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"...it was a passageway into another world, a world of creative freedom and endless possibilities. No sunset or moonrise, no wave, no tree, no building and no street scene will ever look the same again :-)" -- Margrit Schwarz
Thanks, Margrit, for sharing your experiences from the recent Blurs and Unsharp Photography: Guided Play 2016 program with Alex Lapidus!
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For anyone who has read this far, consider mentoring someone else here (or more) ... some people don't even know where to start with their cameras and you could be the change they need in their lives. Even the smallest bit of knowledge can be passed on and you can create your mentorship in many different ways. Imagine the feeling of taking someone to their next level, paying forward the knowledge you've received and watching someone blossom with enthusiasm and accomplishment!
Originally shared by Margrit Schwarz
The last 2 months were a fun ride with the Blurs and Unsharp Photography Mentorship program hosted by Alex Lapidus, Robin Griggs Wood and an amazing team of mentors from the G+ Mentorship Program for Photographers ! For me, it was a passageway into another world, a world of creative freedom and endless possibilities. No sunset or moonrise, no wave, no tree, no building and no street scene will ever look the same again :-) I had intentional camera movement (ICM) firmly in my toolkit before I joined the program, yet my learning curve was way steeper than expected. From simple blur tips to complex multiple exposure techniques and detailed know-how for a whole range of processing software, Alex and his team expertly guided us through weekly assignments that built on each other in ways that continued to surprise me. All this was complemented by discussions on creativity, abstraction, expressionism and, most importantly, by constant, thoughtful and constructive feedback. The result was a super fun and safe environment in which we could all exchange, support each other, learn and grow. THANK YOU Alex & team for your amazing energy and gentle nudging - some of us needed a little longer to put down roots in Blurryland, but they are that much deeper!
For me, this started happening in week 4, with the introduction of multiple exposure techniques. Several thousand trial-and-error images later, during my recent travels, I 'discovered' a multilayered reality through which people seem to move with deliberation yet unclear destination, passing by each other in urban environments of increasing abstraction. Light and shadow reveal individual trajectories that intersect but rarely converge. Colors highlight, or hide, layers beyond the visible, leaving much to our imagination.
I can't wait to continue playing with this and many other new directions I discovered over the past 8 weeks - the possibilities are endless!
Thanks, Margrit, for sharing your experiences from the recent Blurs and Unsharp Photography: Guided Play 2016 program with Alex Lapidus!
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For anyone who has read this far, consider mentoring someone else here (or more) ... some people don't even know where to start with their cameras and you could be the change they need in their lives. Even the smallest bit of knowledge can be passed on and you can create your mentorship in many different ways. Imagine the feeling of taking someone to their next level, paying forward the knowledge you've received and watching someone blossom with enthusiasm and accomplishment!
Originally shared by Margrit Schwarz
The last 2 months were a fun ride with the Blurs and Unsharp Photography Mentorship program hosted by Alex Lapidus, Robin Griggs Wood and an amazing team of mentors from the G+ Mentorship Program for Photographers ! For me, it was a passageway into another world, a world of creative freedom and endless possibilities. No sunset or moonrise, no wave, no tree, no building and no street scene will ever look the same again :-) I had intentional camera movement (ICM) firmly in my toolkit before I joined the program, yet my learning curve was way steeper than expected. From simple blur tips to complex multiple exposure techniques and detailed know-how for a whole range of processing software, Alex and his team expertly guided us through weekly assignments that built on each other in ways that continued to surprise me. All this was complemented by discussions on creativity, abstraction, expressionism and, most importantly, by constant, thoughtful and constructive feedback. The result was a super fun and safe environment in which we could all exchange, support each other, learn and grow. THANK YOU Alex & team for your amazing energy and gentle nudging - some of us needed a little longer to put down roots in Blurryland, but they are that much deeper!
For me, this started happening in week 4, with the introduction of multiple exposure techniques. Several thousand trial-and-error images later, during my recent travels, I 'discovered' a multilayered reality through which people seem to move with deliberation yet unclear destination, passing by each other in urban environments of increasing abstraction. Light and shadow reveal individual trajectories that intersect but rarely converge. Colors highlight, or hide, layers beyond the visible, leaving much to our imagination.
I can't wait to continue playing with this and many other new directions I discovered over the past 8 weeks - the possibilities are endless!
Margrit Schwarz And it was very nice "meeting you" as well.
ReplyDeleteFabulous set, all of your work could be book covers :)) Margrit Schwarz
ReplyDeleteBeena R Oh Beena, that's a kind thing to say - thank you so very much :-) I would just have to come up with a lot of content for the books :-))))
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