What Style of Photography Do You Shoot?

“You must try everything once to discover what you want to try again” -Unknown

I do not know where there quote comes from, but it holds true in my photography philosophy. As a perpetual photo student I have been deciding what style of photography I want to be strongest in. While I do not want to dedicate myself to one thing, I do want to be good in a few. I have been researching the various styles of photography. I need an adventure: something beyond food, landscape, and street photography. I have attempted a little Photojournalism and Fashion. In this series, I will be delving into the different styles of photography out there.

Street Photography

My favorite photography-training tool is street photography, candid shots of an urban environment. It is great while walking in cities or in your hometown. There is no particular subject or subject matter to keep in mind when doing street photography. Just compose a shot you like and take it. Images are captured as objectively as possible and with as little manipulation as possible.

Street photography can be done with any camera. However, I prefer to use my Nikon D90 with either my 50mm 1.8D, 35mm 1.8G, or my Nikon 28-80 3.3-5.6 lenses. I have taken my Sigma 70-300mm, for distance shots, which afford me truly candid images because I can shoot from a good, distance away so I am not seen.

Food Photography

If you have been following my photography at all, you will notice a lot of food photography, especially coffee. Food photography is professionally producing stylized and attractive images of food for different types of media. It usually takes a team of people from an art director, a photographer, a food stylist, a prop stylist with helpers. It has become more popular on a hobbyist level though with the rise of foodie blogs on the internet.

I have written about it before and probably will go more in-depth into food photography as some point in the future. For food photography, I like to use a DSLR and prime lenses, especially when I am out at a restaurant. But when indoors doing studio work, I like to use controlled lighting: an external flash and reflectors.

Landscape Photography

Landscape Photography, which I have posted about here, is my favorite type of photography. The good stuff takes work and is very rewarding. I have another series of posts, dedicated just to it in the previous link. So I will not get into much here because there are many more styles of photography that I should know about, and even try.

Photojournalism

This form of photography has been rather influential recently. It started not too long ago when I unofficially covered a hearing event for my job. Then I met my co-writers here who have studied the subject in school. Photojournalism crafts images to tell news stories in a timely matter; showing objectivity and helping to form a narrative in conjunction with other pieces of news. Some the best photojournalists out there can tell a story with a single shot.

Photojournalists have to be very particular about their equipment because they have to be ready to go at a moment’s notice. The ones I have seen tend to carry at least DSLR two bodies with either a 24-70mm F/2.8 wide to normal lens as well as a 70-200mm F/2.8 . They carry two bodies so they do not have to switch lenses. We’ve got an entire guide to this much loved and respected profession.

Fashion photography

This is something I did not think I would like, until I tried it. I have friends who are fashion photographers and it is a rather interesting field. Fashion Photography is not just about taking images of pretty girls in nice dresses. It is about making clothes look good in magazines and print ads. There is a lot of detailed work that goes into fashion photography, from color coordination to hair and lighting. The quality of your gear is big factor, too. I’ve shot fashion images with a Canon 7D 17-55mm f/2.8 lens and I really liked the quality of the shots.

In the next part I will delve into the styles of photography I have no experience with, but will like to learn more about.

What type of photographer are you? Let us know in the comments down below.

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TheresaZphotography

I love photojournalism, it’s the type I love to do and can’t wait to do it again. Working to get just the right shot, as you mentioned, to tell a story with one single picture, this is a natural high to me = )

I also love nature and street photography.

Food photography as well but it isn’t the type I can’t wait to do, it’s usually spur of the moment when I see something and a light bulb goes off in my mind.

Cool images in the post!
- Gevon Servo
  
  Thank you
http://sartenada.wordpress.com sartenada

I love to see church studies. With that I mean the architecture, design, details in addition of entities, feeling one gets when inside. Inside church photos are requires much from camera and photographer. It is too easy to use flash and at same time to lose the feeling, darkness. In addition to all of these the structure of a church with details. When all these are presented like a story, then the climax is complete.

Of course I love many other styles, but this to me most dear.
- gservo
  
  I have shot a taken an image of a churches before, and i wish i had a tilt shift lens for it, those buildings can be challenging because you want to maximize the detail
http://www.jorgeq.com Jorge Quinteros

I think at one point after one as gained a significant amount of experience in the field and they want to market themselves as a professional photographer, they would have to classify themselves as a certain time of photographer. I generally don’t like to classify myself as a particular type because I take joy in photography anything that I deem interesting and it can range from 2 or all of the specific categories you mentioned.
Keith

New reader and poster here, love the blog. One area that has a large following yet would still be considered niche is automotive photography. Perhaps it’s not your area of expertise but I’d love to see it covered on here from time to time.
- http://thephoblographer.wordpress.com Chris Gampat
  
  Hi Keith,
  
  Welcome, and thanks for the kind words
  
  Nigel Paterson, one of our lead analysts, shoots motorcycles professionally. I’ll pitch him the idea.
http://sartenada.wordpress.com sartenada

My msg to Keith.

There are a lot of car or automobile posts daily. To catch them, add on the page of “Tag surfer” Subscribed Tags Cars. This way You can easily filter pages You like.

BTW, I have car photos on my blog and are coming next year.
- http://thephoblographer.wordpress.com Chris Gampat
  
  Also, Nigel is working on one or two postings.
  
  You could also wait
http://www.helensotiriadis.com/ helen sotiriadis

i’ve enjoyed reading this newly-discovered blog today (discovered via your exposure triangle).

i did a 365 one-picture-a-day in 2009 which, because i was desperate to get a shot — any shot — for the daily, forced me to try shooting all kinds of things. i must say i learned a lot.

ultimately, i found i’m gravitating towards macro/concept shots, and, as an architect, landscapes and original views of architecture.

i wish i could do street, but i’m much too intimated by people for that!
- http://thephoblographer.wordpress.com Chris Gampat
  
  Hi Helen,
  
  Welcome to the site! Thanks for the comment as well.
  
  I’ve found that accepting that you’ll probably never see those people on the streets again helps quite a bit. I hope that helps. I’d be happy to answer other questions.
- Gevon Servo
  
  I find that distance some times helps , gets you taking the shots, as you get more comfortable you move closer. It took me a while to get to that point.
  - http://thephoblographer.wordpress.com Chris Gampat
    
    True…very true
James

Is that landscape photo from Ramapo Reservation in NJ?
- Gevon Servo
  
  This was shot in South Mountain Reservation in Millburn NJ
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