Model
Janesse
Posts: 56
New York, New York, US
I still think angel/devil wings can be cool
Photographer
Justin
Posts: 22389
Fort Collins, Colorado, US
My heel-caught-in-the-thong photo isn't nearly as good, but shucks, I had to try: http://justinonimus.com/shoe-rs.jpg I like any picture that's well done, cliche or not. How about the "implied"-with-wind-machine-to-the-side cliche? ![https://justinonimus.com/Lalinn-air-bw-rs.jpg]()
Model
luv2bfitt
Posts: 725
Merrimack, New Hampshire, US
Photographer
UnoMundo
Posts: 47532
Olympia, Washington, US
Caution tape - more caution tape - only yellow caution tape please
Model
Layne D'Angelo
Posts: 138
Dallas, Texas, US
Sexy bloody chicks.
Well, it's cliche if you're into shooting goth/alt models.
I did a psycho family/ Tx Chainsaw style shoot, and it didn't end up looking at all like the very overdone horny bloody girl shot that goth girls tend to like to do.
What do you guys think?
Photographer
Tog
Posts: 55204
Birmingham, Alabama, US
Layne D'Angelo wrote:
Sexy bloody chicks.
Well, it's cliche if you're into shooting goth/alt models.
I did a psycho family/ Tx Chainsaw style shoot, and it didn't end up looking at all like the very overdone horny bloody girl shot that goth girls tend to like to do.
What do you guys think? Same thing I always think about "glorp" pics.. Which is, "God those girls are hot, I wish someone would hose them off.."
I love goth girls.. Sadly.. I tend to hate the things goth girls love..
On the upside.. I'm also guilty of having a terrible cliche in my port.. Heel caught in thong (well, lingerie, anyway..)
Photographer
La Seine by the Hudson
Posts: 8587
New York, New York, US
WG Rowland wrote:
I love goth girls.. Sadly.. I tend to hate the things goth girls love.. Ain't that the truth! Side note: While I very rarely shoot anybody off of places like this, if some goth girls would be cool with being my clay to shoot something totally non-goth oriented (but of course I still want you to be your goth self, that's why I'd use you, or I'd use fashion models like I normally do) as intimate portraiture, I would be very tempted to shoot that.
To answer the original question? Maybe any of them if they're not cliches. Something is cliche not because it's a theme that's been overused and abused, but rather because the vision and intent in making it is itself cliche, meaningless, cheesy and stupid.
Photographer
giovanni gruttola
Posts: 1279
Middle Island, New York, US
![https://www.travelpod.com/users/twittg/rtw.1084145640.pisa_-_spanky.jpg]() This never gets old
Photographer
Makura
Posts: 308
Pleasanton, California, US
Here is my tragic cliche photoshoot tale:
First, because the model was so busy sucking in her cheeks, her eyes were quite crossed and we believe this made her somewhat dizzy. When she attempted to stand from her upside-down pose on the railroad tracks, she began to topple over. The poor thing couldn't recover her balance because she got her heel caught in the thong that her spike heel had been stretching out, most regrettably exacerbated by the weight of her wings, which were thoroughly soaked by the shower. As she fell, she became completely entangled in the bedsheet that we had been using as a backdrop (it was, uncharacteristically, quite well ironed up to that point). Well, needless to say, the train came by and made quite a mess of things, although, the rose petals that we had liberally scattered upon the model added a certain poignacy to the resulting image as they were blown hither and thither by the locomotive.
Because the model's manager and I couldn't agree who had rights to this TFP image, the Pulitzer Committee decided they couldn't give me the award after all. We never did find the gun, caution tape or the Saran Wrap...
The model's estate and I are currently embroiled in a fight over the fact that they want a CD with all the raw images from the shoot, while I want to provide a CD with only those images that I have PS'ed to within an inch of their life and which are totally overshadowed by my watermark.
Model
Uber Dami
Posts: 5551
New Haven, Connecticut, US
Marko Cecic-Karuzic wrote:
Ain't that the truth! Side note: While I very rarely shoot anybody off of places like this, if some goth girls would be cool with being my clay to shoot something totally non-goth oriented (but of course I still want you to be your goth self, that's why I'd use you, or I'd use fashion models like I normally do) as intimate portraiture, I would be very tempted to shoot that.
To answer the original question? Maybe any of them if they're not cliches. Something is cliche not because it's a theme that's been overused and abused, but rather because the vision and intent in making it is itself cliche, meaningless, cheesy and stupid. no love for us goth girls lol
Photographer
Odins Eye
Posts: 1925
West Wendover, Nevada, US
Ãber Dami wrote:
no love for us goth girls lol Aww, lots of love, just all too far for me to shoot with you right now:p
Model
Amber Marie Rose
Posts: 364
Brooklyn, Indiana, US
Makura wrote:
Here is my tragic cliche photoshoot tale:
First, because the model was so busy sucking in her cheeks, her eyes were quite crossed and we believe this made her somewhat dizzy. When she attempted to stand from her upside-down pose on the railroad tracks, she began to topple over. The poor thing couldn't recover her balance because she got her heel caught in the thong that her spike heel had been stretching out, most regrettably exacerbated by the weight of her wings, which were thoroughly soaked by the shower. As she fell, she became completely entangled in the bedsheet that we had been using as a backdrop (it was, uncharacteristically, quite well ironed up to that point). Well, needless to say, the train came by and made quite a mess of things, although, the rose petals that we had liberally scattered upon the model added a certain poignacy to the resulting image as they were blown hither and thither by the locomotive.
Because the model's manager and I couldn't agree who had rights to this TFP image, the Pulitzer Committee decided they couldn't give me the award after all. We never did find the gun, caution tape or the Saran Wrap...
The model's estate and I are currently embroiled in a fight over the fact that they want a CD with all the raw images from the shoot, while I want to provide a CD with only those images that I have PS'ed to within an inch of their life and which are totally overshadowed by my watermark. Hehe 
Photographer
Anastasia BeverHousen
Posts: 135
ad̨-D̨āli', ad-Dāli', Yemen
Makura wrote:
Here is my tragic cliche photoshoot tale:
First, because the model was so busy sucking in her cheeks, her eyes were quite crossed and we believe this made her somewhat dizzy. When she attempted to stand from her upside-down pose on the railroad tracks, she began to topple over. The poor thing couldn't recover her balance because she got her heel caught in the thong that her spike heel had been stretching out, most regrettably exacerbated by the weight of her wings, which were thoroughly soaked by the shower. As she fell, she became completely entangled in the bedsheet that we had been using as a backdrop (it was, uncharacteristically, quite well ironed up to that point). Well, needless to say, the train came by and made quite a mess of things, although, the rose petals that we had liberally scattered upon the model added a certain poignacy to the resulting image as they were blown hither and thither by the locomotive.
Because the model's manager and I couldn't agree who had rights to this TFP image, the Pulitzer Committee decided they couldn't give me the award after all. We never did find the gun, caution tape or the Saran Wrap...
The model's estate and I are currently embroiled in a fight over the fact that they want a CD with all the raw images from the shoot, while I want to provide a CD with only those images that I have PS'ed to within an inch of their life and which are totally overshadowed by my watermark. Hehehe!!
Photographer
Anastasia BeverHousen
Posts: 135
ad̨-D̨āli', ad-Dāli', Yemen
I am a fan of the sexy girl in the bathroom on the toilet smoking a cigarette with panties around her ankles and hot heels...yup yup...I just may do that shot sometime!
Model
Ann M
Posts: 401
Memphis, Tennessee, US
Makura wrote:
Here is my tragic cliche photoshoot tale:
First, because the model was so busy sucking in her cheeks, her eyes were quite crossed and we believe this made her somewhat dizzy. When she attempted to stand from her upside-down pose on the railroad tracks, she began to topple over. The poor thing couldn't recover her balance because she got her heel caught in the thong that her spike heel had been stretching out, most regrettably exacerbated by the weight of her wings, which were thoroughly soaked by the shower. As she fell, she became completely entangled in the bedsheet that we had been using as a backdrop (it was, uncharacteristically, quite well ironed up to that point). Well, needless to say, the train came by and made quite a mess of things, although, the rose petals that we had liberally scattered upon the model added a certain poignacy to the resulting image as they were blown hither and thither by the locomotive.
Because the model's manager and I couldn't agree who had rights to this TFP image, the Pulitzer Committee decided they couldn't give me the award after all. We never did find the gun, caution tape or the Saran Wrap...
The model's estate and I are currently embroiled in a fight over the fact that they want a CD with all the raw images from the shoot, while I want to provide a CD with only those images that I have PS'ed to within an inch of their life and which are totally overshadowed by my watermark. LMAO!!!
Kudos...quite entertaining!!!
Photographer
The Dave
Posts: 8848
Ann Arbor, Michigan, US
Makura wrote:
Here is my tragic cliche photoshoot tale:
First, because the model was so busy sucking in her cheeks, her eyes were quite crossed and we believe this made her somewhat dizzy. When she attempted to stand from her upside-down pose on the railroad tracks, she began to topple over. The poor thing couldn't recover her balance because she got her heel caught in the thong that her spike heel had been stretching out, most regrettably exacerbated by the weight of her wings, which were thoroughly soaked by the shower. As she fell, she became completely entangled in the bedsheet that we had been using as a backdrop (it was, uncharacteristically, quite well ironed up to that point). Well, needless to say, the train came by and made quite a mess of things, although, the rose petals that we had liberally scattered upon the model added a certain poignacy to the resulting image as they were blown hither and thither by the locomotive.
Because the model's manager and I couldn't agree who had rights to this TFP image, the Pulitzer Committee decided they couldn't give me the award after all. We never did find the gun, caution tape or the Saran Wrap...
The model's estate and I are currently embroiled in a fight over the fact that they want a CD with all the raw images from the shoot, while I want to provide a CD with only those images that I have PS'ed to within an inch of their life and which are totally overshadowed by my watermark. This sounds like a fun project to plan a whole shoot around.....
Model
Uber Dami
Posts: 5551
New Haven, Connecticut, US
Odin's Eye wrote:
Aww, lots of love, just all too far for me to shoot with you right now:p ct isnt far from ny 
Photographer
Scott Aitken
Posts: 3587
Seattle, Washington, US
Wings! I have forever been torn by the wings cliche. I'm completely drawn to the premise, but it's been done to death, and 95% of the time it looks so silly it just makes me giggle. There are so many bad wings photos out there. My love of the idea and disgust with most cheesy attempts at it only made me more determined to do it, and do it well. I finally did this photo last year, which ended up being one of my favorite photos of the year: ![https://www.scottpix.com/gallery/people/paintwl/9453c.jpg]() Cliche? Perhaps. But I like to think I've finally done an original interpretation of the concept. I will never ever, on the other hand, attempt to do anything with Construction Tape. :-)
Photographer
Craig Thomson
Posts: 13462
Tacoma, Washington, US
Iâm not bothered by anything people are calling cliché.
Some photos I donât like and some I do.
I say - No censorship, let people shoot whatever they want.
Photographer
Frisson Art
Posts: 525
Shreveport, Louisiana, US
I always used to HATE the topless girl in boxing gloves shot. Then one day I saw it and the girl had pink gloves on and the lighting and make-up were perfect for it.
I've since learned never to bitch about a cliche just in case someone proves me wrong.
Wish I knew where the boxing glove shot was.
Terry
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