Create: Overcoming Fear to Unleash Your Creativity (Photography Art Book, Creative Thinking, Creative Expression, and Readers of Steal Like an Artist)

by Marc Silber

Overview

Creative conversations from some of the world's top photographers, filmmakers, Grammy award winners, TED presenters, actors, CEOs and more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781684811359
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	10/25/2022
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Marc Silber is the author of the bestselling book Advancing Your Photography and an award-winning professional video producer, photographer, and photography educator who has been successfully working in the field for decades. Marc combines his passion for the visual art of photography with his love of life. He started out learning darkroom skills and the basics of photography at the legendary Peninsula School in Menlo Park, CA in the '60s, and moved on to hone his skills to professional standards at the famed San Francisco Art Institute, one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of higher education in art and photography in the United States. Since then, Marc has been a dedicated educator.

He began his teaching career at the age of nineteen at the National Outdoor Leadership School, teaching mountaineering. When teaching a life-or-death subject such as mountaineering, one learns how to make sure the students understand the material. When Marc moved into teaching photography in workshops all over the country, he became renowned as an engaging and helpful speaker and coach, as his greatest joy comes from helping others. Most recently, Marc has embraced the digital age with a highly popular YouTube show also named Advancing Your Photography, which has won several Telly Awards and other recognition for his work there.

This new book on composition, The Secrets to Taking Amazing Photos, is a distillation of all the pro tips and wisdom from his YouTube series, coupled with his research of the master artists in a format you can take with you and refer to constantly when you are out creating your photographs.

Table of Contents

Foreword 8

Preface 9

How to Use This Book 12

Part 1 The Cycle of Creativity 19

Chapter 1 The Cycle of Creativity and Its Parts 20

Chapter 2 Know Your Purpose for Creating 33

Chapter 3 Visualize What You Want to Create 48

Chapter 4 The Joy of Knowing and Using Your Tools 68

Chapter 5 Working Your Craft: Blending Visualization with Your Tools 90

Chapter 6 Editing and Refining Your Work 109

Chapter 7 Sharing Your Work 129

Part 2 Overcoming Barriers to a Creative Life 157

Chapter 8 Make Time to Create 158

Chapter 9 Take Long Walks and Adventures 173

Chapter 10 Find and Put Art into Your Life 188

Chapter 11 Lighten Up! The Role of Humor for a Creative 201

Chapter 12 Additional Tools to Help You Live a Creative Life 211

Stay in Touch 229

Acknowledgements 230

About the About 232