02/14/2025
Real talk for a minute 👇🏽
When I first started photography, I was so focused on taking “the perfect picture” like everything had to be just right and almost like “textbook”, I guess? I didn’t really dare to do anything out of the ordinary or that wasn’t perfect and “frame worthy” and frankly I probably just had a very different style at the time.
But the past couple years I’ve felt so much more freedom to just try new things and if I like the way a picture looks, I just like it and that’s that. I guess you could say I’m finding MY art and aiming to shoot in a way that inspires me and hopefully find people that jive with it too. My style is constantly evolving and reflecting what inspires me. Regardless of if the composition is perfect, or if everything lines up perfectly. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right 😉
Like this whole set of photos for example, they’re dark, grainy, some blurry, but I absolutely love them so much and they speak to me. Years ago I would have said oh no it’s too dark to shoot, it’ll be too grainy and so on.
I will say, yes, you do have to learn all the basics first. The saying “learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist.” That’s resonated with me a lot lately.
WOW I know that was a big fat word salad but hopefully you got the point. 🤣