Different types of photography shots (GENRES EXPLAINED)

In our daily lives, people are always taking photographs.

You may have encountered a situation where you visit social media like Instagram or even Facebook, and you realize that people are constantly updating their profiles with new photographs.

Perhaps you might be one among the people who are always taking pictures each day trying to give your social media accounts a fresh look.

Therefore, once you read through this piece of writing will, you gain a better understanding of photography genres and different ways of shooting.

In this section, we are going to look at different types of photography shots: The genres explained.

There are fifteen genres, but we shall explain eight of them.

1. Adventure Photography

Adventure photography is a kind of photography that is done outdoors with a unique or stunning landscape as well as challenging shooting conditions.

This kind of shooting is meant to attract every eye, and therefore its shot should be done carefully and under special circumstances because this kind of shooting aims to provide unique and attractive photographs.

The most appropriate time for adventure photographs can be very early in the morning or evening when the red sky starts appearing and the light from the sun is the softest.

2. Boudoir Photography

Boudoir photography is in most cases done indoors.

It can be done in the dressing room or even bedroom depending with who is shooting, and when the shooting is done, This kind of shot is meant to produce stunning and romantic pictures which can be used in various ways, such as for product advertisement or they might be used for conventional purposes such as wedding gifts.

So if you want to give your spouse the best gift ever, you should consider this kind of photography 🙂

3. Candid photography

Candid photography is merely an act of capturing different objects without their consent about the capture. The photo is done without interference of the subjects, that is, without interfering with their behavior to give a real picture of who they are.

This kind of photography is mostly employed while doing a data collection, and you may use this technique if you are collecting information on the behavior of people on the market or even when you want to take memorable moments of your family.

4. Event Photography

These are kinds of photography are done during a special event such as weddings, sports or product launches. The purpose of this kind of photograph is basically for memories on specific days in the past.

So if you want to keep your events more memorable, you always ought to have at least one photograph for each moment you consider special to you.

5. Fashion photography

Fashion photography is preferred in unique locations such as studios and catwalks. This kind of photography aims to display products and clothing which are majorly purposed for making market displays or advertisements.

6. Family photography

This kind of photograph is meant for families. It involves posing and staging to show the moods of the elements being captured. The picture may have only one family member or a whole family.

7. Food photography

Food photography is where we concentrate on photographing food or ingredients to be used, oftentimes for an advertisement.

Food photography is common among companies and hotels where a photograph is taken to make the display of the delicious dishes or the ingredients for different food available at the company or restaurant

8. Indoor photography

Indoor photography involves photographing the inside of the room. With this kind of photography, the photographer should focus on specific manual settings, in order to balance the ambient lights.

The photographs may be used to advertise a house on sale and may focus on the kitchen, backyard or furniture inside the house.

Up to this point, we think you have gained some knowledge about different genres in photography. Each style is completely different and should not be confused with the other.

We hope that, when you go out shooting, you will have the right terms to use which will make you sound more professional and possibly help you book that photography gig!