New Mandates! Get 'em while they're hot!

Robert Coe wrote:

:
: Those are points of "interest", not random points. I think the point
: of the mandate is to try to take interesting pictures at uninteresting
: (random) locations.

A few observations on that:

- Some of those "points of interest" are not, in themselves, particularly
interesting. The challenge is to go there and find a shot that makes the site
as interesting as it can be. Whether the site was chosen at random or by some
other method that's effectively beyond the photographer's control is not that
relevant, arguably.

Actually, going to a conventional "interesting location"
is probably limiting, since the "right photograph"
is so clearly defined.

I've been to beauty spots where there are literally
"take your photo from here" plaques on the ground.

If you were to do so, your photograph would
be very similar to the postcards on sale nearby.

BugBear

On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:35:46 +0100, bugbear
wrote:
: Robert Coe wrote:
:
: :
: : Those are points of "interest", not random points. I think the point
: : of the mandate is to try to take interesting pictures at uninteresting
: : (random) locations.
:
: A few observations on that:
:
: - Some of those "points of interest" are not, in themselves, particularly
: interesting. The challenge is to go there and find a shot that makes the site
: as interesting as it can be. Whether the site was chosen at random or by some
: other method that's effectively beyond the photographer's control is not that
: relevant, arguably.
:
: Actually, going to a conventional "interesting location"
: is probably limiting, since the "right photograph"
: is so clearly defined.
:
: I've been to beauty spots where there are literally
: "take your photo from here" plaques on the ground.
:
: If you were to do so, your photograph would
: be very similar to the postcards on sale nearby.

Thank you for taking the trouble to point that out. I submitted three
pictures. There are no such markers at any of the locations, nor have I ever
seen any of them on a postcard. If any of them resemble an existing postcard,
it is coincidence.

Bob