When you change how you see photos you stop taking snapshots and start creating art. That’s what you’ll learn in today’s class. You can get Pictorialist actions here.
Pictorialism is a powerful way to understand more about photography and here’s how to create it.
Watch more hands-on videos using this process on the Pictorialist page here.
Photography should have feeling.
If you’ve ever been to my Shadow Hackers class you know you realize the way we see changes everything. I’ve learned pictorialism is an extension of that because it connects shadow and light to atmosphere and that conveys emotion.
When I use and create Pictorialist actions I’m making building blocks that stack, creating effects and mixes that would never happen if I was editing manually every time, and those affect every photo in a new way. So even if you don’t use mine, make your own actions that record your most indicated processes.
Pictorialism is about discovering emotion.
You need to really feel it. Not just slap stuff on needless, unsure what you are making. If you think a photo is missing something but you know it’s special, work on it more. That’s what a pictorialist creates feeling, emotion, and drama from the shadows.
If you do use my Pictalistic Actions. Don’t worry about all of us getting the same look. It’s like saying if we all use legos we all make the same thing. Well-made tools are not like Ai fakery. they ley us breathe creativity and try things in every photo and each time we do we get more creative ideas in an endless loop.
Gavin Seim