I think he's right, selecting a theme does get you going.
And what's more, I think it'll surely work well in many other media too, painting, writing, music, whatnot.
Themes are great. I started a goddess series as a personal project about a month ago. I've taken some great shots and met some wonderful people that I never would have had a chance to meet otherwise.
I have themes in the past. My favourite two being street furniture and textures. I've always shot cars, but tended to have features rather than whole cars, badges, grilles, lights etc abstracted from the rest of the vehicle. I found this got a bit mechanical after a while. I learnt how to get the key points very quickly, and avoid unwanted self portraits embedded therein.
My current theme is Fire Stations, even dedicating a whole blog to it. I have this idea of collecting enough images that I can compile a book of them.
Thing about a theme is to also just keep your eyes open, you never know what wonders you miss while you're focused on your theme.
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Themes are great. I started a goddess series as a personal project about a month ago. I've taken some great shots and met some wonderful people that I never would have had a chance to meet otherwise.
"Goddess" how, and how do you go about it?
It's a good point. :)
I have themes in the past. My favourite two being street furniture and textures. I've always shot cars, but tended to have features rather than whole cars, badges, grilles, lights etc abstracted from the rest of the vehicle. I found this got a bit mechanical after a while. I learnt how to get the key points very quickly, and avoid unwanted self portraits embedded therein.
My current theme is Fire Stations, even dedicating a whole blog to it. I have this idea of collecting enough images that I can compile a book of them.
Thing about a theme is to also just keep your eyes open, you never know what wonders you miss while you're focused on your theme.
@Eolake - The work on my new Model Mayhem portfolio exemplifies it pretty well:
http://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/1820735/0
For each shoot I choose a Greco-Roman goddess or some other mythological deity and have the model pose accordingly.
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