{"id":7622,"date":"2017-03-15T15:47:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T15:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apogeephoto.com\/?p=7622"},"modified":"2017-03-15T15:50:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T15:50:52","slug":"move-your-imagination-and-improve-your-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apogeephoto.com\/move-your-imagination-and-improve-your-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Move Your Imagination And Improve Your Images"},"content":{"rendered":"

You don’t need a camera in hand to become a better photographer. Though mental practice alone, you can improve your photography skills. The key is to move while you imagine.<\/p>\n

Jim Austin, M.A. <\/a>covers four steps for visualizing without the camera. The goal is to improve your pictures and make your performance smoother….<\/p>\n

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This type of visualization toward a specific goal, where you create mental images while you mimic real world moves, may also improve your concentration.<\/p>\n

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An image of tree sap.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

No Camera<\/b><\/h3>\n

No camera is involved when we train our brain with our visualization. magination. Visualization here means mentally imagining a specific sequence in photographing a scene. This imaginative visualization extends a key concept in photography.<\/p>\n

It takes even further the idea of “seeing the final picture in your mind’s eye,” the visualization that Ansel Adams talked about,\u00a0<\/a> to a more structured practice, instead of the “quick and instinctive process” that Adams discussed.<\/p>\n

This camera-free visualization technique comes from experience and research. Here are just three examples.<\/p>\n

ON the GREEN: Example 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Imaginative visualization plays a key role in athletic performance. Golfer Arnold Palmer used his imagination to “see” the ball go in the hole and “will” it there. Like top athletes, top photographers can also fire up their visual imagination for successful sessions.<\/p>\n

OFF the Court : Example 2
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Take three basketball teams who practiced their free throws. Team One practices free throws on the court and shoots for twenty minutes daily. Team Two does not even get on the court or touch the ball, but visualizes making winning free throws. Team Three does not visualize or practice.<\/p>\n

The psychologist Alan Richardson set up these three teams in a study to see how they would do.<\/p>\n

The results? You guessed it. Team Two, the guys that visualized, were almost as good at free throws as Team One, who practiced physically for 20 minutes each day.<\/p>\n

MADONNA’S Moves: Example 3<\/b><\/p>\n

Madonna? Yes, Madonna has been a successful pop superstar for over 30 years. Her moves are as smooth and captivating as her vocals. Her secret is practice, and moving while she visualizes. Madonna practices hard every afternoon and always does a \u2018dry run\u2019 sound check of her entire show before every performance.<\/p>\n

This allows the source of muscle memory – the cerebellum in her brain- to relax and rehearse each move in advance. Each move gets locked in like back button auto-focus.<\/p>\n

As Madonna imagines her dance and vocal moves, in essence all the spheres of Madonna’s brain –visual, motor, executive–are working in harmony together as she does her visualization and moves together.<\/p>\n

Pro photographers do the same thing. How? To engage their whole brains working together for optimal performance, they visualize and add movement.<\/p>\n

Multiple exposure of the jib on a sailboat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

VISUALIZATION for Photographers : 4 Steps<\/b><\/p>\n

Visualization, or mental imagery, is a technique of focusing on positive mental images to achieve a goal, without the camera, in the absence of an external event or scene. In four steps, any photographe can learn visualization.<\/p>\n