Landscape Photography:  Artistically Expressive Images with Technical Excellence

Doug & Laura Bennett
Course Number: 1
Level: Intermediate to Advanced

The Bennett’s will first share elements of photographic craft and technique essential to landscape photography and to making high quality large landscape prints for high-end sales and for PPA Competition entries.  In sharing these techniques, students will learn the underlying “whys”.  Students will get practice with instructor assistance in applying these techniques in two field shoots.

Students will then learn techniques essential to the heart of landscape photography – the goal of communicating emotions and artistic vision in an image.  Great landscape photography is about making images that connect with viewers, making them feel something about the subject.

The Bennett’s will delve into “Dynamic Symmetry” sharing knowledge/techniques in advanced image design and composition.  Just as the Bennett’s do, once you learn these techniques, you’ll no longer be using the “rule of thirds” as your principal approach to composition.  This knowledge will be reinforced with practice during an instructor assisted outdoor shooting outing.

Complimenting this advanced compositional approach, the Bennett’s will share techniques for communicating depth in your landscape images by incorporating various visual transitions in your images to include “progression of blacks” and the “hierarchy of light”.  The class will also explore and practice capturing the unconscious psychological factors that make for appealing landscape photography.

With the images taken by students, the Bennett’s will lead the students through RAW conversion and further post processing to include the use of luminosity masks.

Why you should take this class:

  • You will learn how to take and process images of high technical quality.
  • You’ll learn techniques for making artistic and expressive images that will artistically stand the test of time whether landscape or any other photographic imagery.
  • Learn the psychological factors behind appealing landscape images and how to sell your art.

Meet the Instructors:

Doug & Laura Bennett
Colorado Springs, CO
[email protected]
BennettPhotography.net

Doug Bennett, M.Photog, CR, F-ASP.  Three-time Imaging Excellence Award, six-time Diamond Photographer of the Year, Platinum Photographer of the Year, and a Gold Photographer of the Year.  A two-time Grand Imaging Award Finalist finishing 1st in 2017 and 2nd in 2015 in the Landscape/Nature Category.

Laura Bennett, M.Photog, CR, F-ASP.  Imaging Excellence Award in 2018 and a three-time Diamond Photographer of the Year, two-time Platinum Photographer of the Year, and Gold Photographer of the Year.  Laura is a four-time Grand Imaging Award Finalist winning 1stPlace in Illustrative Category in 2013 and was the 2023 World Photographic Cup Gold Medal winner in the Landscape category.