Wednesday, January 23

Top 10 Fun and Easy Photo Projects I Will Complete Someday

So I've been keeping a mental catalog of fun and relatively easy digital photo projects I would like to do sometime soon. I though I'd finally share!

Please let me know if you have any more to add to the list...

  1. Jowlers: You basically have your friend loosen her cheeks and shake her head real fast... Capture the chaos with a real fast shutter speed.
  2. Sheet Jump Ghosts: Throw a sheet on a friend, have her jump up in the air and tuck in her legs... Instant ghost!
  3. Long Exposure Sex: Um... Kind of speaks for itself. Be sure your partner is willing! The linked photo looks like missionary... I would recommend switching it up a bit.
  4. Flying: Basically, lay down on the floor and make like Superman.
  5. Digital Picasso: This one recquires multiple digital point-and-shoots... Snap large photos of pieces of your face and use the screen shots to replace the real deal.
  6. Long Awkward Pose: You've probably done this countless times unintentionally... Essentially, tell your friend you are taking a still photo, but secretly make a short film.
  7. Photo-A-Day: Dammit! 2008 was going to be my year of doing this project. Now I have to wait another 11 months or so (I want to do a full calendar year of self portraits).
  8. Frame Up: Fun for parties... Have a picture frame on hand, and have guests hold it up while you take their photo. How meta...
  9. DIY Photobooth: Okay so this one is not "easy", but how cool would it be to have a photobooth in your apartment? Especially one that auto-uploaded to Flickr...
  10. Inspiration: Give a friend an adjective or a situation (gross ones involving sex and their parents usually work well)... Photograph the madness that ensues. Howard Schatz has been doing this for a while now with famous actors, but he stole it from me.

4 comments:

Shannon said...

Trey, I love all of these ideas! I would be 100% interested if you decided to do any of these one weekend. Jowlers and Inspiration we've pretty much owned, but sheet jump ghosts and digital picassos would be a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon. You must remember to do Photo-A-Day in 2009! I like watching the dude's hair grow then get cut, but his choice of music became a bit too much for me...Frame Up and DIY Photobooth would be great at the next house party! BTW, the flying link kept going to the Long Exposure sex link for me. GREAT POST!

Trey Francisco said...

Thanks! "Flying" link has been fixed...

Johnny D said...

http://www.improveverywhere.com/2008/01/31/frozen-grand-central/
one could wear LED's during the long exposure sex...

Trey Francisco said...

Ooh... Great idea! I want (to do) it.