In this session, Eli Vega will cover some ideas from his book Right Brain Photography. You’ll learn how to see with your imagination instead of just your eyes, how to picture something before it even appears, and how photography can reflect styles like Impressionism and Surrealism. We’ll also touch on how concepts from Eastern philosophy can bring a fresh perspective to the way you shoot.

Eli Vega is a highly published, award-winning photographer and author. He has published two books on photography. He has taught photography for thirty years, including field workshops in Rocky Mountain National Park, and classes for OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) throughout the country. He is a certified facilitator and makes his classes and workshops casual, engaging, and fun.

He has made presentations to camera and art groups for twenty years and has served as a judge for two national photography competitions. Having studied art for three years, Eli takes an artistic approach to photography, emphasizing the creative aesthetics side of photography.

Eli is known for his two mantras: “The best photography is found where creative aesthetics and technical know-how meet,” and “I don’t see with my eyes. I see with my imagination.”