formalness

The brothers are very media-savvy; I had to break them out of this kind of formalness of being shot.

“The events leave an impression on those coming in from the outside,” said Pinder, adding that each event still has its expected amount of formalness without being stuffy.

After several trips to different parts of the river, it became clear that what I was responding to and how I felt while being in China was permeating ... my pictures; a formalness and unease ...

"We thought about Crotonville, but we didn't want the formalness of it, the separateness," says Gilbert.