jon_noble Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Oh, and the "camera test shots" genre. Just kidding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_sullivan Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 there is no "most boring photography genre" for me. What's boring to me is BORING light. I appreciate all types of photography, but hate when it's photographed in uninteresting light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_holland Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 "Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen." - Ambrose Bierce "They say that death kills you, But death doesn't kill you. Boredom and indifference kill you." - Iggy Pop More quotes on boredom at: http://www.findquotes.com/cate_542_Boredom.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenPapai Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 This is easy -- photos of peoples' pets (especially cats and dogs) and B&W street photography, especially if it concerns kids. ARGH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_holland Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 But to the point of Alexandre's original question, "Which would you say are the most BORING photography categories/genres?"... it's definitely yabbering about photography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.wind-upbird Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Nudes. It's been beaten to DEATH by people who are too lazy to find something interesting and worthwhile to shoot without using the human body to attract exposure. Especially those B&W boobs-in-shadow shots and those others that make you think, "Ok, but what's that nipple doing there?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeaster Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 I would still rather see peoples' dogs than their snotty children. Oh, I must add over-saturated digital and those stupid digital (so-called)enhancements made to look like paintings. YECH!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravi_swamy Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 I just feel like piling on. Wedding photos are the most boring. When somebody pulls out their wedding album I always make up an excuse that I have to get up early the next day and leave as quickly as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_h.1 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 "to shoot what? Weddings, clouds, flowers, kids, women, trees, landscapes?" Shooting women is boring? My condolenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant_lupton1 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 SP, Dead right. This sad work was bought to my attention via a PN forum posting a couple of weeks ago. In the same post reference was also made to a woman photographer who similarly dressed babies and toddlers in the costumes of lambs and ladybirds, or such-like. How could I be exposed to the most revolting examples simultaneously? Pass the sick bag. A photograph works if it causes a reaction. I'll say - post-traumatic stress. Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian_teufel Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 "digital kitsch, especially black backgrounds" Carl, I'm not familiar with this term. please explain if you would. Thx, Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
root Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 which part? the "digital", kitsch", or "black backgrounds"? Shall I assume you're familiar with the "flaming pear" plug in and agree with my assessment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
root Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 this pretty well covers it. http://www.photo.net/photo/4353660 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_borengasser Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Anyone's photography except my own. Just kidding. Or...maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h._p. Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I don't find any genre boring. Most pictures fail to interest me but I've seen examples from any genre you could mention which have given me pleasure or excited my interest in some other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Got to agree with H.P. on this one. The genres are not boring, the photos that get submitted by and large are - how could we expect otherwise? It's a certainty that all of our photos will bore someone, some of our work perhaps more than others, but who cares? My work doesn't bore me and ultimately I'm the only person I have to please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles_stobbs3 Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 My first reaction was street photography, esp. B&W. But H.P. is correct, sometimes good (for me) pictures turn up where I would least expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_needham Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 There is boring and exciting with most subjects. I think it depends more on the photographer and the viewer than the genre. One category that is almost always painfully boring is the "I'm sitting here with my new camera, and I just gotta push this shutter button again and again" genre. You know, close-ups of CDs, cell phones, water drops, computer keypads, guitar strings, crayons, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosshogg Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Flowers, pets, weddings in that order. That is not to say that someone cannot make an original and aethetically pleasing photo from any of those subjects. It is to say that they are mostly poorly done or overdone, and rarely original. Flowers and animals are particularly bad, because it seems that anyone who has a super high tech macro or a very long lens, feels compelled to take pictures with it. Just because you can get really close to a subject, does not make it any more interesting. I have given some very high scores in those genres, but they are few and far between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_laycock Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I'd have to put wedding and most commercial photography right at the top of the list - especially product photography. Followed by wildlife and sports photography. I also find quite a lot of conceptual photography to be extremely dull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron_n__portland__or_ Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I was surprised to see how many people are bored by B&W Street Photography. Those of you who are should check out the work of Garry Winogrand. This guy was AMAZING. I would also recommend going to any downtown area and trying it your self and see how difficult it is to make a quality image as fast as you are required to. Photographing people who may not want to be photographed is very difficult. Go out and try it, it is very fun. Link to a little article about Garry Winogrand: http://photography.about.com/library/weekly/aa102300a.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeaster Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Aaron, I hate to say it but I believe that there is a growing bias against traditional B&W of any genre here on PN. If it isn't over-saturated and manipulated digital, then it must be crap. Oh well, it is the same juvenile mentality as when some adolescents refuse to listen to any type of music except the one their friends listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosshogg Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Andre, I hope you are wrong. B & W photography has a timeless quality to it, that would be hard to match. Many of us who do digital do it because it is the only way we can participate in the process of making art (if that be what any of us are doing). I don't put a lot of stock in ratings, but if I view mine as a big picture, the black and whites rate as high as the other stuff. Of course that could be simply because the majority of photo netters don't even bother looking or, much less, rating. At any rate, let's hope B & W will be around for eons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert x Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 photographs of the great court at the british museum ?<p> <a href=http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=great% 20court&oe=UTF-8&percentage_served=*:100&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi">link</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert x Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 ha ha - thats quite funny link again.... http://www.arcspace.com/architects/foster/great_court/2.Great-Hall.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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