Most people learn to photograph.
Few learn to see.
You already know your camera. THE LUMINA METHOD™ isn't about more technique or more gear. It's about what you photograph, what you leave out, and why — and finding your own direction as a photographer.
“I came home with a completely different understanding of images.”
You know your camera. Technique is no longer the problem.
You can expose, compose and find the light. You can take good single pictures — and still miss:
- —direction
- —connection between the pictures
- —confidence about which pictures are truly yours
- —a clearer photographic voice of your own
THE LUMINA METHOD™ by Per Valentin is a practical way of working on exactly that. You work with seven simple questions before, during and after photographing — and with selecting, critiquing and bringing your pictures together.
I'm not here to teach you to photograph like me. I'm here to help you see more clearly in your own way.
— Per Valentin
The city is our working space.
A LUMINA Experience is not sightseeing. It is close, focused work with Per — every day.
- PhotographThe day's assignment takes you into the city — to people, places and light.
- ObserveLook first. Photograph afterwards.
- SelectYou choose your pictures — and leave others out.
- ReviewCritique and discussion with Per and the group every evening.
- ReturnWhen it makes sense, you go back to the same place or subject.
Not a formula. A way of working.
This is what you work toward — and carry forward:
- 01A clearer photographic direction
- 02More confidence in what you choose — and what you leave out
- 03A better sense of why some photographs keep working
- 04A stronger ability to work with series and connection
- 05A more conscious relationship with your own visual language
- 06A practical method for critique, selection and further work
A working and Method book.
212 pages that are an integral part of THE LUMINA METHOD™ by Per Valentin — not a bonus. It shows that LUMINA is a developed method, not simply a workshop. The book works with:
- Meaning
- Seeing
- Feeling
- Intention
- Rhythm
- Identity
- The Third Dimension
- Selection
- Image critique
- Series
- Visual signature
- Exercises and reflections
“It felt a little like finding my way back. I use my camera better now. I think I see better.”
Seven questions that sharpen your choices.
The questions help you see the subject, choose what matters and understand your own photographs. You learn to use them in the book and in the LUMINA formats.
Look first. Photograph afterwards. You use the questions before, during and after photographing — not to copy Per’s pictures, but to understand your own choices.
- MEANING
Why should this photograph exist?
- SEEING
What am I really seeing?
- FEELING
What feeling should the photograph carry?
- INTENTION
What do I include — and what do I leave out?
- RHYTHM
How does the eye move through the photograph?
- IDENTITY
How does this photograph become part of my visual language?
- THE THIRD DIMENSION
What stays with the viewer?
Palermo is the next Experience.
Nine days, max 12 participants and Per present throughout: the daily assignment, the work in the city, the selection in the afternoon and the review in the evening. The city is not the destination. The city is our working space.
Parma
This LUMINA Experience will not take place in November 2026.
Palermo
Hard Mediterranean light, dense streets and street life that does not wait for the photographer.
Bologna
Nine working days with the shifting light of the porticoes, the pace of the markets and the concentration of the workshops.
Per Valentin.
Photographer, author, teacher and mentor. More than 40 years in photography, including 15 years as Chairman of Selskabet for Dansk Fotografi. Per created THE LUMINA METHOD™ by Per Valentin.
On an Experience, he sets the daily assignment, follows the work and reviews the photographs every evening.
“My work is not to give you my pictures. My work is to help you find yours.”
Method, experiences and practicalities.
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