Your top 5 "unfashionable" techniques...

1. Neon glow....

2. I'm not a fan of the paint/draw/pastel techniques applied to a photograph either - I tend to think that if that's what you're after then get out your pencils

3. Poor watermarking - bright blue Comic Sans MS right in the middle of the image doesn't do it for me

4. Wonky angles - circa 1994

5. Out of focus shots - there is no excuse, even if it's a drunken shot from your mobile in the pub last night, if there is no focus there seems very little point

As previously suggested, good photographs stand the test of time
 
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Seeing others get good results with one flash :D
 
pp & pp :gag:

Sometime we all hate what other photographer do,the only things that united us is the tool we use,the camera :)
 
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Cokin filters with their graduated colours, starbursts, diffraction filters etc. A real throw back (or up) to the 80s.

And selective colour, I saw some wedding pictures at the weekend where the photographer used selective colour seemingly at random - a group of people and one tie would be coloured in, the bride and groom and the groom's face was in colour.

I have used it myself but where it suits the subject and doesn't detract from the image (I hop!)
 
Surprised no one has mentioned light painted balls, seen dozens but only a few are actually very interesting.

To an extent this goes for light painting as well.
 
Yv said:
soft focus vignette :gag:
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:plusone:

White Vignette
Overbaked HDR
Sepia (in 99.9% of cases)
Half-Arsed B&W conversions (grey tone flat shots)
Tight Crops
Texture Overlays
Anything with a train in it :lol:
 
Just goes to prove everyone likes something different, if you banned all the above from this forum then there wouldn't be a forum.
 
Digital imaging (it'll never catch on)

Solarisation

Fish-eye lenses

35mm film (too small, it'll never catch on)

Wet plate collodion process (can't people just learn to draw properly)
 
Sheeeyooott......That just about covers everything :lol:

I'll get me coat then :p
 
jerry12953 said:
Seriously, I'm convinced that in five years time almost everyone will have put their 10stop ND filter in the drawer and left it there.
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Glad I'm not the only one who thinks it - I believe they are a total phase and as soon as something else comes out, people will take that up in an instant.

(I used to shoot far too much 10 stop have seriously pulled back on that of late...)
 
For Digital Users:
1) 10 Stop ND filters. Most overused *cough* technique at the moment.
2) HDR
3) Overprocessing Images (most of landscape 'tog of the year tbh)
4) Selective Colouring
5) Putting massive watermarks over everything. Nobody cares and do you really think somebody is going to make millions off of your 12Kb 400px wide image?

For Film users:
1) Cross Processing shots of models with frizzy hair and flowery dresses in the woods.
2) Tobacco Grad filters
3) Starburst filters
4) Lomography
5) It being on film does not turn a rubbish photo into a great one.

That is all.
 
stumeech said:
Glad I'm not the only one who thinks it - I believe they are a total phase and as soon as something else comes out, people will take that up in an instant.

(I used to shoot far too much 10 stop have seriously pulled back on that of late...)
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I only used a 10 stop once. There I was with the camera doing a 4 minute exposure of a pond when I turned around and, there only 20 feet away was a pine marten! And my camera was tied up doing a picture of water!

Little b***** stood and watched me as if it knew I couldn't take its pic. And when I turned to the camera it ran off.

:bang:
 
  • Spot colouring
  • HDR
  • Model in stomach cramp pose
  • The warm tint people put on wedding photos - fondly known in some circles as the 'Cats Pi $$ look'
  • Crash Taylor dropping a buzzard in some of his pics.
  • The over-processing of skin - see anything done by Portrait Professional software.
 
gm43uk said:
I only used a 10 stop once. There I was with the camera doing a 4 minute exposure of a pond when I turned around and, there only 20 feet away was a pine marten! And my camera was tied up doing a picture of water!

Little b***** stood and watched me as if it knew I couldn't take its pic. And when I turned to the camera it ran off.

:bang:
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Aaaaaaargh.......
 
Fisheye lenses, make me feel a bit queasy and anything over sharpened especially birds

Nearly forgot miscellaneous objects making a splash in milk, about as interesting as people who sit in a bath of baked beans for charity
 
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Gandhi said:
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5) It being on film does not turn a rubbish photo into a great one.
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Seconded. We were talking about this at an exhibition last night. Usually spruiked by people who bang on about it being "the photographer, not the gear". Who then proceed to waste $300 of 4x5 and expect you to be in awe of their greatness. :p
 
Jayst84 said:
-Bad processing.
-Underexposed, barely composed, nasty black and white conversions of somebody going shopping. (And calling it street photography).
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A lot of this in the street photography thread :cuckoo: and they get complemented about it :thinking: I often wonder what would happen if I mentioned it.
 
retrogamer1990 said:
A lot of this in the street photography thread :cuckoo: and they get complemented about it :thinking: I often wonder what would happen if I mentioned it.
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I think you should have the courage of your conviction and

a) Do it. What have you got to be scared of?

and

b) Show everyone how street shots should be done.

Help from guys like you in invaluable. :thumbs:
 
Ricardodaforce said:
I think you should have the courage of your conviction and

a) Do it. What have you got to be scared of?
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Getting banned I guess, People don't like to be told their photos consistently suck (though I'd put it in nicer words)
 
retrogamer1990 said:
Getting banned I guess, People don't like to be told their photos consistently suck (though I'd put it in nicer words)
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I see your point lol
 
retrogamer1990 said:
A lot of this in the street photography thread :cuckoo: and they get complemented about it :thinking: I often wonder what would happen if I mentioned it.
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I, and a couple of others, did in the first monster street photo thread. Didn't go down too well.

But then if people enjoy what they're shooting, that's obviously fine, doesn't bother me, I just won't offer advice in future. :)
 
Jayst84 said:
I, and a couple of others, did in the first monster street photo thread. Didn't go down too well.

But then if people enjoy what they're shooting, that's obviously fine, doesn't bother me, I just won't offer advice in future. :)
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Hence the big problem we have on TP. Crit is needed and should be given, in a polite and constructive way. If the dummy is spat RTM and there will be consequences for the spitter. Otherwise
The thread can go to photos for pleasure an receive all the 'great shot' comments in the world.
 
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Getting banned I guess, People don't like to be told their photos consistently suck (though I'd put it in nicer words)
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AFAIK nobody has ever been banned for giving honest critique, as long as it's done politely and constructively.

menthel said:
Hence the big problem we have on TP. Crit is needed and should be given, in a polite and constructive way. If the dummy is spat RTM and there will be consequences for the spitter. Otherwise
The thread can go to photos for pleasure an receive all the 'great shot' comments in the world.
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Can't say it any better than that :thumbs:
 
Underexposed/Overexposed images because it just screams lazyness and the fact the photographer has no self-awareness about the equipment they are carrying. If its a image he/she can only capture the once and edits it through software with mimimal recover then I can be more sympathetic. But 'professionals' on shoots should know better.

Photoshopping due to the fact I see image manipulation as just that, manipulating the very thing you are trying to create/express. Obviously in photography you are limited as to what you can do, but to me editing in something like a Seagull across a beach scene isn't photography but computer editing.

HDR the same as above

Camera Phones these devices making anyone and everyone think suddenly they are a 'professional photographer' and have steadily sterilised the market with cheap gimmick images, that are easily produced but never criticised because they are 'with the times.' Unfortunately these are only going to become more advanced in the coming years making professional DSL/DSLR 'toggers harder to spot.
 
Maybe not so much a technique, but low down, three-quarter rigs shots on cars are wearing thin with me, especially those done on a slow shutter. I see the point but it seems every tom, dick and harry is doing it these days so it's lost its individuality... wouldn't mind a few people trying different angles (high up) for a change
 
Using the pop up flash has save my bacon many times, but it has to be controlled, which is why I have it set to manual, I'm not a fan of using it and it does make me say "oh not again" but sometimes there is no other option

:)
 
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