I hadn't really thought about this before, but it seems that your suggestions (and possibly themes from ages past as well) fall into three distinct categories. There are those that highlight a particular subject (e.g., Body Parts, Trees, Railway), those that highlight a style or theme (e.g., Minimalist, Macro, Chaos, Solitude), and those that highlight technical aspects of the image capture (e.g., Prime Time, Long Exposure, Black & White, and macro arguably also belongs here). With many fine candidates on your list below, I would suggest that you avoid those that emphasize the technical stuff, my third category, and rather go with subjects or themes. Just because it might provide a wider opportunity for participation. Not everyone has prime lenses or macro set-ups, but everyone can find doors or windows or water to shoot.
stan On Oct 2, 2011, at 7:01 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > G'day all > > It's the time of year when we need to think about possible themes for > next year's PUG. I'd like to finalise a list by (say) the end of > October to allow you all time to think about the first few months of > 2012, at least. > > Here's a list of possibilities (not in any order) - some from > suggestions last year and a few I've come across in other forums (sorry, > I guess that should be "fora"). Feel free to suggest other themes. > > If any of these particularly appeal, say so. If any don't, also say so! > > 15 Years of PUGgery (the first PUG was in April 1997) > Signs of the Times > Minimalist > Still Life > Rush Hour > Doors > Body Parts > Decrepit > Chaos > Random Exhibition Title (select a title at > http://www.mit.edu/~ruchill/lazycurator.html, take a photo) > Songlines (select a song title - take a photo) > The Twilight Zone > Architectural > Prime Time (non-zoom photography) > Things two feet long > Solitude > Windows > Extreme > Long Exposure > History > Cold > Macro > Underneath > Seasons > Trees > Railway > Back of Beyond > Blue > Up > Anger > Temptation > Looking in > Water > Shadows > Black and White > King/Queen > Peace > Animal Kingdom > Sunrise/Sunset > Tools > Memories > Texture > Wind > Music > Beyond Reach > Oldness > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
