Episode 19: Today, I’m sitting down with Arizona-based landscape photographer, avid writer, and educator Colleen Miniuk to chat about:
- How she transitioned from a technical career to a more creative career
- The value of following your curiosity, letting go of expectations, playing, and being open to experimentation with photography
- Gestalt psychology of visual perception and how to use it to create more meaningful images
- The five inventories to take in the field to discover compositions
- How to cultivate a creative mindset and get into a state of flow with conceptual blending, pareidolia, and metaphorical associations
- Using verbal language to translate a scene into visual language to achieve your desired visual message
- Wallas Model of Creativity
- Some business advice to aspiring photographers
- Her photography advice column, “Dear Bubbles”
- And so much more!
LINKS MENTIONED:
Website: http://www.colleenminiuk.com
Follow Colleen Miniuk on Instagram
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Colleen’s Photography Advice Column Dear Bubbles
Purchase Colleen’s books at Analemma Press - Get 10% off her new book Photographing Acadia National Park, 2nd Edition with coupon code OPS2021 at checkout.
Note: Some of the resources below may be affiliate links, meaning I receive a commission (at no extra cost to you) if you use that link to make a purchase.
Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon
Art and Visual Perception, Rudolph Arnheim
Perception and Imaging, John Suler and Richard Zakia
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