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Alain Briot

Alain Briot

Alain Briot creates fine art photographs, teaches workshops and offers DVD tutorials on composition, raw conversion, optimization, printing and marketing. Alain is the author of Mastering Landscape Photography, Mastering Photographic Composition and Marketing Fine Art Photography. All 3 books are available from Alain’s website as well as from most bookstores. You can find more information about Alain's work, writings and tutorials as well as subscribe to Alain’s Free Monthly Newsletter on his <a href="http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/">website</a>. You will receive over 40 essays in PDF format, including chapters from Alain’s books, when you subscribe.

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The 2017 Zion Fine Art Photography Summit

Introduction Each year for the past 15 years l have offered an event called the Fine Art Photography Summit. This event used to be organized...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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May 9, 2017

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8 minutes read


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Abstraction 
Part 5 - Color Examples

If I choose abstraction over reality it is because I consider it the lesser chaos. Robert Brault 1 – Introduction This essay features a variety...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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April 7, 2017

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17 minutes read


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Abstraction
 Part 4 - Suspending Disbelief

All painting, no matter what you are painting, is abstract in that it’s got to be organized. David Hockney 1 – Introduction I originally intended...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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March 5, 2017

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13 minutes read


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Abstraction
 Part 3 Abstraction, Art and Documentation

Do not copy nature too much. Art is an abstraction. Paul Gauguin 1 – Introduction In this essay, part three of a four parts series...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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February 4, 2017

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16 minutes read


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Abstraction
 Part 2- Creating Abstract Photographs

There is no abstract art.  You must always start with something. Afterwards you can remove all traces of reality.  Pablo Picasso 1 – Introduction Creating...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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December 14, 2016

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10 minutes read


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Abstraction
 Part 1 What is Abstraction

1 – Introduction Today creating images that are unique and that stand out from the work of other photographers is more and more challenging.  Locations...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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November 21, 2016

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14 minutes read


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About Photographic Shyness

Credibility in art is not tied to how far you depart from reality. Alain Briot In 2013 Michael Reichmann published an essay titled The Art...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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October 15, 2016

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9 minutes read


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Michael Reichmann - Reflections

Like other visual artists let’s have the courage to create images that express how we imagine a scene was, rather than just what the camera...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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August 18, 2016

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18 minutes read