Contemplative Photography Courses
These workshops present the practice of contemplative photography. The courses include instructions, teachings, assignments, and image reviews. Courses are offered both online and in-person.
Level I - Introduction
This workshop offers a window on a new way of seeing our everyday world. We learn to recognize our fresh perceptions, so we can stay with the perception. Still and calm. not being swayed by the winds of conceptual thinking and the reasoning mind. We feel what we see and act upon the vivid experience of perception instead of what we think or associate about what we see. Something out of the blue comes to us, we let it in, fully, we connect fully and then we express our experience of seeing directly and vividly with our cameras or smartphones. When eye, heart and world are in the same place at the same time, seeing is clear and intimate, and your images are strong and vivid.
Level II - The Heart of Photography
The “Heart of Photography,” is where we study various “Fields of Perception” such as Flowers and Weeds, Impressionism, Zen Aesthetics, etc. First, we explore endless phenomenal world through the specific fields of perception. Then, we explore the inner aspects of the fields of perception. This way of practice is more fluid and interactive because the perceptual world is holistic and includes all that manifest. The images and practice of Level II will bear a contemplative mark in both aesthetic and process.