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Some may be familiar with Alex Kilbee's you tube channel. https://www.youtube.com/c/thephotographiceye/about
I'm not sure how long he has offered these two courses, but I decided to have a look at them a week or so ago and ended up buying them. I spend a fair amount of money on courses, as I prefer the structured approach of a course rather than the ad hoc looking for things on youtube (which I also do).
Both courses are on the teachable platform and are:
Learning to see
The Authentic vision framework
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Learning to see reflects his youtube channel and introduces how we see; awareness; discovering light; form shape and texture; seeking out and seeing images; going with your gut; and a word about gear. It's roughly an hour an three quarters and has nothing about the technical side of photography. If you watch his youtube channel you will recognise the approach of using well known and not so well known images to help explain how you can "learn to see"
The Authentic Vision Framework, is related to the above but reflects on his personal experience of "rediscovering your [his] authentic voice" in his photographs after years of commercial photography where his photographs have been made for other people. This short course (62 minutes) covers the idea of spring cleaning your existing photography to start afresh, identifying the photographs that you find the most inspiring and using these to help consolidate what you want from your own photography. Developing a personal style, including an awareness of technique and experimentation is also discussed. Avoiding blindly following trends is touched on, as well as the importance of getting good quality critiques of your work.
Pricing was a little complex, as "Learning to see", comes free ($42 on it's own) with The Authentic Vision Framework, and Teachable were offering a 20% "cost of living" or "inflation" discount (I can't properly remember what they called it) when I bought it, so the total price after converting to GBP was £35.92 for both courses.
To be frank, I'm not sure I actually learnt anything particularly new (other than some of Alex's personal experiences) from either course, but I'm a veteran of Alex's youtube channel, a veteran of similar courses and youtube channels, and fairly well read in the aspects of photography these courses cover.
But, I still found them valuable in that the structured approach and arguments still made me revisit and rethink some of my own approaches. e.g. I signed up to Pinterest years ago with the idea of gathering together a personal reference collection of photographs from the web that inspired me. I never actually followed this up, but it's one of the suggestion in the course, And, after some difficulty in logging in, as its' been years since I had last logged in, I've made a start at pulling together a private reference collection on Pinterest.
I'm reluctant to unreservedly recommend any course for others, as everyone has different expectations, and ideas about value for money. For me, it was worth the £36, and I think the two courses together do a good job of giving you what they say they do. Albeit, a little superficially, given how short the courses are, but this might be a good thing, as it also means they are quick to work through and put into practice. You could spend a lot of time trying gather together the equivalent of these courses if you were to rely on pulling this information together from reading or Youtubing.
If you are at a stage in your personal photography where you want to get a better understanding of how photographs "work" and at a stage where you feel your photography should better express your personal vision of the world, but not sure how to do it, I think these courses will be useful. For the more established photographer, with a good understanding of how photographs work who also understands their personal photographic aims and objectives, I'm not so sure.
But, to suggest the obvious, make sure you check Alex's Youtube channel to see if his approach is likely to suit you, and read the links to the courses, which have more details.
In the AVF course Alex shows/discusses some photographs he has been recently taking in public spaces (e.g. airports) as part of him"rediscovering" his authentic voice. There is a discussion and critique of these photographs here:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6Od84jD9Lk
I'm not sure how long he has offered these two courses, but I decided to have a look at them a week or so ago and ended up buying them. I spend a fair amount of money on courses, as I prefer the structured approach of a course rather than the ad hoc looking for things on youtube (which I also do).
Both courses are on the teachable platform and are:
Learning to see
The Authentic vision framework
Authentic Vision Framework
Learning to see reflects his youtube channel and introduces how we see; awareness; discovering light; form shape and texture; seeking out and seeing images; going with your gut; and a word about gear. It's roughly an hour an three quarters and has nothing about the technical side of photography. If you watch his youtube channel you will recognise the approach of using well known and not so well known images to help explain how you can "learn to see"
The Authentic Vision Framework, is related to the above but reflects on his personal experience of "rediscovering your [his] authentic voice" in his photographs after years of commercial photography where his photographs have been made for other people. This short course (62 minutes) covers the idea of spring cleaning your existing photography to start afresh, identifying the photographs that you find the most inspiring and using these to help consolidate what you want from your own photography. Developing a personal style, including an awareness of technique and experimentation is also discussed. Avoiding blindly following trends is touched on, as well as the importance of getting good quality critiques of your work.
Pricing was a little complex, as "Learning to see", comes free ($42 on it's own) with The Authentic Vision Framework, and Teachable were offering a 20% "cost of living" or "inflation" discount (I can't properly remember what they called it) when I bought it, so the total price after converting to GBP was £35.92 for both courses.
To be frank, I'm not sure I actually learnt anything particularly new (other than some of Alex's personal experiences) from either course, but I'm a veteran of Alex's youtube channel, a veteran of similar courses and youtube channels, and fairly well read in the aspects of photography these courses cover.
But, I still found them valuable in that the structured approach and arguments still made me revisit and rethink some of my own approaches. e.g. I signed up to Pinterest years ago with the idea of gathering together a personal reference collection of photographs from the web that inspired me. I never actually followed this up, but it's one of the suggestion in the course, And, after some difficulty in logging in, as its' been years since I had last logged in, I've made a start at pulling together a private reference collection on Pinterest.
I'm reluctant to unreservedly recommend any course for others, as everyone has different expectations, and ideas about value for money. For me, it was worth the £36, and I think the two courses together do a good job of giving you what they say they do. Albeit, a little superficially, given how short the courses are, but this might be a good thing, as it also means they are quick to work through and put into practice. You could spend a lot of time trying gather together the equivalent of these courses if you were to rely on pulling this information together from reading or Youtubing.
If you are at a stage in your personal photography where you want to get a better understanding of how photographs "work" and at a stage where you feel your photography should better express your personal vision of the world, but not sure how to do it, I think these courses will be useful. For the more established photographer, with a good understanding of how photographs work who also understands their personal photographic aims and objectives, I'm not so sure.
But, to suggest the obvious, make sure you check Alex's Youtube channel to see if his approach is likely to suit you, and read the links to the courses, which have more details.
In the AVF course Alex shows/discusses some photographs he has been recently taking in public spaces (e.g. airports) as part of him"rediscovering" his authentic voice. There is a discussion and critique of these photographs here:
