Excellent list! Cheers, Christine
On Oct 19, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > Thanks to all who commented on the possible themes. > > Stan's suggestion (below) is well thought out and, in the interests of > maximizing participation, I've used those ideas as a guide (although > I've used one out of of Stan's 3rd Category because a couple of people > specifically mentioned it). > > So (drum roll) here's the tentative list for 2012. Correspondence on > the themes is still open if there's anything that you don't like.... > > January - Minimalist > February - Railway > March - Shadows > April - 15 Years of PUGgery (a general Open Gallery to celebrate the > PUG's 15th Anniversary) > May - Solitude > June - Songlines (pick a song title, take a picture) > July - Close Up/Macro > August - Water > September - Blue > October - Doors > November - Prime Time (non-zoom photography) > December - Oldness > > > On Monday, October 03, 2011 12:26 PM, "Stan Halpin" > <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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 >> > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... > > > -- > 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.
