Last night I was getting caught up listening to some podcasts that have been setting in iTunes for a while. And I though these three audio podcast from Brooks Jensen’s Postcast on Photography and the Creative Process went along with and enhanced an idea I had for a blog posting. So I thought I would combine the two.
In my recent classes I’ve been reinforcing the idea that digital photography is a two step process: image capture followed by post processing. And if you don’t do much post processing you are doing your images a disservice. Tasteful post processing will allow you to bring out the emotions that you were experiencing while you were photographing. And this will cause the viewer of you images to become more engaged.
Learning to do what I just called tasteful post processing has a steep learning curve to it. Like anything worthwhile it takes effort and hard work. But the more knowledgeable you become about both capture and post processing will affect how you look at potential photo ops. You’ll stop seeing what is really there and start envisioning how the scene could look, should look, or how you wish it looked. And when this happens you start capturing not so much to make the capture look good but so that the captured data is sufficient to create the image you envisioned.
As you listen to these audio podcast, keep in mind that his background is as a fine art large format film photographer who has embraced digital photography and the digital darkroom. Each of these podcasts is about 5 minutes long. So this evening go get yourself a beer or glass of wine, put your feet up and have a listen.
I hope you find these as insightful as I did and it will encourage you to start looking at what you photograph differently.
Discussions and comments are definitely encouraged. What do you think about this?
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