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==== Photographic Cliches ====

(via http://www.flickr.com/groups/strobist/discuss/72157614174895918/ and [...] )

* The girl looking into the mirror and the reflection is her dressed differently or whatever. 
  * Anyone screaming, though I have one of a 7 year old doing that in my stream.
  * Pretty girl with a fur lined hood wrapping her face
  * Multiple clones of oneself
  * gas masks
  * a naked female with m+m's, rose pedals, pebbles, or any other small pieces of whatever covering her crotch
  * picture of a guy being lit by his computer 
  * hand bra
  * any guns or ninjas, unless they really look legitimately like they should be holding a gun or is a ninja, ala Chase Jarvis' pics. Airchinapilot (Keith Loh) also just posted some nice gun pics from an actors gun training class.
  * smoke streams
  * anything splashing into a martini glass
  * view of the dashboard of a car in focus with street lights streaking by through the windshield
  * photographer taking a picture of himself/herself taking a picture of himself/herself in the mirror. 
  * photographer taking a picture of another photographer taking a picture of the first photographer
  * when the two photographers from #14 create links between the pictures they each took so we can all see them taking pictures of each other from each perspective 
  * Self Portraits made by pointing the camera into a mirror using one of those special left handed limited edition DSLRs made by nokiN or nonaC. 
  * jumping
  * dripping faucet
  * heart bokeh
  * subject sitting on a toilet, especially if it's an attractive girl (some photographers will go to any length to get a girl to get naked)
  * popping water balloon
  * the stupid myspace shot, that camera held up overhead shooting down on yourself angle. Oh! And it is always from a cameraphone.
  * long exposures of spinning carnival rides
  * girls wearing both a bathing suit AND high heels. 
  * A Single Leaf on Dirt, water, grass,stairs etc. 
  * "Pointing out cliches." 
  * Underexposed sky with a female model, no contextual information for why she's there, and soft light coming in from camera right or left with an edge light from behind. 
  * levitation pictures
  * Rings in books uk held by girls covered in m&m's shot in macro with flowers
  * strangers walking by an "interesting" wall. 
  * Shots of Laser Mouse
  * over processed wide angle overblow rim portraits
  * "I rather fear there is a flickr group for every cliche on the list..." 
  * the "hunched shoulders" pose in fashion photos
  * Blurry long exposure waterfalls
  * Shots of peoples gear collection, or how much they can fit in a daypack. 
  * train tracks. 
  * B&W single light source nudes
  * Building shots with super wide angles.
  * White farm fences.
  * Sub-atomic particle detector technicians, and anything with the Ogalthorpe look. 
  * Roasted window poultry 
  * picture frames. people holding picture frames. or stepping through picture frames.. 
  * Bokeh highlights of point light sources especially cheap 5 bladers or even worse hearts
  * Slow shutter night traffic tail lights
  * Scientists with test tubes conical bottles and over gelled backgrounds
  * Anyone holding a large spanner (except Bob) 
  * HDR sunsets
  * macros of tap water / milk / coloured water drop splashes
  * Backlit flowers as seen through a drop of (tap water) mist
  * Scrap rusty iron
  * Super-wide-angle shots of cars from a corner of the front bumper

etc...

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