Comments on: Rethinking Visualization http://guytal.com/wordpress/2012/01/rethinking-visualization/ Photography and the Creative Life Mon, 21 May 2012 05:42:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Guy Tal http://guytal.com/wordpress/2012/01/rethinking-visualization/comment-page-1/#comment-14473 Guy Tal Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:08:19 +0000 http://guytal.com/wordpress/?p=2315#comment-14473 Thanks, everyone! Karthick, yes indeed. Visualization should become intuitive, though it may require a significant amount of deliberate effort and practice to get to that point. Also, as I mention in my eBooks, visualization should not become prescriptive. Creativity may strike at any time, including during processing, and if you find a new interpretation later in the process, there's no reason why you shouldn't re-visualize the image in a new way. Guy Thanks, everyone!

Karthick, yes indeed. Visualization should become intuitive, though it may require a significant amount of deliberate effort and practice to get to that point.
Also, as I mention in my eBooks, visualization should not become prescriptive. Creativity may strike at any time, including during processing, and if you find a new interpretation later in the process, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t re-visualize the image in a new way.

Guy

]]> By: Alister Benn http://guytal.com/wordpress/2012/01/rethinking-visualization/comment-page-1/#comment-14472 Alister Benn Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:58:21 +0000 http://guytal.com/wordpress/?p=2315#comment-14472 More fine thoughts on the philosophy of our art. I agree that more and more as I am out in the wilderness that I am responding to a visual and/or emotional stimulus, and my creative process starts at that point. The toolbox of techniques I use to capture the light (Harvesting Light as I call it) - is providing me with the raw materials I will need to complete the expressive process that began with the "event" and the visualization that there was an image there, something that I could articulately "express" later in print or on the web. I favor a three-stage metaphor - vision | harvesting Light | expression Incorporating things like scene-evaluation as a cross-over between stages one and two. Effective technical and artistic ability is required in all stages to be most articulate in our expression. Great musings, and a very Happy New Year from Juanli & myself in SW China. More fine thoughts on the philosophy of our art. I agree that more and more as I am out in the wilderness that I am responding to a visual and/or emotional stimulus, and my creative process starts at that point.

The toolbox of techniques I use to capture the light (Harvesting Light as I call it) – is providing me with the raw materials I will need to complete the expressive process that began with the “event” and the visualization that there was an image there, something that I could articulately “express” later in print or on the web.

I favor a three-stage metaphor – vision | harvesting Light | expression

Incorporating things like scene-evaluation as a cross-over between stages one and two.

Effective technical and artistic ability is required in all stages to be most articulate in our expression.

Great musings, and a very Happy New Year from Juanli & myself in SW China.

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]]> By: Karthick Ramachandran http://guytal.com/wordpress/2012/01/rethinking-visualization/comment-page-1/#comment-14469 Karthick Ramachandran Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:13:06 +0000 http://guytal.com/wordpress/?p=2315#comment-14469 Reading this article is making me realize that all or most of my images are reactive to a particular landscape or lighting, where the visualization is evolved after i capture the image during the post processing phase. I am also wondering isn't being a landscape photographer is also about expecting the unexpected where visualization needs to be formed on the fly?! Would love to know your thoughts on that. Thank you for this piece, Guy. This article is as inspiring as ever. Reading this article is making me realize that all or most of my images are reactive to a particular landscape or lighting, where the visualization is evolved after i capture the image during the post processing phase. I am also wondering isn’t being a landscape photographer is also about expecting the unexpected where visualization needs to be formed on the fly?! Would love to know your thoughts on that.

Thank you for this piece, Guy. This article is as inspiring as ever.

]]> By: Patrick Smith http://guytal.com/wordpress/2012/01/rethinking-visualization/comment-page-1/#comment-14468 Patrick Smith Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:56:22 +0000 http://guytal.com/wordpress/?p=2315#comment-14468 This is a great way to look at the creative process! This is a great way to look at the creative process!

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