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Photographer

Jimmyfoto

Posts: 11

Los Angeles, California, US

how many have you seen?

ie....

the shot on the railroad tracks....

hands covering boobs....

nudes in the desert....

and how cool would it be to just not see them for a month?

Jul 17 06 05:51 pm Link

Photographer

Ransomaniac

Posts: 12588

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

About as cool as not hearing someone whine about them for a month smile.

Jul 17 06 05:52 pm Link

Photographer

g2-new photographics

Posts: 2048

Boston, Massachusetts, US

How are those any worse than thread-starting cliches?

smile

Jul 17 06 05:53 pm Link

Photographer

Brandon Ching

Posts: 2028

Brooklyn, New York, US

Jul 17 06 07:55 pm Link

Photographer

Kai-Huei Yau

Posts: 70

Seattle, Washington, US

With so many things that have become cliche, how long before it will be cliched to avoid them?

Oops, sorry for the double.

Jul 19 06 12:34 pm Link

Photographer

Kai-Huei Yau

Posts: 70

Seattle, Washington, US

With so many things that have become cliche, how long before it will be cliched to avoid them?

Jul 19 06 12:34 pm Link

Model

little apple blossom

Posts: 7617

MCMINNVILLE, Oregon, US

Kai-Huei Yau wrote:
With so many things that have become cliched, how long before it will be cliched to avoid them?

My life goal is to be neither trendy nor anti trendy trendy, but usually I am the latter. We should all try in my opinion to just do what our passion is, cliche or not.

Jul 19 06 12:36 pm Link

Model

Benny

Posts: 7318

Brooklyn, New York, US

Jimmyfoto wrote:
how many have you seen?

ie....

the shot on the railroad tracks....

hands covering boobs....

nudes in the desert....

and how cool would it be to just not see them for a month?

and how cool would it be if the shot was done like this,

the model is nude covering her boobs in the desert on a railroad track and has it as an avatar for a month tongue

Jul 19 06 12:37 pm Link

Model

Brittany H

Posts: 381

Beverly Hills, California, US

Benny wrote:

and how cool would it be if the shot was done like this,

the model is nude covering her boobs in the desert on a railroad track and has it as an avatar for a month tongue

hahaha!  GREAT one.  I love it!  I would do that but I 'don't do nudes'...isn't that a cliche' too?

Jul 19 06 12:43 pm Link

Photographer

Jerry Nemeth

Posts: 33355

Dearborn, Michigan, US

Jimmyfoto wrote:
how many have you seen?

ie....

the shot on the railroad tracks....

hands covering boobs....


nudes in the desert....

and how cool would it be to just not see them for a month?

I've done nudes in the desert.  Had a great shoot!  I won't show them.

Jul 19 06 12:49 pm Link

Photographer

ELANFOTOS

Posts: 676

Miami, Florida, US

who gives a shiznit? if it looks good,, let me see it...

ive never been tired of a sunset... or looking at a beauiful flower, girl, animal (insert cliched object of beauty here __________)

Jul 19 06 12:53 pm Link

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

Feb 10 07 10:34 am Link

Photographer

Kevin Connery

Posts: 17824

El Segundo, California, US

giovanni gruttola wrote:
This never gets old

Debatable. smile


This is a partial list of 'don't do this' or other cliché threads on MM…

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!!!
Most Overused Cliche Cheesy Prop ?
Ack.... suggestions for this cliche?

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 10 07 06:02 pm Link

Photographer

- Jake -

Posts: 794

Salt Lake City, Utah, US

i'm thinking about starting to put a timestamp on all my work. and using the auto program with the popup flash. oh wait sorry i'm not sure that's relevant to this topic

Feb 11 07 05:04 am Link