{"id":118531,"date":"2018-11-19T11:29:13","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T19:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/19\/4-lessons-mario-giacomelli-has-taught-me-about-photography\/"},"modified":"2018-11-19T11:31:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T19:31:55","slug":"4-lessons-mario-giacomelli-has-taught-me-about-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/19\/4-lessons-mario-giacomelli-has-taught-me-about-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Lessons Mario Giacomelli Has Taught Me About Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mario Giacomelli: One of the masters of monochrome:<\/p>\n

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1. Have something to say<\/h2>\n

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\n Photography is not difficult\u00e2\u20ac\u201das long as you have something to say.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Don’t just make photos for the sake of it. Try to make photographs that communicate your personal perspective<\/a> of the world.<\/p>\n

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\n What do you want to say through your photographs? What thoughts or philosophies do you want to communicate via your photos?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2. Photograph your thoughts<\/h2>\n

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\n “I try to photograph thoughts.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Try to transcend reality with your photographs. Attempt to photograph something deeper about reality.<\/p>\n

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3. Make photographs for your visual notebook<\/h2>\n

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\n Of course [photography] cannot create, nor express all we want to express. But it can be a witness of our passage on earth, like a notebook.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There will always be limits in the maximum we can communicate via our photos. However, strive to communicate as much of yourself through your photos.<\/p>\n

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Never stop shooting and pushing your artistic limits to the next level.<\/p>\n

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4. Add your imagination to your photographs<\/h2>\n

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\n A photo isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t only what you see, but also what your imagination adds to it. My own imagination may add something else, a third person\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s something else again.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It isn’t just about photographing what you see.<\/p>\n

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What kind of surrealism can you add to your photos?<\/p>\n

Don’t just photograph what you see. Add your personal vision and imagination to what you see!<\/p>\n

Takeaways<\/h2>\n

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  1. Don’t just shoot people; also shoot epic landscapes<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Post process your monochrome<\/a> to the extreme. Ignore the midtones; go extreme (crush the blacks, extreme white and blacks).<\/li>\n
  3. Shoot playfully, have fun, and embed your soul into your pictures.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Epic landscapes by Mario Giacomelli<\/h2>\n

    Super inspirational; I want to start shooting more epic landscapes:<\/p>\n

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    Learn more from All the Masters of Photography ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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