Thursday, July 17, 2008

Awesome Bridal and my thoughts on style

I just had one of my most favorite bridals that I've ever done!! I love this imagery! I never really knew if I had a "style" or not, (a cohesive style that is the same throughout most of my images). You can look at a picture and KNOW if Richard Avedon took it or not. Or Jill Greenberg (awesome chick!!!), she has an unmistakable style.

I think that as a photographer, you are too close to your own work to really look at it objectively. It's like a mom with twins who thinks that they are super easy to tell apart, because she knows them so well. Anyway, so I think I'm actually starting to understand my style a little better. I've known what I like, but I never placed a cohesive theme to it: I like nature. I know the real "vogue" thing right now is to do all that super grungy stuff next to graffitti with a homeless dude in the background digging through the garbage, but I only do that occasionally. When the time, place, and subject are all screaming for that kind of look. But for the most part, I REALLY love the outdoors, and especially tall grass.

There is something organic about being shot in nature. Its like you attempt to take your humanity, and diguise yourself among the earth, from whence you came. I know that sounds all Kum Ba Yah, but you get the point. Oh, and I'm also obsessed with people "parts" and not just their face. You can make a portrait of a person with almost any part of their body, but I tend to gravitate towards their posture, their feet, and their shadow.

Anyways, here is the shoot that I'm in love with. Tell me what you think!!

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