How do you choose your subjects?
Just look for ideas/subjects that inspire me.
They're chosen for me
More often than not circumstance presents them. When it comes to portraits it's not very often that I'll stop strangers in the street, and a lot of my work is based on friends or family members. It's not always like this though, and I recently did a project on a Member of Parliament in the week of the UK general election as a result of an old friend, who was on the campaign team and pulled a few strings. I had a level of access that would have been impossible without a contact to open the right doors, so even though it was a project I chose to do, and was in an area I'd been fascinated with for some time, it actually happening was more to do with the good fortune of having a friend on the inside. Usually with this sort of project you'd need to be specifically commissioned, or have a political affiliation to do the work, and neither of these were the case, so I was very fotunate, particularly as there was never any question of censoring the final project.
Beyond this, and at the risk of sounding vague, I suppose there's a 'certain something' that all photographers are drawn to. Love and isolation in my case, if my friend's to be believed.   | | |
...whatever inspires me
my clients come to me..
Sometimes, but other times people walk up to me in the street to ask what I'm doing, that makes them the subject.
Often I seek out project on my own because of personal interest. But the bulk of my work comes in commercial jobs. I apply the same process to these jobs as my personal work. What matters most is that the photos make sense in context with the goals of the art direction.
Randomly. Anything that sparks emotion and interest to me as a person and not for any commercial value (it may come, but it should be a bonus, not your purpose for going out and look for a story). Curiosity is the key and the start of everything.
This depends on what the final use of the image will be. I usually research the final use and then write lists of suitable subjects and concepts that I believe will work. The final use of an image is the most important thing to consider, its no good judging the success of an image if you do not fully understand how it will be used, i.e. to sell a product/service, to communicate a message or to communicate an idea.
My personal work is very much mood driven, I like experimenting with different approaches to retouching etc, sometimes I choose not to retouch at all, other times I like to take an image into painter and try and create a digital painting from it. The true beauty of personal photography is that it can be made to communicate, highlight or record moments, objects, people or landscapes that mean something specific to you at that moment in time.
For weddings it's whoever books me, and as far as art goes, I kinda just follow my heart (=
I prefer shooting outdoors so whatever catches my eyes, I'm shooting. No preference whatsoever.
In the beginning it was anyone I could get in front of the lens. No that has changed. I can be more selective. What or who I put in the front of the camera depends on the concept I am shooting.
Serendipity...
and/or interesting stories
I let my subjects choose me. I may start off with something in mind, then I will see something I just have to have instead.
I don't actually choose my subjects. Light does the job for me. |
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