Hi Ed, not your best work. If you don't like to see the same trend a lot don't look at so many photos, per day. You listed 9 examples of trends you don't like. This is not an exhaustive list. You could have made them 10 just as easily. My point is you had the same issue with all 9 examples/trends. I think this epsd would have been more fruitful if you had talked about how to get creative and find new concepts in this oversaturated world of imagery. Huge fan. Love your work.
Shots where the model or couple are shot with HSS (usually) to light them against a large background (castle stairs, beach sunset, etc). The problem is the model/couple are 1/100th of the image. Either take a landscape shot, or close in on the model! π Good topic, Ed!
Those pictures of Horns, Animal masks, Balloons, darkness, ect, are not really pictures, but more like messages. Messages to others who participate in dark deeds. I could show you proof, but once you know, you can't take it back. My friend, please do not concern yourself with those images, only ignore them. Have a good day my Friend.
My 11 year old will love a movie I think is cliched. Itβs new to him, but Iβve seen it a million times before. Likewise, youβve been in the business for years, Ed. A lot of these photographers are young (In experience, if not age), and theyβre finding their personal voice in public. Iβm inclined to give them a break. Having said that, I have ,my own peeve. Waifish girls/young women with flowers in their hair, wearing a pretty summer dress taken in a field or forest with a shallow DoF and backlit natural light. Some YouTube photographers specialise in it, and although theyβre very talented, I want so say βitβs time to flex your creative muscles and grow. Try something new. You donβt want to be taking the same photos over and over again at 80β
My daughter is an aspiring special effects makeup artist, when I take pictures of her face paintings, or makeup work I do it to show off her work not my photography. Of course providing her with quality photography makes her work look better.
As someone who is still learning photography I like to deconstruct how some images are taken. However, even with that in mind there are still images that drive me mad as they are so repetitive, including but not exclusive to: "Little Red Riding Hood" in an artificially darkened wood, and "The Poker Player" taken with HSS to catch his cards being thrown in and then goodness knows how many still lives such as splashes, waterdrops etc.
What!!! lol. You left out RR Tracks.
models posing with guns…
you can add smoke bomb shots to your list…done to death
Hi Ed, not your best work. If you don't like to see the same trend a lot don't look at so many photos, per day. You listed 9 examples of trends you don't like. This is not an exhaustive list. You could have made them 10 just as easily. My point is you had the same issue with all 9 examples/trends. I think this epsd would have been more fruitful if you had talked about how to get creative and find new concepts in this oversaturated world of imagery. Huge fan. Love your work.
Shots where the model or couple are shot with HSS (usually) to light them against a large background (castle stairs, beach sunset, etc). The problem is the model/couple are 1/100th of the image. Either take a landscape shot, or close in on the model! π Good topic, Ed!
Those pictures of Horns, Animal masks, Balloons, darkness, ect, are not really pictures, but more like messages. Messages to others who participate in dark deeds. I could show you proof, but once you know, you can't take it back. My friend, please do not concern yourself with those images, only ignore them. Have a good day my Friend.
My 11 year old will love a movie I think is cliched. Itβs new to him, but Iβve seen it a million times before. Likewise, youβve been in the business for years, Ed. A lot of these photographers are young (In experience, if not age), and theyβre finding their personal voice in public. Iβm inclined to give them a break. Having said that, I have ,my own peeve. Waifish girls/young women with flowers in their hair, wearing a pretty summer dress taken in a field or forest with a shallow DoF and backlit natural light. Some YouTube photographers specialise in it, and although theyβre very talented, I want so say βitβs time to flex your creative muscles and grow. Try something new. You donβt want to be taking the same photos over and over again at 80β
My daughter is an aspiring special effects makeup artist, when I take pictures of her face paintings, or makeup work I do it to show off her work not my photography. Of course providing her with quality photography makes her work look better.
As someone who is still learning photography I like to deconstruct how some images are taken. However, even with that in mind there are still images that drive me mad as they are so repetitive, including but not exclusive to: "Little Red Riding Hood" in an artificially darkened wood, and "The Poker Player" taken with HSS to catch his cards being thrown in and then goodness knows how many still lives such as splashes, waterdrops etc.
Powder pics and bad face painting drive me nuts… as do flower crowns… well maybe not that far! βΊ Good topic Ed!
Well put, Ed. The model against the graffiti wall makes me lose my shit.
Guilty as charged. . But sometimes it's a good way of learning, following in the footsteps of the masters!