Jostein wrote: > Glen, > great ideas. > Maybe more of a challenge to us who have English as second or third > language, but still,... -Time to sit down and think, then. :-) > Jostein
Well, do a cliche from your own language :) But the photo cliches are universal, non? annsan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Glen O'Neal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 8:03 PM > Subject: RE: April 2003 PUG and conrect attri > > > Perhaps an interesting twist on the Clich� theme. Imagine producing > an image > > that illustrates a common clich�. For instance: > > > > "A fork in the road" > > > > Imagine a long hilly road stretching off into the distance. Image > take at > > ground level in the middle of the road. Long yellow double lines > stretching > > off into the distance and telephone poles lining one side of the > road. > > Fields of grass (or corn or wheat or whatever) on either side. And > stuck > > into the road about 15 feet in front of the camera is a pitch fork. > > > > Now many will get technical and ask how this could be done. This > could be > > done digitally, or by sawing off the ends of the tines to make it > look like > > it was actually stuck in the road, or by finding an asphalt road > that is > > soft enough from the hot summer sun to actually stick the fork in. > Anyway > > the technique is not so important. The idea is just the literal > > interpretation of the clich� into an image. > > > > You can pick any clich� and illustrate it in visual and literal > terms. > > > > Here's another: > > > > "Put up your Dukes" > > > > Several pictures of John Wayne hanging on drying clips in a > darkroom. > > > > "Egg on your face" > > > > This ones obvious .... > > > > "All of that and a bag of chips" > > > > Think of a table filled with all kinds of non-related items; razor > blades, > > comb, cassette tape, pencils, old photos, forks, envelopes, etc (you > get the > > idea) and off to the side by itself is a bag of chips (any brand you > like) > > ... > > > > "Snowballs chance in Hell ...." > > > > This could be an interesting challenge ... > > > > So this is the idea anyway. What do you think? > > > > Glen > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ann Sanfedele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 12:35 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: April 2003 PUG and conrect attri > > > > > > > > Although quoted in reply to Treena... annsan wrote the puppies and > children > > thing... > > It kinda looked in your quote below that I was quoting treena > telling a > > story > > about > > someone named Ann .... anyway... > > > > T Rittenhouse wrote: > > > > > I don't know, I don't think people pictures can be cliches unless > they are > > > very over posed as every person is an individual. > > > > > Children and puppies are > > > kind of a universal make me smile thing. > > > > > Now, the typical tourist postcard, > > > on the other hand... > > > > Aside from sunsets, I think cutseypie pictures of children with goo > on their > > face, > > are about as cliched as you can get... or how about grandma with a > toddler > > grandchild? > > They don't have to be poorly shot pictures to be a cliche - but > they > > probably > > should > > have a Norman Rockwell look to them :) > > > > > > > Ciao, > > > Graywolf > > > http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Ann Sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > Treena wrote: > > > quoting annsan > > > > who wrote.... > > > > > > unable to > > > > resist a tele lens shot of a pensive little kid clutching a > flower AND > > a > > > > puppy. > > > > He taunted me with "Puppies and children, Ann????" > > > > > > > > Maybe I can find that slide... :) > > > > annsan quoting all that stuff above > > > >
