Image Review: Sky and Reflections
Lesson 37 from: Mastering the Art of PhotographyChris Weston
Image Review: Sky and Reflections
Lesson 37 from: Mastering the Art of PhotographyChris Weston
Lesson Info
37. Image Review: Sky and Reflections
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
Image Review: Sky and Reflections
this image by another TCP student, Simon Coupe, is the reason it's worth getting out of bed early. What a glorious sunrise now, in his description, Simon told me what appealed to him most was a combination of both sky and the reflection, and I can certainly see why. The trouble is the way the image has been composed places the emphasis very much on the reflection, and de emphasizes the sky, and it's all to do with that horizon line. When the horizon is placed in the upper third of the frame as it is here, it emphasises everything below it, in this case, the reflection. So to better match Simon's vision, I would recompose the image to place the horizon. Slap bang in the middle. Now there is equal weight above and below the line, so neither foreground nor background take visual precedent. The story becomes a Simon intended about the sky and the reflection. On a technical side. I would lift the exposure a little. It feels a touch, dark or underexposed, and a little light will lift the moo...
d. I would also warm it up with a white balance shift towards the higher Calvin values, something around the shade camera preset, and from a creative perspective, to add to the dreaminess of the moment, I might soften everything with a negative clarity adjustment. Now, this might not be to everyone's taste, but I quite like it for this scene. And then, just for good measure, and to draw the eye even deeper into the scene, I'd add a mild vignette again. There are no drastic changes here, just some simple tweaks, most of which could equally have been made in camera at the point of capture and which bring the image to life, and, I think better reflect the story the photographer wanted to tell.
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.