Photographing flat and minimal landscapes
Event info
A hybrid online / on-location workshop for 6 participants led by Alex Hare. Tickets will go on sale on 1 April.
We’re not all blessed with mountains and deserts on our doorstep and, as I live in Kent, I know how this feels! Yet landscapes that are more ‘flat’ or minimal (those with fewer classical ingredients, shall we say) are spaces to be seen as a source of new and original ideas and inspiration for our photography, rather than an obstacle to our creative work in this genre.
This workshop is designed to help anyone keen to get out and explore any flatter landscapes with renewed ideas and enthusiasm for finding creative responses to them, perhaps those local to you or within walking distance.
Specifically, we will:
· explore the differences between and identify various types of flat and minimalist landscape
· see how they provide ample scope for exciting photography
· explore how previous artists, such as Constable, Gainsborough and Turner worked in these landscapes and responded creatively.
· consider various camera and creative techniques for capturing flat landscapes
· consider different options for lighting, timing & composition
· see how factors beyond the seasons, weather and time of day can unlock the secrets of flat landscapes
· look at history and stories in the landscape to inform our work and shape projects to theme our creative outcomes around.
Alex will provide many examples from his work in Kent (and even in Scotland!) that illustrate well the wonderful opportunities we have for highly personal and original creative engagement with these landscapes.
We will see how these places are a very good means for developing our own vision and style away from the tried and tested locations.
Alex is an experienced landscape photography tutor so this is ideal for beginners and experienced photographers seeking a fresh creative challenge. Alex is the author of the forthcoming book ‘Photographing Kent’, published by Fotovue. He is also a brand ambassador for Fotospeed and Kase filters and you will receive a special RPS workshop 10% discount code for any Kase products and a 15% code for Fotospeed paper, courtesy of Alex’s association with these brands.
This is a hybrid workshop with a Zoom session with your tutor, professional landscape photographer Alex Hare, followed by a self directed practical session out at locations of your choosing. Your workshop concludes with a constructive image review four weeks later with Alex and your course colleagues, also via Zoom.
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- Mark Reeves
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