This week the one word challenge is Uneasy

Looking forward to seeing your images this week :)

Congruence is about bringing all of the compositional elements together to resolve a photograph. Combining your intellectual intent, your emotional intent with the visual centre matching the language across the whole photograph so that it works. In this presentation Len talks about how to tie all the compositional elements together in a harmonious whole.

This week the one word challenge is Overdeveloped

Something different this week!

Len introduces us to the concept of Shuhari from Japanese martial arts. A three step progression to mastery. He shows us how we can use this to reach new heights in our photography.

Depth of Focus is often lampooned by photographers who say depth of feeling is more important. While it is true that feeling is crucial to an images success, depth of field is a compositional element that needs careful consideration. It can add depth of feeling to your artwork. Rather than let depth of field be an inevitable choice made by the camera, why not consider it as one of your active elements of composition. Len also discusses bokeh and a couple of interesting lenses that play with focus. The video camera struggled to focus during this presentation, which is a fitting tribute to soft focus photography. My apologies for this humorous technical glitch.

This week the one word challenge is Delicious

What delicious images will you find for us this week!

Len continues oh his journey through the points made in the book “How to be an artist” by Jerry Saltz. He applies this points to his and your photography / art practice.

Balance is an important element to consider in all artworks. Len illustrates this talk with important artworks in painting and sculpture and shows us how to achieve compositional balance. He finishes the presentation by describing how to judge the weight of various elements in an artwork.

This week the one word challenge is Abstract

Len is off running an abstract workshop this week, so let us get out with our camera this week and find him some fantastic abstract images to talk about next week :)

In this episode on composition Len discusses movement and time.

I love one lens more than the others. Not just a little more, but a whole lot more.  Within three days of buying it my digital photography took an monumental leap forwards, nailing some fantastic photographs with it. It is a milestone in my digital photography after trying unsuccessfully for ten or so years. It is now my go to lens. The one I grab when I am in doubt. The one I want with me all the time.

This week the one word challenge is Complex

There is complexity all around us. Let’s see if we can create a complex thread of complex images this week!

In this presentation Len takes us through the work of Jerry Saltz in his fascinating and insightful book on being an artist. This is part one in a two part series. Len illustrates his presentation with work from his “Our Love Affair with Trees'“ series that was co-created with Jodi Rose and is being edited in preparation for the search for a publisher.

In this episode on composition Len discusses the Gestalt principle of Symmetry, and then goes on to explore the compositional elements of circles and squares. He introduces us to circular photography as a compositional device, and explains his love for the square format.

In this article Len discusses his thoughts around edges. Edges of the day, edges of wilderness and the forest, the edge where something breaks. This article was originally published in Better Photography Issue 88 in Winter 2017

This week the one word challenge is Concealment

What will you find hiding in the shadows this week?

In this next presentation in the series on Photographic Composition Len looks at patterns.

Len kicks off a new series with a set of four episodes in this pilot. The goal is to try and capture the magic that happens when we discuss particular photographs, discussing how and why they work or are important.

The intention is that these short episodes are used to market Len’s Club to a broader audience. We are interested to hear your thoughts about them and if we should continue the series. We will chop this episode up and repost it in shorter ten minute bites. To make them more accessible for those moments when ten minutes is just enough.

This week the one word challenge is Compelling

Are you compelled to take a new photo for the challenge this week?

In this presentation in the series on Photographic Composition Len takes us through the Gestalt Design Principles of Closure and Continuation.