Increasing Your Creative Vision
Les Saucier, a KIPC favorite, returns, via Zoom! For nearly forty years, Les has been teaching photography workshops in the Adirondack Mountains, the Oregon Coast, Zion National Park, and the Great Smoky and Blue Ridge mountains. Currently, Les, and his wife, Janet, specialize in photography workshops (and one-on-one Zoom sessions) that help clients grow as visual artists, and gain skills that can “translate their unique way of seeing the world into images that have heart, express heart, and connect with a viewer’s heart.”
In this presentation, Les demonstrated three ways to improve photographic creativity: using your creative vision to select the subject, capturing the subject utilizing your camera skills, and emphasizing your vision with your post-processing skills.
He emphasized COLOR, LIGHT, ACTION, UNITY, DEPTH & CONTRAST as the essential elements in a great image.
He then defined the Graphic Design Elements that should be considered: LINES, SHAPES, FORMS, TEXTURE, PATTERNS, COLOR, ILLUSIONS OF MOTION, ILLUSION OF DEPTH.
I’m sure you’ll enjoy reviewing his ideas in the recorded Zoom session.
Virtual Photo Shoot: Les assigned us a challenge that will result in two photos: one image that answers the question “how I celebrate the beauty of what I’m seeing” and one that expresses “the smell of water”! As Les notes: “It feels great to show your friends your “hero” shots, but you will learn more from a critique of your lesser images.”
On March 1st, Les will review and critique the images of those who have chosen to participate in this assignment.
Check out Les and Janet’s work at www.saucierphoto.com
