Photo presentation and beyond?

I guess I finally made my decision as to what to do our little photo assignment on.

If YOU'RE still having trouble coming up with a topic, don't try to think too hard about it. I think that was my major problem. I got hung up on the idea that the pictures I had to take needed to be extraordinary. When Prof DeGenaro told us to look on freep and look at our neighborhood news for some ideas, nothing there stood out to me as photo worthy.

What makes something photo worthy?

Something that you can relate to. Something that you have had first hand experience with.

For my photos, I plan on taking pictures of several different new construction and completed subdivisions around my area. My family owns a construction company, so the last few years the recent problems are more than apparent. Builders neglect to pay subcontractors for work on homes simply because houses aren't selling as well as they used to. So what do they do? They continue building new construction homes and subs, cranking them out and sitting on the results.

Working around our shop off and on for the past few years, I've overheard rambling about certain businesses and builders. These subs are all over the place and they aren't stopping. I'd just like to show visibly what's happening. One subdivision over on 24 mile road has several completed homes that are just sitting there because no one is buying.

Builders don't sell houses. Builders don't pay you for work you already did. You need work and keep your employees working, so you continue taking work from said builders. Outstanding invoices pile up over time and you're sitting on a mountain of imaginary money that you'll probably never see because people don't feel the need to pay bills until they feel comfortable to.

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