What is your "Style"?

Carolina Photo Guy

Senior Member
I know. It seems like a dumb question. EVERYONE know what their style is, right?
Maybe, maybe not. I know that I have been searching for my "STYLE" since I first picked up a camera nearly 50 years ago. (Some would say that I have a years experience 50 times!)
Well, I finally decided on my style.
I call it... (Wait for it!)

Sheer Dumb Luck.

So share! What is your "STYLE"?

Pete
 

fotojack

Senior Member
I pretty much have the same "style" as you, Pete, after nearly 40 years of photography. :) I sometimes like to call it eclectic. Sounds more professional! ;)
 

kayte

New member
I think mine is the same...really don't lean one way or the other. I've done macro shots, outside action, even dabbled in formal portraits. Only a few things are consistent:
- I like black and white or sepia over selective and full colour (though I have photos in all four)
- I rather do photos in natural light compared to artificial, though I can see the advantage of controlling how much light you have and how it is reflected in a photograph
- I prefer candid over formal portrait. a lot more fun and more challenging at the same time.
 

Carolina Photo Guy

Senior Member
I lean to the right, but thats mostly because of a bad shoulder.

I prefer mostly color simply because my camera takes such nice color pictures. I come from back in the day when B/W was a LOT cheaper to process.

I like natural light because dark is when you sit down and have a beer.

I am simplistic as hell. Perhaps I should call my style "Simplistic".

I ain't smart that way.

Pete
 

Curt

Senior Member
Well, I am not very good with people, but I am trying…lol
I guess I lean kind of towards artsy…lol. I like to shot odd
things; I play with both color & B&W, sometimes both in the same frameJ.
I am going to try and take more pics of ppl. in the future, but its not my strong point.
 
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Browncoat

Senior Member
This is a tough one to answer, and an excellent topic for discussion. I had no idea you were this deep, Pete! :)

My style is "experimental". I definitely tend to favor HDR, black and white images, as well as hard edges and high contrast. In my editing, I almost always enhance textures and color saturation (if there is any color). However, I have also played with soft focus and more traditional means of shooting...though I honestly don't like it very much. If I had to fit into a niche, I much prefer candids and photojournalism-style photography.
 

Carolina Photo Guy

Senior Member
What set me to thinking about this was the "Fine Art Photography" posts a few days ago. What is "Fine Art"? ALL art is perception based. If I perceive my photography to be "ART", then it is ART. If YOU perceive my work to be CRAP, the CRAP it is... to YOU.
That set me to thinking about style and themes and all that other foolishness that occupies the black hole I call a mind.
Either way, to my way of thinking, there is no such thing as non-perceptual "Fine Art".

What was I talking about???

Pete
 

Carolina Photo Guy

Senior Member
This is not about labeling. This is about expanding your skill set. To go beyond your boundaries, you HAVE to know what those boundaries are.
Otherwise, you are just floundering around in the pond instead of truly swimming in the ocean.

Poetic as hell, that was!

Pete
 

jengajoh

Senior Member
I really don't know what my style is. I see something cool and take a picture. Or I just walk around with my camera taking pictures of stuff or people... until they get annoyed. Or I plan a trip somewhere to take a picture of something specific. I am sure I need improvement in all areas. A photographer or an artist should never stop learning and improving. I want to be proficient in all areas of photography, I just know I am not there yet.
 

Joseph Bautsch

New member
Over the past 50 years I've tried out any number of styles of photography. The one I have settled on is scenic with full intense color. I spent too many years shooting black and white and way too much time in a photo lab processing. I am also a planner. I will plan out a shoot a month or even a year in advance. I often go back any number of times even over several years to redo a shot or series of shots to get what I want. It's all natural light. I do have a flash but only use it at family gatherings and events. My wife is the point and shoot photographer, she points and I shoot, keeps her happy.
 

Carolina Photo Guy

Senior Member
Joseph, you may want to try a trip out to Atlantic Beach in October.

Atlantic Beach, NC actually runs from East to West. It is one of the few spots on the east coast that the sun will rise and set in the Atlantic Ocean.

If you set up a tripod location and start taking your first multiple exposure at 6 am, you can fire off a shot every hour until 7 pm.

It makes for a FANTASTIC panoramic.

Just a thought.

Pete
 

Joseph Bautsch

New member
Ah, thanks Pete. Never been to Atlantic Beach. Sounds like a good photo shoot. Any particular day(s) in October? My wife and I have been looking at a light house shooting trip up the East coast. Including Atlantic Beach would be easy enough. NC coast has a lot of light houses, been there want to do it again. Thanks for the suggestion.
 

Carolina Photo Guy

Senior Member
The first couple of weeks are best. After that, it starts getting too dark too early.

For the Bald Head Island lighthouse, the best time of the year is around Valentine's Day.

The angle of the sun is such that the sunlight reflecting off of the sand turns the mottled grey Old Baldy Lighthouse into a wonderfully soft golden color.

That is good up until the last week or so of February.

The Ocracoke Light is my absolute favorite of all the NC lights. The Village has the friendliest people that you will ever meet.

And the fried oysters at Howard's Pub are well worth the visit.

Hope this helps.

Pete
 
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