aaroffy

I have not been around much.   To be honest it was on purpose. I felt like I leaf in the air, fluttering around with no direction. Decided to take time away to recharge, just shoot and try to find a new direction. I was still on my hiatus when my friend Marx77 told me I had been given a DD.   it felt great to be back connecting with old friends. I wasn't happy with my gallery though....it was all over the place.  Truthfully I was unhappy with it before my hiatus.....this time I did something about it and purged it quite substantially. Who knows where we will go from here but I am apply shooting again...

I guess it was destined to happen The hibernation has come to an end I have posted my first photo since I can't remember Been spending my time going back to basics. Caught the film bug and been shooting that exclusively over past few months

When I first sat down to craft my top 5 list of clichés found in street photography I thought it was going to be a very quick exercise.  I figured I would list 5 common photographs I usually see on groups on the internet and be done.  Before I could even start crafting a list I needed to understand the definition of cliché. Wikipedia defines it as: "an expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has been overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel" I quickly realized that a quick list of 5 types of photographs wouldn't suffice as in