Going Candid

Your own Style How to find your own style You have to have a plan, an idea, a way of working and you have to do your thing. There are too many influences and too many people telling you other things. Don't look to your left or right, just look forward and focus on what you want to achieve. I often see aimless photographers who shoot everything or who try to copy a style of someone. Sure you have to get inspired, but sooner than later you have to find your own style. People should recognize your work by your style not by the watermark on your photos.

Do not listen to others There is a lot of critic about my candid portraits nearly everywhere. There are people saying that it is not street photography, that they are meaningless, shocking, against the law or against the right of the person. This might all be true in a certain way or point of view. But if I would care about this, I could not do these photos anymore. You cannot and you don't have to please everyone. As long as they discuss a photo and there is a controversy, you are in people’s mouth. And this is what it is all about. You have to polarize nowadays to make a difference in photography. With landscape and flowers you cannot get the attention of the people anymore. You need more; you need something new, something they have not seen before. It's difficult, but possible.