A meditative photography retreat for those who already know how to operate a camera and feel that something is missing. Twelve people, one whole day.
Your photos are correct and say nothing. It is almost never a matter of technique: you already knew what you would find before you left home.
Miksang comes from the Tibetan contemplative tradition and means good eye. It is the photography of clear perception: you do not look for the image, you perceive something whole, and the camera only confirms what has already happened in the eye.
It is not a class in technique, camera settings or editing. If that is what you are looking for, I will tell you before you pay.
I have been photographing for over thirty years, and drawing with light since 2009. I also keep a contemplative photography practice, Fotografia Meditativa. I live in Atibaia. In February 2019, I led the photographic expedition of a study trip through Bhutan and India. At three thousand one hundred meters, on the Dochula pass, I photographed the meeting with Karma Ura, president of the body that formulated Gross National Happiness.
The photographs on this page are from that trip. The retreat is in Atibaia, and that is exactly the point: the eye you train far away is the same one that serves you on your own street.
It begins in silence and ends with each person showing what they saw.
Those who have been photographing for a while and feel their images have become repetitive. Those who have good equipment and use it little. Those who want a calmer relationship with their own images, without the rush to post. Those who meditate and have never brought that together with photography.
Bring your camera, whatever it is, or just your phone. Comfortable clothes and walking shoes. Nothing else.
Thursday, September 24, at 8 p.m., live: one hour on why photos come out technically correct and say nothing. It is the practice the retreat goes deeper into. Leave your email and I will send you the link and, two days before, a reminder.
One email about the class, another with the link. Nothing else.
Send me a message. I reply personally, answer your questions and, if it makes sense for you, send the payment link. If the group fills up, there is a second date on November 7.
