[EnglishBob]

I asked about everyones least favorite subjects, now I want to cover the nicer side, what do you love to shoot? I don't mean what are you good at, but what do you enjoy shooting the most?

For me it is landscapes, and old buildings most of all. I don't know why I just really enjoy the end results of these types of shots. Bodie, a ghost town about 4 hours from my home is my idea of heaven!

Now what do you like to shoot?

Just a few of my favorites from the past couple of years.

[adam]

I always enjoy shooting landscapes - particularly before sunrise or at sunset.
In the period December - February, I went to the beach a lot (compared to previous years!) and took many shots there. So now, I'm still doing the landscapes over water while the sky is coloured, but hoping to get into placing a person infront of that Landscapes for me! (and IR, I love the look of IR )

[Banded Drake]

The things i love to shoot ? well i think thats really a broad range for me . I really love shooting models , i guess its the guy in me , and i love shooting moving water , streams , and what not. Then i love shooting landscapes , but normally i dont get just what i want i think thats what i like about them, they are challenging to me . Then there are sports , i love to freeze the action .

But my all time favorite is models , There is just something about shooting them in there element that makes me say wow ....

Yall have pretty much seen all my favorite shots so i wont post them .

Great topic Craig.......... Shawn

[matthew]

It's funny that this is a harder question for me to answer, and it looks like others may feel the same.

I enjoy shooting in places where I'm able to work in isolation. My favourite subjects are ones that give me simple lines and strong geometry, and my favourite times are when the light brings out strong colours. I look for strong contrasts, in either tone or colour, and artificial light. I love shooting at night during a light drizzle, and I'd rather be at an ultra-wide angle than a long telephoto one. The longest lens that I enjoy using is a 100-mm equivalent.

I can't really say that I have a favourite thing to shoot, but all of my favourite photos have a lot in common in how I took them.

[EnglishBob]

I hate shooting in groups, I much prefer shooting alone or with one particular friend, who wanders off adn does his own thing and doesn't bother me.

[Irma]

I think my favorite subject is nature, as I live in a rural place. From landscapes to macro photography, from birds to bees I enjoy it tremendously.
I like very much to play with bokeh, and this kind of photography gives room to that.
I enjoy very much shooting with G, he is a great companion. He doesn't interfere but he is there, each one goes its own way but we are together.

Some pictures I took today and a butterfly from last year.

[EnglishBob]

Great shots Irma, love the Butterfly.

[Wedding Shooter]

Landscapes.

[Paul.R.Lindqvist]

Comercial or editorial in any way type or form.

Sersiouly though, most fun for me is still life or people.


/Paul L.

[Pat]

Landscapes, twilight shots, would also like to do candids but dont have the nerve

[NT73]

I love/like taking shots of children. They are such natural subjects and don't have the hangups adults have. They usually have pretty faces and smooth skin. But in this day and age when folks talk about such things, then the 'politically correct brigade' pokes their noses in. So it makes it a little bit difficult. Years ago no one bothered if someone took your photo, in fact most were pleased, but nowadays everyone is on the make and wants payment.
But I usually manage a few.

[pamb]

My son.
They're never the best shots as they're taken on the fly trying to stop him reaching the camera but the mother in me doubts there's anything in the world as beautiful as him. When he was 6months old and I had 1000 photos of him I realised he was growing to recognise my camera as his mother :/
Now I'm balancing it with my second love, Animals.

[Pippin Says]

Landscape and flowers. I am such a novice though.

Irma your pics inspire me.

Are you all professionals? I am just a hobbyist.

When I learn how to upload some pics, I look forward to learning from you all.

[NT73]

I think this is the link to posting pics.
http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=56
Actually I have just read it, and it is as plain as mud. I think a science degree would be easier.

[EnglishBob]

Are you all professionals? I am just a hobbyist.

Far from it, just a keen amateur, most of what I know if is from books and websites like this one.

[Irma]

Irma your pics inspire me.

Are you all professionals? I am just a hobbyist.

Thanks Pippin ....

I am only a photography amateur.

[matthew]

Hi Pippin;

In my experience, almost no photographers are full-time it-pays-all-the-bills professionals. But 'amateur' (from French, 'one who loves') isn't a bad word. I think photography is most like astronomy, where there are relatively few full-time professionals who get to work with the best lenses and equipment in the world, and do great work, but at the same time amateurs and hobbyists make up the vast majority of the people involved in the field, and make significant contributions to the science.

Possibly the biggest difference between photographers and astronomers is that often the amateur photographers have gear that's as good as the professionals, and may also have better knowledge and skills. One big advantage that the hobbyist has is that they get to pick and choose their subjects and styles, letting them specialize in a way that a professional can't.

[matthew]

I was re-reading my earlier thoughts in this thread. Since I wrote them, I've been on trips to Australia and across midwestern America, bought two new cameras and four or five new lenses, and shot over 30,000 frames.

I enjoy shooting in places where I'm able to work in isolation. My favourite subjects are ones that give me simple lines and strong geometry, and my favourite times are when the light brings out strong colours. I look for strong contrasts, in either tone or colour, and artificial light. I love shooting at night during a light drizzle, and I'd rather be at an ultra-wide angle than a long telephoto one. The longest lens that I enjoy using is a 100-mm equivalent. I can't really say that I have a favourite thing to shoot, but all of my favourite photos have a lot in common in how I took them.

About the only thing that's changed is that now I'm much more likely to use a telephoto lens than a wide-angle. I might add a few more lines now, mostly about how I crop images out of the world, but otherwise it's exactly what I'd still say today.

[Schellamo]

I love capturing intimacy....not the kind you guys are thinking either. But, the intimacy of something I'm not a part of, but I can view from the outside. A mother's loving gaze at her newborn baby, a husbands hands on his pregnant wifes belly. I absolutely love being able to capture portraits of people which change the way that person thinks of themselves. I love being able to show people how I see them or how I see their connections with one another. For me, to capture that is like an expression of my love for them.
I once showed a client the photos I had taken and he said to me 'I have never seen a photo of myself that I liked before' which was amazing for me.

[MulaPhoto]

I live in a very rural small town in SE Spain, away from the coast and excessive development. The town still has the 1950´s way of life, although there are changes to a more modern way of living taking place. (such as broadband)..But in general the pace of life and the enviroment are very much unchanged since the end of WWll. It is this which gives me great satisfaction to capture on digital images and hopefully, one day to present a collection to the Town Council so that future generations may appreciate how things were in the years 2000.
So my interest is Real street photography and local architecture
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[Don Schaeffer]

People as I pass them on the bus.

[jinko]

Travel photography, new places inspire me. I used to like basic landscapes but now find them a bit boring and empty. I rather combine architecture, street views or natural landscapes with some human element. The most rewarding but difficult shots are the ones of people , I don't mean portraits but street photography.