Tips & Tricks: How to find your own style (Patreon)

Patrons,

Thank you for helping me grow this channel and actually being active with responding, both in the comments and in private messages.

About that finding your own style - I don't think I have one, mostly because I like many styles. It's like cuisine - why limit yourself to only one dish, from one region? I love pizza, but if I was eating only that I would soon hate it and wouldn't be able to even look at it.

However, to find your own style, you may ask yourself "what I don't like in photography?" What irritates you? For me, I don't like faded, pale pictures - I like contrast. I like to limit colors in my photos and I try not to over saturate them. When I started learning about photography I was drawn to cool Youtuber's videos, trying out sparks and neon and I thought that I was making awesome effects. These photos are now sealed tightly for no one to see. I am too embarrassed to even talk about them, but I owe you.

Now instead of trying "cool shit" I try to make more mature photography, aiming to that James Bond vibe kind of thing. Trying to capture pictures that may look unintended but in fact they are carefully selected and made with purpose. At least that's the goal back in my head.

I try to focus now on proportions, capturing attention, and trying to establish a connection between viewer and photo (person in that photo). I hope that at least in some parts I am right about it.

All the best

Oh yeah!
Couple of words about these photos.
Weronika pose very well here, and she is very attractive for sure. One photographer one told me "It's just the model. Get better models, you'll get better pictures."
Now I know he was bluffing and being modest, because I've seen plenty examples of fantastic models shown in a disastrous, hideous pictures.  On the other hand our work went smooth and she understood what I had in mind when I slightly asked her to pose sometimes differently. To me it is important to make feminine, classy photography, without being vulgar. Showing female bodies in an elegant way.

Keep learning, try out new things and make your own mistakes.
You will be ok. Some things just need some time to grow, and become stronger. Like fine wine - it needs time.