Have you ever asked yourself, “How much fun can I have with my photography?” If so, you know that fun is a powerful, joyful way to engage in your life and photography. Creating, at its best, is a beautiful game of play, discovery, and response. Great satisfaction comes from finding new combinations of learning something... Read More

If you have been taking impressionist images for a while, maybe even years, but despite all that time and practice, you cannot break through into creating the photos you wish and which you feel you can do, read on. In this article, I will share a few secrets that will enable you to discover and... Read More

Impressionist photography is a powerful and wonderful language capable of expressing things not easily conveyed in any other way. As you know, photographic images can be descriptive; they can document people, objects or landscapes. But photographs can also be expressive. They can communicate intangible or invisible things: your memories, ideas, and emotions. And the good... Read More

Every person has activities and tasks that come easily and others that we find difficult. Some things we don’t have a clue about. If you think about it, you’ll realize that you have acute consciousness about what you can’t do well or don’t like. When it comes to the things you do well, you take... Read More

Do you ever look at someone else’s photograph that really stirs something in you and wonder how they did that? Do those images make you feel that you are missing out on some talent or secret information? Do you want to explore and show a little piece of yourself to the world through your art?... Read More

Anyone can learn to create impressionist photographs and do it well. All needed is the correct information presented in the right way. Your images are merely a reflection of how advanced are your skills of observation and your technical abilities. Becoming good at something takes a lot more than just talent. It takes hard work.... Read More

Edward Hopper Most of us take pictures because we instinctively want to create; it is the way that we can best express our toughs and feelings about things. We can communicate how we see and feel about the world that we live in. For me, communicating through impressionist photography is challenging but exciting. The diversity of... Read More

Photography in the first place is a matter of seeing. As photographers and artists, we strive to develop the ability not only to respond to and enjoy the world around us but also to study, analyse and understand it. The Photographer’s Eye is a skill that anyone can learn and strengthen with practice. We all... Read More

As human beings our brains are hard-wired to use our eyes to respond to the world. We group things by shape and size to assess them; we notice movement and direction so we can respond accordingly; we notice similarities and differences to discern what is familiar and what is not; and we sense when things... Read More

Like any form of creative expression, impressionist photography is a means of communicating ideas and feelings in a personal way. It is remarkable how simple image can possess many subtle qualities. A feeling of depth, distance, form and texture can all be conveyed in a single photograph. Mood is perhaps the most elusive quality which... Read More