Marc, you've given a great into to abstract photography and have shown us how to do it...and all in 10 minutes! Thank you for challenging us to widen our horizons.
Great work Marc. I confess that I usually groan when people try to talk about abstract photography (or art) because most people struggle with the concept. Your approach of quoting from a dictionary was a safe way to dodge some flack. ;-) The shared images were pretty good too. The test to apply when looking at something called abstract. is to ask whether or not it is clear just what the object is. If the subject is immediately obvious and interpretable as a particular thing, it errs towards realism and is not abstract. There is no defence by claiming it is all about light and shape and texture and doesn't show the whole thing. So you captured the essence of abstraction really quite well, and to quote someone I know, "it's as simple as that, really." :-)
just returned from a week's holiday in Eilat , and used some of the ideas plucked from this and the patterns videos , to add a touch of surrealism to some of my holiday pictures !! ( you really CAN teach an old dog new tricks !!! )
Liked the B&W one you did, I think B&W brings out contrast in abstract images. Never been keen on rust, but as an image rust looks really interesting. I think the antique fraternity call some of the texture you photographed as 'Patina'.- a surface that's grown beautiful with age. Cant be said about me, I'm more on the rusty side these days..!!!!
Just started your course (really enjoying it) also watching your youtube videos. This one really inspired me to get out and try something different. Do you ever experience people challenging you in this type of situation suspicious of what you might be doing?
Aha!Using Olympus MFT again. Lol,just showing the best photographers use mft. Just better when doing long walking and hiking with its smaller and lighter form factor
I love monochrome abstract photography, my absolute favorite.
Marc, you've given a great into to abstract photography and have shown us how to do it...and all in 10 minutes! Thank you for challenging us to widen our horizons.
Glad it was helpful!
Loved those abstracts, they have truly inspired me to go out and find some of my own I'm all fired up, thanks Marc and all at The TSOP.
Glad you like them Mike 👍
I don’t know who’s working the video camera, but they are killing it.
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Some of my favorite abstract photographs were taken by Ernst Haas and Franco Fontana.
Ernst Haas used a lot of wide apertures on his.
Thanks Nicholas 👍
Great work ❤❤
Thanks ✌️
And you can have fun with crop too!
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Great work Marc. I confess that I usually groan when people try to talk about abstract photography (or art) because most people struggle with the concept. Your approach of quoting from a dictionary was a safe way to dodge some flack. ;-) The shared images were pretty good too. The test to apply when looking at something called abstract. is to ask whether or not it is clear just what the object is. If the subject is immediately obvious and interpretable as a particular thing, it errs towards realism and is not abstract. There is no defence by claiming it is all about light and shape and texture and doesn't show the whole thing. So you captured the essence of abstraction really quite well, and to quote someone I know, "it's as simple as that, really." :-)
Thank you Peter, much appreciated 😀
Nice photos🙌🙌
Glad you like them!
just returned from a week's holiday in Eilat , and used some of the ideas plucked from this and the patterns videos , to add a touch of surrealism to some of my holiday pictures !! ( you really CAN teach an old dog new tricks !!! )
Thanks David, glad it helped :)
This video is great. I've been trying more abstract photography lately, but haven't gotten anything I really like yet.
Thank you, glad you liked it!
It was new to me and I liked it 👍
Thanks 👍
See why would I pay for skillshare when I can just support channels like this. Great video man thank you
I appreciate that!
I love your composition! nice and artistic
Thank you very much!
This is some interesting photography, I like it 👌
Thanks Jean 👍😊
Great
Simply just love the ideas on The video
Thank you! 😊
Loved the soundtrack in this video. That and glimpses of Rosie. But that's kinda noting new by now. 😂
Thank you 🙌😀
Very cool 👌🏼
Thanks 👍😊
..........and we're back at Leigh on Sea ( or did I err ?)
Great video!
Thanks 👍
Tolles Video und super Bilder. Viele Grüße aus Germany.
Liked the B&W one you did, I think B&W brings out contrast in abstract images. Never been keen on rust, but as an image rust looks really interesting. I think the antique fraternity call some of the texture you photographed as 'Patina'.- a surface that's grown beautiful with age. Cant be said about me, I'm more on the rusty side these days..!!!!
Just started your course (really enjoying it) also watching your youtube videos. This one really inspired me to get out and try something different. Do you ever experience people challenging you in this type of situation suspicious of what you might be doing?
Not really Philip, I've been doing it so long now I don't really think about it anymore.
Grt vid.. will get out onto the Mumbai streets & hav a blast.. cheers, vernon_alvares ... Mumbai, India
Aha!Using Olympus MFT again. Lol,just showing the best photographers use mft. Just better when doing long walking and hiking with its smaller and lighter form factor