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Advice needed: Turning down people because of their look? (Might delete later. Idk if it belongs here) (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by LinngoesReddit@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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Hey I need some advice.

I'm photographing TFP and recently had someone with whom I shot before rather I could do a photoshoot with a friend of them and some other guy.

They've send me some pics of them but honestly they just looked kind of didn't really fit into any kind of style of what I shoot.

And I just don't want to waste my time with people I don't want to shoot with while I could photograph other stuff (I'm also photographing Concerts, Documentary, street and other genres ) but on the other side I feel bad for turning people down just because they ,,look boring" or something

So my question would be: Is it morally fine to just turn not shoot with people because you think they are ,,boring" or just not fitting your ideas and shooting stil? (Not just related to that situation but in general)

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[–] sarge21@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nothing is wrong with that, but if you depend on people to look interesting or attractive to make your photos appealing, then it might point to a deficiency in your style or technique.

Not saying this is the case of course, just intending it as food for thought

[–] LinngoesReddit@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the thought. I tend to also photograph more ordinary people from time to time since I kind of want to fight beauty standards for myself.

But in this case thinking more about it is less about the person and more about the time I would spend since I don't have too much time for shootings (only on weekends due to school) and those are usually really packed while the person lives like 2 Hours or so away.

But generally thanks for the advice, I'll consider it a little more often from now :)