I thought this image was finished. It had been in my portfolio for four years, and I honestly believed I had pushed it as far as it could go.
Then I submitted it to the f.64 Vision Mentor. In this video, I walk through the critique, the uncomfortable truth it revealed about my color choices, and the subtle changes I made to improve the viewer’s experience.
This was not a massive transformation. It was a reminder that even experienced photographers can get too close to their own work and miss what a second set of eyes can see.
This is an AI assistant, but read through the Q&A at the bottom of the page. Your images HAVE NEVER been used to train it.
✔ Only my words and my images were used to create the infrastructure.
✔ Your privacy and the authenticity of your art are my #1 concern. ALWAYS!
✔ None of your images are used to train the assistant, nor do I store your photos in a database for any reason.
For Blake, it's all about the art and process synergy. He dives deep into complex topics and makes them easy to understand through his outside-the-box thinking so that you can use these tricks in your workflow today!
Where is the light coming from in the near hill. Given the position of the sun it should be in shadow
That’s not exactly how light works. Light wraps around objects, I am almost parallel to the sun, the sun is casting its light directly at me, I am feeling the warmth. The rock would feel it too 😉
Hi Blake,
Just used your Visio Mentor a couple of times. It gave me great direction on what I needed to know. A great product and I like the feedback given. People need to considered, it is only a means of feedback for them to either look at the image and see it from another perspective, or ignore it. They are the artist, they should know what they wanted from the image and give the correct indication when asking for the feedback. But personally any feedback is GOOD feedback and is the best feedback. Keep up the good work. I like it
Okay, so you created a tool and now that tool is instructing you!?!? That must feel both a little surreal and satisfying at that same time. Well done. I’ve only run one image through the mentor so far, and as with this image, it resulted in me making some subtle changes that I believe helped the vision and image overall.
haha, yeah, we all have blind spots 🙂 I like that this helps me see them. We are ALL always too close to our photos. We can very easily point out the stick in others’ eyes, but rarely see the log in our own.