Visual Literacy with Daniel Gregory
Vocabulary is at the root of all communication. Join Mia McCormick, and special guest RC Concepcion, for a conversation with Daniel Gregory, a fine art photographer based in Seattle. This class is intended to help you develop a set of tools that can enable you to gain a deeper understanding of your voice, your vision, and ultimately your work. Those tools come in the form of gaining awareness of your intention before you get behind the camera, and in developing a visual vocabulary that will help you analyze your work and aid you in talking about your work with confidence. You may leave the class with more questions than answers, but the process of discovery that you embark upon will bring you closer to your work and improve your ability to communicate visually with the world.
Release Date: 2015-09-24
Lessons
Introduction
Join Mia McCormick as she introduces the class and discusses what will be covered in the chapters that follow.
Duration: 1 mins 6 seconds
What is Visual Literacy?
Mia joins Daniel in a discussion about what visual literacy means and why it is an important skill to develop as a photographer.
Duration: 10 mins 15 seconds
Intention
When reading a photo it can help to start with intention.
Duration: 15 mins 19 seconds
A Photographic Vocabulary
In order to start to having a meaningful conversation about your photography you need to develop a vocabulary that helps you connect with the people viewing your work and helps you articulate your intentions in your own mind.
Duration: 10 mins 52 seconds
Analyzing Your Own Work
Building on your photographic vocabulary and taking your intentions into account, you can begin to analyze your own work on a deeper level.
Duration: 14 mins 7 seconds
A Place to Start
Sometimes getting started is the hardest part. Daniel offers some concrete steps for how to start building that vocabulary on your own.
Duration: 14 mins 22 seconds
Understanding Your Work
Looking back at your existing body of work can be useful for helping you find and identify your voice.
Duration: 7 mins 21 seconds
Getting the Image You Want
With a greater understanding of your voice and a burgeoning visual vocabulary you can go out with awareness and intention to create the photographs you want to create.
Duration: 4 mins 43 seconds
The Role of Post-Processing
When shooting with intention in service to your vision the way you process your images can be a significant component in telling the story.
Duration: 6 mins 23 seconds
Sharing Your Work
There is a great value in getting feedback on your work from others, but the process can be much more constructive if you are intentional in cultivating a trusted group of people you respect to provide you with that feedback.
Duration: 11 mins 0 seconds
Conclusion
Mia wraps up the class with some closing thoughts on where you can go from here.
Duration: 0 mins 36 seconds