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I am just wonderinf if anyone out there has any unique ideas for themed photo shoots? I am having trouble being creative with this! It would be much appreciated. ~thanks, Lindsey  Mar 08 06 04:18 pm Link I steal my ideas from other photographers' photos, or I find a prop somewhere and build a theme around that. Mar 08 06 04:20 pm Link Alrighty sounds good...thanks!!! Mar 08 06 04:20 pm Link How about Lesbian Nazi Snowboarding  Mar 08 06 04:21 pm Link how about spy girl theme Mar 08 06 04:23 pm Link Interesting ideas...thanks all! Mar 08 06 04:24 pm Link Lindsey Marie wrote: I'm always cooking up something! Take a look at my page and portfolio. More on my OMP link, too Mar 08 06 04:24 pm Link You can always come to London, On and do a shoot with me. I'm full of ideas, and very open to suggestions. Working with a good makup artist might also benefit you when it comes to ideas. Good Luck, Wal Mar 08 06 04:24 pm Link C R Photography wrote: Add Yanni and you have good a deal. Mar 08 06 04:25 pm Link how about a bunch of female models in nurse outfits in a hospital room with a male model all bandaged up? o yea and the models are causing the man more pain hehehe  Mar 08 06 04:33 pm Link oh and let me add instead of hospital tools they have power tools  Mar 08 06 04:38 pm Link Well since I'm a nerd and Natalie Portman is my favorite actress, I am constantly going to her site. I check out the photoshoots she's done.If I like the idea of it, I might try to set up a shoot that emulates that idea. Maybe you could try that with your favorite actress/model/singer/whatever. Chrystal Mar 08 06 04:39 pm Link o man and add some bright color bean bag chairs in the room and white teddy bears with baloons. Mar 08 06 04:44 pm Link You could be different types of liquor. Mar 08 06 04:46 pm Link How about do some illegal substances that will alter your mind? Then try and come up with a concept or theme on your own ? Mar 08 06 04:47 pm Link Lindsey Marie wrote: I know that I have had ideas....and sometimes they work out and sometimes they don't. I like when you are on location and you see the surroundings and what all you are able to do in them. That is when my brain starts burning. Just like....a photographer came here from different state...was suppose to be nice and sunny. Ended up being a shitty day....raining heavy all day. So.....we did the best we could...and worked with what we had. Ended up being one of the best shoots....eventhough I was wet and cold...that I had! Mar 08 06 04:50 pm Link Usually I listen to the radio and a lyric will jump out at me ... Just now Meridith Brooks was on the station ... I'm a bitch, I'm a lover I'm a child, I'm a mother I'm a sinner, I'm a saint I do not feel ashamed I'm your hell, I'm your dream I'm nothing in between You know you wouldn't want it any other way Pick which part you like and go for it Mar 08 06 11:02 pm Link Benny wrote: LOL...so creative! i like i like! Mar 08 06 11:07 pm Link Try these... they've worked for me in the past...  1. Hell raisin beer drinkin 2. Renaissance 3. Mardi Gras 4. Glamour & outlandish makeup theme 5. Ghetto & jacked up location themes 6. Nature themes 7. Bondage and Fetish 8. Black & White themes 9. Motorcycle, Cars, Trains, Boats, Planes & other forms of transportation 10. Fashion & Runway 11. Unique lighting 12. Beach shoots You can also mix and match any of the examples listed above to include some majorly freaky shit... example: A drunkass motorcycle momma crusin down a ghetto runway in handcuffs wearin a Mardi Gra mask and lyin off a beach cliff illuminated by a lighting bolt. The possibilities are endless... Mar 08 06 11:22 pm Link Chicks with guns. Mar 09 06 12:55 am Link I like the idea of girls who look totally out of place in their environment. Things like a girl in a sophisticated business suit at a trailer park or a girl in "Daisy Dukes" at a high class cocktail party. The list goes on.... Mar 09 06 09:26 am Link Mark Giacobelli wrote: I second the motion. In my area there are opportunities like abandoned rural houses, junk yard vehicles, field stone walls from demolished farm buildings. Add an overdressed model who will be a real dichotomy with the surroundings. I once did a major theme with a model in a cheerleader outfit doing heroic things, disarming a prop bomb, recovering a cat from a tree, helping at Habitat for Humanity, and rescuing a young boy from a smoke filled house. (fog machine.) Mar 09 06 09:36 am Link Vegas Alien wrote: This is a very popular theme these days... Mar 09 06 09:45 am Link i don't like to share my ideas too much, but i'll share how i get them. first, i watch a lot of the free music videos on yahoo. madonna is my personal god. second, i keep a scrapbook purely for ideas. maybe i'll draw an outfit and then have it custom made (i have two insanely talented seamstress friends) and then develope a theme from there. or maybe i'll have a really weird dream and use that. and sometimes i'll just get inspired by like a piece of jewelry. no matter what, i always keep my book with me so i write it all down and doodle it out so i never loose the idea. Mar 09 06 11:21 am Link MsMojoRisinBJae wrote: I like the scrapbook idea...I have dozens of spirals and sketchpads full of concept sketches..prop sketches and some times ill put them on the shelf for a while and come back to it later with a fresh mind and add on. I agree about dreams, same here Mar 09 06 01:10 pm Link Breathing a little life into a formerly dying thread... When I'm out of ideas I pick up a book. Reading a good novel forces my mind to visualize what I'm reading. Stimulates those creative juices. I see the scene in my head and then build the composition of a photograph around it. Music helps, too, especially songs that tell a story. For the same reasons given above... Mar 23 06 09:37 pm Link I would like to do catwoman in body pant. Mar 23 06 09:45 pm Link Show the plight of hand puppets being fisted as a term of their existence. Mar 23 06 09:50 pm Link hell yeah, u could do all kinds of things. An arabic thing, cultural themes, i saw fairy tale themes... props really add to the illusion. U could pose with animals, guns, do diff. kinds of military themes. lol Mar 23 06 09:58 pm Link Vegas Alien wrote: Right side up or upside down? I need to get it composed correctly! (ROFLMAO!) Mar 23 06 10:04 pm Link Lindsey Marie wrote: Here's a fairly simple concept: Inappropriately Dressed. Mar 24 06 09:38 am Link Benny wrote: I think that would be to realistic. Mar 24 06 09:47 am Link I see models on here that have stuff in their ports that are VERY unique to their personality and the photogs help them realize those concepts. Try getting to know your models a little and ask what they're into....like do they drink coffee, are they a dancer, do they have a favorite crappy colored lipstick, a favorite time of year? Little things like that could inspire you in more ways than you know. Mar 24 06 09:56 am Link I agree with the music as inspiration idea. I've been dying to do a "Mary Jane's Last Dance" themed photoshoot for over a year. I also like nudes in abandoned buildings....something about the beauty of the body and the decay all around really gets me. Do you have a favorite movie? You could always act out that character in a photoshoot. What did you want to be when you were little, before the world got in the way? Be that in a photoshoot. Do you have an ultimate fantasy? You can find inspiration everywhere.....just look. Mar 24 06 10:09 am Link KatieK wrote: Right on Katie! One of my all time favorite movies is Labrynth with David Bowie and Jennifer Connely. So. . .I'm thinking "fairy". Mar 24 06 10:23 am Link I'm an editorial-style fashion shooter; most of stuff was shot with some sort of concept or theme. The only time it doesn't is when I'm just playing, and even then I usually find something. Why you shoot is as important as what you shoot or how you shoot. It defines your work. And I don't mean "why" only in the practical sense (ie to get paid, etc), I mean artistically as well. Mar 24 06 10:27 am Link Lindsey Marie wrote: Learn to free-associate. Go to a comic book store and pick up 5 comic books at random. Open them to random pages. Take elements from everything you see and see if you can synthesize them into something. Or take a concept from your current favorite TV show and blend it with an idea from your favorite porno flick and cross-fade that with a theme from a Shakespeare play. Whatever. Mar 24 06 10:27 am Link good ideas on here. I have tons, not enough time to shoot them all. But they're not exactly ideas I want to pass on to everyone here. sorry. but . . . have a story. I think that's key. I think it's sad when you see basic photos of beautiful women just standing there all the time or just tweaking a pose, sticking the butt out or whatever. better that one is sticking their butt out because it makes some sense in the photo / shoot for some reason. you were caught in a split second of time doing something that gave reason for you to strike that pose or be in that position, which just so happens to show off whatever attributes you want to show off, whether clothing, hips, butt, hair, etc. beyond that, go for composition, framing. even when one or a photo has no story whatsoever, if it is composed well with good form, good lighting and balance of positive/neg space, colors, B&W elements, shading, beautiful form, etc. it can still be top notch. to understand this better you need to just go through gazillions of photos picking out what elements you like and don't, which appeal to you and why and so on. I make a collection of photos that have different elements I want to shoot and organize them accordingly such as under lighting, tonalities, locations, backgrounds, hair emphasis, poses, head shots, etc. then I can easily pick out elements I want to shoot or feel are appropriate for a certain model or look I want to emulate or generate. I also like to create situations women, models, people find themselves in everyday - that are just life, funny, fun, whatever that just happens rather than super contrived - in appearance. Even if it meticulously planned, it should not feel that way - in my opinion. being, feeling relaxed and exuding being relaxed is also key for me when I shoot people. hope that helps. btw, your current shots are great and you look amazing. Mar 24 06 10:34 am Link Look at the words to the song "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" or "Desolation Row." You don't need the music, just look for the lyrics on a Bob Dylan or general lyric site. They are FILLED with imagery that might trigger that sought after theme for you. Mar 24 06 12:21 pm Link Jack M Absinthe wrote: That is actually a great idea can you imagine getting a great body painter and becoming a Hypnotiq bottle...thanks Im going to look into that! Mar 24 06 01:37 pm Link |
