What Gives Life to a Photograph?
What makes a compelling image? It’s a combination of light, visual design, gesture, and moment, along with strong composition. A few of these, or all of them, can combine to make strong images. In this talk, Brenda will share her insights and ideas on these key elements that can make a photograph more compelling. She will also discuss the importance of a personal vision and photographing with heart, soul and camera.
Brenda is a professional photographer and educator with a life-long wanderlust for exploring and photographing. She began her career in 1985 in corporate and editorial photography markets. Her photographs have appeared on the pages of Sierra Club Magazine and Calendar, Audubon, National Geographic Books, Michelin Travel Guides, Nature Conservancy, Traveler, and many more. She then turned her focus to her first passion – nature and wildlife photography – and has received high commendations for her work in Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Expressions Magazine Photo Competition (NANPA).
Brenda is the author/photographer of Expressive Nature Photography (Monacelli Press), and co-author with Jed Manwaring of Extraordinary Everyday Photography (Penguin-Random House). For three years, she was a judge for the USA Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, hosted by renowned English photographer Charlie Waite. Brenda also loves to share her passion for photography through teaching workshops and leading photo tours internationally.
You can learn more about Brenda and her work at:
Website: https://www.brendatharp.com/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/brendatharp
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brenda_tharp_photo
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