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Question:please someone help me.
can you guys propose some ideas to me?
its about Going Green.
pleaaaaaaseeee..
i have no idea at all.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: please someone help me.
can you guys propose some ideas to me?
its about Going Green.
pleaaaaaaseeee..
i have no idea at all.

Take a walk through a state park and photograph every plastic soda bottle and water bottle and aluminum can you see thrown on the ground. Monday is great for this.

Next, take a walk along a rural road and photograph every piece of litter you see.

Now do a little research on how plastic bottles and aluminum cans are made. You needn't go into great detail - just list the amount of each ingredient. Next, research how much energy is used in manufacturing plastic bottles and aluminum cans and how that energy is generated.

Now, make a simple chart showing how much oil is needed to make plastic bottles (include every use - from what's used in the actual bottle to how much is used to transport them). Do the same for aluminum cans.

Call your local TV stations and newspaper and ask if they'd be interested in using your information in conjunction with Earth Day.

Personal Note: I have a membership at Bernheim Arboretum. Since I was off today I went to Bernheim for a nice walk and some photo ops (we have several thousand plants that bloom during the year). I filled a bag with garbage discarded by the trash that visited over the weekend. Yes, IMO people who litter are trash. If I were in charge anyone caught littering would have to pick up trash with their teeth for a month - or pay a $10,000.00 fine and serve 12 months in jail. Their choice.

Ok, I have two rules to making an ideal "green picture." First, you need human beings really actively doing something in the photo. Second, the viewer needs to be able to see tangible results in the photo.

For example, if someone is planting a tree, you should see them hard at work, but you should also see a green meadow or a fully grown tree in the back. Seeing a lot of chopped off trunks isn't inspiring -- it's depressing. You want to feel that this tree being planted is part of a greater successful movement.

Same with anything else. If someone is rescuing injured animals, you shouldn't see a whole bunch of miserable things in cages. Your background should be indicative of freedom (blue sky, green grass) or at least of prior success (happy looking animals strutting their stuff).

Hope that helps!

You didn't tell us much about your project.

* If this is for an article in a magazine or newspaper, the managing editor or photo editor should have had a pre-shoot meeting with you to discuss various concepts.
* If this is for a "green" product, that agency must have trotted out some ideas and concepts before sending you out to shoot something appropriate for their ad campaign.
* If this is your idea then it is up to you to know what to do. That is the "art" of it.