What is your favourite genre?

[ricktas]

Thought it might be interesting to find out what the spread of photographic genre is across the AP membership. Just select your favourite genre in the poll.

feel free to post below telling us why you like your particular genre.

[fess67]

I selected Creatures. I love nature and the beauty of animals (and plants). They are also very natural in front of a camera. I would love to do more portraiture but I got sick of friends and family with false smiles and overall awkwardness in front of the camera. Of course they were never really that happy with the results either, usual stuff, 'your picture made me look fat'...etc.

[fenderstrat1963]

Hi fess67, did your vote get saved? I can't see any votes for creatures in the totals at the moment.

I picked places because it fits so well with some of the other things I like to do (walking along the waterfront, cycling).

[Laosie]

Personally I particularly prefer participating in Places photography. My job gets me outside a lot.

[macmich]

sport for me, played rugby, cricket, basketball, tennis, bowling, and golf and the sports cannot escape me
cheers macca

[geoffsta]

Ok. So I picked other.... I wish the vote could have multiple choices. Me I love land/seascapes. The diversity of different areas in my region sort of beg for it. But I also love birding and animals. It's such a challenge to get these small, quick and unique creatures on the camera sensor.
I also like people photography. Just wish I had the balls or confidence that other members have to approach people.

[fess67]

Hi fess67, did your vote get saved? I can't see any votes for creatures in the totals at the moment.

I picked places because it fits so well with some of the other things I like to do (walking along the waterfront, cycling).

Well spotted fender - I have now voted :) Thanks

[livio]

I selected People, I genuinely like photographing people having said that I also really like night time photography especially in the City where there are so many wonderful reflections and colours. Then I also love waterfalls but this is the trick. All of the really good and acclaimed photographers picked a genre and specialised at that. I'm a little afraid that today we have a wealth of knowledge on the internet and, high grade consumer electronics that give us the opportunity to try all sorts of genre's and capture images. The software we have today allows us to be creative, so the trick is to pick say one or two genre's you really love and go for it.

Kind Regards
Livio

[raysul]

Ok I selected People, as in portrait’s with strobes, cause that’s what I am doing most with family members at the moment as a home J hobbyist. But then prosing through the form I always end up looking at landscape/seascape so multiple choice would have been ideal J

[bowjac]

I picked People, specifically Street Photography. It fits with my love of just getting out and into it.

[MattNQ]

For me places just edges out sport.
I love capturing the essence of a place - be it an abandoned building, rainforest stream, or waves pounding the rocks.
We've been given a pretty spectacular part of the world to live in for a few short years, and yet we get entangled in the dross that we think is important.
The first world problems - My show didn't tape, that turkey pinched my parking spot, the kids spilt the cereal on the floor, my sandwich is soggy

Landscape photography is my escape from life:D
Just me and a camera trying to nab that sunrise or crashing wave at a moment in time. Gives me time to breathe.

Now if only I had more time to get away & actually do it:lol2:

[ScottM]

Tough choice! The least favourite was relatively easy :)

I picked places. Generally I like landscapes, often including old buildings, but also do different types of events, and also flowers, and sports.

I enjoy people photography too. Sometimes that's combined with events such as photojournalism in festivals, sport, models, and a bit of wedding.

General long term favourite: Places.
Probably most enjoyable at the moment: People, particularly candid/photojournalism

[bushbikie]

I like landscapes/waterscapes. I enjoy getting out in the bush and hiking so combining the two is a great cure for stress. Not much of a people person so portraiture, either in front of or behind the camera, doesn't float my boat.

[ROA44]

Well I've gone for Nature (Birds specifically) even though I'm not getting out enough & am finding it is a challenging for me but like Bushbikie said stress relief and like the peace. However I do want to try and extend into other genre's

[s1l3nt]

I chose Macro as I like to take a peek into a whole new world. I find it quite fascinating the things that can be found and the big difference to what we are used to seeing everyday.

[salnel]

Love birds and animals..i enjoy the challenge and I love the surprises I get...the camera catches much more than my eyes can ever see:)

[yummymummy]

Sport, followed very closely by people for me.. :)

[Roosta]

Just to be difficult, I picked "Other"

I've been in a B & W frame of mind of late, I'll photograph what I think would work as a B & W, irrelevant of the subject matter.

[Mary Anne]

Macro as its the very small critters I like, and for some unknown reason they like me too..

[Nick Cliff]

Macro is fun with the micro 4/3 system and my old Pentax lens at present, plus the hot weather tempers other types of photography apart from some amazing cloud formations with our summer storms being too good an opportunity to miss.

[Duane Pipe]

I went for creatures. Although I wouldn't say that it is my favorite it's just something that's easily accessed. I do like sport for a challenge but that's few and far between.

[Mark L]

..... However I do want to try and extend into other genre's

Need a reason? Join in here ....... http://www.ausphotography.net.au/forum/forumdisplay.php?188-Member-Challenges-52-2014:)

[wanderer51]

Not surprising that 'Places' is leading, well at the time of writing anyway. While I sometimes dabble in other genres I always return to the only genre that really interests me, Land/Sea/City scapes, coupled with 10 stop ND long exposures.

[neil70]

sport sport sport and then weddings. odd mix i know

[bobt]

I picked "other" because I like weird creative stuff and tabletop photography. It's the God complex .... table top photography gives you total control !!!:D

[Allie]

I like looking at landscape photos and macros as photographed by other people but chose creatures as my own subject of choice as native animals and dogs are my passion and interest .... however not at the same time or in the same photo!

[REDbiv]

I chose Nature, because it's so open haha. But I really love shooting land/seascapes, animals, macro, I often don't get the camera out when I'd love to. Land/seascapes are so versatile, animals are unpredictable and you can get magic shots with an itchy trigger finger, and macro is simply another universe.

[Glenda]

I chose places but I'm still waiting to shoot a fantastic landscape/seascape. I also enjoy sport, birds and candid people shots - but only have the confidence to do this when away on holidays.

[enseth]

"Creatures" for me, which mainly means birds, but I also enjoy Macro ie insects. The main reason for this is because you don't have to hunt too hard to find a new subject. Just walk outside. With Landscapes & Architecture etc. it usually means jumping in the car and going somewhere.

[kiwi]

Anything paid :-)

Mostly sport though these days

[Derek-C]

I voted other as I don't seem to have a favourite.

Just enjoy what I do take.

Derek

[mongo]

F O O D ...!! Particularly other peoples'

[glennb]

I chose places but I am getting an interest in macro/insect photography, Im starting to see a different alien like world that getting my interest.

[jev]

I picked "other". Anything that requires creativity to tell a story, really. Always looking for Le Moment Decisif, in any picture.

[evat601]

Places, namely architecture and the way it interacts with it's surrounds.

[ricktas]

Thanks for all the comments and votes. I wanted to see if your choices in this poll reflected how the voting went on the Photo of the Year. Thus from this poll and the 'least favourite genre' poll, I was interested in seeing if the way you viewed different genre, affected how you would vote in a photography competition.

*You being as a group, not individually

[mpb]

As an individual I definitely vote lower on genre and subjects I am least interested in compared to the "Group".
I like to look at how I have voted compared to everyone else. It is interesting to see that the biggest variation usually correlate to those genres and subjects I do not find ingesting. This should be no surprise, just human nature, the biggest surprise is the amount of variation.

[rackham]

Most certainly places.

I grew up interacting with the outdoors and now I do it for a job. Landscapes make sense to me. When I look at a photo of somewhere I find it easier to embrace it.

Photos of someone on the otherhand don't encourage that same level of empathy or personal involvement. Animals go a bit both ways; photos of animals in their natural habitat absolutely do it for me, but the habitat is crucial. Photos of animals in zoos/enclosures/managed places, no, no thanks.

Photos of something I find go a bit both ways too. How that thing interacts with its surroundings is pretty key (so a lighthouse getting smashed by a huge wave, yes, everyone has seen that photo, I shamelessly love it)... otherwise it just strikes me as documentation (here's a photo of me with the Eiffel Tower/Leaning Tower of Pisa/Opera House/etc).

Sport is pretty great though. The conflict and the pursuit of excellence, when it's captured well it's awesome. A lot of the time though it still strikes me more as just snaps from a sideline. I think it's genuinely hard to cross that bridge.

[piXelatedEmpire]

Wild birds are my number 1 focus, however of late I have been getting into photographing my extensive chicken collection :th3:

[Babu]

I enjoy shooting a wide range of subjects but I derive most enjoyment from capturing shots of wildlife of the non-human variety.

The (civilised) human animal is too often prone to affectation (trying to look 'hot', be 'cool, 'unreal', 'wicked'...especially in their selfies) and the desire to make a buck at the expense of losing any kind of credibility. This certainly does not apply to victims of wars, famines, disasters... captured by press photographers, often at personal risk. I treasure a great many pics I've taken of people in villages in Africa, India, South America, Borneo, Madagascar... going about their daily business.

There are always amazing triumphs or calamities in the sporting arenas. I have shots of nacreous clouds in Antarctica and amazing sunrises and sunsets all over the world but the shots I treasure most (other than those of my grandson) are of wild creatures doing their thing: lions, tigers, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas chasing and bringing down their prey; Polar bears, Rwandan gorillas, Malagasy lemurs, orang-utans & proboscis monkeys of Borneo at play in rainforests; albatrosses, boobies, condors, drongos, eagles, flamingos, frigate birds, horn-bills, tropic birds ...

...it really gives me a charge to catch them doing their thing, being beautiful without posturing!
I voted for creatures.

[awaymars]

I voted for others. In fact, I like Street photography which I think not belong to People.

[Cyph]

Voted for other. I'm a complete astrophotography junkie at the moment, don't have much interest in doing anything else, and it didn't seem to fit in anywhere else.

[Dug]

I put other.
A year ago I would have said landscape , no question.
There are many better at landscape than me and more dedicated. I enjoy any reason to get out in the landscape with an appreciative eye in good light, but in hindsight I was coming back with examples of things that had already been done before only better.

I stumbled on to urban environment photography then architectural , from that an eye for shape and form then the occasional abstract.
It is probably the opportunities for greater self expression I find in these areas, or rather finding something where I have more to say that is more my own that has given me a fresh passion for photography.

[seastorm]

Macro :)

[landyvlad]

I got sick of friends and family with false smiles and overall awkwardness in front of the camera. Of course they were never really that happy with the results either, usual stuff, 'your picture made me look fat'...etc.

"No Aunty Mabel, it's the massive amounts of fat you have due to your diet entirely of McDonalds that makes you look fat...."

(Best said from a distance of course).

Next time snapping family pics whiel people arae getting ready snap off some frames then do teh "cheese" thin, then snap off a few more as they are relaxing. Some of the before / after are liley to be the best, especially with some judicious cropping.