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by Editor Colin Dixon
Edited and published by Yvette Depaepe, the 15 March 2024
'Dancing Trees' by Nel Talen
Impressionist photography is a term used to describe the work of photographers who evoke the pictorial vision of Impressionism and turn it into photography using their camera almost as a paintbrush.
Painterly or Abstract images that draw the viewer in, impressionism is a way of seeing and engaging the viewer in the interpretation of the subject and mood. You can say that the primary aim of impressionist photography is expressing the effect of light, movement and colour upon the objects in the scene. Impressionist photographs lead us on a journey and evoke feelings. We don't want to make a document of a subject; instead, we aim to make a photograph that viewers will respond to emotionally. It is a way of seeing, thinking, feeling and reacting to what is in front of us.
This can be achieved in Camera or of course in Photo editing software.
In camera we can use :
ICM (Intentional Camera Movement)
Multiple exposures in Camera or in software
Long exposures to create movement etc.
Zooming during the exposure
Very low depth of field selective focus
Lens blurring using materials, gels or vaseline on a lens
Tilt shift effects either via a dedicated lens or taking your lens off the camera and holding it in front.
These are just a few of the techniques available to us.
In Photoshop there are many techniques we can use to create a painterly impressionistic photograph.
Blurring effects
Textures.
Layering images with a slight shift of position on each layer
Plugins that will produce the effect you need for your pictures
One thing that is important is that you must use the normal techniques of composition, exposure and in some cases focus even though your intention is not to produce a sharp image. The other important factors are light and dark high contrast and colour contrast to bring the image to life and finally shapes to draw the viewer in.
Below we can see the wonderful work of the amazing artists in our community here on 1x. Inspiration for us all.
'Speed train' by Carmine Chiriaco
'Inoculation' by Gilbert Claes
'Passengers in time' by Fadwa Rouhana
n/t by Ibrahim Nabeel
'Impressionism of a face' by Natalia
'Winter scene' by Milan Malovrh
'Cherry blossom' by Martina Stutz
'Cuba' by The Jar – Geir Jartveit
'By the sea' by Jacqueline van Bijnen
'York minster at night' by aRRO
'The train' by Lou Urlings
'Autumn walk' by Liliane Lathouwers
'Green Leaves' by Elena Arjona
'Closeness' by Roxana Labagnara
'Dance of Fire' by Aliza Riza
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 | Liliane Lathouwers Thanks a lot for the article Colin and Yvette, and for selecting my photo. |
 | joanaduenas PRO Excellent article and collection of images! |
 | Jørgen Wicklow PRO Fantastic collection, colors that capture |
 | Wael Onsy PRO Stunning collection |
 | Miro Susta CREW Lovely photo collection, well done Colin and Yvette |
 | Simona L. Neumann PRO Fantastic photo! Congratulatios! |
 | Fadwa Rouhana PRO Many thanks dear Yvette and Colin |
 | Yvette Depaepe CREW Our pleasure, Fadwa !!! |
 | Roberto Miniero PRO Marvelous compositions, exceptional colors, thank you for sharing |
 | Gabriela Pantu PRO I absolutely love these kind of images, the collection selected is amazing.Thank you and congratulations for this article and the superb pictures!❤️ |
 | New Impressionist PRO Wonderful collection of impressionist photography! I think New impressionist photography can absorb the essence of Impressionist painting and other left-leaning modern art schools. New impressionist photography will attract more audiences and adds beauty to the public in the trivial and boring daily life, and adds a little romantic and idealistic light to the ordinary real life. |
| New Impressionist PRO Practice of new impressionism photography https://1x.com/forum/photography/practice-of-new-impressionism-photography-55168184 Theory of new Impressionist photography https://1x.com/forum/photography/theory-of-new-impressionist-photography |
| | New Impressionist PRO New Impressionist photography can absorb the essence of impressionist painting and other left-leaning schools of modern art. In the photography exploration, the new Impressionist photography is mainly based on the Impressionist pictorial photography theme plus the form of abstract photography, surreal photography and other modern schools of photography. New impressionist photography believes that photography should serve the public aesthetic, photography works spread emotional beauty while having some form of beauty that may be more modern interesting.
The photographer's brain is a complex network composed of hundreds of millions of neurons. Photographer empathy for flowers and birds and human being. Their motions are expressed in photos. In addition to the theme content, photos also have a complex network formed by the combination of color, light and shadow, dots, lines and surfaces. The photographer's consciousness determines the choice of the subject, and the subconscious mind determines the formal composition of the complex network combined with dots, lines and planes in the photo. When the network motif, paradigm or mathematical expressions in the photos are the same and similar to the mold, paradigm or mathematical curve of the audience, the brain neural network of the audience thus produces resonance and resonance. The theme elements of the photo activate the audience's consciousness through association, and the form of the photo activate the audience's subconscious through the abstract form or fuzzy dream form.
New impressionist photography adds beauty to the public in the trivial and boring daily life, and adds a little romantic and idealistic light to the ordinary real life.
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| | New Impressionist PRO New impressionist photography can absorb the essence of Impressionist painting and other left-leaning modern art schools. In terms of emotional expression, large proportionlly expresses the rationality of the subject through the photographic works, while the remaining small proportion expresses the cognition, thoughts, emotions and emotions of the photographer subject stimulated by association and subconscious mind. In the process of exploration, the new impressionist photography is mainly based on the impressionist pictorial photography, abstract photography, surreal photography and other modern genres. There have been many photographic works about thematic and surreal, but thematic and abstract works are still worth exploring. In abstract photography, the layout of the geometric space of light and shadow, color blocks, dots, lines and surfaces can form a contrast, balance, and order based on the gestalt psychology. The change in the number of geometry of dots, lines and planes can form an abstract beauty similar to music. Few of the same geometry show a strong contrast of rhythm. A large number of the same geometric rhythm shows the contrast of the slow rhythm. A small number of different geometry form a big tune of the grand melody. A large number of points, lines and surfaces form a complex network and the occurrence of the geometric form arithmetical sequence, geometric series, Fibonacci sequence, etc., so as to show the soft beauty of minor tones. New impressionist photographer feels the picture of flowers, birds and human emotions, and empathizes with animals, plants and human beings. Through Impressionist themes, and forms of abstract photography and surreal forms, it activates the audience's subconscious and arouses resonance. |
 | SAMIR KUMAR SAMANTA PRO Beautiful creations, love the techniques used |
 | Izabella Végh PRO Bellissimo articolo, veramente molto interessante. Scelte delle fotografie è eccezionale. Grazie! |
 | Linda Lu PRO Good summary of the techniques and beautiful collection of images, very inspiring! |
 | Vladimir Funtak PRO Very nice graphics... |
 | Pang Teng Lin PRO Poetic impressive collection of work. Thank you for sharing. |
 | Gilbert Claes PRO I am a big fan of impressionism. Thank you very much, Colin and Yvette... for placing one of my impressionist works in this wonderful frame. Warmest regards. |
| Yvette Depaepe CREW Colin's choice and good one, Gilbert !!! ;-) |
 | jordiegeatorrent PRO Fantàstic. Un univers de possibilitats i emocions. Un ball per als sentits en una explosió de color i moviment. |
 | Annie Keizer PRO Wonderful collection of photographs and a very inspiring article. Compliment to Colin and Yvette 👍 |
| Yvette Depaepe CREW Especially to Colin, dear Annie! Thanks my friend. |
 | Gaby Grohovaz What a feast for the eyes and soul - thank you |
 | Jacqueline van Bijnen I am very honored, thank you Colin and Yvette |
| Yvette Depaepe CREW Thanks for your appreciation, Jacqueline ! |
 | Jane Lyons PRO Thanks Colin and Yvette for a very interesting article and for a fabulous collection of photographs! |
| Yvette Depaepe CREW Thank you, Jane !!! All credits go to Colin ;-) |
 | Alfredo Sanchez PRO Congratulations to all the photographers and especially to the Editor Colin Dixon and Yvette Depaepe!!!!!!!!!!!! |
 | Colin Dixon CREW Thank you so much Alfredo. |
| | Yvette Depaepe CREW Very nice and most inspiring article, Colin. Great choice of images too. Thank you so much! |
| Colin Dixon CREW Thank you :) |
 | Nel Talen PRO Thanks a lot for selecting my photo Colin en Yvette! |
| Yvette Depaepe CREW Perfect for this article, Nel ;-) |
 | Peter Aczel PRO Wonderful collection of art, thanks Yvette, Colin! |
| Yvette Depaepe CREW All credits go to Colin. Thanks for your appreciation, Peter!
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 | Greetje van Son PRO Love all those impresionistic photography. Thanks a lot for this beautiful series Colin. It works very inspiring. |
| Colin Dixon CREW Thank you I agree very inspirational something I like to do but not to this level yet glad to have inspired you to. |
 | Carmine Chiriacò CREW Thanks so much Yvette and Colin, very interesting article. |
| Colin Dixon CREW Thank you so much Carmine |
 | Aliza Riza PRO Thank you so much for selecting my photo for the article - Impressionist photography |
| Colin Dixon CREW No problem :) a great photograph Aliza |