Luminous Landscape Article

I once mentioned that Michael Reichmann’s Luminous Landscape (http://luminous-landscape.com) was one of my favorite sites, with a wealth of information on equipment and technique. Since then I’ve agreed to submit regularly to the site. I intend to concentrate on composition, with forays into the business of photography. The first post concerns how I apply compositional techniques used by the Impressionist painters and their successors. Have a look.

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14 Responses to “Luminous Landscape Article”

  • A.B.C. Photography Says:
    March 12th, 2009 at 03:01

    It should be http://www.luminous-landscape.com (with dash) ;-)

  • admin Says:
    March 12th, 2009 at 04:21

    OOPS

  • John Wall Says:
    March 12th, 2009 at 08:30

    Here’s the link to the story:
    http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/wolfe/seeing.shtml

  • Seung Kye Lee Says:
    March 12th, 2009 at 20:16

    Hi Art.

    Great that you`ve decided to submit to Luminous Landscape. I had a very nice time reading that article…interesting and very informative.

    Thanks for sharing some of your unique vision!

    Regards
    Seung Kye Lee
    Web: http://www.leeseungkye.com
    Blog: http://www.seungkyelee.wordpress.com

  • Tim Gillespie Says:
    March 13th, 2009 at 02:46

    Hi -

    Since I have been following your blog/TV show and books I have tried to “see” differently. Although I don’t want to copy anyone – I do find that looking for patterns within nature has proven to provide me with some of my more interesting images. I shot the geese of Fir Island (WA) and as i looked at the images I sought out those that showed the composition, lines and angles that were most interesting. Thank you for that article and I look forward to meeting you in May!!

  • Dragomir Says:
    March 13th, 2009 at 07:12

    Hello again,

    on the above mentioned site, the column begins with a photograph that reminds me of the neolithic paintings of the Altamira and Lascaux caves. Again, do you see a relation? Is it just in my mind?
    And if there is something, did you intend the relation, or were you also this time at the right place at the right moment with the right lens?

    I mean, do you intend (before shooting) your painter-vision photography to get close to existing works of art, or is it something that you have accumulated over time, which makes you think and see in such a special way?

    Sorry if my question is not clear or redundant.

  • admin Says:
    March 13th, 2009 at 10:27

    Although I have consciously tried to impose a composition I liked from a painting on a scene, that is very rare. Usually I see inherent structure, the interplay of line, form, and negative space, and then I work to clarify the structure within the unruliness of nature by choosing the best angle, focal length, depth of field, and so on.

  • Ross Murphy Says:
    March 18th, 2009 at 03:03

    Hi Art, Nice to see your new web site, one of these days I hope to bump in to you shooting around the NW or I’ll perhaps get a chance to sign up for one of your seminars, a blog is a great way to get in touch with your fans and client’s. Regards. Ross Murphy

  • Wyndham Says:
    March 21st, 2009 at 09:07

    I’m beginning to see more interest in the abstract compositions and movements in nature. It allows us to see beyond the brains quick categorical response to something deeper and richer.
    Very interested where this different direction will take us. It’s almost like sneaking out of the house at night when we were kids. I like it.
    Wyndham

  • Marty Knapp Says:
    March 22nd, 2009 at 09:50

    Dear Art,

    Concerning the article in Luminous Landscapes:
    I’m particularly impressed with this brief lesson about seeing and how painting compositions can inform our own way of understanding and expressing our photographic visions. Your comments about your own journey in learning new ways to see connected me immediately to the thoughts we both expressed during your visit to my gallery today. A guy has only so many moonrises in him! I’m also looking more closely at the design of things.

    Thanks for doing this blog. I look forward to reading more of your thoughts.

    Marty Knapp
    http:www.martyknapp.com

  • admin Says:
    March 24th, 2009 at 03:56

    Thanks Marty. I intend to write more on composition for Luminous Landscape.

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    January 17th, 2010 at 10:59

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  • Prolawn Says:
    January 20th, 2010 at 22:35

    Thank you so much, Great information… You keep writing and I’ll keep reading.

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