Seeing Beneath The Surface Of Things
Lesson 8 from: Mastering the Art of PhotographyChris Weston
Seeing Beneath The Surface Of Things
Lesson 8 from: Mastering the Art of PhotographyChris Weston
Lesson Info
8. Seeing Beneath The Surface Of Things
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
Seeing Beneath The Surface Of Things
Do me a favor. Go grab your passport or any photo ID. You can put me on hold while you go get it. Okay. Now look at the picture of yourself. What does it say about you? Not much, right? It says that this is what you look like on the day it was taken, when you weren't allowed to smile or show any emotion whatsoever. Truth be told, if it's anything like mine, it probably says that is what you'd look like if you ever got arrested. Your passport photo tells the immigration officer what you look like The semblance of you. What it doesn't tell them is anything about who you are. What makes you you? Now take a look at this magazine cover. Study it. What can you tell me about this person from their picture alone, They're powerful, confident their hands on. They have a playful, almost cheeky side of their disposition. While this portrait reveals is not just what the subject looks like, where their personality and their character, too. This is the difference between semblance and essence between...
the outward appearance of a subject, place or thing, and it's intrinsic nature or indispensable quality Here's another example of capturing the essence of a subject. The great wildebeest migration, which takes place every year in East Africa, is one of nature's greatest spectacles, but it's actually pretty tough to photograph. Well, much of the time is just an enormous brown mass of animals, and there's so much going on, it's hard to know where to point your camera now. When I was there a couple of years ago, what struck me most was not the river crossing itself, but the interaction between the zebra and the wilder beast. It reminded me of how I imagine a battle from the First World War would have manifested. The zebra were like military generals directing the action the wildebeest with, uh, Tommy's, the infantry under orders charging over the top to an unknown destiny. Amidst the smoke and the dust and the turmoil. Many wouldn't make it, but charged they did with this image. That was the essence of the story I wanted to tell. That's what you should be aiming to get to the bottom of with your photography, the quintessence, the substance, the spirit of your subjects. Postcard shots focus on semblance. Great photographs reach for the heart
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.