The document discusses the importance of developing a photographic style. It defines style as a combination of the camera, lenses, exposures, environments, processing, and subject matter used. Developing a style takes trying different techniques and subjects to find what you enjoy. The author developed their style of creative self-portraits, distortions, dark humor, and photoshop effects through 365 photo challenges. A distinctive style can help photographers stand out, get discovered, and take their work to the next level.
4. Tonight
What constitutes a style?
Why bother?
How do you develop one?
Then what?
How would I describe my style?
So is a style important?
Next month at CD
Techniques to ensure you don’t develop a big head 2011
20. I’m not sure you get a choice
Every man and his dog has a decent camera nowadays
A style separates you from the masses
To create something recognisable as you
Expressing who you are
To win business, and to lose business
Enriching the world - being an inspiration
21. How do you develop a style?
The unwelcome welcome 2011
39. I was going through a learning phase
Trying all types of subjects
Trying flashes
Finding angles and compositions
Learning Photoshop
Learning what I actually enjoyed doing
Realising I still had a lot to learn... so...
47. And then I realised I had a style...
“Hey, I love your self portraits”
“You really make my day”
“I look forward to my daily Flibble”
“Where do you get all your self portrait ideas?”
53. I think you start to mature your style
Refining, tweaking, exaggerating
Learning, expanding
Elevating, inspiring
Expressing what you really wanted to convey
...And stupidly I started a 2nd 365
64. How would I describe my style?
One day, someone would surely bite... 2011
65. This is still difficult for me
Creative self-portraiture
Super close wide angle distortions
Bittersweet Humour
Darkly tinged naivety with a ray of hope
Photoshoppy
Marmite
66. So is a style important?
Eagerly anticipating the wet tea shirt competition 2011
67. I would say yes
It makes you describable
It’s the first step to being discovered
It helps to take your photography to the next level
I also think it’s inevitable
68. Thank you!
www.flickr.com/photos/flibble
Nothing to see here... 2011