I asked Google for information about how to become a "Minimalist Photographer". The first answer was "simplify, simplify, simplify".
Minimalist Photography
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So, what is minimalist and what is too much or even too less for still being minimalist? In this post I want to show you some examples and you decide yourself.
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The above image is my contribution to this week's PhotoFeed Contest. The theme of the week is Minimalist Photography.
"As an approach in photography, minimalism or minimalistic photography could be taken by the photographer in all genres. No matter you are a portrait, architecture, landscape etc. photographer, minimalist photos are always an option as long as you have a minimal look toward your surroundings" - Milad Safabakhsh, Founder of Minimalist Photography Awards (Source: Wikipedia)
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Especially in Autumn and in Winter I find it easier to shoot minimalist photos, because most nature is just white from fog or snow and it's a lot easier to find suitable photo motifs like a lone tree or a single buoy in the water.
Or can even shooting a castle result in a minimalist photo?
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Minimalist photography stems from its initial art movement; minimalism, which was a movement in the 1950s that emerged in the United States, also known as Minimalist Art, Reductive Art or ABC Art. As the name denotes, minimalism - which originates from the word minimum - means the slightest or the littlest amount required. In the art world, minimalism employs a limited amount of elements to construct the desired effect. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Do minimalist images have to be in black & white or at least monochrome? Or would a heart shaped cloud in the blue sky or a rock in a river also count as minimalist photography?
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Fog isn't only best for woodland photography where it helps separating the trees from the background. Dense fog on the lake lets the messy background disappear and the swimmers platform gives a nice minimalist motif.
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How about the last pink colours of a gorgeous sunrise that I have missed? I was up on a little mountain where the sunrise wasn't interesting at all and so I drove back down into the foggy valley. While driving, I saw the clouds getting more and more pink and until I found a spot to park the car, the colours faded slowly.
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What do you prefer - a snowy hill or a snowy hill with a tree? I couldn't take more of the tree because it's a rather large group of trees and there's also a house.
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Before I end this post I want to show you my most minimalist photo which I would rather call a wildlife photo 😉 I think that's too much minimalist:
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Well, that was it, my first post in 2022 and I do hope the count of my posts will not be as minimalist as in 2021.
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These are just awesome Johann!! I would've never thought that there were four ducks in that photo but sure enough..they are there! I think I prefer the photo with the tree myself. I can't say for sure as these are all favorites but I especially love that Winter Sunrise! The subtle hues captured in the fog are just so pretty. I'm glad you noticed them and was able to stop and photograph it!! 💖
When I opened the images of the ducks on the computer I thought I had photographed nothing because when I took the photos they were much better to see 😁
I have taken the Winter Sunrise and the castle shot on the same morning. The fog was amazing and although I was too late for the intense colours, these pastel tones were not bad either ☺️
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I do love lonely Minimalist Photography and you have some awesome examples here I knew you wouldn't pass this one on, even thought they are all great minimalist photos, I especially like the "Rock in the Soča River, Slovenia" 👍
Thanks a million, buddy, you're the first one who mentions this rock 😁
I love it how some rocks in this river appear kind of golden in the right light
For me it's easier in Winter to shoot minimalist photos, because there are not so many distractions, but I'm learning 😉
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I am just a sucker for rock formation it is always hard to shoot minimalist photos only because it is hard to find isolated objects but I do always look out for them. My week has been good, busy and sunny couldn't ask for anymore 🌞
Take care and have a nice week ending @johannpiber 👍
My week's about the same - very busy in the office but sunny outside. Hopefully the weather stays nice till the weekend 🌞
You have a nice rest of the week too 😀
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My weekend is going great nice and sunny and enjoying the beach weather, I hope you get to see a bit of sun yourself Vitamin D does wonders for you Johnny 😊🌞
Our weather is also very nice. In the morning foggy but later it's sunny.
Have a great weekend, enjoy the beach, my friend 🌞
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Love those foggy morning starts and I had a great weekend my friend hope your weekend was enjoyable 👍
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Your minimalism is growing on me, Hannes. They are all lovely and I really like the LakeWörthersee one with the red buoy. The cloud one seems to be winking.😉
It always refreshing you trying something different and we get to enjoy it.
We are having the first real snow storm of the winter. Temps still around freezing mark but they are warning to stay off the roads.
Have a great weekend, dear Hannes. 🤗
Thank you so much kindly for your nice words, dear Jo, and for everything 🤗
We have quite nice weather here, but it's cold. Tomorrow it might snow again, but not much.
So everything is beautifully white now on PEI. Take care if you have to drive. Wishing you a happy weekend 🌞
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I realise after reading your post @johannpiber that I have always loved minimalist scenes, they are beautifully simple and so pleasing to the eye, well at least to my eye. I love them all and in particular Castle Haimburg, Carinthia with its little touch of colour.
It is a nice start to my day breathing in your photography, thank you.
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It's always so nice to read your comments, Angie 🤗
I love minimalist scenes more and more for the same reasons you have said, and I'm always looking to find nice photo motifs. The castle was a lucky find. I was there to shoot the sunrise, but I have been a bit too late for the intense pink sky. Then the fog showed me the a bit of the castle and all I had to do was to wait and click 😊
I'm Johann or Hannes, whatever you prefer - I listen to both 😁
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What a nice idea ..... Just to present what you like to photograph ...
I like ... especially a single buoy
and a cloud like a heart🥰
Have a nice evening @johannpiber 🥰🌼
Thank you so much that you like my minimalist photography, @Suzana72 🤗
I like the lake most when it's foggy like on that morning.
The heart shaped cloud is one of my oldest photos and I have never seen a similar cloud again.
Wishing you a fabulous weekend, dear @Suzana72 🌞
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My pleasure dear @johannpiber 🤗
Yes, with the help of fog, everything is more beautiful
Yes, and I only met a heart-shaped cloud formation once ...
But she wasn't as beautiful as yours ...
Thanks a lot @johannpiber 🥰
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Thank you again and it's a surprising fabulous day
Cool, it's snowing 🌨️
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Beautiful minimalist photos! My most favorite is the "Heart shaped Cloud" It's really wonderful with the bright blue sky. Great collection! 🙂
The heart shaped cloud is one of my oldest photos and I love it too - thank you so much kindly for your nice words, my friend 🤗
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Soft photography giving a hint of what is around makes the Lake Wörthersee photograph appealing with the dash of red on the buoy.
Winter sunrise defining land from sky by touch of pink above, gentle land below and by what looks like a goose in flight in between land and sky.
Lone tree along the line most appealing in detail putting more life into the photograph, indicator of life continuing even under harsh conditions.
Wonderful photography giving a feeling of being drawn in, simple relaxing scenes.
Good luck in the contest and thanks for sharing your world.
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I like the lake most in such foggy conditions when you can't see the other side of the lake, no boat traffic and no tourists.
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Foggy conditions leave much to the imagination which makes photography very appealing.
Sitting watching treeline or movement slowly reveal a for a moment, then swallowed up again like a fresh drawing board, always interesting.
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Oh yes, especially when I took the photos of the castle it was fun to watch the fog move and reveal and hide the castle and wait for the right moment to make the click 😀
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Was thinking of that castle looming in the mist, dragons taking off or wizards throwing spells down you sparking some enchantment into the land below.
Had you waited longer someone might have thought you to be a statue and photographed too 😆
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Haha, I think the dragons were more like the cleaning women who were wondering what I was doing down there and not wizards threw spells down, but the cleaning women their brooms 😂 !LOLZ
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As long as they only throw broomsticks at you and don't come swooping down at you from the wall tops, now who lives in the castle?
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Sorry, only got here now and I am in a hippo mood today.
That is indeed a great picture and the band stand in the other picture is also cool.
I can't decide if I like the first picture, or the one of the rock the most.
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Oh yes, that certainly could be as I thought the 4 black spots were your finger tip marks on the lens of your camera when you took the shot 🤣
We already lead a minimalist lifestyle my friend and the photos fit right in here 🤣
Nothing luxurious or extravagant and only the very basics to survive 😉
We wish you all of the very best mate.
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Haha, my lens is most times clean, sometimes it's fogged up and I don't notice it for a while because at the moment I'm shooting many times in foggy conditions 😄
Yeah you live it and I'm searching it, but only to take photos. We have nothing luxurious or extravagant either, but we have a lot, a lot more than we need, i have to admit.
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Hahaha, the squirrels tease me and I tease you, also with a smile on my face like now 🤣
Just so do a lot of people that have much more than they need. We see it often at the charity when someone cleans out their wardrobes, or their house.
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Those are certainly minimalist. It's not only enough to "simplify," but the image must still be engaging, and I think you've hit the nail on the head. The small, simple, minimalist nail of course. 😂
of those last two images I prefer the one with just the hill, without the tree. It is more open to imagination and interpretation.
Oh yes, I like the hill without the tree more too 😀
I'm still a very beginner in minimalist photography, but it makes fun.
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Well I have no idea on precisely what counts as a minimalist image but I know what I like and I love all of these although I will admit on a phone it’s hard to find the ducks
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Even on a big monitor it's hard to see the ducks 😉
Thank you so much for your nice compliment, my friend, I always appreciate your kind comments 😊
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Beautiful set of images @johannpiber! I particularly love the castle, barely visible through the delicate blue foggy atmosphere.... :)
Thanks so much kindly for your nice compliment, Cath, the castle is also my favourite photo 🙂
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Oh yeah, thanks a million, I love these 4 ducks 😂
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