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Following on from the "Photography sins" post, it made me think, just what are my favourite photography styles?

I love good black and white images, I love artistic nudes because I think the human body is amazing and it also needs a mastery of not only the camera but also lighting to do it well. I love portraits that tell me something of the person. I love good landscapes because I love the world around me. The same can be said of wildlife, flora and fauna.

I quite like urban photography because it has the ability to record society.

I don't particularly like motorsports, I know it is technically demanding but one car whizzing around with a blurred background is much that same as another to me. (Sorry motorsports togs, it's just me, ignore me, it's fine)

I don't like what gets called "glamour" because it's so blooming formulaic. Get skinny bint, point some lights at her and bingo. It tells me nothing about the person and you might as well photograph a dummy.

I do sometimes like manipulated images, especially when they have been done to make something artistic,in other words the sum of the pic plus the processing adds something. I don't like them done, just because it's there.

That's mine, share yours?
 
Anything but portraits bore me. Thats not to say I cant enjoy someone elses work, but I would rather shoot people than a building. I like to shoot in B+W also, although I am trying to find my own style at the moment.

Each to their own eh? :)
 
Apart from Astrophotography (which I don't have the gear to do well, although I'm trying to work around that, and capture at the limits of what I do have) I'm not really certain at this point. I'm so new to general photography really that I haven't developed any particular favourites. I'm trying things out and trying to capture good images of things that I like the look of.
 
In case you hadn't spotted it, there's the Annie Leibovitz Life Through A Lens film on BBC1 at 10:30-ish pm some evening this week.
 
Betty said:
I am trying to find my own style at the moment.

Each to their own eh? :)
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I do agree on the trying to find your own style. I did reply on another thread at the weekend about feeling like a jack of all trades and a master of none. I still can't work out which genres I like best never mind a style!

I've got close to something I'm really happy with creatively a couple of times but it's still very hit and miss. But then that is all the inspiration I need to keep on trying.

And thanks for the Life through a Lens tip Photon. I'll keep an eye open for that.
 
The problem I have is that photography crosses a number of boundaries for me.

For example, I love motor sports, especially bike racing, so photography gives me the opportunity to record the meetings I go to.

My wife and I are wildlife lovers, especially birds, so again I can put my photography to use here.

Same thing with landscapes, but I tend not to be that good, so I need more practice really.

As for photography for the sake of it, I love portraits, especially in the studio. However if there were one area that I would love to perfect it would be portraiture outside, especially in the evening/dusk.

Steve
 
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