Class Introduction - Three Steps To Creative Photography
Lesson 1 from: Mastering the Art of PhotographyChris Weston
Class Introduction - Three Steps To Creative Photography
Lesson 1 from: Mastering the Art of PhotographyChris Weston
Lesson Info
1. Class Introduction - Three Steps To Creative Photography
Lessons
Class Introduction - Three Steps To Creative Photography
03:48 2Firing The Creative Mind - Part 1: The Camera Points Both Ways
03:10 3Firing The Creative Mind - Part 2: Letting Go Of Judgement
06:53 4Firing The Creative Mind - Part 3: Detaching From Outcomes
04:12 5Practicing Mindfulness In Photography
02:43 6Finding The Visual Narrative
02:39 7Behind-the-scenes: Naples
07:52 8Seeing Beneath The Surface Of Things
02:30Finding Inspiration
03:19 10Slowing Down
03:57 11Three Reasons To Shoot RAW
02:29 12Choosing the Right Frame Format
03:52 13Don’t Be Limited By The Shape Of Your Camera
05:07 14WYSIWYG
04:15 15Choosing Lenses
05:02 16Perspective
02:44 17Considering Foreground And Background
03:10 18Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad But Three Into Two Is Better
03:43 19Separate And Isolate
02:32 20The Art Of Creative Exposure
06:38 21Focus On The Story
04:20 22The Passage Of Time
03:00 23Creating A Visual Sense Of Mood
04:24 24Color vs. Black & White
03:09 25The Decisive Moment
03:00 26Using Color As A Cohesive Tools
01:51 27Photography Is A Two-Part Process
06:55 28Case Study: Recreating The Art of Sumi-e
07:04 29Case Study: Making Something Out of Nothing
04:32 30Case Study: Moody Blues
03:29 31Image Reviews
03:02 32Image Review: The “Thinking Man”
01:55 33Image Review: The Golf Course
02:32 34Image Review: Dreamstate
02:38 35Image Review: Gone Fishing
02:24 36Image Review: Promenade
01:47 37Image Review: Sky and Reflections
01:57 38Image Review: Grass and Field
02:20 39Final Word: Show Me What The World Looks Like To You
04:44Lesson Info
Class Introduction - Three Steps To Creative Photography
in Japan, there's a form of art called Senior, which, literally translated means ink drawing. You probably recognize the style, or at least have seen it in places on the face of it. It's beauty lies in its simplicity. Minimal brushstrokes, black ink on white paper, perfectly capturing the essence of the subject. But I think it's beauty runs much deeper. Senior was first practised in Japan. In monasteries, it was used to help training monks learn the art of meditation instilled in these young monks with the philosophy of Hand I heart as an approach to art and photography as we're talking about it. Here is art that I've adopted because it's the best explanation I've ever come across of what makes great photographs great in relating hand, I heart to photography. Hand correlates to camera technique. You have to get to know your camera so well. You can use it instinctively without conscious thought and effort. Adjusting camera settings should become so habitual they never take your attentio...
n away from your subject. Otherwise, you'll end up breaking your connection with it. I is composition, which is the ability to notice design elements, form and light and know how to bring those three things together in a cohesive way so that your story is communicated through the photograph. Unambiguously, the heart is the creative idea. The original story is the ability to take an everyday situation like a street scene and craft. An image that reveals a story that would otherwise pass by unnoticed is about getting involved, going deeper and venturing beneath the surface of things. It's the difference between truth and honesty. Now to graduate from Munk school, you had to master all three attributes hand, eye and heart for these guys. Two out of three wouldn't cut it, and the same applies in photography. Perfect camera technique and beautiful compositions alone won't make great photographs without an original idea, and an original idea and skillful composition are redundant if you don't know how to use a camera and knowing how to use a camera and coming up with creative ideas won't make an award winning image unless you know how to compose the elements effectively. Technique, composition and creativity hand I heart are inextricably linked. In part one of this trilogy I covered the camera and camera technique. So what happens if I move the point of focus from this rock, and I bring it instead over here in Part two, I taught the skills of composition information that are taking your attention away from the narrative of my story. In this course, I'm going to show you how to connect with your subject to see beyond its outward appearance and create original idea. How do you use this to capture all of that information all of those sensory inputs, and get it to work on a flat piece of paper? I'm going to show you how to bring your photographs to life so they reflect not just what you saw, but how you responded to it emotionally as well that reveal hidden stories about the world around us, and that's what makes photographs stand out from the crowd. And I'm going to reveal some subtle post capture techniques that overcome the limitations of cameras and add a finishing performance to your creative vision, which is the develop module and the panel of adjustments and controls here on the right side. By the time you complete the very last lesson, you have learned all you need to know to make beautiful, compelling images time and time again. Sound good, Great. Then let's get started
Ratings and Reviews
Gary Hook
Wow, what a wonderful journey. I love the concept of telling a story with one's photos and as I go through past images, I'm seeing them in a much different perspective. That's the good news, The bad? The lost opportunities I never 'saw' before; however that is a good thing. There is so much to internalize with the material so that it can get out of the head and into the 'heart'. I also found the concept really helps me with composition, both in camera and post. Biggest take away, as Chris underscored in his closing, is to slooooow down, take the time and feel it. Don't be so quick to leave one scene as there remain other aspects, yet to be discovered. A great experience that I truly enjoyed Thank you
Glenda
I loved this course - in particular the latter part of it in which he demonstrated how post processing lets you really tell the story of the image. Another fabulous course. Thanks Chris & thanks Creative Live.
Abdullah Alahmari
Thanks a lot to mr. Chris Weston This course is great and It is a 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 course for me. Beside the other course ( mastering photographic composition and visual storytelling) both courses are Complementing to each other and highly recommended.
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