“Visual Time Travel:How to Take Your Viewers on a Trip” by Ray Schneider
Schedule
Mon, 17 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, 201 Washington St, Suite 326, Reading, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 19611 | Reading, PA
Join us at the GoggleWorks or watch online via Zoom. Explore how to compose pictures that draw the viewer in and that conjure a story in the mind.
Storytelling is a popular genre in the visual arts, but Ray Schneider will help participants do more than just tell stories with photographs. In addition to reviewing the core tenets of composition he will explore how composing pictures that are relatable, that evoke emotions, engage the viewer empathically and contain classic visual archetypes, dramatically increases the likelihood that the picture will take the viewer on a trip through their consciousness, past, present and future. The stronger this connection can be the more interesting and memorable the photograph will be.
During this presentation Ray will share pictures from a variety of genres including landscape, street photography and more. And he will offer ideas which come from the world of composition, perception, and cognitive psychology, for creating more impactful pictures.
Ray Schneider is a freelance photographer whose images span numerous genres including portrait, street, landscape, garden, animals, and events. An avid traveler, his images come from over 30 countries. He has published a book entitled What the Photographer Sees, available on Amazon and recently received a Portfolio Merit Award from Black and White Magazine. He teaches photography workshops and is also a speaker at camera clubs across the country.
Prior to becoming a professional photographer, Ray traveled the country as an operations management consultant. He is a recognized expert in process, quality and operations improvement consulting, with deep experience across a broad range of industries.
For Ray, seeing like a photographer is to perceive well. It’s creating images that are more than pretty pictures -- hopefully -- and that trigger the viewer’s inner-voice, that suggest a story, that evolve in the consciousness as they’re viewed, that invite a sense of curiosity, that cause one to pause and maybe take a closer look. www.rayschneiderphotography.com
This will be a paid event for non-members with a $10 donation. For non-members interested in attending, please register by making your $10 donation and receive the Zoom link at https://store.berksphotographic.org/product/club-donation/.
Where is it happening?
GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, 201 Washington St, Suite 326, Reading, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 19611
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