Creative Living and Expressive Photography With Alister Benn

Episode 27: Today, I sit down with Scotland-based landscape photographer and educator, Alister Benn, to chat about:

His journey into being a full-time landscape photographer
What expressive photography means to him
The idea of possessing creativity through creative living
The role of emotions in personal expression and creativity
The relationship between innate creativity and the subconscious mind
His five figures of engagement: luminosity, contrast, color, geometry, and atmosphere and how they allow us to compose more creatively
How openness, acceptance, and non-judgment cultivate creativity
Finding your creative voice through failures, experiments, practice, and play
How color can blind us somewhat to the strength or weakness of a composition
And so much more!

LINKS MENTIONED:

Website: https://expressive.photography [Get 15% off any of Alister’s educational offerings on his website using coupon code OUTDOOR15]

Follow Alister Benn on Instagram

Follow the Expressive Photography YouTube Channel

Alister’s Luminosity and Contrast Theory Ebook

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Alister Benn

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Alister Benn is a Scottish landscape photographer, writer, and musician living in the far west of Scotland with his wife Ann Kristin. Together they run Expressive Photography, which is focused on online learning and small workshops.

Alister’s approach to the landscape is on an emotional level, where each line, texture, color, or atmospheric element has an emotional counterpoint in the viewer. For Alister, landscape photography is an experiential art form, layered with perspective and the urge to articulate something of that wonder through skillful presentation.

Over the years he has been awarded first prizes in some of the world’s most renowned competitions including the Memorial Maria Luisa and Px3 (Paris Photography Prize).