Zen and the Art of Smartphone Photography
During Carl’s unique and comprehensive 6-week program, you’ll learn how to…
• Take photos with intention, imbued with your personal message and ideas
• Develop a professional eye for the shot and see the world around you through a camera’s lens.
• Experience photography as a meditation, and as a way of deepening into your oneness and interconnectedness
• Be authentic with what you photograph and in the way you creatively engage with life, instead of reflexively reacting to your photographic subject, or to the world, with conditioned response patterns
• Further develop your artistry and creativity, and truly find the artist within you
• See the sacred in everything and find the best way to try to do it justice with your camera
• Use both natural and artificial light to your best advantage wherever you are
• Redefine photographic self-consciousness by taking truly “conscious selfies”
• Use social media in healthy, productive and enriching ways
• Enhance your photos using professional techniques in post-production graphics software
• Share your own inner light with the world through the pictures you take
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1: Taking Pictures with Intention with Carl Studna
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In this module, you’ll learn how to become an evocateur, first by setting your goals and intentions prior to even picking up your camera, and then find ways of infusing those intentions into your decisions about the kinds of stories you want... -
2: How To Develop An Eye For The Shot with Carl Studna
In this module, you’ll learn how to begin cultivating the ability to see striking imagery everywhere you go in a clear and awakened way—to see the extraordinary in the ordinary and know how to recognize the perfect light, perspective and angle for every shot you feel inspired to take.
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3: Photography As A Meditation For Oneness with Carl Studna
In this module, you’ll learn how to use Photography as a meditation by focusing on the stillness leading up to the moment when the shutter is clicked, and honoring the deep value of photography to commemorate and create and hold beautiful memories of moments in time that can be returned to again ...
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4: Mastering Social Media Considerations with Carl Studna
In this module, you’ll learn how to more effectively use your photographs on the various social media platforms Carl uses himself — Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn — exploring the categories of fine art, product marketing, event promotion, and supporting causes you believe in.
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5: How To Use Your Smartphone Camera To Get The Best Pictures with Carl Studna
In this module, you’ll learn how to better use composition to create beautiful pictures, exploring professional techniques for lighting in various situations, using effective camera angles, experimenting with different exposures, and recognizing potential problems to compensate for before you cl...
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6: Sticking With Your Vision To Get The Results You Want To See with Carl Studna
In this module, you’ll learn how to open yourself fully to your own unique vision as a photographer, and to think of yourself as the better photographer you are becoming, never second-guessing yourself or compromising in your quest to find a way to coax the image you want to see in through the sh...
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7: Sharing Your Light and Being A Luminescent Artist with Carl Studna
In this module, you will learn to cultivate and express the unique quality of light that is emerging from within you that expresses through you into your images, making your voice and message more powerful and enabling you to contribute your service, value and connection to those around you.
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8: Lighting Techniques with Carl Studna
In this module, you will learn everything you need to know about light and the subtle and not so subtle ways you can use it to enhance your photos and achieve the effects you want, regardless of where you are taking a given photo or where your available light is being sourced from.
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9: Conscious Selfies — Redefining Self-consciousness with Carl Studna
In this module, you will learn how to overcome the usual kind of self-consciousness that happens when you take a picture of yourself, and instead allow your relaxed and essential self to shine through, which will also help you assist others you are photographing to rest into their own authentic ...
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10: How To Use Post-production Software To Enhance Your Photos with Carl Studna
In this module, you will learn how to professionally enhance your images using a free post production software app that will allow you to adjust many different aspects of your photos in the quest to bring your vision to fulfillment and help the image to become its best self, just as you are ever...
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11: Being Authentic Vs. Conditioned Patterns & Responses with Carl Studna
In this module, you will learn techniques for quickly connecting with and relating to your subjects, honoring them and making them feel more comfortable with having their photos taken (something most people hate to do), so they can feel at ease and show their uniqueness and their authentic beauty...
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12: Artistry & Creativity — Seeing And Revealing The Sacred with Carl Studna
In this module, you will learn what it truly means to be an artist (even if you’re only expressing yourself creatively with your phone’s camera), and how to own that designation, knowing that every time you take a picture, you are revealing and exploring the sacredness of life through your creat...
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A. Bonus Why Take Pictures
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B. Bonus_ What Imagery Are You Drawn To_
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C. Bonus_ Dance Between Light and Shadows
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D. Bonus Seeing Photography As An Adventure
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Carl Studna Mentoring #2
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Carl Studna Mentoring #1
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Carl Studna Mentoring #3