Firing The Creative Mind - Part 1: The Camera Points Both Ways
Lesson 2 from: Mastering the Art of PhotographyChris Weston
Firing The Creative Mind - Part 1: The Camera Points Both Ways
Lesson 2 from: Mastering the Art of PhotographyChris Weston
Lesson Info
2. Firing The Creative Mind - Part 1: The Camera Points Both Ways
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
Firing The Creative Mind - Part 1: The Camera Points Both Ways
I love waterfalls, the power and the sound of the cascading water, the patterns it creates and the spray that cat is your skin and the smell. Being out in nature like this is what I love about my job. But here's the challenge. 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? Well, I never said photography was easy. The first step in creating photographs, as opposed to taking simple snapshots, is knowing that it's not just what you see that moves you to create a photograph is everything you're sensing in the moment the sounds and the smells, your mood and your emotions. And that means you have to be present. You have to be in the moment to capture the moment. Remember that old saying photography is F eight and be there? Well, it's a fib. Photography isn't about physically being somewhere. It's about being present emotionally to wherever you are or put another way. It's about being mindful now. There's been ...
a lot of stuff written about mindfulness recently. It's become one of those buzzwords and a lot of what's written misses the point. Mindfulness isn't about being aware of your surroundings. It's about being aware of your emotional response to and your thoughts about your surroundings. For example, I'm aware of the existence of this waterfall. I can see it, but if I go no further than that physical awareness when I take a photograph, what I'll end up with is a rather soulless record shot of a waterfall, which is what we're aiming to move beyond in our photography. When I'm mindful, I am not only aware of the waterfalls existence. I'm also aware of how it's affecting me emotionally and physiologically. For example, how am I reacting to the sound? Well, with a camera in my hand, I find it soothing and relaxing. It adds to my emotional response to the scene, on the other hand, standing in front of John with his video camera, trying to record my voice. As we make this lesson, I'm getting annoyed by how it's interfering with our ability to capture a clean soundtrack. The sound is the same, but my emotional reaction to it is different, depending on the circumstances I view it from, and they're right there is the reason you can put two photographers in the exact same place and get two completely different photographs. The way we see the world is entirely dependent on the utterly unique way our mind interprets the data it receives. That's the importance of mindfulness in photography. By being aware of how you are emotionally responding to a subject, you're able to create photographs that tell a story that goes far deeper than the physical appearance of the subject. Now, later in the course, we'll look at examples of how this approach to photography works, and I'll show you how to use the camera to make photographs that capture not just what you see, but how you feel about what you see. Before then. However, there are a couple of other aspects of mindfulness I want to make you aware of.
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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