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| BA Fly |
Inspiration neededHi GuysSorry I've not been around for a while - "that" time of year when there just aren't enough hours in the day. Anyway, camera is back out and I'm looking for a bit of help. At our camera club we do a major project each year - 20 images on a subject of our own choosing. Last year I did "Signs of Aging". This year I was planning to do "Solo" but one of our given subjects is solitude and some of the ideas I've had overlap quite a bit. So, anyone got any bright ideas? I'm looking for something a little off the wall, but that has a lot of option (need 20 images, so I'd like to be able to think of at least 40 for the chosen subject). All suggestions greatly appreciated. |
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| derek |
My suggestions are colour and light.
Mrs D suggests The Virtues - here's a link where you could pick 20 (or more) if you liked the idea. http://www.virtuescience.com/virtuelist.html That project will keep you very busy-hope you enjoy it and it turns out well for you. Look forward to seeing some of the photos later on. |
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| BA Fly |
Thanks for the suggestions D + Mrs D.
I was thinking colour too - well, colour wheel, but I'd have to go round 3 and a bit times (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet and back to the start) - or 3 times and 2 B&Ws (being the absence and presence of all colours IYKWIM). The virtues, I like that. Wouldn't know where to start mind! Probably a good thing (out of the comfort zone) so will give that one some serious thought too. I remembered last night (why do we forget these things) that colour and contrast (light against shade, sharp on blurred, opposing colours etc) are my big things in a photo, so I'm hoping to run that through the 20 images to hold it together in a style. |
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| peteski |
How about camping out for a day with a tripod, sandwiches, batteries and taken a shot every X mins for 24hours? | ||
| Gilly |
This is an EXCELLENT idea....... something that i'd like to do myself one day. 
something i'd look at too is "man's impact on the landscape" - living in UK, farming and development ought to keep you busy for a long time...... I'm thinking rugged landscapes with a road cutting through it, a stone wall fading into the distance, sheep / goats / cows etc keeping the grass short next to some untouched fell land, peoples rubbish in the woods, polluted rivers / streams, concrete city scenes, smoke, recycling depot etc etc.... Any help? 
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| BA Fly |
Both really good ideas there.
Peteski - would you do a series of the same image x times or different images in the same location? Just curious as to what you had in mind when you said that. Gilly - this image immediately springs to mind (not mine): http://pinguicula.typepad.com/blog/images/hope_cement_works.jpg |
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| peteski |
Same location, same composition, the end result would show the way the scene changes with light pre-dawn, dawn, morning, midday, afternoon, dusk, night. You'd have to pick somewhere that would have enough features to show the differences of no light, soft and harsh light. |
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