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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
ah, the photographers
A QUESTION FOR YOU
what do you like to photograph? (i mean, obvious, from the pictures)
but here is my dilemma--
i took the day off today & thought of going out to take pictures
BUT
i can't think of anything in this city (albuquerque, new mexico) that i want to photograph.
see, i'm not interested in nature, or people for that matter-- i like weird things and urban decay, but there is little of that here. (bummer).
well... urban photographers, please throw your suggestions (yeah, urban because, i'm not going to go climb a mountain to take pictures or something like that, ha ha).
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I'm hardly happy shooting in town. I like sunlight and colors on my shots, and buildings block everything.
I like to have some blur in the background or the foreground. And to fight the fact pictures are flat.
Weird angles can be useful on almost every single subject you find.
Well, you can also run the streets of your town looking for plates that could be your Murray Street back cover picture.
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Originally Posted by Florya
Things to photograph in an urban environment - grafitti, weather and it's effect on the urban environment, people using unconventional modes of transport - you basically need to carry your camera with you at all times and always be aware of what is happening around you.
Talking of themes - one I've been thinking about for a few years but have never got round to is 'Feral Faces'. It was inspired by the faces that people pull when they're caught in the rain. Savage looking expressions from pretty innocuous causes.
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That rain on faces idea looks great.