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Today In Utata: We Be Stylin'
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Stored in: Utata Discussions
Posted On: August 22 2006
By: Brittney Bush
Photo © -nelma-f-
When I first started taking photos, I wondered if I'd ever develop my own style. I can identify most of my contact's work before seeing the name and it recently occurred to me that the same had happened to me, without me noticing it.~ Girlabroad
Girlabroad's "slightly abstract portraits" are without a doubt instantly recognizable - and not only because so many of us have become delightfully familiar with the faces of her beautiful children. But a personal photography style is something that many Utatans don't think - or don't realize - they have.
"I just pulled [some photos] to see if i can find some commonality that runs through them all, but I'm not sure I see one," said | paul |. However, within an hour, four other Utata members had offered their own descriptors of | paul |'s style. Perhaps we tend to have blind spots where our own art is concerned?
btezra also raises the interesting question of whether a "style" is even necessary. "Being passionate about photography and enjoying it however you enjoy it is what matters most, no need for a defined style or genre', as long as picking up the camera and snappin' the shutter allows you to escape, or release, allows you to be creative or provides a vehicle to express yourself." Certainly this "release" is the main photographic impetus for many people - and following your muse will, quite possibly, lead you (eventually, gradually, zigzaggedly) to your style.
Or, you could just stick with kittens and sunsets. Seems to work for a lot of people....
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