Most people learn to photograph.
Few learn to see.
THE LUMINA METHOD™ by Per Valentin is a repeatable way of working through your photographic choices. It is for photographers who know their camera but want to be clearer about their subjects, their selection and what their photographs say.
Technique can be taught.
Good choices take practice.
Many photographers have mastered the craft. The photographs are sharp and correctly exposed. But they do not always hold together, and the photographer may struggle to explain why they were taken.
THE LUMINA METHOD™ by Per Valentin gives you seven set questions to ask of every photograph. They help you see more, choose better and notice the choices you repeat.
Seven questions that sharpen your choices.
The questions are the starting point of the Method. You use them while photographing, selecting images and reviewing your work afterwards.
How it works: look before raising the camera. Decide what belongs in the frame. Afterwards, review whether those choices did what you intended. Use what you notice the next time you photograph.
- MEANING
Why should this photograph exist?
What makes the subject worth photographing.
- SEEING
What am I really seeing?
The light, people and details you notice before raising the camera.
- FEELING
What feeling should the photograph carry?
The mood or feeling you want the photograph to convey.
- INTENTION
What do I include — and what do I leave out?
Your choices of framing, distance and timing.
- RHYTHM
How does the eye move through the photograph?
The lines, repetitions and pauses that guide the eye.
- IDENTITY
How does this photograph become part of my visual language?
The recurring choices that make the photographs yours.
- THE THIRD DIMENSION
What stays with the viewer?
What the photograph leaves the viewer feeling or thinking beyond what it shows.
“My measure of when an image is interesting has changed.”
The Method stays the same, wherever you use it.