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October 1, 2019 | 3 Comments |
Kenneth Nolan
Eliot Porter
Alan Bray
Wolf Kahn
Alex Katz
Lois Dodd
Louise Nevelson
Andrew Wyeth
Eric Hopkins
Fairfield Porter
Alan Magee
Robert Indiana
For years I’ve been photographing postcards of artworks made by master artists in Maine. Each artist has their own strong connection to the same place and their own way of seeing it. Do they find what’s iconic about Maine or do they make it iconic? Photographing images of their works in locations that feel relevant to their works provides a unique way of looking into Maine, what they make of it, and what I make of it.
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Find out about my Maine Fall Foliage photography workshop.
Category: Images - Studies Tags: iPhone, maine, maine artists, maine masters, postcards, studies
October 1, 2019 | Leave a Comment |
You can learn a lot from watching how other artists work, especially if they’re working in another medium. Figuring out how you work in similar ways to produce your own authentic works is an exercise in creativity itself. And creativity is like a muscle, the more you work it the stronger it grows.
You’re sure to be inspired by these 6 masters.
Anni Albers
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Helen Frankenthaler
Hannah Hoch
Donald Judd
Jacob Lawrence
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Category: Newsletter - Curated Links Tags: anni albers, art, Creativity, donald judd, hannah hoch, helen frankenthaler, how to be an artist, jacob lawrence, jean-michel basquiat
September 28, 2019 | Leave a Comment |
Writer Kurt Vonnegut demonstrates 3 of his 6 simple shapes of stories.
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Read more about Visual Storytelling here.
Learn more in my digital printing and digital photography workshops.
Category: Video - Creativity Tags: Creativity, kurt vonnegut, story, storytelling, Writing
September 21, 2019 | Leave a Comment |
“Daniel Milnor is a professional photographer who specializes in documentaries and creates visual stories. He shares his insights on how to become a better photographer.”
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Category: Uncategorized Tags: advancing your photography, Daniel Milnor, marc silber, Photography, storytelling
September 8, 2019 | Leave a Comment |
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This issue features the most in-depth look at color saturation you’ll find anywhere; what it is, why it’s important, creative possibilities, and how to adjust it.
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Category: Newsletter - Insights Tags: #photography #art #color #saturation #adobe #newsletter
Saturation Is An Essential Key To The Success Of Your Images
One of the most distinctive features of a visual artist’s use of color is their use of saturation. When you think of Ansel Adams’ photographs you think of neutral images rather than highly saturated ones. When you think of Matisse’s paintings you think of supersaturated images rather than neutral ones. Think of your use of saturation as an essential element that will help you define your own signature style.
One of three elements of color (luminosity, hue, and saturation), saturation can give your images specific qualities of energy and light. Here are five things you can do with saturation: one, increase energy and impact; two, add complexity by revealing hidden hues; three, restore life to listless hues; four, calm colors that are distracting; or five, produce softer semi-neutral and pastel palettes.
Read more about Saturation here.
Together, Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop offer an impressive, almost overwhelming, array of possibilities for controlling saturation. Do three things before you choose a tool to adjust saturation with. First, understand and develop your eye for saturation. Second, adopt a consistent strategy for exploring the possibilities it offers your images. Third, understand the differences between the tools, both how they function and the effects they produce.
Know What To Look For
Knowing what to look for will help you choose a direction, a tool, and how far to go with it. It will also help you evaluate the results you produce – and quite possibly improve them further.
Category: Technique - Color Tags: adobe, Color, color adjustment, color palette, color theory, hsl, saturation, Software - Lightroom, Software - Photoshop, vibrance
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