Ten Thousand Hours Photography
10,000 Hours Deliberate Practice Learning the Art of Photography
Photoshop’s route to more vibrant colours via an alternative colour space. This post looks at the Photoshop LAB colour space:
My aim with this post is to dig a little deeper into the area of composition. My first post on this subject: “Composition – Early Thoughts” recognized that this was an area of potential for growth, i.e., weakness, for me and laid out the basics of what I knew, pretty much at the start of my 10,000 hour project. In the 16 months since that post, and 2,000 hours of deliberate practice later, I understand a little more about both the psychology that underpins best photographic practice and the practical application of this knowledge.
As photographers we strive to create an image that:
Whilst my first post covered the rules of composition, I tend these days to think in terms of pictorial elements and how their placement contributes or otherwise towards a successful image.
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In the last year or so some of my most successful competition entries have been in the form of Diptych or Triptychs. This post is an attempt to consolidate my thoughts regarding what makes a successful Diptych (Triptych or other Polyptych).
I define success as the whole being greater than the sum of the parts. For example the picture to the right, which was roundly applauded in competition at the Amersham Photographic Society, consists of two sub-images which on their own are OK but too simplistic to hold the viewer’s attention for long.
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It strikes me that photographers of all eras have suffered a sense of insecurity as to whether what they are doing qualifies as art.
The challenge of the early photographer was to elevate their art above that of a merely scientific process. Today, this problem has largely been superseded by the need to separate the artistic from the mundane amidst the vast quantity of images produced by digital cameras everywhere.
The purpose of this post is a first attempt at assigning a historical context to the various photographic movements I have encountered and the styles or techniques associated with them. These include:
Although it is possible to indicate times when various approaches first appeared, or were most fashionable, many of these trends progressed in parallel, and are still around today.
Please help.
This is a long way from a comprehensive review of the major movements and is certainly a post I hope to revise over time. If you have any comments or suggestions please add them below or the social media channel of your choice to the right.
Thank you.