelly Watkins

Posts: 4144

San Diego, California, US

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

Model

Red Dove

Posts: 58

Chippenham, England, United Kingdom

The  awfull rose petal shot.

Feb 04 09 11:31 pm Link

Model

Schwarz

Posts: 169

Des Moines, Iowa, US

Laura Short-Bacher wrote:
Guitars? That weird gas mask thing that I don't get.

Tytaniafairy wrote:
Railroad tracks

https://mayhem-photos.s3.amazonaws.com/070407/01/461730a505dee_m.jpg

I actually own a gas mask too, i just forgot it that day

actually, that may have been kind of cool...

Feb 04 09 11:34 pm Link

Photographer

Kelly Watkins

Posts: 4144

San Diego, California, US

Schwarz wrote:
I actually own a gas mask too, i just forgot it that day

At least you remembered to wear your pants. And I thank you.

Feb 04 09 11:35 pm Link

Model

Schwarz

Posts: 169

Des Moines, Iowa, US

Kelly Watkins wrote:

At least you remembered to wear your pants. And I thank you.

and so did the people driving by.

Feb 04 09 11:36 pm Link

Clothing Designer

Faith Rae

Posts: 29

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

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

Photographer

Parabellum Photography

Posts: 28

Bradenton, Florida, US

RedPolly wrote:
The  awfull rose petal shot.

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

Photographer

James Sioux

Posts: 1366

Los Angeles, California, US

Caution tape wrapped all over.

Feb 04 09 11:42 pm Link

Photographer

MisterC

Posts: 15162

Portland, Oregon, US

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 ? (140+ posts)
Resolution: Let's Not Photograph These Cliches (110+ posts)
Cliche / over used poses (50+ posts)
Are studio photographs becoming cliche? (60+ posts)
No more caution tape and fake blood... (45+ posts)
Which nude cliche' do you hate the most? (60+ posts)
pleez, no more angel wings on girls (50+ posts)
Cliche Photo Thread(s)? (10+ posts)
Cemetery shoot--too chiche'd and overdone?
Cliches... (15+ posts)
no more bland parka hoods, please (55 posts, locked)
no more parka hoods, please (146 posts, locked)
Photo Cliches (4 posts, locked)
photo cliches (10+ posts)
cliche
Cliche photos we actually like:
Moratorium. Photo Cliche Number 1.
allusion vs. cliche
Up 'n Coming Cliche... MASKS ! (25+ posts)
When did this become a cliche? (Wheatfields)
How Soon Will These Be The Next Cliche? (25+ posts, colored bubbles)
Models with guns!
Stop with the model holding up a picture frame!!!

Deliberate clichés…

Cliche photos. (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

Model

Schwarz

Posts: 169

Des Moines, Iowa, US

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

Photographer

Okie Studios

Posts: 352

Norman, Oklahoma, US

Faith Rae wrote:
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.

I've seen kittens with the melon thing.. that must mean its over done. lol
But at least you get to eat the props...

Feb 04 09 11:44 pm Link

Photographer

glamourandlight

Posts: 199

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Faith Rae wrote:
Anything involving the broken chicken pose.

Excuse me? Broken chicken? Is that anything like the Maltese Tortise?

Feb 04 09 11:46 pm Link

Model

Schwarz

Posts: 169

Des Moines, Iowa, US

Okie Studios wrote:

I've seen kittens with the melon thing.. that must mean its over done. lol
But at least you get to eat the props...

unless the model has the dandruff. lol

Feb 04 09 11:48 pm Link

Model

Spooky bo Peep

Posts: 40

Clearfield, Utah, US

Resonating Art LLC wrote:
3.  Sexy Kitten...



add to the list... just don't add anyones pics... lol

Ouch. But at least we used good ears! and a giant bell...dammit!

Ok Cliche's.....

Seems you got most of them covered except for myspace hand over face taking a picture of yourself. Oh god I just got an idea for a shoot!

Yeah what is with the squatting look?

Oh! Betty Page wannabe's. Marilyn Monro over vents.

Fetish shots where they have it wrong.
Yeah the girls tied up in the motel. ew.

I wanna see a sexy girl with an optimus prime head on! With silver duct tape over her nipples! Yeah!

{edit}

Actually how about something that can not be stated in a PG-rated forum such as this; suffice to say it is extremely salty and colorful and involved my suggesting impossible physical acts the model should perform as soon as possible with handcuffs, two watermelons, a Doberman, and the little one-eyed hunchbacked fellow who was always muttering, "surrender, Dorothy!" as he raked up leaves outside the asylum; very colorful that: Would make a truck driver blush.

Feb 04 09 11:48 pm Link

Photographer

film only

Posts: 246

Portland, Oregon, US

MinisterC  wrote:
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 ? (140+ posts)
Resolution: Let's Not Photograph These Cliches (110+ posts)
Cliche / over used poses (50+ posts)
Are studio photographs becoming cliche? (60+ posts)
No more caution tape and fake blood... (45+ posts)
Which nude cliche' do you hate the most? (60+ posts)
pleez, no more angel wings on girls (50+ posts)
Cliche Photo Thread(s)? (10+ posts)
Cemetery shoot--too chiche'd and overdone?
Cliches... (15+ posts)
no more bland parka hoods, please (55 posts, locked)
no more parka hoods, please (146 posts, locked)
Photo Cliches (4 posts, locked)
photo cliches (10+ posts)
cliche
Cliche photos we actually like:
Moratorium. Photo Cliche Number 1.
allusion vs. cliche
Up 'n Coming Cliche... MASKS ! (25+ posts)
When did this become a cliche? (Wheatfields)
How Soon Will These Be The Next Cliche? (25+ posts, colored bubbles)
Models with guns!
Stop with the model holding up a picture frame!!!

Deliberate clichés…

Cliche photos. (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?

you that bored... who cares if it has been talked about...

let the people talk... they don't want to search for similar threads... they want to laugh and vent about it now...

Feb 04 09 11:49 pm Link

Photographer

MisterC

Posts: 15162

Portland, Oregon, US

beautiful chaos wrote:
you that bored...

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.

Plus, this thread is about cliche's. So I posted cliche... cliche's.

Feb 04 09 11:50 pm Link

Photographer

Kelly Watkins

Posts: 4144

San Diego, California, US

Pin ups.

Graveyards.

Girls dressed as nuns doing something very un-nun-ly.

Feb 04 09 11:51 pm Link

Photographer

Okie Studios

Posts: 352

Norman, Oklahoma, US

Schwarz wrote:

unless the model has the dandruff. lol

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

Photographer

John Van

Posts: 3122

Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

MinisterC  wrote:
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 ? (140+ posts)
Resolution: Let's Not Photograph These Cliches (110+ posts)
Cliche / over used poses (50+ posts)
Are studio photographs becoming cliche? (60+ posts)
No more caution tape and fake blood... (45+ posts)
Which nude cliche' do you hate the most? (60+ posts)
pleez, no more angel wings on girls (50+ posts)
Cliche Photo Thread(s)? (10+ posts)
Cemetery shoot--too chiche'd and overdone?
Cliches... (15+ posts)
no more bland parka hoods, please (55 posts, locked)
no more parka hoods, please (146 posts, locked)
Photo Cliches (4 posts, locked)
photo cliches (10+ posts)
cliche
Cliche photos we actually like:
Moratorium. Photo Cliche Number 1.
allusion vs. cliche
Up 'n Coming Cliche... MASKS ! (25+ posts)
When did this become a cliche? (Wheatfields)
How Soon Will These Be The Next Cliche? (25+ posts, colored bubbles)
Models with guns!
Stop with the model holding up a picture frame!!!

Deliberate clichés…

Cliche photos. (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?

what he said...

Feb 04 09 11:55 pm Link

Photographer

SailorLaura

Posts: 1148

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, US

Broken chicken pose! LMFHO! I was wondering what it was called.

Feb 04 09 11:56 pm Link