51 - Apple iPad first impressions

In this episode Alain and Natalie Briot share their first impressions using the new Apple iPad 64gb

Alain and Natalie look at what the iPad offers when compared to the iPod, iPhone, laptops and desktop computers.

50 - Commercial and Fine Art Audiences

In this episode Alain and Natalie talk about the differences and the difficulties involved when you are creating work for a commercial and for a Fine Art Audience.

Because these 2 audiences have very different needs, you have to use a different approach, or methodology, for each of them.

Alain and Natalie discuss what these different needs are and present several proven approaches that will help you be create work that will be successful with these two audiences.

49 - Adjustment Layers Mastery Workshop on DVD introduction

48 - The difficulty of Judging the Arts

47 - Smibs Interview - Part 2

45 - Practicing photography as Art

A discussion between Alain and Natalie Briot on the subject of practicing photography as art.

Alain and Natalie also go over what is Fine Art Photography and provide elements to define it.

A discussion between Alain and Natalie Briot on the subject of teaching photography as art during their workshops. Alain and Natalie discuss the dual focus they place on photography (technical and artistic) and how they implement this focus during their workshops.

Alain and Natalie also go over what takes place during their workshops, and cover the extensive teaching contents of their workshops including syllabus, exercises, handouts, and much more.

A discussion between Alain and Natalie Briot on the subject of how to prosper (not just survive) during the current recession. Alain and Natalie discuss the changes they made in order to continue running a successful photography business during the recession.

Alain and Natalie also make recommendation to help you not only survive the recession, but also enjoy yourself and benefit from this recession.

A discussion between Alain, Natalie and Venus Kondos during which we discuss a photography technique that I call "Landscape Blurs".

Earlier this year I wrote an essays describing the techniques I use to create my Landscape Blur images. This essay is available Free by subscribing to my Free newsletter. The newsletter subscribe link is at the top of each page on my website. You receive a link and password for the download area immediately after you subscribe to my newsletter. This essay is in PDF format with illustrations.

In this podcast Alain and Natalie Briot discuss the importance of marketing your photographs if you want to generate sales with your photography.

This podcast is also an introduction to a major update of Alain Briot's Marketing Mastery Workshop on DVD. This update is free to all Marketing Mastery Workshop on DVD owners.

What makes an artist successful? What are the qualities and the knowledge necessary to succeed in art and in photography? These questions are particularly interesting when asked in the context of the current economic recession. What makes someone successful is not necessarily tied to economic conditions. Instead, it is also tied to personal qualities, knowledge and to setting specific goals.

In this hour-long audio recording, Alain Briot, Natalie Briot and Venus Kondos explore what makes artists successful and discuss at length the subject of Success in Art.

If your interest is learning how to succeed as an artist, or if you are simply curious as to why some artists succeed and not others, you do not want to miss listening to this podcast.

Introduction and audio description of the new Composition Mastery Workshop on DVD. This podcast describes the central concept behind the Composition Mastery Workshop on DVD.

The Composition Mastery Workshop on DVD is aimed at helping you rediscover composition. Composition is not what you thought it to be. It is much more than organizing objects in a frame.

The Composition Mastery Workshop on DVD is now available. Over one year in the making it focuses on composition through the study of the 29 separate steps that I follow to create my fine art landscape photographs.

In this workshop on DVD, instead of approaching composition the "traditional" way, which is to focus on the rules of composition (the golden rule, the rule of thirds, etc.) I approach composition as being everything that affects the contents of your photographs.

In this context I look at the palette that you select, the light you prefer, the contrast level you find most attractive, your choice of color, black and white or color monochrome, your knowledge of natural events and natural light, your favorite lenses and equipment, your research of specific locations and much more.

This is part 3 of this series on inspiration.In this episode Natalie talks about what inspires her.

This is part 2 in this series on inspiration. In this episode Alain discusses his sources of inspiration.

This is the January 2007 Fine Art Photography review. The subject is a photograph taken by Jason Keefe.

In this podcast Alain Briot presents his new print review program.This free review is open to any photographer. To participate all you need to do is submit your photographs for review over email.

Simply email your photograph, in jpeg format, 500 pixels maximum dimmention, to alain@beautiful-landscape.com

In this podcast Alain Briot presents his new Marketing Mastery Workshop on DVD. This recording is actually the introduction to the DVD, step 1 of Alain's 29 steps process towards learning how to successfully sell your work.

Selling your photographs can be rewarding, and it can also be challenging. Why? Because you have to know how to do it well in order to be successful and turn your venture into a financially rewarding endeavor.

In the introduction Alain describes the different venues you can use to market your work.

The Marketing Mastery Workshop on DVD is similar to attending Alain's Marketing Mastery Seminar except you do not need to travel (which saves you a significant amount of money) and you can listen and study each presentation as many times as you like (instead of just once during the seminar).

Alain discusses how he approaches raw conversion and what he likes in a raw file. This is a foundational statement about Alain's workflow.

This is part of the tutorial showing the 28 unique steps Alain follows from Raw to final print available on the Printing Mastery Workshop on DVD

This is a sample of the audio files on the new Printing Mastery Workshop on DVD. The DVD features over 40 hours of audio presentations.

Music samples from all 9 musical compositions on Travis Terry Navajoland music CD. Travis' Native American Flute Music will take you on a journey of discovery through his home: Navajoland. Each composition is inspired by the landscape, culture and spirit of Navajoland.