Lately (I'm sure you've noticed), I've spent alot of time trying to perfect my own personal spin on portraiture. I'm sure that those of you who have been watching me since I first started on dA might be a little puzzled, especially since that isn't at all the kind of photographer that I was when I first started here. I guess it's the evolution of my style...

However,

I often wonder if the results of my recent shoots are leaning more towards standard commercial photography, and less towards creating original "art". Do most of you feel that the direction I'm taking now is still postured towards being defined as "art", or is it geared more towards commercial photography? Is there a difference? I know that with every shoot I usually have an original idea that I want to accomplish, even if it's just something simple. I'm still as passionate as ever about the craft, does it still show?

I guess what I'm asking is this: Is fashion photography, or whatever it is that I'm doing, still considered Art here?








The Grandfather Mountain Photographer's Retreat is less than two months away... so expect some landscape/nature work in the not-so-distant future...