For the longest time, I didn’t know what my photography style was.
And honestly? That used to bother me.
Every time I’d scroll through Instagram, it felt like everyone else already had a clear signature look, bright tones, warm edits, creamy bokeh, cinematic moods. Meanwhile, my feed looked like a mix of everything. Some moody, some bright, some experimental. I used to ask myself, “Shouldn’t I have figured this out by now?”
But here’s the truth: style finds you while you’re busy creating.
You don’t wake up one morning and say, “Yeah, this is my style now.” You grow into it. It’s the sum of your experiments, your mistakes, and those little sparks that make you go, “Damn, I love how that came out.”
The Turning Point
Over time, I realized something, I’m drawn to images that feel real.
Not overly bright, not aggressively edited. I love photos that live in the shadows, dark-leaning frames where the light feels intentional, not forced.
There’s something powerful about letting darkness speak.
When you strip away all the unnecessary brightness, what’s left feels raw. Honest. Human.
That’s when it clicked for me:
My style lives in controlled light, where the shadows do the storytelling.
I stopped fighting that and started leaning into it. And that changed everything.
The Education Behind It
From a technical standpoint, learning your style is really about understanding what moves you visually:
- What tones or colors catch your eye?
- What emotions do your favorite images evoke?
- Are you drawn to symmetry, texture, or movement?
- Do you prefer light that reveals, or light that hides?
When you analyze your own reactions, you start building a visual language.
And that language slowly becomes your signature, the thing people start recognizing you for, even before they see your name.
The Real Lesson
If you’re still figuring out your style, you’re not behind. You’re becoming.
Every photo you take, whether it ends up on your feed or not, is part of that discovery.
Your style isn’t a preset; it’s a reflection of how you see the world.
So don’t rush it. Keep shooting. Keep experimenting.
One day, you’ll look back at your body of work and realize:
“This… this is me. This is how I see life.”
In Short
Your style will find you, but only if you give it room to grow.
For me, it grew out of darkness. For you, it might bloom in color, symmetry, or chaos.
Either way, it’s coming. Just keep creating.