Okay, so here's my question, and it's kind of abstract since I don't really feel like my style has changed much, but for example, when I started, the bright, poppy colors were the hot thing. Now, the hot thing is the vintage/muted stuff. My question is, is it fair to clients to switch up your PP style after they've already booked you for your previous style? Has anyone had clients that didn't like a style they gravitated toward after the client booked? Or do you just think that the client is trusting your eye in general?
Other thoughts?
Full Version: Following Trends
If you constantly show your prospects recent work, they should know where your current style is. And style constantly evolves - or else it becomes boring and static.
What do the trends have to do with??? Treatments, right? It's the photo underneath the treatment that makes an image work. As long as that's solid, it won't matter what you lay over it. That sounded dirty.
What do the trends have to do with??? Treatments, right? It's the photo underneath the treatment that makes an image work. As long as that's solid, it won't matter what you lay over it. That sounded dirty.
QUOTE(Shane Snider @ July 17 2008, 01:12 PM) 
As long as that's solid, it won't matter what you lay over it. That sounded dirty.
QUOTE(Shane Snider @ July 17 2008, 04:12 PM)
As long as that's solid, it won't matter what you lay over it. That sounded dirty.
Hahahahahahahaha! Oh, man, I am a big fan of "that's what she said" humor.
But say a client books you a year out, and by the time their wedding rolls around, you're somewhere totally different? What do you do then?
Honestly, I just do what I think looks best... and that definitely varies from shoot to shoot and will probably vary from year to year...but I have always been one to give a variety of different looks within a shoot anyway...so I am always keeping the client in mind somewhere in the back of my head...
Not really a great answer, and I can understand that clients book you expecting a certain thing...
That's why I think it is important to find your own style and not just go along with the trends...if you find your own style, then while your work may take on different nuances over time, you will still be presenting "you" over and over again to your clients.
Not really a great answer, and I can understand that clients book you expecting a certain thing...
That's why I think it is important to find your own style and not just go along with the trends...if you find your own style, then while your work may take on different nuances over time, you will still be presenting "you" over and over again to your clients.
Fundamentally, my style is probably 90 percent pure PJ. That's not likely to change much. The other stuff is and always will be window dressing - so I have fun with it. The heart of my work is real moments - those are not likely to fade with time.
QUOTE(SarahBrownDowntown @ July 17 2008, 12:17 PM)
Hahahahahahahaha! Oh, man, I am a big fan of "that's what she said" humor.
But say a client books you a year out, and by the time their wedding rolls around, you're somewhere totally different? What do you do then?
But say a client books you a year out, and by the time their wedding rolls around, you're somewhere totally different? What do you do then?
QUOTE(katiebev @ July 17 2008, 04:27 PM)
Honestly, I just do what I think looks best... and that definitely varies from shoot to shoot and will probably vary from year to year...but I have always been one to give a variety of different looks within a shoot anyway...so I am always keeping the client in mind somewhere in the back of my head...
Not really a great answer, and I can understand that clients book you expecting a certain thing...
That's why I think it is important to find your own style and not just go along with the trends...if you find your own style, then while your work may take on different nuances over time, you will still be presenting "you" over and over again to your clients.
Not really a great answer, and I can understand that clients book you expecting a certain thing...
That's why I think it is important to find your own style and not just go along with the trends...if you find your own style, then while your work may take on different nuances over time, you will still be presenting "you" over and over again to your clients.
Actually, I do think this is a great answer, especially the last part.
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