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Forum: General Photography 12-20-2018, 07:29 AM  
Why We All Take the Same Travel Photos
Posted By photoptimist
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Excellent points!

Ironically, it's the people who are "making pictures" who may be more likely to take the same shots than the snapshooters.

Snapshooters fire at the Eiffel Tower from all over the place with all sorts of compositions and framings. The result is lots of random images of the tower from lots of angles and with lots of different random junk in the foreground and background. If one were to overlay all those snapshots on a map, the result would be a cloud of random points.

It's the careful picture makers who are likely to gravitate to a much smaller number of "good" shooting locations, framings, and compositions that show the tower to good effect with nice leading lines, the Paris skyline artfully placed in the background, etc. If one were to overlay all the careful "made pictures" on a map, the result would inevitably cluster to a smaller number of "best" perspectives on the tower and its environment. All of the "best" photos have been taken and retaken many times.

It's the rare photographer who knows all of the good (and bad) pictures ever taken of the Eiffel Tower who can find a location/timing/composition that has been never done before but also a good image.
Forum: General Photography 12-15-2018, 12:18 PM  
Why We All Take the Same Travel Photos
Posted By photoptimist
Replies: 56
Views: 4,338
I've noticed that some adults can be like this, too.

I wonder it is arises from a burden of expectations about photography. Perhaps some are taught or believe that photos should show your-best behavior, look-nice-for-grandma, it's-on-your-permanent-record, smile-for-the-camera, etc.

Maybe it is an innate realization (or fear) about the discrepancy between our true uninhibited self and personal or societal expectations of our self.

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Of course, there's also another segment of children, teenagers, and adults who refuse to "act serious" for the camera and prefer to crazy antics instead of stiff poses.

Ironically, group #2 probably gets more "likes" on social media than group #1.
Forum: General Photography 12-15-2018, 07:26 AM  
Why We All Take the Same Travel Photos
Posted By photoptimist
Replies: 56
Views: 4,338
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