It’s different from finding an authorial voice, and in a way, it’s been a lot more challenging. Where an authorial voice is something that sort of blossoms naturally, based on the way you think and speak, finding an aesthetic voice comes from finding visuals you like, and developing new skills around them, and… then what?
If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, I mean taking bookish pictures to share on social media. This has been an interesting experience for me, full of strange growing pains and a realization that I like a lot of different aesthetics and have trouble settling on just one.
Lately, my photos have been a little more dark and moody, incorporating colors from my site and that I feel suit my overall “vibe” – but I’m always torn. What if that’s not really the best aesthetic for my work?
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Because I also like bright and airy. My writing space in the front room is very bright, with white and gold French Provincial furniture and cherry blossoms on the ceiling. A gold and glass chandelier and a big window with a window seat that’s a perfect bright place to read. It’s fresh, encouraging, and inspiring.
But I can’t seem to bring the two aesthetics together.
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Maybe I should invert my efforts, and instead of light stuff on top of the dreamy dark, I should have deep blue flowers and other things against an airy white background?
Don’t know. I’m lost, and that’s weird, since I have a lot of practice doing photography stuff with my dolls.
Building scenes for Bookstagram photos certainly is its own experience and a unique adventure, and I’m sure I’ll get better at it, but I really wish something would go ahead and click for me aesthetically… even though exploration is fun.
What do you think? Which would you choose? Light, or dark?