How to find your own photography style in portrait shooting

Regarding portrait shooting, everyone has his own shooting style, but many people can't find their own style. Even if you ask the photographer, he will only tell you: actually, I don't classify myself into any category or style. What should I do to find my own style in portrait photography?

Find style from your own preferences.

When the portrait is shot to a certain extent, you will find that you seem to break through the existing nodes a little bit, and show the completed photos, only to find that the old dog can't change new tricks. For example, although dim light will reduce the imaging quality, this "imperfection" is a kind of beauty, which is the appearance of beauty. Then, you will see a bunch of people running after the backlight, how to shoot. However, is this really beautiful? Do you understand why the photographer shoots against the light? A swarm of bees is the most disgusting concept of photography. In the book Portrait Skills, photographers like to share with us. Most importantly, when you want to find your own style, think about your leisure hobbies. What do you like? Hate what? Introspection, fully understand yourself, know your favorite light, angle and even color, and then produce the so-called "style". At least, the next time you shoot against the light, you can tell the reason and know why you want to do it. Although beauty is innate, it can definitely come from acquired training.

Find style from your own preferences.

Observe carefully and scrutinize the details.

The shaping of style, besides summing up one's own preferences, is also a very important link to experience every fragment of life. Photographer Tim Wu thinks that reading thousands of books is better than taking Wan Li Road, and every trip can bring him back full creative energy. But you must want to say that I don't have a travel budget, so inspiration won't come? That's not necessarily true. When Tim is not traveling, he is a family (house) lover. He listens to a lot of music and watches foreign albums, such as Devil, Breaking Bad and Ice Storm, looking for the possibility of images from other people's creations. A truly creative photographer can turn what he sees into his own source of inspiration. Just as one plus one does not equal two, one plus one can exist forever.

Observe carefully and scrutinize the details.

Browse a lot of accumulated post-production logic

We can also define our own style from the field of post-production, but if the color is blue, can post-production be said to be our own style? Playing with colors can really build a so-called "style" quickly, but you can look at Japanese photographer Mika Ninagawa. Her colors are so strong and colorful that each color block has its own origin and it is necessary to form it. Putting the image of low low in an untimely tone will only make the photo look different. Photographer Jeff Liu believes that the first step in post-production is to keep exploring and learning. There is no need to clarify the function of post-production software. The most important thing is to browse a lot of photos and see how others took them. After reading enough, you can establish your own retouching logic and figure out the context of style.

Browse a lot of accumulated post-production logic