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canerino wrote:
I know we all really want to say "OF COURSE THEY WILL YOU BIG DUMMY!". But I've been thinking critically about my own images lately in the context of 'will my clients love these photographs 20...30...50 years?'
I arrived at another thought that I think is associated with this question. Do photographic organizations such as Fearless put external pressure on photographers to receive "you killed it, bro!" type comments from other photographers? Does the search for other photographer's validation make us lose focus on the client?
Just some musings....curious about your thoughts on the topic.
I saw someone refer to (I believe at least) one of Jon Mold's (sp?) photos as, "Good 50 years ago, good 50 years from now". I honestly think that is the ultimate compliment and really the ultimate object of our career. Do I feel mine are that way? I don't know to be honest, if you ask me, I am a total fraud and the worst one on here, but I DAMN SURE try.
As for the fearless thing, I think there is 2 sides of that. Competition is good, getting a push is good. I daylight as a coach at Crossfit gym, and that intensity and that push is what gets progress. Clients (generally speaking) are pretty easy to please. I saw an interview or a video or something with Spencer Boerup (pardon the spelling if it's wrong) saying that it really isn't that hard to please his senior photo clients. They want really good photos in good focus and good color, and kind of creative (paraphrasing that, of course as I don't really remember the source or the interview). So I fear that it could possible be easy to get complacent in your work. I have fought that a bit, personally at times.So, I think it's great to have a site like fearless for myself, and other photographers to go see INSANE work to give us a push to be better and give there clients better work, that's where the focus has to be. That being said, spending your days looking at fearless, and drooling over epic portraits from Mold, Hoffer, and incredible documentery work from Merkle, Anerino, Duy Ho (who has an epic blend of both) isn't incredibly healthy either. In fact, when I look at a Hoffer engagement session, then check out one of mine, I usually get depressed and that can be debilitating for some, it was for me at times. It's good to be inspired, but there's a fine line between inspiration and plagiarism in my opinion.
Edited on Mar 24, 2014 at 07:22 PM · View previous versions
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