9 More Ways to Find Your Voice
If the first episode gets you excited or curious about the possibilities, here are some of the ideas and techniques explored in the remaining 9 episodes of The Photographer's Voice.
Episode Two
Shooting: Unity of Intent
Learn to identify your personal visual tastes and preferences as the foundation for your unique voice as a photographer, and to hone that in both what you say and how you say it photographically.
Episode Three
Selection: Unity of Content 1
Having a voice means saying something; learning to identify the themes and through lines in your work is the first step. The next step is being intentional with your choice of those themes in bodies of work.
Episode Four
Selection: Unity of Content 2
Learn to look for specific beats and create the notes and rhythms that comprise a great body of work and make the strongest visual experiences as you create series that are stronger for having a unified theme.
Episode Five
Selection: Unity of Content 3
Discover new ways of thinking about selecting down to your keepers by editing your work on a theme and not only asking which images are best, but best for what?
Episode Six
Stylization: Unity of Aesthetics 1
Using cinematographers as your example, explore the power of creating visual harmony in your bodies of work, specifically with the intentional use of colour palettes and tools.
Episode Seven
Stylization: Unity of Aesthetics 2
Explore the qualities of colour that can be simply but powerfully used to create stronger colour harmonies and give better expression to your work, beginning with monochromatic & analogous harmonies.
Episode Eight
Stylization: Unity of Aesthetics 3
Learn about complementary colour and how to use it (together with HSL and color grading tools) to create mood, depth, and contrast in your work as well as keeping your bodies of work visually and thematically unified.
Episode Nine
Stylization: Unity of Aesthetics 4
Continue the exploration of colour with triadic harmonies and others, and my proposal for how you might use those colour harmonies more expressively in your work with an approach that begins more emotionally.
Episode Ten
Sharing: Unity of Presentation
Bring greater unity and power to your work by learning to be mindful of the output medium and conclude this series with a conversation about how photographic voice is more chosen than it is "discovered."
The single biggest step forward my own photography ever took was when I began making bodies of work and thinking more intentionally about how I wanted those images to work together. I want to help you to experience that same change in your photography. I want to help you figure out what it means to shoot like yourself. Comprised of 10 video episodes (each about 20 minutes long), this series is about making photographs that are not only good, but your own.
10 Video Lessons
All 10 lessons are yours the moment you enroll and can be streamed or downloaded to keep on your own device and watch offline. Full written transcripts are also available for download.
1 Bonus eBook
In case you don't already have a copy, your enrollment includes a PDF copy of my 77-page eBook The Visual Voice that complements this course so well.
Raising Their Voices
Way Beyond The Norm!
"The Photographer's Voice will be one of my top go-to resources! It's so refreshing to find an accomplished photographer willing to share their thinking and processes beyond the average "how-to" courses that seem to be the norm. This course is way beyond the norm! I plan to re-watch each episode (probably many times) as I begin to build out my own set of collections and series of photos. Thanks so much for the work you put into this course!"- Renee Phoenix
A Real Wow!
"Posting and sharing my work makes me anxious and queasy. I fear revealing how all over the place my photography is. The Photographer’s Voice teaches how and why our work is better envisioned, created, edited, developed, and presented in cohesive series of images. After watching the lessons, I took a small selection of images from my catalogue and applied what I learned. What was a “film roll,” became a honed series of cohesive images with the coveted “through line!” It’s a real “wow” to see a series of your own making! Thank you David!"- Anne Groton
I Learnt So Much
“The conundrum for many photographers is having confidence in your work and a clear sense of your own style. In recent years I have done a couple of workshops with other photographers about finding my style and I was none the wiser at the end. The Photographer’s Voice, gave me the tools and the confidence to recognise my voice by photographing what I care about and what interests me, and the choices I make in how I select and stylise my images. I learnt so much. Thank you, David!"- Claire Filson
Worth Every Penny!
"Brilliant course. After 2 long years stuck at home, you’ve got me excited about photography again.I’m already going back through my archives with a different eye, discovering themes and personal preferences I didn’t realize I had. I can’t wait to go back and watch the course again, because I’m sure I’ll pick up new ideas each time I watch. Worth every penny!"
- Victoria Bampton
Light Bulb Moments
"With The Photographer’s Voice David helps us take the next step in the journey along the ridge between the how and the why of this craft and he keeps both sides in view throughout the course. I found this course really motivating and could immediately apply the lessons on colour and building series of images. But even more exciting was the light bulb moment of starting to see how to build coherence into long term, personally important projects. If you find you are stuck trying to go somewhere with the images you are generating, then I recommend you take a serious look at this course."- John Harrop
Truly a Master Class
“After completing The Photographer’s Voice you will never think of color in the same way. Yes, color. While much of David’s work is B&W, he is also a master of color. In the Photographers Voice, David uses his unique method of expression to reveal concepts and techniques that you have probably never even thought of. You will learn the how’s and why’s of developing your unique photographic voice including using color to express yourself. This is truly a master class in self expression. Definitely 5 stars.”
- Judith Putnam
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