Lesson Info
32. Image Review: The “Thinking Man”
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: The “Thinking Man”
orangutan to one of my favourite animals. I've often thought if you could ever socialist with great apes with a gorilla, you play chess with an orangutan, you go down the pub for a pint of beer. This is a nice study, and the photographer Traven role has titled it The Thinking Man. And I can see why the pose and the expression say it all with sharp focus and a really nice exposure, even capturing detail in those heavily hooded eyes, which isn't always easy. And there's a lovely texture in the face now I did wonder whether a square crop might suit this image to really draw attention to that face, which is the story here, but I'm not convinced, so I'll put that down to personal preference. But there is one element in this composition that's distracting to me, and that's the spiky crown sprouting from behind the orangutans head. Now it could be argued that it provides background interest, but that's not the story here. The story is the thinking man, so it's all about the ape. So while it w...
ouldn't have been possible to achieve what I'm about to do in camera, because there's not enough distance between the orangutan and the plant behind. I've had a quick play in photo shop just to reiterate the power of Blur to create emphasis. As I explained in less than two of Module five in this, let's say, roughly processed image. I've used a master artificially blur the background and notice how much more powerful than narrative becomes without those background distractions. Blur or depth of field is a fantastic compositional, tall in visual storytelling. As you can see here, it's a nice shot driving and a great image title.
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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