Lesson Info

Keeping an Open Mind and Thinking on Your Feet

to pretend that the full visualization process I used to create the image of the lions that I described in less than two of this module is what I do for every picture I create would be disingenuous. Now it's true that for many of my images, it's my starting point. If I was to restrict myself to this technique alone, I'll be closing the door on spontaneity and creativity. And let's face it as photographers. That's not something we should do whenever I'm out with my camera, either for work or for fun. I'm always on the lookout for the candid moment, but here's the thing. What I found is probably because I've been doing this for many years. Even when I'm making snap decisions in photographing spontaneously, I go through exactly the same visual ization process. It's just that because I'm so familiar with it now I do it subconsciously. What I mean by that is before I press the shutter, I'm asking myself the question. What's the story? What is it I want to say here one of my feeling and what...

do I want to express? And it's from the answer to that question. I get the image. A simple way to practice visualization is when you're looking through the viewfinder on before you press the shutter, ask yourself the question. How would I caption this image if the only answer you can come up with is a common noun, a landscape, a beach, a seal, then stop. That's a record shot on. Let's be honest, the world doesn't really need any more of those. So let's play a quick game on the screen. I'm going to play a slide show. What I want you to do is come up with a caption for each of the images and take your time and pause a video if you need to. So how did you get on? You probably found with the 1st 4 images, it was pretty easy. The final image was probably a bit more of a struggle, but don't worry. It was meant to be because the last image was a snapshot, a record shot, and it was there to illustrate the point. Now, to show you how you can put this into practice in the next lesson, I'm gonna tell you about an amazing French woman I had dinner with or photographing orangutans in Borneo. No

Class Description

Lessons

1. Your 10,001st Photograph
2. Camera Gear
3. Piece of Gear We Always Forget
4. Be a Storyteller
5. Finding Ideas For Photography - Know Your Subject
6. Cae Study - Why Are Zebras Black and White Striped
7. Photograph What You Love
8. See the Extraordinary in Ordinary Things
9. Have an Opinion
10. See With a Child’s Eyes
11. Tell Your Story
12. Find a Needle in the Haystack
13. Lions Hunting Under Star Trails
14. Ansel Adams and Visualisation in Practice
15. Keeping an Open Mind and Thinking on Your Feet
16. Case Study - The Maternal Bond
17. Don’t Tell the Same Old Story
18. Relevance
19. #1 Reason Photographs Fail
20. Getting Rid of Clutter
21. Post Capture Cropping
22. The Elements of Design
23. Elements of Design
24. Elements of Design - Shape
25. Case Study - Shape
26. Elements of Design - Color
27. Case Study - Color
28. Color in Camera
29. Pattern
30. Texture
31. Seeing The Elements of Design
32. Gestalt Theory
33. Case Study - Cove
34. Case Study - Hat
35. Light and Contrast
36. Light and Form
37. Light and Depth
38. Perspective
39. Lenses and Perspective
40. Rule of Thirds
41. Centre of Frame
42. Case Study - Positioning the Subject
43. Positioning the Subject - Dynamic Symmetry
44. The Horizon Line
45. Should the Horizon Line Always be Straight and Level
46. Other Lines
47. Rhythm, Balance, and Visual Weight
48. Negative Space
49. The Two Most Important Controls on Your Camera
50. Training the Mind