{"id":98489,"date":"2018-06-24T23:36:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T06:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=98489"},"modified":"2018-06-25T08:10:31","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T15:10:31","slug":"why-photographers-should-study-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/24\/why-photographers-should-study-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Photographers Should Study Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear friend,<\/p>\n

If you want to improve your photography, I recommend studying painting! Study their composition<\/a>, their philosophy, and the emotion in their work! And of course, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no right or wrong way to interpret their work; it all depends on you!<\/p>\n

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This was my realization: after a while, I kind of got bored studying photographers. Why? Their work seemed a bit repetitive. I was hungry for more inspiration, wisdom, and knowledge. I sought and found the work of painters!<\/p>\n

For example, really interested in the work of Matisse<\/a>, who was a friend of Henri Cartier Bresson<\/a>, who I consider was a Surrealist painter who used the camera as his paintbrush.<\/p>\n

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I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been looking at compositions from painters, and using the iPad Pro 10.5 inch, and the Procreate app to deconstruct their compositions, to figure out for myself \u00e2\u20ac\u201d why does is their work so effective?<\/p>\n

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This led me down a rabbit hole, studying artists like Monet<\/a>, Piet Mondrian<\/a>, Leonardo da Vinci<\/a>, Michelangelo, etc. And the more I studied the work of painters, the more inspired I actually got in my photography! I started to get more inspired with composition, framing, composing my subjects, etc.<\/p>\n

Of course with photography, we are under the tyranny of the lens and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153reality\u00e2\u20ac\u009d; but with fun techniques in photography, we can create our own reality! For example, shooting through reflections, glass, shifting our perspective, and making more surreal<\/a> photos.<\/p>\n

Willem de Kooning<\/h2>\n
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For example, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m studying the work of Willem de Kooning<\/a>, and am SO inspired by his work, his sketches, and his compositions. Because he knew how to paint and draw \u00e2\u20ac\u0153properly\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d yet he decided to paint the human form to depict what he really saw ; the beautiful orgy of shapes, forms, emotion, and sexual energy in humans!<\/p>\n

Piet Mondrian<\/h2>\n

Piet Mondrian<\/a> has been another muse; his minimalism in shapes, forms, and colors is phenomenal. To study composition, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the man.<\/p>\n

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Michelangelo<\/h2>\n

Super inspired by Michelangelo<\/a>; his use of curves, the arabesque<\/a>, and the balance and elegance to his compositions:<\/p>\n

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Study painting to become a better photographer<\/h2>\n

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To sum up, the reason why<\/em> study painting as a photographer:<\/p>\n

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  1. Discover new color<\/a> combinations and palettes from painters, which are epic. <\/li>\n
  2. Learn how to create balanced yet dynamic<\/a> compositions, which you can apply to your own photography. <\/li>\n
  3. If you shoot portraits<\/a>, look at how people pose in paintings from the past, or how the body poses in sculptures. <\/li>\n
  4. Study the philosophy of master artists<\/a> from the past. Try to understand why they made their own art, and then reflect, why you make your own art. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For more inspiration, invest in HAPTIC INDUSTRY TOOLS ><\/a><\/p>\n

    NEVER STOP MAKING ART!
    \nERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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