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The Inspired Eye III
Notes on Creativity for Photographers, Vol.III
Calibrate your Creativity. The Inspired Eye, Volume 3, is about the creative process behind our photography. Technical proficiency is highly over-rated; if you can make a good exposure, and focus the camera, the rest is about your choices, your own creative decisions in making a photograph. Improving your photography happens when you improve the way you approach your own unique creative process. Learn more.
If you want to create great photographs, gear and technique won’t get you there. The continual focus on gear at the expense of creativity is why so many who love this craft become frustrated. After all, a camera, for all the bells and whistles, is just a box with a hole in it. Add a lens and there’s little else. Spend too much time on the peripherals – gear and technique – without tending to the core, and we risk ending up really proficient at creating photographs that are uninspired and uninspiring.
If you have any interest in expressing yourself and creating beauty, if you’re more than just a camera-collector but a photographer, then creativity is your core asset. Investing in that asset, and understanding how it works, is key. The Inspired Eye, Volume 3, is the third and final installment in the Inspired Eye series, an eBook full of discussion about the way we think and create – it’s about what happens before and during the time the camera comes to our eye and the shutter is pressed. It’s about how we deal with constraints, challenges, and inspiration; it’s about how we light and feed the fire of creativity.
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This is a brilliant series that lives up to all the other books I have read from David duChemin. The writing is thoughtful and measured, and has fresh insights that I have not found elsewhere. Inside, you’ll find a detailed look at creativity, and the struggle all photographers (and artists in general) face. I came away with a new appreciation for how hard craft of fine art photography really is, and comfort in knowing that even among the most talented artists, face the same challenges as the rest of us (to a greater or lesser degree). Highly recommended.
This latest e-book on inspiration & vision for Photographers, is a revelation for me on how to approach creativity & inspiration. David’s message is simple, we don’t get inspired or more creative by just thinking, talking or even learning more about photography, we get inspired & creative by picking up the camera and starting to take images, whether they’re good or not. The simple process of actually practicing our craft is what is needed for us to get really good or even exceptional at what we do!
I would urge everyone to spend $5 on this new e-book or better even the $12 for all 3 editions of the Inspired Eye. It will surely inspire you to take your Photography to new heights!!
The Inspired Eye 3 is the best $5 you will spend today. If you are in a creative slump or simply need motivation to create compelling art, David’s words are for you.
Read more of my thoughts here: http://bit.ly/or9nox
I have really enjoyed the first two volumes in this series, and the third doesn’t disappoint. You can always trust any writing by David (or other C&V authors) to give you a firm kick in the pants and challenger your thought process. Great book!
I also have a review of it on my site. http://dbueckertphoto.com/ebook-review-the-inspired-eye-3-by-david-duchemin/
Great book by David.
I have a review in swedish om my site, http://www.fougner.se/?page_id=189
A review for the german speaking part of the community.
Eine Rezension für den deutschsprachigen Teil der Community:
http://www.lapplandblog.eu/files/inspired_eye_III_david_duchemin.php
You know what I like about David duChemin besides him being a brilliant photographer? The man can write. In his newest release, The Inspired Eye 3, it feels like duChemin is giving you a private tutorial on how to embrace your strengths, fine tune your imagination and trust your process to lead you to your own creative style.
http://edithlevyphotography.com/2011/09/20/the-inspired-eye-3-by-david-duchemin-ebook-review/
Patiently awaiting the release of the updated iPad with this new book.
Another “sit down and read through” eBook that will help you find your own path and motivations in photography. If you feel you’ve read it before somewhere… you have. But we all need these refreshing/recurring lessons from David duChemin, books like mantras that make us rethink what we know, and look at photography not just from the tech side. Because it’s this side that really matters. Urgent reading for those pixel peepers out there… check (one) of my reviews at
http://www.pixiq.com/article/new-ebook-by-david-duchemin
“The inspired eye”, third in the series, can be best characterized as essays on creativity and photographic process. They are not your average photography books, focused on gear, technique and software. And yet, you will want to read them, to learn something about yourself and how to approach your photography not from technical side, but from your mind.
There is many ideas to think through to get more out of … yourself, and with that become better photographer.
(This is just a fragment of the review I wrote on my blog. You can read it here: http://bit.ly/qP1ydj)
This was exactly what I needed to read right now. I haven’t read TCE 1 or 2, but I very much enjoyed 3. You can read my review here:
http://www.amandalarge.com/?page_id=225