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A theoretic question...

Without considering that you have to "pay the bills" or "support my family"....

Completely disregarding "travel costs", "equipment prices" and "living expenses"....

If you had to do one type of photography for your entire career.... For the love of the shoot or the joy of the results....

What would you do....and why ??

Please be very specific. People (seniors/families/glamour/boudoir), journalistic (foreign/domestic/travel), macro (insects/flowers), landscapes, architectural, art (abstracts/design), still life (art/product)...or ???

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Old 07-30-2011, 01:20 AM
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Shoot all the derelict hospitals, asylums, power plants etc before the greedy knock them down and sh!t on the past. That is specific as I can get without biting someone
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Old 07-30-2011, 02:45 AM
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I would travel all over and shoot all the broken down rusted out old abandoned trucks, cars, bicycles, bathtubs, tractors, motorcycles, etc. I could find left and forgotten out in the back forty of someone's pasture!

Then I would try and find Izzy and have him take me to all those places he's listed above!
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Old 07-30-2011, 03:12 AM
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I don't know that I could choose just one. I love landscapes because I love nature.

But,..you can't always shoot year round. With Macro you can. To me, Macro isnt just insects and flowers. It's whatever you want it to be, just REALLY close up. So,...I guess if I had to choose JUST ONE,..I'd choose Macro.
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Shoot all the derelict hospitals, asylums, power plants etc before the greedy knock them down and sh!t on the past. That is specific as I can get without biting someone
+1

Also, My dream is to spend a whole year shooting in Alaska.
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Shooting surfers. It's what got me into photography.

I never shoot it anymore due to time, and the fact I'd get thousands of hits on my web site, but would only sale a few. People didn't mind at all using them on facebook, and myspace with a massive red watermark across them thou.
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Old 07-30-2011, 05:22 PM
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Shoot all the derelict hospitals, asylums, power plants etc before the greedy knock them down and sh!t on the past. That is specific as I can get without biting someone
you mean like the greedy guys who built them in the first place
the new stuff will also get old you know.

Me - I would do pro sport. Love sport and I am pretty good at shooting it. Natural timing I guess.

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