Learn The Picture Fundamentals.
Understand “How Pictures Work“, so you “Create Pictures That Work“.
The Masterclass Goal: Explain “How to create vision & style”.
When you look at a photo, your brain decides to keep or delete it in less than a second. Most photographers just take ‘literal’ snapshots, but these generic images are usually ignored by the brain’s filters. – This course will teach you all the photography fundamentals of how humans see, process, and respond to pictures. By understanding this ‘source code’, you learn to take better photos that work with human nature rather than fight against it. You stop guessing and start creating because you are now in control of the picture, using visual storytelling to ensure your images are processed, understood, and remembered, not forgotten. – You create ‘pictures that work’, because you know ‘why they work’.
Benefits for your photography.
1. Gain a Unique Creative Edge. Most photographers rely on superficial rules like leading lines or the rule of thirds. Because the science of vision is so rarely taught, mastering it gives you a massive advantage. You will move beyond all these basic shortcuts to understand the practical photography fundamentals and the picture-making principles to create images that command attention and engagement.
2. Build an Authentic Style. True originality comes from understanding how we all process images, not from imitating others. – By learning the ‘source code’ of vision, you will develop a unique photography style based on scientific facts rather than personal opinions. This allows you to stop duplicating others and to start creating work that is intentionally yours. – You become a unique, creative individual.
3. Achieve Deeper Creative Satisfaction. There is a special satisfaction in moving from the ‘shoot, hope and pray’ approach, luck, to ‘being intentional’. – This course gives you all the creative photography knowledge and understanding needed to design images with purpose. When you understand the “why” behind every visual choice, making photos becomes easier, more consistent and more rewarding.
4. Master Visual Efficiency. Learn how to identify and remove the visual noise that causes a viewer’s brain to ‘delete’ and forget your images because they are visually inefficient for the viewer to process fast. By mastering visual efficiency, you ensure your photography composition is easy for the viewer to read and understand. This makes the viewer engage with your photography and makes it memorable.
5. Beyond the Literal Snapshot. The brain is programmed to ignore the predictable. You’ll learn to move beyond generic, literal records of a scene by creating pictures that ignite ‘mental stimulation’ in the viewer. This ensures your visual storytelling is focused on creating pictures people ‘don’t expect to see’; the art of being different. There’s no creative satisfaction in creating pictures the same as everyone else.
The heatmap shows how we control where the viewer’s eyes first look in an image.
Requirements & Free Video Recordings.
Sessions are held online via Zoom video conferencing. I will email you a meeting link before the session, and sessions are recorded live as documentation. – Please note: These recordings and their content remain the copyright and intellectual property of David Osborn. – They are for your private use only and may not be shared, reproduced, or used commercially, including on social media. Enrollment constitutes your agreement to these terms. I teach using Photoshop; the concepts taught can be applied to any image-editing software. Photoshop just allows greater control and better creative freedom.
Let’s Talk …
Let’s chat live on a video call first, free of charge, with no obligation, and answer any questions or concerns you may have before making a booking. Just email me, and we will arrange a date to talk in person.
David Osborn Photography
69 Grange Gardens, Southgate,
London N14 6QN, England.
UK +44 (0) 771 204 5126
David@DavidOsbornPhotography.com
