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Do you keep photographing the same things too?
« on: August 29, 2017, 06:55:07 PM »
I quite like seeing how the same subjects can look in different light, through different cameras and on different films

Do you have some subjects you keep returning to? Here's two from me:


spiraled light by jonas lundström, on Flickr


neon dna string by jonas lundström, on Flickr



a view from NUS by jonas lundström, on Flickr


foggy day at the hospital by jonas lundström, on Flickr
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Re: Do you keep photographing the same things too?
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2017, 07:06:30 PM »
I like taking pictures, but don't always have the time or resources to go somewhere exciting and new. So I end up taking lots of photos around home and around work. That leaves me with lots of photos of the same thing. Here are the same flowers (surprise!) around my workplace shot with a variety of cameras and films.


Fireworks by James Harr, on Flickr


ftn-slide-dupe025 by James Harr, on Flickr


Chinon-Ektachrome-006 by James Harr, on Flickr


SpeedGraphic-VericolorII-6 by James Harr, on Flickr


Winter Aloe Flowers by James Harr, on Flickr
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Re: Do you keep photographing the same things too?
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2017, 07:41:55 PM »
A quick search for Basenji on my Flickr account will reveal my most photographed subject.

https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=60348236%40N07&sort=date-taken-desc&text=basenji&view_all=1

Also, this mountain pops up a lot but it's kind of hard to miss around here.

Mt Rainier Developed in Rainier Beer by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

Rainier in the Coulds by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

Rainier Through the Cables by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

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Re: Do you keep photographing the same things too?
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2017, 08:28:09 PM »
I think I have a backlog of flowers that would rival any botanical garden...

Ringlight-flower by François Laverdure, on Flickr
Ringlight-flower2 by François Laverdure, on Flickr
Ringlight-flower1 by François Laverdure, on Flickr
Lilly by François Laverdure, on Flickr
Cosmos by François Laverdure, on Flickr
Daisy2 by François Laverdure, on Flickr

And so on... I probably got hundreds of them, but like anything I grew tired of it and moved on.
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Re: Do you keep photographing the same things too?
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2017, 04:50:33 PM »
For a long time now no trip to Brighton has really been complete without taking a shot or two of the rotting old West Pier - because next time I go there may be less or none of it...
From the oldest I have:-

West Pier by Antony Shepherd, on Flickr
to the recent:-
Quick steps back by Antony Shepherd, on Flickr

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Re: Do you keep photographing the same things too?
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2017, 05:08:40 PM »
I'm getting pretty sick of this bridge whichever way I photograph it.


061031_KBfp4_06_copy by Sandeha Lynch, on Flickr
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t3_150728_fom2_01 by Sandeha Lynch, on Flickr
Tutone.


160623_apx_03 by Sandeha Lynch, on Flickr
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Re: Do you keep photographing the same things too?
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2017, 08:25:52 AM »
Photographing the same thing repeatedly allows you to define yourself as an artist and refer to your "body of work"  ;)

For me, lillies are a regular subject:


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