No photograph is inert. No photograph is objective. All photographs are subjective to you, and every photo you shoot (and end up sharing) has a certain message.
So the question to you, my dear friend is this:
What messages are you trying to relay to your viewers?
What I’m trying to communicate via my photos
That the world is complex, interesting, messy, chaotic, yet still beautiful!
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Inherent in my photos, I want to use a darker palette to show the brightness and beauty, hope, and joy of life!
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Takeaway:
What are you trying to communicate and tell via your photos? Let this guide you.
ERIC
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