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06/08/2006 11:21:20 AM · #1 |
| I noticed that some of you have a certain style to your photography. I haven't been around here long but sometimes I can match images to photographers.. Can anyone else do that? |
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06/08/2006 11:22:27 AM · #2 |
I bet you can't identify my non-dairy photos :-)
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06/08/2006 11:22:51 AM · #3 |
| Oh yes. Some are definitely obvious, like photos with cheese, hot women in latex, and wine glasses showing refraction ;-) |
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06/08/2006 11:26:02 AM · #4 |
| Yeah, after awhile, there's quite a number of photographers who are pretty easy to identify. |
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06/08/2006 11:31:01 AM · #5 |
| yep refraction alright! that's so cheesy! |
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06/08/2006 11:37:29 AM · #6 |
Fetor-"great pic pawdrix, 8"
JPR-"nice one pawdrix. :)"
laurielblack-"Pawdrix...you certainly are establishing a style of street photography all your own. I really like this! Great processing and such an expressive "model." :)"
This was probably my best week ever on DPC, when recieving these three comments during voting. For me, or in my opinion style is everything....it's what drives me. I've may have gotten 10-12 other comments picking me out and it never fails to make me fly. Unless it's because I'm doing the exact same thing over and over or using the same models, location, that would be tedious and not a cool thing IMHO.
So many people have style on DPC and are easy to pick out...Dax, comes to mind... e301...
Message edited by author 2006-06-08 12:12:40. |
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06/08/2006 12:57:15 PM · #7 |
Lots of people have recognized my shots, even when I use a new model or completely different technique. My new favorite thing is when somebody ELSE enters a creative, well-composed image and a commenter thinks it's mine. Ha! When a great photo isn't mine, what a compliment to have someone think it might be!
Message edited by author 2006-06-08 13:01:05. |
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06/08/2006 01:40:57 PM · #8 |
I'm not sure if I have a "style" per se when you look at my photography as a whole, but there's a certain subset of what I do that seems to be instantly recognizable by people. I'll let someone else fill in the blanks if they care to, LOL.
There are certainly a handful of people in DPC whose work I can usually recognize, or who when I see a certain picture it makes me think it's theirs, even if it isn't (like what shannon said above). Examples; Librodo, Scalvert (shannon), Rikki, Larus, Heida, Joey, Pawdrix, and so forth...
R.
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06/09/2006 04:37:57 PM · #9 |
Are the elements of style too difficult to discuss? I ask because almost every thread on this topic dies too quickly for my likeing.
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06/09/2006 04:39:56 PM · #10 |
| I think it would be fun to have a style, but so that people wouldn't be able to recognize it right away. Sort of like having a style but with surprises. I'd like to develop that. |
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06/09/2006 04:43:11 PM · #11 |
i know what you mean...I can almost always pick Dax's, joey's and SJCarter's shots out of a pile, that is unless they change thier usualy way and do something totaly off the wall! :o)
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06/09/2006 04:46:25 PM · #12 |
As a graphic designer, I have had people say that they knew which ad I had created, or that the photo was mine. I get that alot. If you look at my portfolio, I tend to go for lots of color and detail in my work. I don't know if that classifies my style or not...
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06/09/2006 04:53:10 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by ursula:
I think it would be fun to have a style, but so that people wouldn't be able to recognize it right away. Sort of like having a style but with surprises. I'd like to develop that. |
That would be the way to go. Being unique is a tall task, so I'll settle for whatever I can get. If I ever achieve it at all.
I just hope to evolve but also to stive to bring a new view or angle to the ordinary. Commercial or stock photography can be fun but even if I try that I would hope or aspire to bring something special to it.
Jill Greenberg and a few other photogs come to mind when it comes to images that could normally be so standard but jump due to the elements they bring to the party.
Message edited by author 2006-06-09 16:59:21. |
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06/09/2006 05:20:01 PM · #14 |
not sure if i have a particular style or not but sometimes people recognize my pics. maybe it's just the subjects i shoot.
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06/09/2006 06:00:21 PM · #15 |
| Gee Bear, you wouldn't be referring to sunsets and skiffs, would ya? ;) |
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06/09/2006 06:04:00 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Gee Bear, you wouldn't be referring to sunsets and skiffs, would ya? ;) |
I thought they were sunrises :) |
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06/09/2006 06:29:25 PM · #17 |
Who can tell the difference, except me? Hell, I put "sunrise" in the title of a challenge entry and get comments that say "great sunset!"...
R.
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06/09/2006 07:16:42 PM · #18 |
Having a way of doing your photography that is appealing and identifiable is something to strive for if you are a professional photographer, or aspire to be one. But it can be a mixed blessing in the context of dpc challenges. Personally, to a certain extent, I am kind of proud of the fact that my entries are rarely identified during voting. That may just mean that I haven't found my own style yet. But I like to think that it means that I am not confined in what I produce, or at least that I am willing to try many different things. If I started getting a lot of comments on my entries that guessed correctly I would think that I had achieved a rut, and ought to try to get some more variety into my works.
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06/10/2006 06:40:17 AM · #19 |
Are you saying that amateurs, hobbyists or semi-pro's don't need or shouldn't focus on style? I don't think the realm of style is exclusive to professionals.
I also don't know if I'd go so far as equating style with being in a rut or reptetive or even confining. But to take things in a different direction I do get bothered when I see artists feed off of or expolit their style...Lichtenstein...Pollack come to mind and not that I think we should see things in DPC terms, voting or other wise (this is a microcosm, afterall) but there are many DPCers who have very distinct style and variety at the same time. Yes, there are some who feed off of it....but I could care less, it's only DPC...there's a bigger world out there. |
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06/14/2006 07:40:42 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by pawdrix:
Are you saying that amateurs, hobbyists or semi-pro's don't need or shouldn't focus on style? I don't think the realm of style is exclusive to professionals.
I also don't know if I'd go so far as equating style with being in a rut or reptetive or even confining. But to take things in a different direction I do get bothered when I see artists feed off of or expolit their style...Lichtenstein...Pollack come to mind and not that I think we should see things in DPC terms, voting or other wise (this is a microcosm, afterall) but there are many DPCers who have very distinct style and variety at the same time. Yes, there are some who feed off of it....but I could care less, it's only DPC...there's a bigger world out there. |
Which is the higher achievement in the context of dpc challenges - getting a blue ribbon with an image that is clearly identifiable as that of a certain photog as evidenced by several correct identifications in comments; or getting a blue ribbon with an image that no one could guess who made it? Feeding off of a style (to borrow pawdrix's terminology) that is known to be favored by dpc voters, whether it is yours or someone else's, does not require as much skill, display as much talent, or encourage creativity and learning/teaching as much as doing something that is not necessarily aimed at a certain style. Also consider that dpc is supposed to be teaching to beginner photographers. People at that stage should be more concerned with trying all kinds of different stuff than in focusing on, or developing, their own personl, identifiable style. Being confined to a single style, no matter how well liked that style may be, always runs the risk of viewer fatigue. Even the most innovative types of images lose their luster as time and repetition move them from fresh & new into the cliche category.
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06/14/2006 07:42:06 PM · #21 |
Dude, 4 days is a bit long, dontcha think?
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06/14/2006 08:16:21 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by wavelength:
Dude, 4 days is a bit long, dontcha think? |
Yup, it is a bit long. What are your thoughts about style wavelength?
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