Recommended Fine-Art

Creating striking, subtle dark images in B&W photography

by Joel Tjintjelaar | Jun 15, 2018 | B&W RECOMMENDED, Blog, FINE-ART RECOMMENDED, Tutorials

Creating Striking But Subtle Dark Images In Black And White Photography There are many wrong assumptions in black and white photography, when it comes down to tonal zones and what they represent, and how contrasts should be used to reveal details. In this tutorial...

Being a professional photographer in the digital age

by Joel Tjintjelaar | May 16, 2018 | Blog, FINE-ART RECOMMENDED

Making a living out of professional photography in the digital age is not always what you might expect. Perhaps this assertion can be rephrased by replacing photography with any other profession/skillset in the age of Internet and social media. Because, does it really...

THE CREATIVE PROCESS IN ART

by Joel Tjintjelaar | Nov 24, 2017 | Blog, FINE-ART RECOMMENDED

What is creativity? How elusive is it and can we learn creativity? This article tries to describe the creative process and what it really is based on an influential essay of military strategist John R. Boyd and then tries to apply it to the artistic process.

Interview with Julia Anna Gospodarou

by Joel Tjintjelaar | Oct 27, 2017 | Blog, FINE-ART RECOMMENDED, Interviews, most popular, Spotlight interview

An in-depth interview with multiple award-winning fine-art photographer and architect Julia Anna Gospodarou. We don't talk gear or techniques only art and photography.

Architectural Photography – Real estate and fine art

by Joel Tjintjelaar | Jul 15, 2017 | Blog, FINE-ART RECOMMENDED

Architectural photography can roughly be separated in traditional or real estate architectural photography on one hand and fine art architectural photography on the other hand. The difference is a difference in intention of the photographer.

Top 5 Photography Books

by Wesley | Nov 14, 2016 | Blog, FINE-ART RECOMMENDED

Subjectivism – a fine art photography manifesto

by Joel Tjintjelaar | Aug 7, 2016 | Blog, FINE-ART RECOMMENDED, Tutorials

A personal selection of books that are not the typical technical books on photography, some aren't even on photography at all, but have proven to be influential books that have changed how photography as an art form can be approached and thought of.

Three Secrets to great color fine art photographs

by Joel Tjintjelaar | Mar 1, 2016 | Blog, FINE-ART RECOMMENDED, Tutorials

An attempt to demystify and understand the creation of art and fine art photography in particular. A theoretical and practical manifesto to defining, analysing, approaching and creating fine art and other photographs that are considered meaningful. And finally an...

Vision, Visual Styles and Critics in fine-art photography

by Joel Tjintjelaar | Feb 11, 2016 | Blog, FINE-ART RECOMMENDED, Tutorials

Why do so many people prefer creating fine art images in black and white rather than in color? Do colors distract from the subject, like most people would say, including me in the recent past? Now I would say no, not when color is used thoughtfully and to emphasize the subject.

Michael Levin photographer Interview

by Joel Tjintjelaar | Nov 20, 2015 | Blog, FINE-ART RECOMMENDED

I haven’t been very active on social media and here on my website for the last six months. Part of my existence as a professional photographer/educator consists not only of actually taking photographs but also of evaluating the work that I try to create and...

The Artist’s Vision – Cole Thompson

by Joel Tjintjelaar | Dec 10, 2014 | Blog, FINE-ART RECOMMENDED, Tutorials

Michael Levin is a fine-art photographer from Canada who had a major influence on the style of black and white long exposure photography that became very popular in the last decade: minimalistic and very aesthetic black and white photographs from mainly seascapes and landscapes.

The concept and making of Visual Acoustics VIII – Silence and Light – New York City Sunrise

by Joel Tjintjelaar | Jun 17, 2014 | B&W RECOMMENDED, Blog, FINE-ART RECOMMENDED, Tutorials

The vision behind Cole Thompson’s “The Angel Gabriel” After having done several interviews with leading and renowned B&W fine art photographers, I’m starting this new series in which I interview B&W fine art photographers with just one single purpose: discuss...