ITT: Discussion on Oudoor+Lifestyle fusion genre

>>2901562
Tbh I love this type of photography.
And this is literally the present and the future of the photography.

it reeks of spoiled millenials trying to live up to coopted memories of the 60s and 70s and I'm fine with the fact that its hated.

>>2901562
we don't need this cancer infecting our board.,
click here and never come back
>>>/out/

>>2901562
>Bourgeois AF
>Literally all fucking white males
>Rich white males at that
>Exclusively Instagram links

There's your answer

>>2901571
>>2901590
i just find it a shame that you're both autistic and will never enjoy the company of a good looking female while looking into the distant sun

>>2901593
Lol, someones too young to understand.

>>2901571
>>2901590
Okay calm down photoglords.
And post some your photography.

>>2901592
Wew, really makes you think.
They know what they are doing. They discovered their own style of photography. And they are 100 times better than you.

>>2901605
>Their own style
>It all looks the same

OK

>>2901622
>It all looks the same
I thought that myself, it's like they live in a tampon advert.

It's quickly degenerating into something very generic. People like Alex Strohl are, despite his great talents and marketing skills, the cutesy versions of the work of Danila Tkachenko, Brian McSwain, Raymond Meeks etc - lifestyle/documentary/fine art etc where they're really driven by what's around them and are trying to push it further, travelling around for it (close or far)

whereas I think it's fair to say that a lot of these photographers are really using photography as a means to continue travelling. Imo there's nothing wrong with that - it's just the case that it lacks the vigor (for me) that the above have, even if they don't travel as much as these guys. Everything is broken down into distinct "how to see's" and it's all very homogeneous - a view of mountains and feet from a tent, the back of a kayak in a mountain lake etc. It's so targeted and devoid of life outside of a cold description of the experiences of others (kind of like a teenager reading Walden)

I do like Strohl's new series and it inspired me to seriously consider travel/photography, but for me the photography would be just as much a means to its own end as would the travel.

>>2901651
>whereas I think it's fair to say that a lot of these photographers are really using photography as a means to continue travelling. Imo there's nothing wrong with that - it's just the case that it lacks the vigor (for me) that the above have, even if they don't travel as much as these guys. Everything is broken down into distinct "how to see's" and it's all very homogeneous - a view of mountains and feet from a tent, the back of a kayak in a mountain lake etc. It's so targeted and devoid of life outside of a cold description of the experiences of others (kind of like a teenager reading Walden)
This desu senpai

>>2901654
I-I don't know what that means

>>2901622
Oy Vey, so you are different noice
Upload some of your photos as I mentioned above

>>2901651
Literally this

>>2901562
>Why this style is so popular?
It's "selling" a dream lifestyle to a lot of people
>Is this latest style of photography?
In some arenas, yeah.
>Why traditional photographers hate this type of photography?
Who cares? If this look is affecting the market segment you're in, you've probably been doing it to some degree or another for a while now just to keep your market relevance. Otherwise, it doesn't really affect you.

>>2901685
Why? You're obviously bias and would decry my work if I were HCB. Don't be mad we're not praising your account you snuck in there. Diversify your subject matter nigga.

>>2901701
>You're obviously bias

>>2901715
Yes, you're upset you didn't receive the reception you hoped; so you're mining for an opportunity to "get even." Face it, your "genre" is vapid and hackneyed.

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>>2901718
I'm convinced now fampai

Okay, so /p/ say that Alex Bruke is the best photographer of /p/.
But look at his Instagram(personally I absolutely love his work) he got only 1800 followers and his feed is looking like a pretty traditional photog.
I'm not saying if anyone got more followers he is obviously a great photographer.
My point is times are changing nobody anymore like these type of traditional shots. And look at those Photogs in thread description they are famous for a reason.

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>>2901718
Nah, I'm not the guy you were talking to all.
I was just making fun of your terrible English.

>>2901696
True

>>2901562
I'm digging it. Except they all look like they were post-processed by the same person.

>>2901592
That's racist, we don't need your /pol/ negativity here.

>>2901743
This

>>2901743
>nobody anymore like these type of traditional shots
Who cares?
Photography =\= rock

lol, what the fuck is going on in this thread

>>2901852
>>2901852
Shitdick hipsters trying to justify their banal photos.

>>2901592

check

>>ig. com/jovell

>>2901852
>>2901859
Ayyy HDR cunts detected

>>2901562
>Why this style is so popular?

Because it's marketable. It proposes affluent white middle class teens and young adults. Young consumers in their prime. It suggests a lifestyle they aspire to but most will never achieve ... but if they buy product x (as used by the glamorous model depicted) they will be able to get just a tiny bit closer.

>>2901562
(bugger, I wasn't finished)

>Is this latest style of photography?
No, they've been doing it for donkeys years, it's just the fashions that change ... a little

>Why traditional photographers hate this type of photography?
Not all of them do, some of them make money off it, some of them use it to pay the bills while they do other stuff.

Others dislike it because it is vacuous. It claims to be about lifestyle but in actual fact it is just style, a commodity, with no life.

This is the worst thread on /p/.

I mean, I know that 4chan is full of garbage and underage posters who accidently came here instead of *INSERT SOCIAL MEDIA SITE HERE* , but this is just plain bad. People's backs + green/water background is so fucking bad it boggles the mind. No thought, no purpose, no framing, no composition, no talent. It's no surprise that 18 year old hobbyists with their first camera are "inspired" by this, what is really sad is that they don't evolve past this. There is a special place in hell for people who claim this to be some sort of unique expression.

>>2902127
You didn't actually read the thread did you?

Or even the OP...

Also,
>No thought,
Pretty damn sure that there's thought behind these.
>no purpose,
There's definitely purpose
>no framing, no composition,
This is just idiocy
>no talent
Hate to tell you bud, but a very large hunk of these are technically proficient and show a good eye for finding good scenes. Are they original, ground-breaking, or exceptional in any way? Not really, but to claim that there's absolutely nothing to them makes you sound like you're just butthurt that there are people out there who like this kind of thing. For future reference, it's entirely possible to still be critical of something without pretending that there's absolutely no value of any sort in it.

>>2902135
>Nuh-uh
These are shit. Your "argument" about why they aren't is also shit. Get bent you teenage slob, one day, not too long from now, you will realize how shitty these are.

>>2902150
So you're going to claim that purposefully adhering to a style shows a lack of thought (i.e. somehow being an accident and not purposeful), isn't to pander to their audience/because they think it's cool (i.e. is without purpose), that there aren't clear compositional themes in this style and aren't framed?

For the record, btw, I wasn't constructing an argument, I was telling you that you were wrong and ignorant. I can tell that you have profound issues understanding written English because your post was some random diatribe that's entirely irrelevant to the thread.

One day, not too long from now, you'll get out of puberty and you'll realize that people like different stuff and it really doesn't affect your individual life strongly enough to rage against popular things just because they're popular.

>>2901743
Alex's photos are not meant to be viewed in square format on tiny fucking phone screens, they are meant to be viewed as large detailed prints, or at least on a nice big monitor with good color calibration.

I like many of his photos but I don't think that instagram does his work justice. From that size you can admire the great colors and thoughtful compostions but you can't really explore the photos and take in the glory of large format . In fact, at that viewing size they could've been shot on a Canon Rebel and most people wouldn't know the difference. That's probably one of the reasons he is not insanely popular on there.

>>2902159
>you'll realize that people like different stuff and it really doesn't affect your individual life strongly enough to rage against popular things just because they're popular.

I don't give a shit about popularity, if I did I wouldn't be a photographer in the first place. I would review movies/video games like everyone else. What bothers me is that threads like this, and people who defend mediocrity allow rip-offs to thrive and take the place of art (as in things that actually try to say something unique).

It's cute that you claim I have trouble understanding English when you clearly didn't read or respond to anything I actually wrote.

>>2902168
No, you do care about popularity, a lot. So much so that you feel you must rage against it pointlessly.

>take the place of art
Not seeing anyone saying anything like that. Most everyone here is pointing out that it's at best editorial style photography (which, notably isn't artistic photography btw). It's like you're bitching about Playboy not being the greatest nude studies ever. Your head is so far up your own ass that you can't recognize that photography might have different purposes from what you think it should.

>unique meme
Heh, yeah, one day puberty'll be over friend, I promise it gets better.

>clearly didn't read or respond
heh, you're bad at this. I recommend you seek out a tutor for your English comp classes.

>>2902170
Another worthless post from some kid. It's ok kid, I'll make this one short.

>photography might have different purposes from what you think it should
If I don't like a photo I am not afraid of saying it how it is. I'm not going to pussyfoot around and give fake compliments, the fact that you think defending it will make a difference is laughable. Like I said, popularity is bullshit. 99.99% of the world can say it is "cool" but if I think it sucks, then it sucks. No exception. Go ahead and give pity points because it got 100,xxx likes on social media, but I'll keep saying it's shit.

>>2902174
>if I think it sucks, then it sucks
stop liking things that I don't like

>>2902174
Stand back y'all, we have finally got someone to set the world's tastes and tell us all what is good!

I don't know how we managed before you showed up, but thank god you're here now!

>>2902177
>>2902176
Yes, by rejecting popularity I ask everyone else to accept my exact point of view. You figured everything out, and you haven't even graduated Highschool yet!

>>2901562
>when memes get taken seriously
Wew

I guess there is enough people that fell hard for this that there is now a user base to defend this drivel.

>>2901743
Oh damn! I get it now.
Alex is a fucking nobody because his blacks are black. These nu-males are superstars because they lift their blacks.
Clearly success is based entirely on blacks and whites.

>>2902180
>I ask everyone else to accept my exact point of view
And what will you do when most people refuse, carry on gnashing your teeth and stamping your little feet?

>>2902208
You should learn how to read, if only to learn what context is.

>>2902208

Tipped your hat too early. Almost had a good troll thread going, 5/10 got some peoples to reply.

I've been thinking about this more and

I bought a book called Cabin Porn the other day (because I'm looking at alternatives to having a ridiculous mortgage, living in the city and eventually killing myself) and it's this stuff. The difference is, is that this stuff isn't only to sell the lifestyle, it's all an extended commission for companies that use that lifestyle (minus the grime, lack of showers and shitting in a hole in the ground) to sell their products.

And there's the problem - it's lifeless. It's like the nostalgic VSCO filters but the images themselves.

It's basically National Geographic's MO but without the grizzly bears eating your face off

>>2902208
Op here, if you doesn't like this thread so why you are here.
Go ahead and make a thread about traditional editing style or whatever the fuck want.

>>2902165
That shit sucks man. He is so underrated.

>>2902211
That is not a troll thread lad.

>>2901562
OP what is this editing/photography style?
And
How to edit photos like these?

>>2902240
Here these are the editing tutorials of Andrew Kearns. He is one of those photogs the op mentioned in the thread description.

https://youtu.be/A-gP8TSx06w
https://youtu.be/n9W_LNmgDRA

>>2901562
You don't need any talent to do it, like pretty much any form of "art" this kind of rich white kids enjoy. Take some pictures of a vaguely nostalgic white girl in the nature, open LR and mess around with some VSCO settings, post the shit on Instagram and enjoy being called a modern genius.

You don't need any kind of message, no poetry, nothing, don't forget to be a hipster and have a VLOG!

>>2904771
Ayy fuck off you old useless cunt

>>2901626
kek