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12/13/2007 08:23:43 AM · #1 |
I get asked this question a lot recently. I honestly don't know how to answer. I like taking pictures of anything I find interesting, but it seems that on DPC, anything portrait in nature seems to do well for me.
Do most of you find that you fall into a certain area of photography that you're just better at than other types? Maybe have more interest? Or maybe you feel you have a better 'canvas' to work with when it's a particular type of photo and so you stick with that?
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12/13/2007 08:28:31 AM · #2 |
| I'd say studio and products work well for me. |
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12/13/2007 08:30:53 AM · #3 |
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12/13/2007 08:38:17 AM · #4 |
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12/13/2007 08:41:39 AM · #5 |
| My only answer is "Mediocre"... as voted on by the DPC populous. ;) |
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12/13/2007 09:18:25 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by signal2noise:
My only answer is "Mediocre"... as voted on by the DPC populous. ;) |
Mediocre on this site is a really good shot elsewhere. Just remember how high the standards are here.
I pretty much experiment with whatever suits me. I am still trying to find my style. I do tend to bypass the shots of stuff that have been done so much they are cliche. If I take a picture of something well known, I will try to find a unique perspective. That being said, once I find that unique perspective, I will usually find that someone else has already done it.
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12/13/2007 09:23:34 AM · #7 |
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12/13/2007 11:44:12 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by heavyj:
but it seems that on DPC, anything portrait in nature seems to do well for me.
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I completely disagree... DPC is the relm of landscapes and macros.
I tell everyone that I'm a people photographer, seeing that most of what I shoot involves people, whether it be portraits, boudoir, or weddings.
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12/13/2007 11:58:10 AM · #9 |
| The kind which involves a lot of dirt and unremarkable subjects.. |
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12/13/2007 12:25:50 PM · #10 |
I find that for me, the camera is what makes me look at life just a little closer and always wondering......"What does it look like from over there?", so I have a tendency to try and look at things more fully because of it.
What that means in terms of what kind of photography that I do?
LIFE photography......if I'm there and I'm living it, I take a shot of/at it.
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12/13/2007 12:28:02 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by heavyj:
but it seems that on DPC, anything portrait in nature seems to do well for me.
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I completely disagree... DPC is the relm of landscapes and macros.
I tell everyone that I'm a people photographer, seeing that most of what I shoot involves people, whether it be portraits, boudoir, or weddings. |
Yes, there are a lot of landscapes and macros here. I'm not a big fan of either to the extent I see here. However, there are some remarkable ones that I love.
I like setting up a shot that makes the viewer laugh really...or say "That's cool. I wonder how he did that?"
Message edited by author 2007-12-13 12:28:24.
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12/13/2007 12:29:09 PM · #12 |
You just inspired me to change my signature to my own thought.
ETA: THANX!
Message edited by author 2007-12-13 12:30:51.
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12/13/2007 12:35:25 PM · #13 |
| Right now... paper weight. Haven't shot anything for almost a year. Bad, bad Beagleboy!! |
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12/13/2007 01:04:47 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Beagleboy:
Right now... paper weight. Haven't shot anything for almost a year. Bad, bad Beagleboy!! |
Maybe you should go to Iceland and see if you could find some inspiration |
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12/13/2007 01:08:24 PM · #15 |
That is a common question.
I feel like I do everything (almost) - and this makes things more expensive because I need/want the equipment for all scenarios (landscape, portrait, etc).
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12/13/2007 01:16:04 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by Kaups:
That is a common question.
I feel like I do everything (almost) - and this makes things more expensive because I need/want the equipment for all scenarios (landscape, portrait, etc). |
My most common answer these days is 'you' followed by talking them in to an impromptu session. |
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12/13/2007 01:31:09 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by heavyj:
I get asked this question a lot recently. I honestly don't know how to answer. I like taking pictures of anything I find interesting, but it seems that on DPC, anything portrait in nature seems to do well for me.
Do most of you find that you fall into a certain area of photography that you're just better at than other types? Maybe have more interest? Or maybe you feel you have a better 'canvas' to work with when it's a particular type of photo and so you stick with that? |
Yes to all three questions, but I have no idea what to call it. "Fine art photography" is too froo-froo and pretentious. "Ecstatic snapshot" isn't my style. Someone told me I take pictures of introversion and isolation. I'll go along with that. |
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12/13/2007 01:31:20 PM · #18 |
 posthumous's reply (stealing a march on me yet again) together with [user]fotomann_forever[/user]'s (macro and landscape preponderance on dpc) make me wonder how much of what we show on dpc actually represents what we shoot and like to shoot. |
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12/13/2007 01:32:48 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by tnun:
posthumous's reply (stealing a march on me yet again) together with [user]fotomann_forever[/user]'s (macro and landscape preponderance on dpc) make me wonder how much of what we show on dpc actually represents what we shoot and like to shoot. |
For me, at least, almost nothing like it. I even got a comment to that effect on my self portrait entry. |
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12/13/2007 01:35:46 PM · #20 |
I tend to do the kind most people don't care for... but ya know.
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12/13/2007 01:39:40 PM · #21 |
I say People/Fashion and Events/Journalism [concerts/plays/etc] and Macro
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12/14/2007 02:26:06 PM · #22 |
Fashion, beauty, lifestyle.
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12/14/2007 02:40:26 PM · #23 |
I tell people I just shoot whatever's in my way.
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12/14/2007 02:42:44 PM · #24 |
I too get asked this a TON and my response is always,
"I specialize in portrait and burlesque photography but I enjoy any good challenge and try to avoid the studio at all costs".
They love it, I love it, it works.
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12/14/2007 02:53:01 PM · #25 |
Indoor/outdoor action
mostly law enforcement/ military simulation/reenactments.
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