The Thai do a damned good job too. I need to finish watching the original thai version of 'The Shutter' which is a definate must for horror-loving-photographers ;D (I was watching it on youtube just before I went away for a while) there was a western remake a few years ago I've been meaning to watch called 'Shutter'.kevinlowe wrote:I find the Japanese and Koreans know what they're doing when it comes to scaring people. I was scared more by half a minute of 'Audition' than the entire 90 minutes or so of the pointless Nightmare on Elm Street Remake...
I'll stop now, or I'll start ranting about remakes...
I think if you wanted to do a competition that's a little unusual, that perhaps it would be best to do a presentation/talk about it one night at the club before launching it cause it's not an area of photography everyone knows about or understands how to approach - I don't mind getting involved in that if you want =)
and KT I had some really obscure project themes at college, they're a huge learning-curve on lateral thinking. I also learned through college that you can pretty much turn any theme into something you want to do as long as you can show a coherent line of reasoning.
Like... Trees>Books>stories>fairytale shoot (even better if it's shot in a thick forest hehe)
or even taking it towards recyling and environmental issues like deforestation. So then you could take photos of mahogany furniture.
Or photos of dead leaves and branches on fire in a still life...
Photos of bonzai
Photos of a sapling or seedling growing
there's lots of fun things you can do with even the most 'simple' or 'complex' theme or challenge =)
I know some of those things wouldn't really work in the club comps cause you don't get to write an explanation but maybe if you did the photo right and chose the title carefully you could show what you meant lol
