hi im not sure if someone already complained about this with you but i find that the in-house photographers that kpop companies have take really boring photos? No interesting compositions, dynamic posing, etc Just a smirk here or there and a dead-eyed stare straight into the camera. The kpop idols themselves may be styled nicely but then the photo itself is just boring. I may be really picky but as a potential customer, it doesnt make me interested in buying the album, only if I really like the songs then I would buy the album solely for the CD lol What spurred this on was ateez' teaser pics lol, it all looks the same to me compared to their previous teasers. Probably cuz its the same in-house photographer. I really like when companies are able to work editorial photographers like cho giseok, it really elevates their concept. Even sm does interesting things with nct dream like their glitch mode teaser photos. Sorry I just had to get this off my chest 🥲
oh yea i 100% agree with you, a lot of the in house photographers for companies are not creative at all. and i do agree whoever the kq photographer is i would like them to shoot literally anything other than a straight on evenly lit portrait. please. i've found it's about half and half that the concept photographers are good, but there are some that are more consistant than others. woodz always has a great photographer, so does sunmi. sm usually has good photographers and has been on a good spate lately: the ones for glitch mode were great, as have been all of the aespa concept photos and i LOVED the once for sticker. the last couple p1harmony sets have been really interesting also? hyoyeon's ones for deep were fun, and hyuna actually shot the ones for stupid cool, which i think is cute af and also they look good. also the obvious mention, the siren:dawn sun photos, because literally how do you get better than that. getting a good concept photoshoot all depends on how well the creative director has integrated all their ideas and maintained a consistant vision, plus the skill of the photographer, so there are a couple places where things can fall through if everyone isn't vigilant.