Photography and Storytelling
Class - Photography | Available
It doesn’t matter what your subject matter is; a sense of story will make your images more engaging and compelling.
Class participants will learn how to capture a moment, evoke emotions, and convey narratives through their images. By exploring the principles of storytelling, participants will enhance their ability to communicate through their photographs. A good story gives your images an extra quality, engaging the viewer longer and more often.
Class participants will also create a photo essay, the traditional means by which photographers have told longer stories. This can be a powerful way to express your unique vision.
This class is great for photographers, artists at heart, or the curious wanting to explore the symbiotic relationship between contemplative practice and photography. You can use whatever camera that is available to you, including your cell phone.
Timothy Auman
I am an ordained lay Buddhist, certified mindfulness teacher, and former university chaplain dedicated to the application of Taoist and Zen thought to the issues of everyday life. As a visual artist, my approach to photography focuses on learning (or perhaps we could say re-learning) how to see. My work is influenced by the Miksang (the Tibetan word for “good eye”) movement, having studied with John McQuade and Miriam Hall for many years. In contemplative photography, we focus on taking the time to actually see, to become aware of and present with what is actually happening in the phenomenal world, and then create an equivalent image with our camera. The main difference between Miksang Contemplative Photography and other forms of photography is that Miksang is based on clear perception before an overlay of thoughts, interpretations, preferences, story lines, likes and dislikes, what we think might make a good image and so forth arise. Meditation, dharma teachings and contemplation are woven into all I teach. If you want to know more about contemplative photography, please sign up for a class.