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Paul Princejvstin Weimer's avatar

I do think there is a difference between wanting to get a similar shot to another photographer (I still want a Yosemite tunnel view shot) and the "Instagram effect" where you are taking photos of a particular place for a meme or because everyone else is doing it. But in the end, a photographer needs to trust their own eye and vision and not just be a copier of others. That's the value of taking a course like yours in person with a group of other photographers, too, I think, so one can experience directly how that works. How a half dozen of us can be in the same area, but get a wide variety of shots based on what we see and what we like and where our art takes us.

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Benjamin Williamson's avatar

This happens a lot with my photos, and I am also of the same attitude. What can you do? The culture has changed to the point that now it’s expected that people will copy, which I think is sad. It’s definitely way more fun to come up with something originals I try to tell students that. I just did a long post about photographing icons that you should check out.

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