A bucket list is simply a collection of ideas for images that you could make – whenever you run out of ideas you can just reach down into the bucket and pull out something from the list. Sometimes another photographer makes a great image and so you might like to try to make a similar one, and sometimes you might come up with a few of your own ideas.
Here's a few subjects or actions that I'd like to photograph someday:
- A saw-whet owl in flight.
- A panoramic view of a glacier field in Alaska.
- A picture of me skiing that makes me look impressive :)
- A high speed photo of a bullet going through an apple. I know, it's stupid and it's been done before. But think of the timing!!
- A magnified image of the Orion Nebula. All I need is to make or get a motorized equatorial mount.
- Robots in a car factory. I don't know why. It seems cool.
Take a few minutes to brainstorm a list of 5-10 images that you haven't made yet but that you'd like to create – what would they look like? How would you make them?
Then post a few of your favorite ideas here, as a comment...
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11 comments:
My Photo Bucket List:
A picture of snow drifts on Mount Everest
A long exposure photo of the Aurora Borealis
A picture of doorframe in an empty field
A picture of something light-painted (Anything would work, really. Light painting is just so cool) http://jogiart.deviantart.com/art/Fabia-Light-45559125
High-speed water art like this http://alexiuss.deviantart.com/art/Water-fairy-128204062
I'd like to get some action shots of my friends playing frisbee. Maybe some at the beach, of people sailing, or something. Mostly I just like to take pictures of whatever seems interesting at the time.
Some Bucket List Thoughts:
1. Getting a picture of the Green Flash in the Florida Keys (google it)
2. Working with wild animal shots would be interesting
3. I am always looking for good streams and rivers to take slow shutter shots
4. Northern Lights
5. Good shots of either lunar or solar eclipse's
6. Pictures of Constellations
N: we will be doing some light-painting in our class. :)
Alex: watch the K index at spaceweather.com to see when there are chances of northern lights... they do happen here in the berkshires sometimes...
Walter: good! Frisbee's a tough subject -- needs high shutter speed.
Ok...so I thought of some cool things that would not only interest me but would involve me conquering some fears!!
-Self Portrait, I have always been camera shy and would have to learn how to place my camera and myself to get a shot that I intended.
-High down looking view of a city
-360 degree view landscape at different seasonal time collage. Both of these adventures would require me to get over my great fear of heights and my vertigo issue.
-Tree full of black crows. I would have to be at the right place at the right time...no staging here.
-A tornado...they scare me but they are incredible! I would have to become a storm chaser I guess to get this shot.
-Glass shattering. I would have to give up some of my glasses and have a helper assisting with the dropping. Light would be important!!
-Demolition of a building. Sad and fun to watch. The time of the day that this may occur could make it difficult to get good natural light.
-Shadows. I never thought of shadow photographs until know and think it would be fun to photoshop a bunch of different shadows together in one photo.
-Drag Queens on stage. They pose, have awesome make-up and clothing!!
-A close up shot of a spider....I am frightened but intrigued with their body. I think i would have to get a lens that allowed for extremely close, sharp photos
Oh and a mouse caught in action, eating in a human kitchen!!! Just saw Ratatouille. This would require me staying up late, and leaving food out. Sounded like a good idea, but maybe not!!
Thanks Signe -- sounds good! We'll have a chance to do some of those in this class, such as self-portrait. :)
I'm not sure where my first post went but I guess there's endless ideas to this list so:
1) A sun set/rise over the ocean
2) The leaf process on trees
3) Underwater
4) Tropical animals and land
5) Water drops on plants
i like her idea of the drawing out of an hat that can be a motivator and also it can take out of your comfort zone and kind of make you take photos of new things.
1)the tropics
2) the circes
3) northern lights
4)stares during the day- i know how to do it,
5) wild animal in action
6)car lights on the highway at night
Ali and Steph -- good ideas. And yes, those are all things you could figure out how to do for this class.
(if you can find a zoo w/tropical animals...)
My photo bucket list requires travel for most of them..
1) Big cats of Africa.
2) Wild animals in general.
3) A Shinto shrine.
4) Portraits of people out in nature.
5) Photos that give a sense of something magical. For example, I found this photo and loved it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenightshedied/5360627522/in/photostream/
6) A silhouetted man on the side of a road with a duffel bag.
7) Couples on a beach.
8) Cathedral and church shots.
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