Creating a Portfolio: What you shoot vs How you shoot what you shoot. Three exercises to sharpen your attention to style.
One of the most difficult and challenging things we deal with as photographers is style. It is a defining point of our work.
And yet style cannot be taught
First we have to discover what it is you love. That may sound easy, but it can take a lot of personal introspection to find that inner driving point that makes it all come together.
Your subject is not your style.
Your subject is your subject. It is what you shoot.
How you shoot it is your style.
go through them at a rather steady pace
no more than one second per page
Do you remember some images?
Did some of them simply stand out to you?
Excercise Two: Noticing Style.
Exercise Three: Your Work.
Now pull out your images. 4×6 prints made at Walmart or Costco would be fine
Spread ‘em out on the table
clipped from: www.lighting-essentials.com 