Why Personal Style is Important

Just being at a fantastic location at the best time for the light are no longer enough to create unique images.  One has to have a personal style.Alain Briot
1 - Introduction
Millions of digital cameras, from cell phones to DSLRs to Medium Format digital, are sold each year. Millions of new 'photographers' go to locations that used to see little visitation but that are now crowded.
Crowded locations mean that being at a fantastic location at the best time of the day and year is no longer enough to create a unique photograph. One has to have a personal style.
If you do not develop a personal style, you are in competition with all the photographers who can take a technically adequate photograph. This means millions of people because cameras, and software, automate nearly all the technical aspects of photography.
If photography is your hobby, your images will be similar to the images of many other photographers. If we were at mesa arch for example (see the photograph below), and we ...