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denise
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Favorite places and/or Themes
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Jan 11 03:43 UTC 2007 |
Where are some of your favorite places or themes when taking your photos?
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denise
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response 1 of 10:
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Jan 11 03:47 UTC 2007 |
Though its sometimes hard to do, I love the coast [especially the ocean but
lakes are cool, too]. I like the light reflections, waves, the sea gulls,
people playing in the sand and water, sea shells, sea grass, etc etc.
I also enjoy other types of nature photography as well. And just about
anything else that strikes my fancy [sometimes the silliest things are cool
photographs]. And with people shots, I much prefer candids over posed ones.
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eprom
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response 2 of 10:
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Sep 27 22:31 UTC 2007 |
I love the coast too. But I just have a hard time visually capturing the
same emotion of the time and place. My pictures end up being pretty
boring. I think I am trying to capture too much in a single frame (wide
lens), when I should break it down more and focus on lots of smaller
individual things, like the sea shells mentioned above.
As far as themes go... I think my next one will be of local motels and
motel signs, like
this one. Already I notice alot of them are being torn down or
replaced. Two that I can think of off hand are the Downtowner
Motel and the Holiday
Motel, and my favorite (though not a motel), The Chicken
Coop sign.
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denise
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response 3 of 10:
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Sep 28 14:44 UTC 2007 |
I used to primarily do wide angle shots but not all the time anymore.
Though I've always been pretty good about doing 'candid' shots of
individual people [and often, without them knowing, while I use the
telephoto lense], more recently I've been doing more and more of
isolating specific things to capture an area or place.
And I, too, will often pick a theme to focus on. I think I've mentioned
elsewhere in this conference that some of my themes have included such
things as fences, shadows, clouds, and sunrises over the Atlantic coast.
I like you're idea of the neon lights... [and thanks for the different
links. There are a number of them here in MI as well as in NC that I've
seen and remember]. Sometimes when I'm out somewhere and taking a
number of photos, I'll also include one of a sign saying where I am; I
haven't focused on any particular type of sign, though.
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cmcgee
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response 4 of 10:
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Oct 8 17:30 UTC 2007 |
There's a new theme that Grexers may want to consider.
Passionately Pink for the Cure (a group admin) says:
30 Sep 07 - In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Yahoo! is
donating $1 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure for each pink photo added to
this pool up to $50,000. Add your photos now!
Upload a pink photo to your Flickr account, add the photo to the
"Passionately Pink for the Cure" photo pool, and Yahoo! will donate a
dollar.
Showcase your passion for the cure by uploading passionately pink photos
to help raise vital funds for Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Share photos
in honor of a survivor, in memory of a loved one, to celebrate
Passionately Pink for the Cure events. Or simply share a pink photo that
inspires others to rally around the cause.
You can link your Passionately Pink photos here as well.
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gull
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response 5 of 10:
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Oct 8 19:18 UTC 2007 |
Re resp:2: When shooting landscapes I find it's best to get there
shortly after sunrise or hang around until sunset. I feel the warm,
low-angle sunlight at the beginning and end of the day gives the best
mood and picks up lots of interesting textures. For the same reason,
fall is my favorite season for photography.
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denise
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response 6 of 10:
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Oct 10 00:02 UTC 2007 |
I like fall photography, too; so far, we haven't had much in the line of
color change here, though.
Hmm, Colleen, I don't know if I have any pink photos or not--though I do
think that yahoo is doing a good thing. There's definitely cancer in
my family, including my mom who had breast cancer.
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cmcgee
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response 7 of 10:
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Oct 16 17:13 UTC 2007 |
The Common Threads Project
http://www.flickr.com/groups/common-threads/
A photo project where you are asked to upload your shots for each of 71
things (behavior, ability, preferences) that all people have in common
all over the world.
The topics were selected from the list of "human universals" originally
compiled by Donald E. Brown in 1991.
Here's a link to the 71 universal topics.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/common-threads/discuss/72157600401510498/
Some of them include:
Laughing
Crying
Fear
Death Rituals
Music
Affection
Taboos
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denise
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response 8 of 10:
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Jul 18 20:32 UTC 2011 |
I'm in a photo rut; I need to somehow come up with more ideas of what to
shoot.
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eprom
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response 9 of 10:
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Aug 3 18:50 UTC 2011 |
How about taking pictures of your own house... like in Better Homes and
Gardens.
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denise
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response 10 of 10:
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Aug 5 13:32 UTC 2011 |
I do have a few photos of the outside [front] of my house and in a
couple rooms inside but none in the back or on the 1st floor. My place
isn't Better Homes and Gardens but I could still take some of the
gardens I do have when the plants are in season.
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