Perception: What Do You Really See?
How to play with the viewer’s mind through creative composition in landscape photography.
What separates a good landscape photograph from an exceptional one? It’s the idea and feeling the photograph leaves within you. Have you ever been unable to take your eyes off a landscape photograph? It was likely thanks to its creative composition and special atmosphere.
But how can you achieve something like this in your photography? In this focus group, we will concentrate on effectively playing with the viewer’s mind so they can’t take their eyes off your photograph. You will also learn how to approach composing a photograph and what can contribute to making your photographs exceptional.
About Filip Hrebenda:
Filip Hrebenda is a professional landscape photographer based in Slovakia. From a young age, he often ventured into the mountains in extreme conditions. It was his passion for mountains and nature that led him to photography. The message of his work is to convey the atmosphere of the photographed place and the feelings he had while photographing in challenging conditions to the viewers. Filip has received many prestigious awards for his art. His work has been published in the most important media in the world, and his photographs have also been exhibited worldwide. Since 2018, Filip has been organizing photo workshops to pass on his knowledge to other photographers.
- Duration: 40 minutes
Date
- 24 Feb 2025
Time
- 17:00 - 17:40
Cost
- $5.00
Location
Speaker
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Filip HrebendaFilip Hrebenda is a professional landscape photographer based in Slovakia. Since childhood, he has been fascinated by mountains and wilderness. Growing up in a small town in the heart of Slovakia, he was close to the high mountains - the High Tatras. And it was precisely here that his passion for hiking and photography began. From a young age, he sought out landscapes that were not common. Therefore, he often ventured into the mountains in extreme conditions. It was his passion for mountains and nature that eventually led him to photography. The message of his work is to convey the atmosphere of the photographed place and the feelings he had while photographing in challenging conditions to the viewers, thus allowing them to perceive the beauty of the wildest places in the world, which are becoming increasingly rare on Earth. Filip has received many important awards for his art. In 2021, he was awarded as Nature Photographer of the year in prestigious competitions such as the Tokyo Foto Awards, Budapest Foto Awards, and Moscow Photo Awards for his project titled "Born of Fire". In the same year, he received an award for the same project in the Sony World Photo Awards. A year later, he was awarded the title "Astronomy Photographer of the Year - Aurora" in London. In 2023, was Filip titled the best European Landscape photographer of the year by the prestigious Federation of European Photographers. His work has been published in the most important media in the world such as CNN, BBC, National Geographic, Forbes, The Guardian and others. His photographs have also been exhibited worldwide. Since 2018, Filip has been organizing photo expeditions and workshops, where he pass on his knowledge to other photographers.
