Chapter 6: What's Your Style?

Classic and Romantic

Contemporary

Lifestyle Photography

Preparing Parents for Their Child’s Portrait

Portrait Planning

If you asked ten different photographers to photograph the same child in the same setting, you would have ten different interpretations of that same child. Just like the children you photograph, each photographer is unique in his or her view of the world. Some bring a fresh, hip perspective to their work with children, while others prefer to capture childhood in a more timeless, less trendy fashion.

What is your style? Do you have one yet? While most photographic work can’t simply be slotted into one category or another, it is helpful to make some broad generalizations when you’re starting out to give you a point of departure for your own work.