How You Approach Photography

Subjects and Scenes

While you aren't limited by the subjects and scenes you shoot, you often find yourself drawn towards styles of photography that require you to think outside of the box. That makes you naturally suited for creative, macro, and abstract photography.

Importantly, you are more interested in capturing exciting scenes you build yourselves from scratch than an already stunning landscape. That doesn't mean there can't be beautiful locations in your photos, but rather that the location should add to your creative ideas, not distract from them.

Planning

You understand better than most that dreaming is a form of planning. While other types of photographers can be quite spontaneous when shooting, you'll spend more time setting up a scene than shooting it. This includes getting inspired by other art forms, using unique compositions, different styles, and even creating your own DIY scenes.

If creativity takes courage, Expressionists are the most courageous photographers of them all.

Shooting Style

To outsiders, you seem to be the most curious and experimental of all photographers as you will regularly go out of your way to discover new methods to take photos. But the reality is that you aren't frustrated by the ideation process, you're energised by it, as it allows your mind to run wild. The thrill of capturing a photo that no other photographer has shot before is more than enough to motivate you to challenge yourself and your creativity for the perfect shot.

You regularly incorporate unusual and unconventional techniques to capture great images. Your willingness to try alternative approaches is what leads to your extraordinary photos. It doesn't matter where you choose to shoot from because you will regularly alter the scene to make it your own.

"Can I join you on a shoot one day?"

You are often eccentric which can make other photographers feel lost and confused when shooting together. You have to shoot on your own because you build scenes rather than look for them and if a photographer joins you on a shoot, you'll capture the same images. Shooting with others will slow you down, and prevent you from finding your creative flow.

You will start shooting with a concept in mind, but will often surprise yourself with the final image. You are open to new ideas that occur when you're in your creative flow. That's why you're compelled to break the rules of photography to capture out-of-the-world scenarios. Not only does this help to create stunning pieces of art, but it allows you to also discover methods no photographer has ever tried. As you will frequently shoot unique and unusual scenes, this allows you to capture photos that make people say "Wow! How'd you take that?".

Processing

You tend to spend a lot of time preparing for a shoot. And since you carefully compose your final image, you rarely capture more than a couple of variations of your mesmerising composition. As a result, there are usually only a handful of photos to go through at the end of the day. You will pick the most captivating one, then process it to highlight its unique essence.

You tend to pay very close attention to the adjustments of the image as your creative vision can be elevated by a certain degree of editing.

One thing that can divide Expressionists like yourself is your willingness to manipulate images in tools like Photoshop. While it's not impossible to find an Expressionist who doesn't edit their photos in Photoshop, many of you will. Adding or removing elements in a photo is often required to execute the final vision. If you want to thrive as an Expressionist, we suggest implementing the power of Photoshop during your creative process.

Sharing

You get very excited by your photography and love to share it online. But unlike some photographers, it's sufficient to only post one extraordinary photo from a shoot. Partly because many photos will look similar, and partly because you're not looking to tell a story with a series of images.

The sharing platform you choose to share your images on isn't important, but the image quality is. If you share on social media, you'll take the necessary steps to get the very best image quality. Social likes and comments from friends are nice to have, but for you, being seen as a creative pioneer is much more important.

Lastly, as you tend to capture scenes that nobody else has, your breathtaking images can spread like wildfire on social media.

How to Excel as an Expressionist

Photographers who follow the path of their photoGRAPH find it very easy to improve, as they’re fully aligned with their natural strengths.

Here's a checklist of things to consider if you want to excel as an Expressionist:

• Try shooting creative, macro, and flat-lay photography

• Spend more time building your composition than planning it

• Embrace your surroundings and take great photos from home

• Shoot by yourself as the creative process is very personal

• Be adaptable and creative – don't be tied to pre-determined ideas when you shoot

• Use Photoshop for processing and only share your most extraordinary work

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