Reply #1 - March 01, 2010, 02:57:12 PM
Good question! I hope other people answer too because I would like to know as well. I'll tell you what I do:
I do look at other photographer's work. However, my area tends to hold on to trends a long time after the rest of the country has moved on to something else. (I know, I am a wedding coordinator for a corporation here, I am really involved in the industry). So I try to check out photographer's work from other areas. If I was organized I would bookmark sites or images I love, but I don't.
Other than that I take a lot of cues from my client, I ask them to let me know if there are any poses they want to try or pictures they love. It's great when the couple has a distinct personality and their event itself gives inspiration for new and different images because of the theme and the colors and the details they have picked... unfortunately not all weddings are inspirational. The worst is when they point out images they love that were taken at expensive weddings with all the details and then they have nothing pretty to photograph. It's a little unfair to compare the photographs I take at their event with others. You know? But I digress.
Inspiration! Right, where do the rest of you get it?

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