lindabrowne
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 Re: 2009 | The Year I Become ME | |
Well said, and I agree with everyone else, BUT...
Throughout all your work (even the one-light, sunflare, etc.) there is something that is very much you!
It seems that 2008 is the year you become you. Balancing family, a growing business, many brides, opening the Best New Studio of the Year, hiring and training employees and STILL expanding on your creative learning curve!
You may have went crazy with some things, but I see that as your passion coming through! Did you enjoy those at the time? Did your brides like it? Did it in the long run bring you further into being a very well-rounded proficient photographer?
Some go nuts with close-ups, cut off heads, ring shots or numerous other cliches. For many they remain cliches while others bring them beyond that. Never once have I looked at one of your series or images and thought -- "Hey! That's (insert another amazing photog's name) shot!" Maybe I was just missing the connection and some of those great photog's were feeling ripped off by you?
I have a feeling I'm going to be creating a lot of cliched images this year. I won't be trying to do that, but there's a good chance it's going to happen as I progress. I'm sincerely not trying to rip someone off or find a shortcut, but rather finding the way into my own style.
Thank you again, Melanie. For your inspiring work and this fanstastic post.
So, I just want to encourage all of us on here... learn from what you see and read... but then take it and see how it fits with who YOU want to be.
........... Don't try to copy it and then end up with a lesser imitation... twist it up and use the technique in a new and creative way.
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