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back alley

08-11-2010, 17:08

i think i need a project...

my whyte avenue and farmers' market project has been in session for so many years and i love doing it as i love that part of town and the tradtition of the market but it has become a safe place to be.

if i can choose a second project i will keep the first going as well.

i prefer something long term, not a few weeks or 12 shots and be done with it.

problem is i am kind of a boring guy who stays close to home much of the time and therefore my interaction with people is limited and my 'project imagination' seems to be limited as well.

who here also works on projects?
do you have a process (that i might borrow) for choosing a project or is it an affair of the heart?

filmfan

08-11-2010, 17:17

My current project = develop and scan my backlog of film.
Next project will be to make a coherent website.

FrankS

08-11-2010, 17:17

I think there is no process for choosing a project applicable from one person to another aside from looking into one's (own) heart to discover what resonates there. That being said, taking on an assigned project can work. What project shall we assign Joe?:rolleyes:

Allow me to suggest TRAVEL photography!

antiquark

08-11-2010, 17:20

Take pictures of 100 strangers:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/

Leigh Youdale

08-11-2010, 17:24

Not sure what part of Canada the OP is in, and I know it's still summer there, but how about planning a project on "Winter" in your area? Maybe not, if it's Vancouver, but the Eastern side of the country or the centre could be good.
Or pick some specific locations and do a "Four Seasons" project covering 12 months?

Rafael

08-11-2010, 17:25

Many people answer this question by suggesting that you shoot what you know. I think this is good advice, but it's only part of the equation for devising successful and interesting projects. I think that you have to make clear to yourself precisely why you find certain things or places interesting. For example, Alex Webb is drawn to borders. He shoots all over the world. But his focus is always on the interaction and collision of different cultures. When I have time to shoot street photography (which seems to be less and less often these days) I often look for particular emotions or states of mind. For example, I have a whole series in which each photograph, in its own way, expresses the notion of waiting. So, assuming that you are looking for a street project, my advice would be to look at the places you are drawn to and ask what emotions these places evoke in you. Why are you drawn to these places? Then, try to devise a project that explores particular emotions or states of mind. Just my 2 cents.

coelacanth

08-11-2010, 17:25

There are probably subject/theme based projects and challenge-to-myself projects out there. And of course they can be combined.

My long term project that is subject/theme based is "Candid with human emotion/interaction."

My long term challenge project is "push to 1600" and "no crop." They both are now evolving to my own style that I actually prefer. I also have "no gear info" challenge project on Flickr.

And my short-term challenge project is "beat my fear of wide angle lenses."

al1966

08-11-2010, 17:41

My last project for my B.A. start off from giving up driving for medical reasons. This major change in my lifestyle got me thinking about our reliance on the car. But this leaves you with a lot of choices but it was the amount of things you miss from driving. Eventually I concentrated on one bus route, getting to know it far more intimately. This is a brief summation of how I ended up with my last project. I tend to drift in to bodies of work, though things do I guess flow out of things that go on or have gone on in my life. Also even if my health improves I won't ever buy a car again :) I just missed too much behind that stupid wheel

Finder

08-11-2010, 18:02

who here also works on projects?
do you have a process (that i might borrow) for choosing a project or is it an affair of the heart?

Affair of the heart. Unless you want to help me put down baseboard around the house?

Chris101

08-11-2010, 21:51

I too find that I languish when I am between projects. For me the solution has been solved: my best friend is also the director of a photography department at a college. She lets me take the honors class over and over - the one where you write a project proposal and then have four months to complete it. This just about taxes my attention span, but so far, I have done half a dozen display quality photo projects, most of them being installations.

The last one was a large format book about a headhunter (http://homepage.mac.com/cheilman1/tsantsa/lookinside/pages/). The prints were all radioactive as they were, at least partially, uranotypes. Since completing that, I have only shot a few rolls of film with few keepers. But I have shopped the out-takes around and gotten a couple gallery shows out of it.

I'm taking this semester off. But for the coming Spring, I will do it again. I am already cooking up some ideas.

BUTLER

08-11-2010, 22:52

Take pictures of 100 strangers:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/

SECONDED.

You could find those strangers at your farmers market, too.

Chriscrawfordphoto

08-11-2010, 23:12

Do something connected to another interest you have. My big love, aside from photography, is history. A lot of the projects I am working on or have done in the past are driven by my interest in history, particularly the history of the common people. Historians overlook people like us, we're not kings, popes, generals, nobles, rich men or business leaders, or famous people (famous artists or actors or musicians, for example). Our history, the way we lived, dressed, ate, had fun, our houses, etc are overlooked. We know very little about the life of the ordinary Roman or medieval peasant because they left behind few artifacts and the writers and historians and artists of the time largely ignored them. I am preserving in images the memory of those who are forgotten.

So, shoot something you're interested in. Can be anything. Fishing, cars, sports, flowers, bugs, wildlife, architecture, whatever.

SimonSawSunlight

08-11-2010, 23:56

mmmh I have a few projects coming up, mostly reportage style.

starting this friday: some arabian guerilla-like car-repair and -trade and whatnot place just around the corner from where I live. the guy I spoke to seemed rather indifferent about me photographing there, not sure if that will be a good thing or not.

this saturday I want to go out of town to a semi-legal, non-commercial music and arts festival/camp hidden somewhere in the woods (no access by car, you have to walk about 3-4km) where a friend of mine, an electro/experimential artist, will play.

starting on august 23: I will try and shoot an organisation dedicated to the support of blind people, the 'blindenhilfswerk berlin'. I would like to make this a bit of a long-term project, but the guy I spoke to said that might not be possible. still want to.

during the next months/year, starting in autumn, I want to accompany a track & field athlete, already have a good contact, but nothing concrete yet.

I more or less stumbled upon all of these ideas spontaneously, I think...

University starts in october, cultural studies and archaeology. that might open new doors to interesting projects.

mfogiel

08-12-2010, 00:22

I find, that it is good periodically, to focus on the essentials. Like pro tennis players who every now and then go back to work on the basic strokes, in photography this comes down to looking at form and light. Every now and then I like to focus on some very basic photo concept and try to work on it till I no longer can find anything new.
Then I go back to shooting what surrounds me with a broader scope. Recently, I decided to sell my Olympus Pen gear, but given that there was no sufficient interest from potential buyers, even given modest prices, I decided to keep it and use it as a notebook style rig. I wanted to be selective in my FOV, so I used the 60/1.5 lens, I wanted high contrast, so I used a red filter, and I wanted grain, so I used Rollei Retro 100 at EI 200 and pushed it a bit in Rodinal.
This project, called "Monaco light and shadow" is a little testimonial to the graphical imagery created here almost every day by the strong sunlight. I enclose a few shots to give you the flavour.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/4862639511_7fce75dfb7_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4860059105_e917b4733c_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4865169505_6f23d4acb5_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4140/4868317906_d7cdcf35f3_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4882327530_af7b4b6fa4_b.jpg

shyoon

08-12-2010, 02:37

You've got a whole set of fast lenses Joe, why not put them to good use and shoot wide open, at night? I'm slowly getting more and more into shooting at night (partly due to the fact that it's the only part of the day where I can find some time to shoot) and I really like the results. Once I find some more time I'll pursue it a lot more. Here are some of my images so far:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4881564365_9439440e96_z.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4098/4882170084_f766091a6b_z.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4882156334_7662d4b8a8_z.jpg

jesse1dog

08-12-2010, 03:20

Don't know what there is in your part of the world except that I have seen one of your photos of 'railings'. Have you considered looking at 'fences, railings and dividing walls'? Should be scope there for a human interaction as well as depth of field possibilities, and light/shadow patterns. And have in mind that you are taking the pictures for a self-publish book.
At least you wouldn't have to travel too far.
Just another idea for you.

jesse

Arjay

08-12-2010, 03:27

problem is i am kind of a boring guy who stays close to home much of the time and therefore my interaction with people is limited and my 'project imagination' seems to be limited as well.
That problem sounds familiar to me. I don't travel much either, and I feel it can be quite a challenge to hone my eye in the absence of external stimulus.

It's quite a challenge to discover the unusual in one's everyday environment. On the other hand, you could use your intimate familiarity with your environment to discover things that others can't see:

The peculiarities of local traditions, the little things that make up the the everyday working lives of local people in your region... Maybe it would be helpful to try to see your world through the eyes of a stranger (while all the same using your intimate knjowledge of your places as a local):

Have you tried to interview people that came to live in your neighborhood from other places about their perception of your region? How do they experience your neighborhood? What is it that appears peculiar to them? How do they see the mentality or customs of local people in your region?

Imagine people coming from a faraway place (maybe even from another culture) to your hometown - what things might strike them as peculiar?

I cannot directly give you any suggestions, but I found that changing one's own point of view often opens up new worlds...

Bob Michaels

08-12-2010, 03:49

Just my $.02 worth:

I wholeheartedly agree with those who say a project must be about something that is of strong personal interest to you. Loving to photograph is not enough, you have to be attached to the subject of the project.

I find that projects morph along the way as well as from one project to another. You have to follow where your heart takes you.

I also find that for me, the tighter the focus, the better projects work. A broad topic seems to cause a glossy overview. Drilling down to a sub-segment allow one to explore the topic in detail.

For me, a project must have a goal of a edited body of work. 5,000-10,000 random photos on a theme do nothing. But a tightly edited selection of 12-36 photos telling a story keeps me in focus. I start editing early. Not just deleting photos with technical problems, but compiling a limited selection that says what I want it to say. Projects stay challenging because I am not adding 100 more photos to the thousands I have. Instead I am working on creating one more photo that will cause me to want to replace one of my previous best. My continuing thought is that there is no difference between your 40th best photo and your 5,000th best. Neither made the cut.

But everyone is different, this is just what works for me.

newspaperguy

08-12-2010, 04:11

Joe, I'm willing to loan you my under-used project:

Recording old barns in this now semi-rural area as
new housing and sub-divisions sweep away the old
ways of life.

Just wish I had started this 10-years ago
when this county was still the heart of tobacco growing.

Vickko

08-12-2010, 04:53

I love this thread. I have the occasional dry spell and don't even walk out with a camera. Your ideas have been great, as insights into how you deal with motivation to shoot.

And for me, sometimes, motivation is "buy a new lens, or new camera", which is on the side of "just wrong". (...leads to GAS).

Thank you all

Vick

jbielikowski

08-12-2010, 05:26

OTOH when you stick to something familiar, you feel comfy with it, but there is no challenge. Staying in well known environment but trying to see it from new, different angle is IMO more creative. Sometimes I just need to spend one week in another city.

Turtle

08-12-2010, 08:08

Chris is right: make it about something you enjoy or wish to find out more about. Only then will you bring more to the project than an ability to operate a camera (as I am sure you already know!) Without some sort of passion or insight, photo projects resemble John Hedgecoe books on 'how to...'

If nothing comes to you in the photographic sense, just go and explore things that interest you. Make a point of new experiences or plumbing greater depths of things you like.

back alley

08-12-2010, 08:14

lots of good thoughts here...

nothing has grabbed me yet...i imagine i will need to be out and about and maybe something will show itself.

someone mentioned winter...i have been planning a winter project...i bought a 35mm macro lens for my m4/3 g1 and a gitzo mini tripod and plan to explore the macro side of my home when it hits -40 and going out is not a possibility.

Bob Michaels

08-12-2010, 15:09

<snip>
nothing has grabbed me yet...i imagine i will need to be out and about and maybe something will show itself.

someone mentioned winter...i have been planning a winter project...i bought a 35mm macro lens for my m4/3 g1 and a gitzo mini tripod and plan to explore the macro side of my home when it hits -40 and going out is not a possibility.

Joe, I still sense that you are approaching this from the photography aspect. That is, you are searching for "something interesting to photograph." Allow me to suggest that you put the camera aside and observe to find "something that really interests you" and then find some way to convey a message about that through your photographs.

James Natchey pretty much comes out and says that his primary interest is not photography. It is conveying the message to the general public how horrific war and social inequities are. He says photography is just the best medium for him to deliver that message.

Alex Webb has made similar statements. I am sure I could come up with others who we consider "top tier photographers" who are in fact really social critics and just use photography as a communication medium.

So ask yourself "if I did not have a camera, would I still be here investigating this topic?" If the answer is yes, you may be honing in on a good project. If not, you need to keep looking.

FrankS

08-12-2010, 15:22

If I were single, I'd get into photos a'la Frank Petronio. Just a thought Joe.

helenhill

08-12-2010, 15:27

If I were single, I'd get into photos a'la Frank Petronio. Just a thought Joe.

Frank is married ...
and has a Daughter around college age...me thinks :)

back alley

08-12-2010, 15:29

Joe, I still sense that you are approaching this from the photography aspect. That is, you are searching for "something interesting to photograph." Allow me to suggest that you put the camera aside and observe to find "something that really interests you" and then find some way to convey a message about that through your photographs.

James Natchey pretty much comes out and says that his primary interest is not photography. It is conveying the message to the general public how horrific war and social inequities are. He says photography is just the best medium for him to deliver that message.

Alex Webb has made similar statements. I am sure I could come up with others who we consider "top tier photographers" who are in fact really social critics and just use photography as a communication medium.

So ask yourself "if I did not have a camera, would I still be here investigating this topic?" If the answer is yes, you may be honing in on a good project. If not, you need to keep looking.

the first thing that comes to mind is red headed women...

back alley

08-12-2010, 15:30

If I were single, I'd get into photos a'la Frank Petronio. Just a thought Joe.

hhhmmmmmm.....

helenhill

08-12-2010, 15:32

the first thing that comes to mind is red headed women...

Cooool Concept.... Go after every Red head...
and then sell the 'Look' to Clairol / Loreal celebrating the 'Reds' :cool:

buzzardkid

08-12-2010, 15:32

I'm with Bob.

My long term interest is how beauty and horror interact, I shoot images of graveyards, skulls and bones, dead animals etc.
I myself find comfort in beauty and am interested in how a well framed, well lit and well composed shot of something horrendous as a dead animal, bones or graves destroyed by time can be beautiful, while depicting something really sad or frightening.

But I do understand your 'quest', Joe. My other love is street photogrpahy, but I have yet to find the line connecting the dots in that. I feel deep respect and admiration for photographers that have carved out their own style, business etc. It's hard.

FPjohn

08-12-2010, 15:47

Hello Joe:

You have a neighbourhood ?:) How about changes over time in a selection of business fronts, signs, window displays. People?

State Street is my metier.

yours
FPJ

BillBingham2

08-12-2010, 16:02

I would take a body part, say hands, eyes. Different people and very different light. Different emotions and different moods.

That would be my thoughts on a fun project.

B2

DNG

08-12-2010, 16:44

Having "projects" like "shadow vs light", or "Red Heads", "yellow flowers" or any 'Art Class" type of assignment will just end in a lot of well composed images with no real meaning.

I photograph like that.... Uhhhhh,

But a few suggestions that I am now hoping to figure out how to implement in my images...

That is:
To photograph a message you have to show others by way of your photography. This would not be a pure photographic exercises anymore, but a mission to tell a story of life through your eyes. By applying what you have learned "Through" those photographic exercises.

Is there a genre of life that interests you? That you want to explore the pros and cons?

I must ask myself the same question now! (after reading all the replies here) And see if I can focus on a "Mission" that will tell a story of a segment of life. It may take a year or more.... don't know.

Just a deep thought I had... And I am not deep thinker for the most part. Like you, I too am not very social, and was not born with a golden tongue for social gabbing... So, I too would have a challenge at this. And my one year challenge that you helped inspire to do, is nothing more than a LONG Art Class assignment in essence. I will have fun, But, in the end, I'll have a lot of nice images, but no real story to tell at end.

Well, there you have it... My alleged wisdom collected via several replies and consolidated...for your enjoyment :)

Chriscrawfordphoto

08-12-2010, 16:52

the first thing that comes to mind is red headed women...

http://www.amazon.com/Redheads-Uwe-Ditz/dp/390816317X

I have this book. The pics are not that great; it could be done much better if one had the interest.

back alley

08-12-2010, 16:57

there is another book on red heads, from a fairly famous photographer but the name eludes me atm.

gilpen123

08-12-2010, 17:06

I long wanted to document life in maximum security prison but can't get the right connections to go in and out for at least 3-6 months. This can be a short story and get the book done by blurb. I have great interest in documentary and people. I would say a project that suits your photography style can be a good start.

back alley

08-12-2010, 17:15

something documentary would be good for me.
i prefer to get in and up close.

i deal with the seedier side of life for work (though more the paperwork end of things these days) so doing it in my 'off' time isn't a great enticement.

shadowfox

08-13-2010, 07:29

i deal with the seedier side of life for work (though more the paperwork end of things these days) so doing it in my 'off' time isn't a great enticement.

You're a detective, joe?

DNG

08-13-2010, 07:38

FPjohn

08-13-2010, 08:21

there is another book on red heads, from a fairly famous photographer but the name eludes me atm.

joel meyerowitz

His "Redheads" goes for about $500 used.

yours
FPJ

back alley

08-13-2010, 08:35

joel meyerowitz

His "Redheads" goes for about $500 used.

yours
FPJ

i'm pretty sure i owned that book and gave it away...and now it's it's worth about 500 bucks?

sinking feeling...

back alley

08-13-2010, 08:36

You're a detective, joe?

more like a social worker...but not quite.

rolleistef

08-13-2010, 08:42

shoot what you see and nothing else. Interesting for you and the others : what is your point of you? How can you shoot it? It seems photographers tend to see things other people don't because they live in a 50 mm or something else...

ederek

08-21-2010, 09:08

Any project leads Joe? I was passing through Harvard Square a week ago and snapped several frames of the chess players that often gather, and thought of you as it was right when this thread was active.

Upon review I noted some interesting board setups, liked the expression when someone won, etc. Here are a few:

http://ederek.smugmug.com/photos/977250106_7bWor-L.jpg

http://ederek.smugmug.com/photos/977250427_ctJoK-L.jpg

http://ederek.smugmug.com/photos/977250677_Da4qV-L.jpg

http://ederek.smugmug.com/photos/977251016_AiHzL-L.jpg

http://ederek.smugmug.com/photos/977251273_zLECK-L.jpg

paulfish4570

08-21-2010, 09:48

How about your neighborhood's garbage men, and/or meter readers and/or other essential but little noticed working people. Their work can be very interesting. When you are done, give 'em a scrapbook on CD ...

robert blu

08-21-2010, 10:11

I photograph in both ways, free wheel and on projects. Actually my main project is about a journey in my dreams, memories, nightmares. Part of the pictures are made "casually" (not sure of the translation, sorry) and other are made on purpose, looked for or even staged (as many self portraits). Difficult to explain with words in a foreign language, but when more pictures will be ready I'll post a few. Another long term project is about books, which includes pictures of books, bookshops, people reading, story taken from books and hope to be able to take pictures of some writer. But beside project I like also take pictures without thinking too much...just what seems me interesting...
rob ert

gns

08-21-2010, 10:24

there is another book on red heads, from a fairly famous photographer but the name eludes me atm.

Joel Meyerowitz?...

http://www.amazon.com/Redheads-Joel-Meyerowitz/dp/084781419X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282414989&sr=1-1

sorry, did not read the posts on this one first.

back alley

08-21-2010, 11:22

new, from $600...and looking at the cover i remember having that book.

i wonder what i paid for it when it first came out?

sorry for not following up on this thread...had a few days off and have either been busy or napping - no middle ground here ;)

scarletfawth

08-21-2010, 11:38

Mt next, and first project, is to capture a local rugby league team. Rugby league is a dying regional sport, play by a minority of players with in a limited corridor of northern England. As a reasonably gifted but uncommitted ex player, I am shamed by the commitment of the current crop of players. They give up two hours on a Tuesday and Thursday, and pretty much all Saturday to play. Sundays and countless work days are lost to the aches and pains of arguably the most physical sport in the world. Players are off work, many unpaid, for the horrific injuries they suffer. Compound fractures, and life long aliments are the norm. But the guys turn up week in and week out, with little or no recognition and no reward. I am going to try and capture the spirit of the game and players.

back alley

08-21-2010, 20:18

DNG

08-21-2010, 20:31

i think i have my idea...

no people!

my normal goal in shooting street is to include people and while i have many shots without people in them...they were usually taken while i was waiting for a good people shot to happen.

this would be a project that puposefully excludes people...just shoot things.

Good one
Makes sense since you said in the 1st post, that you were not too social, more of a quite type. I'm the same way, and 95% of my stuff in is "anti-people" images. It is a challenge for me to include people where they are close to me and my camera.
It does allow a more artistic approach to "Things" if no people are to included IMO.

bwcolor

08-21-2010, 20:55

How about depicting the new economic realities without people, but of course the images are all about people.

back alley

08-21-2010, 21:11

things are not that tough up here in oil country.

Neare

08-21-2010, 21:34

I think people are the most important part of photography... it would be a shame to exclude them.

What about movement using slow shutter speeds so they blur on sharp backgrounds?

Thinking a little Ken Kitano (http://www.japanexposures.com/2010/02/05/ken-kitano-gallery/) ish

bwcolor

08-21-2010, 21:44

things are not that tough up here in oil country.
Maybe we can send the U.S. Congress and the President North and they can help you like they have helped us. Happy to include G.W.B, , just to be fair.

kxl

08-21-2010, 22:07

Aren't you in Calgary? A nice drive on Highway 93 should give you plenty of inspiration.

amateriat

08-21-2010, 22:21

Not to sound crotchety, but my problem has been less about "projects" and more about taking the resulting photos and putting them in front of other sets of eyeballs: I've got several long-running photo projects, plus several small ones, waiting to leap into public view. One of them, my WTC-based Above All This, finally became a one-person show two years ago, with modest success. In spite of a few upcoming major changes in my life (hell, actually because of them...that's usually what lights the fuse, right?), I want to get on with getting more of this stuff out there.

If I were single, I'd get into photos a'la Frank Petronio. Just a thought Joe.
Actually, that's the biggest of the changes coming for me (the "single" part, that is). But, last I checked, Frank's happily married. (He did get that new Porsche anyway...) ;)

- Barrett

back alley

08-22-2010, 05:45

Aren't you in Calgary? A nice drive on Highway 93 should give you plenty of inspiration.

edmonton....

back alley

08-22-2010, 05:55

Not to sound crotchety, but my problem has been less about "projects" and more about taking the resulting photos and putting them in front of other sets of eyeballs: I've got several long-running photo projects, plus several small ones, waiting to leap into public view. One of them, my WTC-based Above All This, finally became a one-person show two years ago, with modest success. In spite of a few upcoming major changes in my life (hell, actually because of them...that's usually what lights the fuse, right?), I want to get on with getting more of this stuff out there.

Actually, that's the biggest of the changes coming for me (the "single" part, that is). But, last I checked, Frank's happily married. (He did get that new Porsche anyway...) ;)

- Barrett

sounds like congrats are in order, relationship wise...

paulfish4570

08-22-2010, 05:58

OK, since you might be headed toward things, how about the things people use to make their livings, but without the people who use them ...

ederek

08-22-2010, 08:23

i think i have my idea...

no people!

my normal goal in shooting street is to include people and while i have many shots without people in them...they were usually taken while i was waiting for a good people shot to happen.

this would be a project that puposefully excludes people...just shoot things.

Not a great photo here, but I thought of this shows a concept (in line with the street shooting thread - no people but plenty of life)..

Home for the Night
http://ederek.smugmug.com/photos/978354769_dsR8Q-L.jpg

antiquark

08-27-2010, 18:33

edmonton....

I just drove through Drumheller, Banff, Lake Louise, and Jasper... some great photogenic scenery there!

Today and tomorrow I'm in Edmonton... sad to say, it's uglier than Winnipeg! Spent all day today in a giant shopping mall, will spend tomorrow in museums.

My point being, if you drive a few hours from Edm, there are some amazing natural wonders to behold (and photograph).

back alley

08-27-2010, 18:36

there are better places in edm than that mall...

i'm not really into landscapes...

antiquark

08-27-2010, 18:40

Maybe we can send the U.S. Congress and the President North and they can help you like they have helped us. Happy to include G.W.B, , just to be fair.

"Operation Albertan Freedom," to help liberate the poor Alberta people from their evil dictator. :p

akptc

08-27-2010, 18:42

"Man's best friend" ... no people :)

antiquark

08-27-2010, 19:25

there are better places in edm than that mall...

Here's the view from my hotel... though, in fairness, every city has some craptacular landscapes. :)

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=80927&d=1282965889

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08-27-2010, 19:48

What if you picked a particular time of day and required yourself to take a photograph at it everyday? A time when you are likely to be out and about or doing something different. I have been thinking about starting a rule like this.

back alley

08-27-2010, 20:56

Here's the view from my hotel... though, in fairness, every city has some craptacular landscapes. :)

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=80927&d=1282965889

try to have a coffee on whyte avenue or a walk in the river valley or a short trip on the riverboat queen, hawrelak park is pretty...

Ducky

08-27-2010, 21:20

Let's not forget "Smoke".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpCpsExvD4Q&feature=related

Keith

08-27-2010, 21:27

Let's not forget "Smoke".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpCpsExvD4Q&feature=related

That's just one of the best movies I've seen I think ... and the scene with Augie and his photo albums is unbelievably poignant!

Makes you think about why and how we take photographs!