Do You Have A Photographic Style??
Jan 8, 2017 16:32:50 #
RWR wrote:
I nearly always use a waist-level or angle finder, so bend my head down when photographing. Would that be considered my style?
Only when you screw up! The hunchback of notre Damn!
Jan 8, 2017 16:34:41 #
RWR wrote:
I nearly always use a waist-level or angle finder, so bend my head down when photographing. Would that be considered my style?
Wouldn't say it was your style but i bet it effects your style because
you are viewing rather than participating in your chosen scene.
Jan 8, 2017 16:41:42 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
Peterff wrote:
Only when you screw up! The hunchback of notre Damn!
Hmm, maybe I better switch back to eye-level before I become a hunchback!
Jan 8, 2017 16:50:11 #
RWR wrote:
Hmm, maybe I better switch back to eye-level before I become a hunchback!
Do you want people to look at your images and think "frontline photo journalist" or
are you happy being thought of as a "crime scene shooter"
Jan 8, 2017 16:53:19 #
RWR wrote:
I nearly always use a waist-level or angle finder, so bend my head down when photographing. Would that be considered my style?
That's an interesting distinction. One can have a style for creating images, and those images might show a commonality that would be another form of style.
Jan 8, 2017 17:04:02 #
Chicflat
Loc: Tulsa, Ok,
I think that I have elements that would go to style. For me style lies in the treatment of the subject or the work itself. I will shoot anything that interests me except portraits. I have no skill there at all. I have come to notice that in many of the photos that have turned out best for me, I will lemploy verticals even shooting landscape mode. Maybe having been born in Chicago has something to do with it. At any rate, whether when framing , composing or envisioning the object, I often find this element of verticality. Other than that I tend to search for a point of view that works well in the composition.
Jan 8, 2017 17:09:35 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
oldtigger wrote:
Do you want people to look at your images and think "frontline photo journalist" or
are you happy being thought of as a "crime scene shooter"
are you happy being thought of as a "crime scene shooter"
When the type of finder used affects the final image, I’ll change my ways.
Jan 8, 2017 17:14:17 #
RWR wrote:
When the type of finder used affects the final image, I’ll change my ways.
Be honest with your self, you know what you see in the viewfinder is going to
effect how you see the scene just as much as it effects the framing.
Jan 8, 2017 18:45:25 #
I dont know about style, I just shoot for fun and family. I do like to shoot Birds and pla outdoors.
I also Love to shoot Landscape which I do a Lot of. I like to take my time for my exposures and is considered a tad slow with a camera.
This is a wonderful topic and just wanted to put my 2 cents in and see all of the diverse comments.
I also Love to shoot Landscape which I do a Lot of. I like to take my time for my exposures and is considered a tad slow with a camera.
This is a wonderful topic and just wanted to put my 2 cents in and see all of the diverse comments.
Jan 8, 2017 19:26:02 #
Wow, lots of new post!!
I've been out shooting in the rain all day, so haven't had a chance to check in.
I will say, some pretty diverse comments in my absence. More than a few of you probably have a recognizable photographic style in your work. Some have told us that they dress up like going to a GQ mag cover shoot when they shoot. While that would definitely be stylish, it probably doesn't effect their photography as much as finding a date!!!
But it all makes for good fun and tells us a little about each other.
I feel I have several styles.
I tend to juxtapose a lot when I can, mixing subjects, sort of like subject stacking.
I also have another side of me that shoots very clean, uncluttered compositions, almost stark. I like the minimal contrast of shooting white on white.
I also have a bit of a mean streak and can get really edgy shooting a completely planned theme shot.
I'm posting an example of a very simple White on White flower shot. I like that the bit of green is the only color in the shot. I do a lot of this type of photography. I even use this style in my portraits!
SS
I've been out shooting in the rain all day, so haven't had a chance to check in.
I will say, some pretty diverse comments in my absence. More than a few of you probably have a recognizable photographic style in your work. Some have told us that they dress up like going to a GQ mag cover shoot when they shoot. While that would definitely be stylish, it probably doesn't effect their photography as much as finding a date!!!
But it all makes for good fun and tells us a little about each other.
I feel I have several styles.
I tend to juxtapose a lot when I can, mixing subjects, sort of like subject stacking.
I also have another side of me that shoots very clean, uncluttered compositions, almost stark. I like the minimal contrast of shooting white on white.
I also have a bit of a mean streak and can get really edgy shooting a completely planned theme shot.
I'm posting an example of a very simple White on White flower shot. I like that the bit of green is the only color in the shot. I do a lot of this type of photography. I even use this style in my portraits!
SS
Jan 8, 2017 20:37:23 #
Jan 8, 2017 21:00:53 #
You have to get the, so called, Money Shots but if given the chance I favor several "styles".
1 REALISTIC in camera, not something created in post.
2 Non-Cliché.
3 CREATIVE.
4 Eye to Eye rather than having person looking directionally away or near me.
5 More towards the left side of the histogram but still covering all of it.
6 MEANINGFUL. I love reactions of happy clients.
7 More EMOTIONAL.
8a My wife says I lean more towards the NATURE shots.
8b I feel I lean more towards PEOPLE shots.
9 More towards a close up though I do it all.
10 Sometimes it can't be helped but I try to always keep a "clean" background in camera. To many pros ignore the background then talk about how good their work is. (Hey that sounds like something a newbie would do!) LoL
A couple years back a high ranking college person wanted to hire me to cover a commencement they were having. Being confused I asked him why he wanted to hire me when they teach photography in the college? He basically told me, they teach photography NOT experience.
It totally depends on what and where I shoot but those are a few things.
1 REALISTIC in camera, not something created in post.
2 Non-Cliché.
3 CREATIVE.
4 Eye to Eye rather than having person looking directionally away or near me.
5 More towards the left side of the histogram but still covering all of it.
6 MEANINGFUL. I love reactions of happy clients.
7 More EMOTIONAL.
8a My wife says I lean more towards the NATURE shots.
8b I feel I lean more towards PEOPLE shots.
9 More towards a close up though I do it all.
10 Sometimes it can't be helped but I try to always keep a "clean" background in camera. To many pros ignore the background then talk about how good their work is. (Hey that sounds like something a newbie would do!) LoL
A couple years back a high ranking college person wanted to hire me to cover a commencement they were having. Being confused I asked him why he wanted to hire me when they teach photography in the college? He basically told me, they teach photography NOT experience.
It totally depends on what and where I shoot but those are a few things.
Jan 8, 2017 21:35:06 #
Jan 8, 2017 22:28:17 #
carl hervol wrote:
Just put the camera to my and shoot!
To your what, precisely?
Jan 8, 2017 23:42:21 #
Peterff wrote:
To your what, precisely?
Carl must have some kind of "pneumatic" and/or "heat" activated shutter button. LoL
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