Do you just copy yourself?

Do you just copy yourself? I mean do you just do the same type of photography over and over just in a different location? Do you ever try to change it? Different camera angles, different compositions, different post-processing, and different lighting. If you don’t are you really growing as an artist? Do you even want to be an artist or merely a picture taker? Is a photographer an artist? These are all questions that come to mind this morning for me after listening to a podcast yesterday on nearly this very topic. Now I’m curious if I’m doing this.

I have, in the past, branched out in a variety of genres of photography and a variety of lighting styles but as I go through my library of photographs I notice lots of similarities between those genres. Could it be that is how I came to be in somewhat of a creative rut? Maybe.

It’s time to reflect on my style and methods and maybe work to change it up instead of just copying myself over and again.