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Author: Alain Briot
I create fine art photographs, teach workshops and offer DVD tutorials on composition, raw conversion, optimization, printing and marketing. I am the author of Mastering Landscape Photography, Mastering Photographic Composition and Marketing Fine Art Photography and How Photographs are Sold. All 4 books are available from Alain’s website as well as from most bookstores. You can find more information about my workshops and subscribe to my Free Monthly Newsletter on my website at http://www.beautiful-landscape.com. You will receive over 40 essays in PDF format, including free chapters from my books, when you subscribe. You can also email me at alain@beautiful-landscape.com
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Review and commentary by Alain Briot Beautiful-landscape.com
Monument Valley Avant Garde: How it was done
Monument Valley Avant Garde I make it my challenge to photograph well known locations – icons as some people call them – in a new way. This is one of the reasons behind the ‘avant garde’ part of the title. While I also photograph little known locations, I find it inspirational to photograph locations that…Continue reading Monument Valley Avant Garde: How it was done
Six Remarks on Composition
No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition. Claude Monet Introduction Composition is an important aspect of good photographs. I have written about it at length in my books and my essays, and I continue to do so. Here I…Continue reading Six Remarks on Composition
Sunrise, Joshua Tree NP: How it was done
Sunrise, Joshua Tree National Park, California The photograph above was taken during our Joshua Tree workshop this May. It is a single capture. Because of the dynamic range of the Phase One back that I use, and because of my processing technique, I was able to get details both in the shadows and highlights. I…Continue reading Sunrise, Joshua Tree NP: How it was done
How to add Alain Briot to Google+ circles
Simply click on the ‘add to circle’ button on my Google + Page at this link Alain Briot Beautiful-landscape.com
Where can you read my books and essays ?
Where my work is published Luminous-Landscape.com Michael Reichmann has published my essays on his site since 1999. My Monthly column on Luminous-Landscape.com is titled Briot’s View. You can read all my Briot’s View essays — over 40 of them — at this link: http://luminous-landscape.com/columns/briots_view.shtml NPN – NaturePhotographers.net I also have a monthly…Continue reading Where can you read my books and essays ?
HDR in 2013
HDR in 2013 by Ned Radan Introduction High Dynamic Range (HDR) images are very popular discussion in photographic books and magazines. It is also a very old procedure almost old as photography. Nowadays with availability of digital cameras and image editing software, this technique is very commonly used by photographers. For successful use of…Continue reading HDR in 2013
About Adobe’s cloud-only software delivery policy
About Adobe’s cloud-only software delivery policy Adobe’s ‘creative cloud only’ announcement – the news that Adobe software will be available only as cloud-based subscription service instead of as traditional software packages one owns and installs on their computers- came as a shock to most photographers who use Photoshop. I received lots of questions about how…Continue reading About Adobe’s cloud-only software delivery policy
Is the new Advanced Marketing DVD relevant outside of the USA?
Is the new Advanced Marketing DVD relevant outside of the USA? 1 – Introduction I have a lot of students who live outside of the USA or overseas. Understandably if you are in this situation you want to know if the contents of the new Advanced Marketing Mastery Workshop on DVD will be usable in…Continue reading Is the new Advanced Marketing DVD relevant outside of the USA?