Our next presentation in our webinar series is from the incredibly talented photographer, Alister Benn.
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It’s all about Luminosity & Contrast
In 2017 Alister Benn had an epiphany, not surprisingly it was in a desert, the Gobi Desert. With nothing but sand for thousands of square miles and being days from the nearest road, there was a realization that there were no classic compositions in view. Everything before him was sand; textures, layers, transitions. It was in that moment that he realized that everything before him was just luminosity and contrast, but instead of a restriction, it brought about a freedom that has sustained him ever since.
In this webinar, Alister will introduce the concepts using black and white images, many of which were taken in the Gobi Desert.
Bio
Alister Benn was born and raised in Scotland and coming from an outdoor family grew up with a profound interest and respect for the natural world and the environments around him. Since 2011, Alister has developed a series of learning courses in landscape photography and his work has been awarded in some of the most prestigious photography competitions. He also writes regular articles in Landscape Photography Magazine and on landscape Magazine and has a solid reputation as both a technician photographer and a deep thinker.
Really looking forward to giving this presentation and I hope it will open some windows to a different way of not just processing images, but actually seeing and engaging with the world around us.
This will be my first webinar on this site. I have registered. But, I can not find the URL that I need to access to get to the webinar. Thanks for any pointers for a newbie
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Thank you. That sounds too easy. Looking forward to the webinar. I’m still evaluating the site to decide if I want to take out a paid membership. So far, I have been impressed.
Hi @David_Kingham, unfortunately, I was only able to catch the tail end of the webinar. Just the small amount of the presentation I was able to watch was fantastic! I noticed it was being recorded. Can you please let me know if the recording will be made available for later viewing?
@Alister_Benn Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us!
Priceless webinar thank you NPN for putting this together and special thanks to Alister for the presentation! I just downloaded your e-book and am looking forward to growing my skills!
I am watching it now. No offense but I’m hearing adjectives like clarity and texture at 21:05 at about 21:10 it was said that is “webinar is for understanding the difference between luminosity, contrast and transitions between the zones”.
I went to https://www.xrite.com/service-support/define_the_difference_between_luminance_and_brightness and basically it says luminosity is objectively measurable but
“Brightness is perceived and cannot be measured objectively (but scaled, e.g. in %).”
Huh? Went to http://www.crompton.com/wa3dsp/light/lumin.html for more info but it’s not there. Just thought Alister might have simpler explanation.
I just signed up for NPN and luckily my favorite You Tube photo presenter did a webinar a few days ago. Alister is a great photographer, teacher and thinker about how we can produce images with emotional impact. This presentation is one of his best. Looking forward deep diving into NPN’s treasures.
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