Have You Developed Your Own Photography Style?
Feb 9, 2018 05:22:38 #
Kimchee wrote:
I have been working on this and I think so. There is a definite feel to my work - at least I hope so. Here are a couple of samples.
Excellent work!!!
Feb 9, 2018 05:31:36 #
I am am eclectic phtographer. I like nature, animals and doll photography and travel when I am able. I love to experiment and when I fail, I let people know so that they can learn from my mistakes. I also do not take myself to seriously. I enjoy what I do and I try to make the images work.
Feb 9, 2018 05:50:19 #
Feb 9, 2018 06:12:25 #
Feb 9, 2018 06:27:37 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Feiertag wrote:
I just finished reading an article on this subject. Have you come up with your own style? What sets you apart from most photographers?
yes I have
Feb 9, 2018 06:44:10 #
With out question UHH's Snap-Shot, Bill, and his treated [post processed] flowers is a style. All are the same, but different, as would his same treatment style applied to crowds on a street corner; different faces, same post. He has a 1001 images all beautiful. Enough for a one-man-show... with out question as with a great Sitcom or a Perry Maison classic... we know the characters, we know the out come, but each episode is the same format. Snap Shot has applied this approach to visual writing well.
There was a watercolor artist in Orlando area who painted the same characters over and over doing differing things.... key was she used vodka as the water agent causing the water colors to flow differently on the media. This made her work distinguishably from other artists. The paintings sold hi $ and well.
Dirtpusher, this edition of UHH, gave reference to a photographer who photographed the same window for 12 years !!
https://petapixel.com/2018/02/08/photographer-spent-12-years-shooting-window/
There was a watercolor artist in Orlando area who painted the same characters over and over doing differing things.... key was she used vodka as the water agent causing the water colors to flow differently on the media. This made her work distinguishably from other artists. The paintings sold hi $ and well.
Dirtpusher, this edition of UHH, gave reference to a photographer who photographed the same window for 12 years !!
https://petapixel.com/2018/02/08/photographer-spent-12-years-shooting-window/
Feb 9, 2018 06:44:28 #
Feiertag wrote:
I just finished reading an article on this subject. Have you come up with your own style? What sets you apart from most photographers?
Very, very few photographers have their own style. If they do, it must be extremely limiting. I can recognize musicians and artists by their work, but not photographers.
I think the idea of developing your own style means shooting what you want and developing ways to shoot that are good for you. Having a black dog in every image is not what I would call a style, but it would certainly set a photographer off from the herd.
Feb 9, 2018 06:49:31 #
I believe one’s “photography style” is not represented only by an end product, but includes the way they arrive at the end product. This could inciude set up time, # of images taken, amount of post processing done, etc.
Feb 9, 2018 07:05:56 #
Feb 9, 2018 07:31:08 #
tdekany wrote:
Wow! Wish I hadn't looked at that
...now I'm jealous😊
I guess my style could best be described as "hit or miss".
Feb 9, 2018 07:36:55 #
My style I call "Serendipity" - something attracts me and I shoot it. Used to be we'd drive along looking out at the forest and any dead tree would remind us of firewood (for wood furnace). Now I seem to have developed photographic ADHD. Every little thing is a possible photo subject.
Feb 9, 2018 07:42:52 #
billnikon wrote:
yes I have
What about the rest?
What sets you apart from most photographers?
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Feb 9, 2018 08:02:15 #
I would say my style is evolving. I primarily shoot sports. I have a 13 yr old granddaughter who wants to shoot - she's very artistic and has a natural eye - just the opposite of my skills. I like to shoot almost everything except portraits. So it's an education for me to hang out with her with our cameras. I learn a lot from her about seeing things in a new way and she learns from me the technical aspects of photography - camera setup & post processing.
Feb 9, 2018 08:21:42 #
Feiertag wrote:
I just finished reading an article on this subject. Have you come up with your own style? What sets you apart from most photographers?
Casual would be a description. Do not have a great interest in other photographers.
Feb 9, 2018 08:38:28 #
traderjohn wrote:
Casual would be a description. Do not have a great interest in other photographers.
Are we confusing style with our individual, unique vision?
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