SMB Photography Competition: Round 3: Growth - Discussion Thread

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March's theme - discussion

I've had a couple of thoughts on the theme for March, and reckon there's 3 ways to tackle it;
- a theme loosely based on a phrase (like 'food for thought')
- a theme based based around a single word or object (like 'earth')
- a theme based around a specific technique or style (like 'black and white', 'portraits' etc.)

I'm veering towards the last option as I think it would give us all an excuse to read up on / try a specific style of photography that might be outside our comfort zone, but it could also make the competition a bit of a technical exercise and that might be off-putting for some.

Any thoughts?
 


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I don't see a problem with the last option as long as you keep it so that anybody can use the technique whether they are using a simple compact point and shoot or an all singing all dancing SLR.

Ultimately it is your choice and it is up to the entrants how they want to interpret it.
 
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I think the key thing is to keep the theme loose enough to allow a large range of interpretation - although it makes it much harder for the non-creative ***** like me. I think the first couple of themes have been nice and broad, whilst still challenging.
 
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taipeisafc said:
I think the key thing is to keep the theme loose enough to allow a large range of interpretation - although it makes it much harder for the non-creative ***** like me. I think the first couple of themes have been nice and broad, whilst still challenging.
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peachbum said:
Well I think most people would understand portrait to mean "depicting a likeness of a person". What would you say it meant just out of interest. :)
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I think he means farmyard animals. I wouldn't enquire too rigorously
 
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peachbum said:
Well I think most people would understand portrait to mean "depicting a likeness of a person". What would you say it meant just out of interest. :)
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There are many possible interpretations, same as any theme really. It's not prescriptive. Moot point like, it won't be the theme.
 
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peachbum said:
Well I think most people would understand portrait to mean "depicting a likeness of a person". What would you say it meant just out of interest. :)
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I would have killed two birds with one stone and took some pics of the hores and dogs. Good for the compo and it keeps our lass happy.
 
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