If you were to distill your photographic style to one element, what would it be?

[NaChase]

Pardon me if this question/ discussion appears elsewhere, but I couldn't find it in a cursory search, so here it goes.

I think that most of us probably have one favorite motif that we keep coming back to in our photos, one that's stronger or appears more frequently than any other. For me that motif is symmetry, which is an element I see in all of my favorite photos. I'm curious to know what your fundamental stylistic motifs are. What are you left with when you strip away everything else in a photo?

 

[Sparrow]

.... people

 

[johannielscom]

Current binge: Surrealism.

Reflections, tracks, shadows, the wind, motion, dry spots on a wet day, wet spots on a dry day.

I shoot things that aren't there.

 

[cz23]

Dare I say it? Beauty.

 

[Godfrey]

If an object, the line, the shape, the shadow, and the light.
If a person, the expression and the moment.
In all, simplicity.

G

 

[thegman]

I'd be glad to have a 'style'. But if I had to choose anything, I just want the feeling of wanting to be in that place, so basically, it's beauty in nature, travel, the sea.

 

[dcsang]

My style?
Nouveau Sucky

There.. I said it 🙂

Cheers,
Dave

 

[Roger Hicks]

Glimpses.

Works better for me than trying to be too literal.

Cheers,

R.

 

[jsrockit]

Derivative?

 

[TXForester]

Can haphazard be a motive? 🙂

 

[filmtwit]

Pedestrian

 

[leica M2 fan]

For me - things, objects.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Friday!

I wish happy Friday to everyone here!
Cheers!

P.S. In reality, if I have to, it will be my family and people closeby pictures. Which is in provided picture anyway 🙂

 

[kxl]

Fibonacci’s Ratio. 1.618033988...

 

[Darshan]

square format
off-center subjects (can be people or objects)
minimalism

I try to go for 1 of the 3 mentioned above most of the times (if possible), if I get all 3 in one - that's a jackpot!!

 

[greyelm]

Eclectic.....

 

[f16sunshine]

Reflected light and the accompanying lack there of.

 

[merciless49]

aloof...(requisite 10 characters)

 

[rbsinto]

story telling

 

[John E Earley]

My photos make up for poor exposure by lack of proper focus.