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Selecting your successful Miksang photos is as much part of Miksang Photography as a meditation-in-action.
Beautiful aesthetic Miksang photos are the natural outcome with the Miksang Method to photography.
FEEL your photos and develop practical photographic skills.
FEEL your flash perception when selecting.
Keep FEELING the freshness during all stages in the process of perception and selecting your pictures.
Experience shows that after a Miksang Retreat (or multiple) and/or after an online Miksang course, the inspiration for seeing fresh and geuien photogrpaahy tend to fade. Conventional viewing and the ambition of 'beautiful photos' take over again! Unconsioulsy, consciously - in a way very logical. After all, you have been labelling, dividing into 'I like it' and 'I don't like it' and judging for so long! In short, you have been investing in rational and reasoning thinking for so long that this has become your best trained habit.
There is something sticky and persistent in reasoning and ananlyzing: when you experience and recognize a flash of perception, and the moment you press the button on your camera, it occurs to you suddenlt think 'I have to take a beautiful photo!'
Either you are too strict, or you are too loose,loc about what Miksang is and is not.
"What you think and want and look for as a beautiful photo is always less than when you are available, receive what touches you, allow this and apply the 5 steps of the Miksang Method. Just like brushing your teeth; you know that this is healthy and you do it every day, with and without meaning to; it has become a habit. Let the Miksang Method become your new habit!"
During the group discussions you stabilize your Miksang spirit, deepen your confidence in looking, seeing and photographing honestly and you learn to make a good selection from your Miksang photos.
The camera technique is not that complicated; our busy thinking mind is! In Miksang you keep the photo technique simple & precise
The 5+1 steps in Miksang are applied contemplative questions, for every flash of perception that you come to a stop for
Miksang photography is a powerful form of meditation as meditation-in-action. You calm your reasoning mind, relax deeply and see clearly.
The flash of perception is either one or it is not one. There is no such thing as a half-flash of perception or a little bit of a flash
Slowing down begins with standing still, and with the visual discernment with the Miksang Method
The magic of successful Miksang photos goes hand in hand with the 5 steps of the Miksang Method & choosing the strongest beauties
Do you think you should leave your photos pure? Do you think you should crop the photo because the 'rectangle' often doesn't fit?
In the beginning of your Miksang practice I discourage post-processing of photos. Why? Because your conceptual view and your photographic/creative ambition are still very active. Because of this you often don't trust your fresh view (yet) and you don't trust it while looking at your photos either: you start thinking reasoning, become critical, start doubting. or your perfectionism rears its head, or you call it 'Miksang' too quickly. Suddenly the photo is boring, or 'I've already taken this' or 'someone has already photographed this', or you make it more contrasty or make the colours brighter or lighter, or you think 'most of them aren't good enough' or 'it's fine like this, doesn't need post-processing' or 'yes, fresh!' and you don't straighten the photo, don't crop it or adjust the exposure.
Now that you are more settled in Miksang as a practice: in the Miksang approach, post-processing is the aspect of balance. With this you edit your photos so that it shows exactly as you saw it. With this you practice sincerity and precision, and the inner and outer Miksang teachings come together.
As often as you want - your 10 photos will be reviewed and you will learn just as much from the discussions of and with your Miksang buddies. Each session Hèlen will bring up one or more aspects of the Miksang practice.
It is most beneficial if you select and submit your photos once a month: this way you will stay in touch with the Miksang approach after your Miksang courses/retreats, and it will also prevent yourself from slipping back into your conceptual or reasoning approach.
When? Once a month on a weekday evenin: every 4th or 5th Wednesday
Time: 20:00 - 22:15
All the attention for yourself! Give yourself 1 hour + 15 minutes for a personal 1-on-1 Miksang coaching. You can ask all your questions, and you will receive the help and support you need at that moment to strengthen your Miksang Mindset and your Miksang seat.
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