Twenty Foot Photos (That’s a Lot of Toes!)
Feet are interesting photographic subjects that often get overlooked because of their proximity to the ground. Feet can be very expressive of the person they belong to — sometimes even more so than a portrait.
The inspiration for this post came from our very own Epic Edits Flickr Group. Regular readers on the blog know that I pick out my favorite photos in the pool each week and display them in a weekly feature. In the last two or three weeks, I've been seeing a lot of feet show up in the pool — and most of them were really good!
So all 20 photos below are from our Flickr group. Individually, the photos are great… but as a collection, they're very powerful. Enjoy, and take some inspiration for your own photography.
BARE FEET
Photo by s-t-r-a-n-g-e
FEET UNDERWATER
FEET IN THE AIR
STREET FEET
FEET IN HEELS
FEET TESTING THE WATER
SICK FEET
FEET ON THE SAND
SAND ON THE FEET
FEET IN THE CAR
Photo by Tasha || As The Picture Fades
FEET ON A RAIL
Photo by photographie.in
RETRO FEET
Photo by mrpittman
BABY FEET
Photo by lilahpops
HOPSCOTCH FEET
Photo by kerry okra
BIG FEET
LITTLE FEET
Photo by hitkaiser
FEET IN FLIPPERS
CIRCLE OF FEET
FEET IN SHOES
Photo by Tasha || As The Picture Fades
the_wolf_brigade
July 11, 2008Foot photos for me carry that stigma of the “foot fetish” – perhaps because it gets mentioned on flickr so often. I haven’t taken or fav’d many shots probably because of that.
Irrespective of that I think the feet in the car is quite clever.
I’d love to see more of these themed posts (but I have no suggestions as yet)!
Tasha
July 11, 2008I love this! I can’t believe I’ve missed some of these in the pool; they’re all fantastic! I definitely have some new favorites.
Thank you again for including me 🙂
Patricia
July 12, 2008Brian, I too enjoy these themed posts because they can spark ideas on how to creatively photograph a subject. And thank you as well for including one of my images.
Cody Redmon
July 12, 2008What a great theme, compliments to all of the artists!
laanba
July 12, 2008I’m looking forward to these themed posts as well. Great idea!
Mandy
July 12, 2008I like feet and I enjoyed these photos, maybe we should all do a self portrait of our feet…
gregor
July 13, 2008what a foot fest.
bee
July 15, 2008I never thought about taking photos of feet before – but I will from now on!
I also love themed post, please keep it up!
Jennifer
July 25, 2008What a great collection! I really the the flipper feet, and hopscotch feet. You really made my morning
!
Victor
August 5, 2008amazing collection !
“FEET IN THE AIR” is my fav !!
congrats about collection …