day two hundred ninety-one: photographic tendencies

At the start of yesterday's class, the teacher asked us to make a list of our photographic tendencies. At the time, I could only come up with 4 things. Given time to think about it, I've added many more items to that list:

• I always shoot in color
• I always use a digital camera
• I try to set up my shots so no cropping is necessary
• I (almost) always take vertical shots
• I never use a tripod
• I raise the shutter speed when there's too much light (vs. lowering the aperture)
• I prefer shots with shallow depths of field
• I like slightly overexposed shots
• I prefer to take photos outside
• I prefer to take photos on cloudy days
• I hate hate hate using a flash
• I try to get shots in focus

That last one wouldn't have occurred to me as a "tendency," but more of a given. When the teacher told us to try and think outside the box--by taking monochromatic, over/underexposed, or even blurry shots--I knew I could do that last one. Who can't take blurry shots?!

Of course, it's harder than I thought it would be, but isn't everything?