"I think...that our visual system does not directly represent what is out there in the world and that our brain constructs a lot of the imagery that we believe we are seeing."
--Galen Rowell - landscape photographer
--Galen Rowell - landscape photographer
"I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me--shapes and ideas so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down."
--Georgia O'Keeffe - artist
--Georgia O'Keeffe - artist
Our workshops are about a fresh way of seeing and photographing the world around us. Before you can benefit from our workshops, you must have the willingness to relearn the art of seeing things as though seeing them for the very first time. Otherwise, you are seeing the world as a series of static, mundane images and that's just what your photographs will be. See the world with a new perspective and your images will appear new and fresh.
Our chosen genre is travel photography, a type of photography that embodies many other styles--landscape, architecture, urban, portraiture, adventure, and many others. Good travel photography communicates a sense of being there but many travel photographers make images that mimic all the other photographs of the same destination or event.
When we arrive on location we immerse ourselves into the experience of being there, taking in the sights, the sounds, the smells, the emotions--especially the emotions--and our photographs convey an immediacy and immanence of that passion.
Our chosen genre is travel photography, a type of photography that embodies many other styles--landscape, architecture, urban, portraiture, adventure, and many others. Good travel photography communicates a sense of being there but many travel photographers make images that mimic all the other photographs of the same destination or event.
When we arrive on location we immerse ourselves into the experience of being there, taking in the sights, the sounds, the smells, the emotions--especially the emotions--and our photographs convey an immediacy and immanence of that passion.
Our workshops begin with a discussion of the barriers to experiencing the world in a mindful way and we teach you how to demolish those barriers by becoming intentionally and deeply aware of the world around us.
Light is the raw material of photography, and we discuss how the two kinds of contrast –those of tone and colour—are the primay visual elements of any composition. We demonstrate how contrast creates the shapes, lines, textures, and perspectives--the secondary visual elements-- on which all visual expression depends.
Light is the raw material of photography, and we discuss how the two kinds of contrast –those of tone and colour—are the primay visual elements of any composition. We demonstrate how contrast creates the shapes, lines, textures, and perspectives--the secondary visual elements-- on which all visual expression depends.
We consider each of the building blocks of good visual design and present methods of arranging them for clear expression of ideas and feelings. Near the end of the workshop we consolidate and review everything by evaluating the images you've throughout the workshop and we discuss how we can further improve our photography using the principles described in the workshop.
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