cliché

There are so many clichés in photography… so many ideas overused and done again and again.

Sometimes I don't care… like this image above.

We've all seen the hands in silhouette, formed into a heart many times. But this is my image, of my moment. This is my memory of a good friend standing on a Welsh hill at sunset, it's portrays how we were in the moment, playing, having fun and loving it all.

To cliché or not cliché… what do you say?

Comments

[Marcie]

My thoughts exactly - when I made this image. It's been done thousands of time before:
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/home/2012/12/6/very-simple.html

[Barry Styles]

I say, if it feels right, do it! Works for me (usually). Been reading you gals for a good while now, and I enjoy your writing very much. So, I'm a guy, big deal. Seeing things from the female perspective helps keep me balanced.

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[Janine]

I say, take the photo that you will enjoy and makes you happy and don't worry if it's been done before!

[kristin]

i say who doesn't need some good love!
we embrace the cliche.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14811117@N02/3447624657/
they make me smile.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14811117@N02/5105377578/in/set-72157616692117598

[Kathryn Dyche Dechairo]

I say cliche away!

[Valerie]

I got a bachelor's and master's degree in art. By the time I was getting close to graduation, I finally quit worrying about whether something is cliche. More importantly, does it speak to you? Here's a whole bunch of cliche shots and I'm glad I took them! :o)
http://journeyleaf.typepad.com/journeyleaf/2012/12/holiday-parade.html

[Anna]

It may have been done 1000 times before, but not by your hands on that hill at that moment. So for you, it is an original!

[Baby by the Sea]

History repeats itself, and inspiration comes from a connection. Sometimes we can reinvent the already done.

[beth lehman]

i love it... you own it when you try it for the first time or even after that. i love it. it speaks to me even if it's been done before~!

[Lafe Dutton]

I wonder, if you had taken a moment to look around and ponder just before you took the shot, (or just after), if you might not have found the NEW cliche: another way, a different way, to say or show the same creative joy.

Love it.