I recently got back from a road trip to Moab, Utah. Of course I took photos while I was there; a few of which I shared with a group I belong to on Facebook.
There was one member, who is planning on going to Moab this summer, who posted a comment on the photo I shared asking about how much hiking was involved to take photos like mine.
I'm probably over thinking this a little too much, and this probably isn't what the poster meant when they asked the question, but I couldn't help but wonder, "why do you want to take photos like mine?"
As a photographer, I try to get the most unique photos I can in order to stand out from all the other "photographers" out there. If everyone took photos that looked like everyone else's, why even bother taking photos? I think it's important to be able to look at someone's photos and figure out how they positioned their flash, or how they got the background to blur a certain way, but I think trying to copy someone else's style is going to leave other photographers frustrated and angry. Every photographer's style is unique in one way or another, and it's important to realize this.
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