GoingCandid

Your own Style
How to find your own style
You have to have a plan, an idea, a way of working and you have to do your
thing. There are too many influences and too many people telling you other
things. Don't look to your left or right, just look forward and focus on what
you want to achieve. I often see aimless photographers who shoot everything
or who try to copy a style of someone. Sure you have to get inspired, but
sooner than later you have to find your own style. People should recognize
your work by your style not by the watermark on your photos.
Do not listen to others
There is a lot of critic about my candid portraits nearly everywhere. There are
people saying that it is not street photography, that they are meaningless,
shocking, against the law or against the right of the person. This might all be
true in a certain way or point of view. But if I would care about this, I could
not do these photos anymore. You cannot and you don't have to please everyone.
As long as they discuss a photo and there is a controversy, you are in
people’s mouth. And this is what it is all about. You have to polarize nowadays
to make a difference in photography. With landscape and flowers you cannot
get the attention of the people anymore. You need more; you need something
new, something they have not seen before. It's difficult, but possible.