Good Ideas for a Concentrated Study

<p>I am doing a concentrated study for my photography class, but I don't know what to concentrate on. I wanted to do babies/toddlers, but I am not sure if that is going to be interesting enough. If anyone has any good ideas, that would be great</p>

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<p>The new Popular Photography that just showed up at my house had an article about a photographer that did a series of street photos of people wearing tee shirts with graphic or text on them, and only the back side of the shirt. Check it out, may inspire you to do something creative like that. May 2010, page 24. It goes on to talk about her reasoning and inspiration for doing this project.</p>

<p>Oh, and for a great book that will help you clear your mind to see the world around you, order a copy of Photography and the Art of Seeing, 3rd Edition, by Freeman Patterson. About $15. Terrific book, I'd recommend it to anyone.</p>

<p>Maddy,</p>

 

<p>If you find babies interesting, then you should be able to photograph whatever it is about them that

makes them interesting to you. If you can’t, you’ll have failed at the most important point of

the exercise.</p>

 

<p>If you find the exercise difficult, all the more reason you should do it.</p>

 

<p>Cheers,</p>

 

<p>b&</p>

<p>Anything subject choice is interesting enough if you find it to be so and you have something interesting to say about the subject with your photography. I find toddlers generally to be annoying and tedious so if I were to do a concentrated study on them I suspect those feelings would be part of the mix and would steer my choices and reflect in my results.<br>

I find dogs , waiting in cars for their owners to return from shopping , to be interesting , so I have been doing a concentrated study on them. Because the topic interests me I find endlessly inspiration wandering around parking lots peering through car windows. You would quite possibly find this as interesting as watching mud dry. You have to find something you would like to explore, look within yourself rather than asking others to offer suggestions and odds are the experience will be more rewarding. If you find toddlers inspiration and goodness knows folks love them, then go with that. Whether or not the result turns out interesting is up to you. Best of luck and have fun.</p>

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<p>I wanted to do babies/toddlers, but I am not sure if that is going to be interesting enough.</p>

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<p>You'd think so but check out Jill Greenberg's <a href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/baby-dont-cry-jill-greenberg">crying babies</a>. I'd like to see a series of them putting stuff in their mouth. They're like dogs, no concept of gross.</p>

<p>Check out the artist statement at the link, too. Not that I would have made the connection but now that I think about it, a brilliant way way to execute some pretty banal political sentiments. I mean American politics --- who cares. BTW she made the children cry by giving them candy and then taking it away from them. Kinda mean, but hey, it's for art.</p>

<p>I'm with Gordon on this one.</p>

<p>You can't fake or force enthusiasm. Picking a subject to shoot on the basis of just capturing that subject as some kind of end all experience is guaranteed to deliver boring results. Pick anything that excites you when you look at it and let the enthusiasm that experience brings be the drive behind the decision to trip that shutter.</p>