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Turning Photographs Into Art Part 5: Printing from Lightroom A – Selecting, Editing and Creating a Layout

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1 - Introduction: why printing your work is important An important aspect of turning your photographs into art is printing them.  Printing is necessary because fine art photography is both a digital and a physical artistic medium.  In the case of photography, the physical medium is a digital or a chemical print.  In the case of other mediums, it can be a painting, a drawing, … [Read more...]

Turning Photographs Into Art Part 4: Overexposure and High-key Images

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The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it. Leonardo da Vinci 1 - Photographing in a snowstorm - A snowstorm in the northern New Mexico mountains It took me several minutes to realize I was caught in a serious snowstorm. Going from the low desert to the mountaintop in a few miles does that to you.  I took the situation seriously … [Read more...]

The 2018 Arches & Canyonlands Fine Art Photography Summit in Moab, Utah

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The Summit, November 2 to 5 followed by The Vision Field Workshop November 6 to 8 Introduction Each year for the past 16 years we have offered an event called the Fine Art Photography Summit. The goal of the Fine Art Photography Summit is to offer an event that covers all the different aspects of fine art photography: field work, image processing, one on one work, … [Read more...]

Turning Photographs Into Art Part 3: Underexposure and Low-Key Images

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Black is the queen of all colors. Henri Matisse 1 - Dusk in the Chinle Buttes There is no road there. The only sign of where to turn off was where the tire marks were left by my truck on my last visit. The recent rain and dust storms wiped them leaving scant traces about the path to follow. Several times I drive past the place where I remember turning off until I see a … [Read more...]

Turning Photographs Into Art Part 2: Simplicity

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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci 1 - Walking in a canyon I am walking down a canyon in Northern Arizona.  The morning light is high up on the canyon wall, the bottom of the canyon still in the shade.  The air is cool.  The sand under my feet gives way at every step, making walking challenging.  I am immersed in the admiration of stone and light, en … [Read more...]

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