Sunset or sunrise beach scene with blurred and misty water, arty black and white shot of couple/child/old people (probably just after its rained), blurred out green field with central object/person as focus point, mountain and or forest scene at sunrise or sunset (with heightened colours due to polarizing lense), amazing star trail with focal object in front.
Even the shots that are breaking the mold such as travel shots look like they could be used interchangeably without anyone noticing; cue earnest asian person shot in traditional dress, tribal/traditional person in bright colours, breath taking view with stunned hikers in front, metropolitan scene with bright light skyscrapper.
Its all remarkably meticulous, well composed, very skilled and most of all utterly, utterly dull. In short modern photography would seem to me to be stuck in a rut.
Blame stock photography websites, blame what is 'traditionally' done in photography, blame appealing to the photography judges, blame mainstream and bland appeal or just say fuck that.
I'm not pretending i'm particularly skilled as a photographer (I haven't even studied it to college level) but surely there should be more to this art form then taking the same picture as everyone else. Why not experiment? Just because the best light may be at sunset or sunrise doesn't mean you won't get good shots at other times of day. Take you camera off the tripod when shooting at night and get blurry as fuck images, break the golden rule deliberately, get warped reflections, get your hands in the shot, tell a subject to run away or toward you in fear or hatred when taking portraiture shots or throw (soft) things at them when taking the shot, take a picture of the trash can next to the amazing mountain.
None of these might be good ideas or even that original but at least they won't be the same as every other bland shot, because art is meant to be about personal expression and what is expressive about taking the same shot as everyone else?
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