Expressive Landscape Photography
Finding your unique creative voice
Alister Benn has been thinking and writing about creativity, expression and the philosophy of art for over 20 years. In this book we gather together a collection of essays that chart his own creative evolution. From the big, dynamic landscapes of the Himalaya and the highlands of Scotland, through his Gobi Desert epiphany and the growth of Luminosity & Contrast as a creative and expressive concept. A must read for anyone serious about articulating meaning through their own photographs.
This eBook is for you if…
You want to understand the
evolution of creativity.
You want to increase the meaning in
your own photography.
You want to be inspired by Expressive Photography and grow as an artist.
What You’ll Learn
PDF format eBook, 140 pages, 30 MB
“Landscape photography is a celebration of perspective and fascination.
We notice things, we smile and feel that passion rise as we experience the urge to share that vision with others.
“Look at how cool this is!”
If nobody gets it, should that take away from us the joy of that moment? I think not. The experience has value, the image has value, you have value. What the world says about it is a poor second place.
Celebrate being you, as only you can.”
Alister Benn
About the author: Alister Benn is a full-time professional landscape photographer, educator and musician. He has been teaching expressive landscape photography for over a decade and believes that expression and creativity are intuitive in all of us. Rigid, rule-based education actually creates barriers and walls between us and our unique voice. Alister is the author of numerous eBooks covering all aspects of the creative and expressive process. He is co-founder of Expressive Photography Ltd with his wife, Ann Kristin Lindaas. They live together in a very small village on the west coast of Scotland.
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Behind the facade
- The enemy within
- Preparing to win
- Building the future
- The perfection paradigm
- The sound of one hand clapping
- The space between the notes
- Hometown glory
- The development of taste
- Seeing without looking
- There is no box
…continued
- A question of style
- Thematic collections
- Find the feeling
- Finding ourselves in the landscape
- Hearing the visual
- The power of judgement
- Seasonal vibrations
- Embracing transience
- The death of creativity
- On ownership
- The amateur
- New horizons
Sample Pages
Expressive Landscape Photography
Finding your unique creative voice
Alister Benn has been thinking and writing about creativity, expression and the philosophy of art for over 20 years. In this book we gather together a collection of essays that chart his own creative evolution. From the big, dynamic landscapes of the Himalaya and the highlands of Scotland, through his Gobi Desert epiphany and the growth of Luminosity & Contrast as a creative and expressive concept. A must read for anyone serious about articulating meaning through their own photographs.
