carlita
TPF Noob!
so my latest idea for a photo got me thinking... how weird AM i, really? compared to the rest of you folks i mean.
see, i have to take a scary picture/one that plays on a common fear, or fear of my own. so i thought "hmmmm... since my parents won't let me dig a hole in their backyard and i don't HAVE a backyard myself, i'll call up a cemetery and ask them if i can lie down in one of their freshly dug graves to get a picture from the point of view of someone about to be buried alive... with some sweaty, creepy guy standing over me with a full shovel of dirt."
i ran this idea by my mom asking her if she thought they would actually let me do this. she says she doesn't think so (which turns out to be a common opinion), but i have yet to call and ask and what's the worst they can say? no, right? and that's no big deal. my mom says they'll think i'm a freak. i say i don't care what they think as long as i get my picture.
SO... what i want to know from the rest of you guys is this:
what is the strangest thing you've ever done/asked someone else to do to get a picture you wanted?
i remember one of my professors telling our class once that if you're not willing to get arrested for trespassing to get the right angle for a shot, you're probably not a true photographer at heart. :razz:
see, i have to take a scary picture/one that plays on a common fear, or fear of my own. so i thought "hmmmm... since my parents won't let me dig a hole in their backyard and i don't HAVE a backyard myself, i'll call up a cemetery and ask them if i can lie down in one of their freshly dug graves to get a picture from the point of view of someone about to be buried alive... with some sweaty, creepy guy standing over me with a full shovel of dirt."
i ran this idea by my mom asking her if she thought they would actually let me do this. she says she doesn't think so (which turns out to be a common opinion), but i have yet to call and ask and what's the worst they can say? no, right? and that's no big deal. my mom says they'll think i'm a freak. i say i don't care what they think as long as i get my picture.
SO... what i want to know from the rest of you guys is this:
what is the strangest thing you've ever done/asked someone else to do to get a picture you wanted?
i remember one of my professors telling our class once that if you're not willing to get arrested for trespassing to get the right angle for a shot, you're probably not a true photographer at heart. :razz: