opie

I'm a door person 1st (I know, so cliche), but the most interesting shots from my last trips were up close details (of anything that you like or is new to you), animals, & opposites (in the same photo, like old/new, religious/secular, ornate/rustic).

dandj

shoes
doors
mosaics
food
signs

Clifton

No one style, really. I've taken landscapes and doorways and all sorts of things.

But now I find that if the shot doesn't include regular people, doing everyday things, I will often be bored with my shot. So I try, when I can, to get a little life and motion in pictures.

Worktowander

Changes every trip, usually.

In London, I made a point of getting the sign of every pub I ate (or drank) in, for instance.

The two that never change are the cheesy stick-your-arm-out-as-far-as-it-will-go couple self portrait, and feet. Our feet, meaning DH's and mine.

We have shots of our feet in Rome, our feet buried in a Sahara dune, our feet exhausted in a hotel room, etc. They hang in identical frames on our bedroom wall. As do the stick-your-arm-out pictures.

Mind you, my husband is a professional news photographer, so we don't take it too seriously on vacation. It's all about the funs.

TRSW

robjame,

I have always enjoyed YOUR photos of the plates of food in front of you.

If I do have 'themes' I think it varies from whatever city I am in. But the most common is architecture.

Although when I was in Paris, I was drawn to certain parts of different sculptures. My favorite is from one of the facades of the Arc De Triomphe

www.pbase.com/trsw/image/69560664

Great question by the way.

Tom

www.pbase.com/trsw

suze

not gnomes, but i have taken things with me and photographed them in various situations... a small plastic doll couple, both in lawn chairs were fun. We dragged a birthday cake around a bunch of places one time. took 5 pair of cat-eye sunglasses for people to wear... stuff like that.

gard

Hi

I find this to be the great thing about digital cameras...you can take as many pictures as you want and then just delete the bad ones. So on my trip to Paris last year (see pictures in trip report http://gardkarlsen.com/Paris_France.htm ) I tried to take pictures of various things...ranging from standing in from of the Eiffel tower, food we ate, monuments, metro station names etc

Regards
Gard
http://gardkarlsen.com - trip reports and pictures

teacher33

This is a fun post. I have some usual things, but most of them have already been mentioned. One thing I do like is the signs using no words (pictographs, I think they are called.)

The comments about taking things around to pose in verious locations remind me of a couple of books )hope this is not too far off topic).

Quite a few years ago someone gave a friend of mine a large book of photographs called "The Red Sofa". The author had taken a large red sofa around the US and photographed it in various locations, some well known, some generic.

Then I saw a book of a fellow who went across the US taking pictures of laundry on clotheslines.

For Ireland lovers, a book called "Around Ireland with a Refrigerator" is still in prinsaw it at a bookstore recently. It is more text than pictures, but it is the hilarious account of a young man who made a bet in not one of his better moments that he could carry a fridge around the rim of Ireland. He could accept rides, but not take his own vehicle or rent one. So he bought a fridge (small college room size, but still a rather bulky piece of luggage) and set out. Met lots of people, got interviewed on radio, and won his bet. Even went out to a couple of islands. It is a hoot--I laughed most of the way through it==though there are a few reflective moments as well.

sshephard

I'm with tuscanlifeedit - I like knockers.

robjame

<<opposites (in the same photo, like old/new, religious/secular, ornate/rustic).>> I like that idea a lot opie
Someone in Canada took pictures of outhouses - actually published a coffee table book
I tried close ups of ornate railings and fences in Paris.
The doors are hard to get perspective.

isabel

I've pretty much used all the themes mentioned here at one time or another - definitly a lot of the details that will later remind me of the flavor of where I am - shop front windows are one of my favorites. I love bridges, fountains, doors, windows, signs, architectural details. Most of my photos do not feature people but I do try to include people as a secondary focus to many photos and when I do I try to get someone that "looks the part" - eg in Paris a fashionably dressed woman with a scarf as oppossed to someone wearing shorts and a baseball cap. I also like little kids and the elderly. And I find myself photographing a lot of dogs but that's usually because I'm missing mine and most of the dog photos don't end up in the final group of photos I show other people.

My photos are at www.pbase.com/annforcier. TRSW your photos are very nice, I hope more people will post links to their photos.

irishface

Gard, TRSW, and isabel, I took a quick peek at your pictures and trip reports. Can't wait to get back to them for a more leisurely viewing.

Isabel, I took a quick look at your New England album. Some of your pictures were taken within a short ride of home for me. All your pics are truly awesome!

TRSW, you have some great looking albums on pbase.

Gard, Your trip report to Paris was certainly complete and the Eiffel Tower pictures were great. The ones looking down made me feel as if I were right there and reminded me of my visit 30 years ago. The height made me ill even then and the years have not done anything to improve my dealing with heights. Thanks for letting me vicarously live this experience.

I hope some others will post their picture links on this thread. You people have inspired me to work on uploading mine to some website.

AnselmAdorne

irishface,

Here are a couple to make you think of Paris ...

www.pbase.com/anselmadorne/image/75884899

www.pbase.com/anselmadorne/image/75692608

Anselm

gard

Hi

If you have a problem with heights you should take a look at these pictures from Norway. This is Kjerag, 1000 meter above the Lyse fjord:
http://gardkarlsen.com/kjerag/gard_at_kjerag.jpg

And this is from a place near by called Pulpit rock: http://gardkarlsen.com/preikestolen/...eikestolen.jpg . Again there is an amazing view

Regards
Gard
http://gardkarlsen.com - trip reports and pictures

travel2live

No theme but I find myself constantly taking pictures of plates of food, hanging meats/cheeses, markets, animals, scenery (especially green hills with stone walls zigzagging all over), castles, unusual trees/flowers/gardens, fountains, statues, anything with stone archways to "frame" the scenery in the background, pots of flowers going up stone steps, signs, outhouses, old graveyards, village alleyways, stone bridges, store displays, etc. Pretty much anything we don't see where I live!!

Generally speaking we don't take pics of the usual major touristy stuff (i.e. Pisa) or if we do we take them from weird angles and perspectives.

bigtyke

it's not really a theme, but several sub themes.

Iron signs (such as in Rothenburg)
Pub signs
vertical sundials on buildings
Unusual signs - last week in Cheyenne Wyoming, there was a sign near the state capitol building that said "sap may be on bench" - so of course, I took a picture of my son sitting on the bench!

nicegirl512

LOL Bigtyke, that's hilarious.

I like taking pictures through windows, doorways, archways, portals, etc. Climbing to the top of the Campanile in Florence to get a view of the Duomo are some really lovely clover shaped windows that I ended up lying on the ground to get good shots through. I'm sure people thought I had had too many stairs!

irishface

Gard,
I took a look at your pictures. awesome! But you wouldn't find me standing out on those rocks! I'd be taking the pictures with a zoom from a "safe" distance.
Thanks!

pmuzzy17

One time my daughter, in her teenage years so need I say more, was being particularly challenging and she had moved out leaving her prized teddy bear behind. I took Teddy to Disney with my sister and we took pictures of her everywhere. We called it Teddy Does Disney. We took pictures on Its a Small World, on the Aerosmith ride, having a martini at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, getting a haircut with plastic scissors an all at Downtown Disney. You get the point. She loved it!!! To this day she sleeps with Teddy (she turns 21 in a couple weeks).

hlocke1

What an interesting topic! =) I like to shoot a lot of the following:

- Our food (very typical if we are excited about the meal)
- Signage (esp. in different languages)
- Architectural details
- Cats
- My husband standing next to cheesy statues (like a giant moose as opposed to David)

ciao, h.