Overdone and Cliche Shots

[PixelRabbit]

Short and sweet question, what is your opinion on overdone or cliche shots?
Is there a shot you cringe to see even if it is technically well done? Why?

I've been pondering this for a while, the shots that everyone seems to try at some point, the moon, water drops, smoke, stairs, bricks, train tracks etc.

I admit to shooting some in the list and plan to do more but often hesitate to post these kinds of shots because they are, well, cliche.

Thoughts?

 

[Derrel]

Is there a shot that I cringe upon seeing, even if technically it's done well? YES, THERE IS! It's that cliche shot of a baby girl, 12-16 months old, sitting on her butt, holding a chrysanthemum, with the mum done in SELECTIVE color, and the baby and the rest of the frame entirely in B&W... cliche city!

 

[skieur]

Is there a shot that I cringe upon seeing, even if technically it's done well? YES, THERE IS! It's that cliche shot of a baby girl, 12-16 months old, sitting on her butt, holding a chrysanthemum, with the mum done in SELECTIVE color, and the baby and the rest of the frame entirely in B&W... cliche city!

Yes, selective colour has become an overdone cliche as well as overdone HDR. HDR can be useful, as in a well composed HDR shot can look like a book illustration and a carefully done HDR can look like a natural shot with great lighting. However, if the technique is too identifiable and distracting, then it is poorly done.

skieur

 

[PixelRabbit]

Lol Derrel, I'm not going to ask you why, that ones a freebie.

 

[PixelRabbit]

Yes, selective colour has become an overdone cliche as well as overdone HDR. HDR can be useful, as in a well composed HDR shot can look like a book illustration and a carefully done HDR can look like a natural shot with great lighting. However, if the technique is too identifiable and distracting, then it is poorly done.

skieur

Ah, HDR, the slippery slope
I think HDR can be overdone technically but HDR as a whole, when well done at either end of the spectrum, is still very much alive and well.

 

[PhotoWrangler]

Short and sweet question, what is your opinion on overdone or cliche shots?
Is there a shot you cringe to see even if it is technically well done? Why?

Tits - 'fine art'.
The ring on the flower - weddings.
The baby's chin propped up on its hands - babies.
The senior's letterman jacket - seniors.
Bugs period - macro.
Birds period - wildlife.
Mountains - landscapes.
And the gawd forsaken woman on the motorcycle with a wet tshirt that screams "here's my tits" shot - that they affectionately call "beauty" photography.

Would you like me to go on?

 

[MLeeK]

The moon! I am so sick of moon shots. They all look the same. Some are just cleaner and some are noisier.

Electric green HDR.

Roses

Big fat flowers attached to a newborn's head.

 

[PhotoWrangler]

Big fat flowers attached to a newborn's head.

YOU AINT LYING! DAMN I HATE THOSE!!!

 

[mishele]

Short and sweet question, what is your opinion on overdone or cliche shots?
Is there a shot you cringe to see even if it is technically well done? Why?

Tits - 'fine art'.
The ring on the flower - weddings.
The baby's chin propped up on its hands - babies.
The senior's letterman jacket - seniors.
Bugs period - macro.
Birds period - wildlife.
Mountains - landscapes.
And the gawd forsaken woman on the motorcycle with a wet tshirt that screams "here's my tits" shot - that they affectionately call "beauty" photography.

Would you like me to go on?

Yes, please go on. Tell us how you really feel. lol

 

[PhotoWrangler]

Yes, please go on. Tell us how you really feel. lol

I would, but now I'm off on a tangent focusing on how much I hate 'fine art' nude shots....

 

[mishele]

I would love to hear why you hate nude shots!!

 

[IgsEMT]

wow,
this thread is turning into a therapy session

 

[molested_cow]

ChristopherCoy.... why do you sound so angry at tits?

Titty shots are the few which I don't mind being cliche.

On another note, less about "fine photography", I absolutely "hate" people around here posing the victory hand sign at every shot. Recently, they started a new thing, which is to jump up in the air to get a mid air shot, while posing the V-hand gesture, and most yellow people can't jump.

 

[DiskoJoe]

Senior photos involving train tracks.

 

[mishele]

Ducks