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

1 – Introduction: why printing your work is important An important aspect of turning your photographs into art is printing them.  Printing is necessary because...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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September 28, 2018

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13 minutes read


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

The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it. Leonardo da Vinci 1 – Photographing in a snowstorm –...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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August 22, 2018

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12 minutes read


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

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...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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July 27, 2018

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9 minutes read


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

Black is the queen of all colors. Henri Matisse 1 – Dusk in the Chinle Buttes There is no road there. The only sign of...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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July 23, 2018

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15 minutes read


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Turning Photographs Into Art Part 2: Simplicity

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci 1 – Walking in a canyon I am walking down a canyon in Northern Arizona.  The morning...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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July 2, 2018

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10 minutes read


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Turning Photographs into Art Part 1: Letting Go

Art is difference, innovation and aesthetics. Alain Briot 1 – Introduction This is the first essay in a new series focused on turning photographs into...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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June 15, 2018

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14 minutes read


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Collecting Art Part 4: Building a Collection

The collector is an artist in his own way, by the way he puts things together. You can read a person’s soul from their collection....
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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May 3, 2018

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23 minutes read


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Collecting Art Part 3: Visiting Galleries

To own a piece of work done by an Artist is to possess one of their facets, one of the windows of their life. David...
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

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March 7, 2018

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17 minutes read