Before I became a photographer, I used to scrapbook. But only months after I would finish a scrapbook I would look back thru it and be so embarrassed at how it looked now. Now that the latest and greatest had come out and everyone else’s scrapbooks looked so much more advanced than mine. I was constantly disappointed that I had put so much time and money into a fad that changed so quickly. Needless to say, I gave up on that little hobby.
But what I learned in that endeavor has carried over to my photography a bit. Last week my work was featured on Utah Bride Blog and the creator and friend of mine gave me the biggest compliment. She said “Her work is classic but yet stylish”. For some reason I was shocked that someone interpreted my work exactly like I hoped it would be.
It is very important to me that my work stay classic. Fads change but a good photograph can be relevant for ages.
On the flipside, it is very important to me that classic does not equal BORING. I work very hard on this. My mind is always churning. Locations. Poses. Angles. Processing. Keeping if fresh without blatantly copying others or sacrificing my vision. Now is the time where I apologize for my early years of photography when my vision was not so clear. I’m sorry for the selective coloring. I’m sorry for the pigeon toed brides with their skirts up. If you are a photographer and you have been around for 5+ years, you know the pose I’m talking about (O:
ANYWAY, enough of my ramblings.
