Photography Foundations: Refining Your Skills

Photography Foundations: Refining Your Skills

41mIntermediate2017-05-26

Authors

Steve Simon

Steve Simon

Photographer, Author

Course details

You know your gear and your software tools. But as a photographer, how well do you know yourself? In this course, photography expert Steve Simon helps you discover your photographic passion as he lays out a roadmap for advancing your photographic skills. He covers getting personal in your work, finding your inspiration, and turning to books as a source of inspiration. He also shares an approach for making a good photo essay, and shows how a professional photographer would grapple with the challenges of photographing cities.

Learning objectives
Finding your photographic passion
Getting personal in your work
Books as a source of inspiration
Documenting a cause
Exploring the work of Barb Davidson
The order and disorder of cities in photos

Skills covered

Analog PhotographyPhotography

Concepts

Introduction

  • Welcome

Finding Your Photographic Passion

  • Getting personal in your work
  • Finding your inspiration
  • The brainstorming session
  • Books as a source of inspiration
  • Documenting a cause
  • Photo essay blueprint
  • Exploring the work of Barb Davidson
  • The order and disorder of cities in photos

Conclusion

  • Next steps
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