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Grex Photography Item 69: Favorite places and/or Themes
Entered by denise on Thu Jan 11 03:43:08 UTC 2007:

Where are some of your favorite places or themes when taking your photos?

10 responses total.

#1 of 10 by denise on Thu Jan 11 03:47:21 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.

#2 of 10 by eprom on Thu Sep 27 22:31:29 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.

#3 of 10 by denise on Fri Sep 28 14:44:27 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.

#4 of 10 by cmcgee on Mon Oct 8 17:30:16 2007:

There's a new theme that Grexers may want to consider.

         Passionately Pink for the Cure (a group admin) says:
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You can link your Passionately Pink photos here as well.

#5 of 10 by gull on Mon Oct 8 19:18:51 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.

#6 of 10 by denise on Wed Oct 10 00:02:56 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.

#7 of 10 by cmcgee on Tue Oct 16 17:13:11 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

#8 of 10 by denise on Mon Jul 18 20:32:48 2011:

I'm in a photo rut; I need to somehow come up with more ideas of what to
 shoot.

#9 of 10 by eprom on Wed Aug 3 18:50:04 2011:

How about taking pictures of your own house... like in Better Homes and
Gardens.

#10 of 10 by denise on Fri Aug 5 13:32:01 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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