Photography

New Questions :

1. Do you like taking photos?
2. Where do you like to go to take photos?
3. On what occasions (= when) do you take photos?
4. Do you like to take photos when you travel?
5. When your travel, do you prefer to take photos, or to record videos?
6. Do you prefer to take pictures of people or of scenery?

Question from the past :

• Do you like to take photographs? (Why?)
• (Similar to above) Do you like taking photographs? (When you ‘take a photograph’ you are the person using a camera, that is, standing behind the camera, not the person standing in front of the camera!)
• (Similar to above) Do you like photography (= taking photographs/taking pictures)? (Why?/Why not?)
• What do you like to photograph?
• (Similar to above) What do you take photos of?
• On what occasions (= when) do you take photos?
• Do you prefer to take photos yourself or to have other people take photos? (Why?)
• When was the last time you took a photo?
• How long have you been taking photographs?
• (Similar to above) How long have you liked taking photographs? (Include ‘since’ or ‘for’ in your answer. E.g., “… since I was about ten years old” or “… for about 5 years”.)
• How (why) did you become interested in photography?
• How often do you take photographs? (You should include an approximate time, such as ‘about once every 2 or 3 months.’)
• In what situations (or, when) do you take photographs?
• Do you like to take photos when you travel?
• When your travel, do you prefer to take photos, or to record videos?
• What kind of photos do you like to take? (Why?)
• In what environment (or, where) do you prefer to take photos?
• Do you prefer to take pictures of people or of scenery?
• Who do you take photos of?
• What do you do with the photos you take?
• Where (or how) do you keep your photos?
• Do you keep your photographs on your computer?
• Do you ever delete (or, if on paper, throw away) any of your photos?
• Do you enjoy looking at photographs?
• What kinds of photographs do you most like to look at?
• Have you ever been to a place that had a lot of photographs?
• Do you have any favourite photos?
• Do you have a favourite family photograph?
• What kinds of photographs do you most like to look at?
• Do you ever take photos of yourself?
• (Similar to above) Do you like to take photos of yourself?  (e.g., “selfies”)
• Do you use a self-timer (when you take a picture of yourself)?
• Do you have any photos from your (or, of your) childhood?
• Are there any photos on the walls of your home?
• Do you frame (or have you framed) any of your photos? (If yes, which? & why?)
• Do you prefer to send postcards to people or to send photos that you took yourself? (Why?) (Or: As a souvenir of a place that you visit, do you prefer to buy a postcard or take a photograph yourself?)
• (Similar to above) Which do you think is better to send to someone, a postcard that has a photograph on it or a photograph you took yourself? *
• Would you like to work as a professional photographer?
• (Possibly the question above is this) Would you like to take photos like a professional photographer?
• Would you like to improve your knowledge of photography?
• (Similar to above) Would you like to learn how to take better photos?

Photography and People in General

• Is photography a popular hobby in your country?
• Is taking photographs very popular in your country? (Why?/Why not?)
• Why are more and more people taking photographs today?
• Do you think people are taking too many photographs?
• Why do (you think) some people do not like taking photographs?
• (Similar to above) What types of people don’t like taking photographs?
• What is the value of taking photographs?
• Why do you think some people like taking photographs when they visit another place?
• Do people in your country like to visit photograph exhibitions? What kind of photos do they like to look at?
• Do you think being a photographer would be a good job? (Why?/Why not?)
• Why don’t some people like having their photo taken?
• (Similar to above) Why do some people dislike having themselves photographed?
• What factors make a good photograph?
• Do you think taking photos today is the same as it was in the past?
• What advantages and disadvantages do you think using a camera gives to students?
• What do you think are the advantages, and the disadvantages, of taking photos with a mobile phone (or, smart phone)?