There are many of us here make the pics striking through the fresh and natural looking, and others make them moody and touchy through the edgy tones.
Which one do you prefer?
If someone changing the overall tone, how much change is acceptable? Or is this just depending on who is looking at the picture?
Although sometimes an edgy shot turns my crank, it has the chance to also go out of style in the future, which is too risky for me when you are talking about wedding pics which are supposed to be timeless heirlooms.
Corojo wrote:
actually... depends on what your client likes...
why.......shouldn't it depend on what "you" like and in turn you'll get the clients that you wanna get. clients who like what you like. the best clients.
gabemc wrote:
why.......shouldn't it depend on what "you" like and in turn you'll get the clients that you wanna get. clients who like what you like. the best clients.
Agreed. I just do what I do and clients book me for doing it so that I can do it for them.
I actually don't even know what either "fresh original natural looking" or "edgy stuff" even really means.
Corojo wrote:
actually... depends on what your client likes...
No. It depends on what you like for two reasons:
1) It was the OP's question
2) You your style, that you like to shoot and that attracts clients that like what you do.
I suck, let's establish that right off the bat, but that doesn't mean I can't have a pov. I wouldn't call myself edgy, but I'm deifnitely not "natural" looking when it comes to pp. I think a good photo is a good photo, and after that, you are branding yourself.
I shoot work I like and I progress as a photographer as fast as it happens. I offer that as examples of work for people to buy my services. If no one likes it, I won't get booked and will change my style to suit
Generally I approach my work similar to a model lifestyle shoot - bright, cheerful, happy, natural, low DOF. That's what works for me. That said, I'm working more with on location lighting such as rim lighting etc... this year, so we'll see what that brings.
The fresh, natural looking stuff will be in style and look good for a very long time (if not forever). The "edgy" stuff changes all of the time and fades in style and out of style based on what the current trends are.
I can't think of anything more depressing than chasing what the client likes. I prefer to have clients chasing me because of what I like instead...
But on the topic, I like and provide both. Even on a beautiful subdued and shady natural light session, after key images have been processed naturally, I will crank contrast/color/high pass etc on a few alternate angle images. Adds variety to the deliverables and to the portfolio.
gabemc wrote:
why.......shouldn't it depend on what "you" like and in turn you'll get the clients that you wanna get. clients who like what you like. the best clients.
just my $0.02
cheers
+1 don't emulate, create your own look and run with it. Clients and business will tell you if you are in the right direction.
