The Arcanum and Minimisation!

What is the Arcanum and what is Minimisation?

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Good questions, I am glad you asked!

The Arcanum is a learning pathway created by Trey Ratcliff, go look at his website ‘Stuck in Customs‘. First off, you have to apply to join and be ‘selected’ by a master who will help you on your way to photographic nirvarna. For the first ‘sphere’ this is actually quite easy.

Spheres, yes, you get placed in a sphere (not literally). Once cocooned inside this photographic bubble you find yourself with likeminded photographers undertaking challenges and critiques. Challenges can be official and part of your journey, but also set by the ‘Master’ of your cohort. Don’t expect 100’s of +Likes, this ain’t that kind of game.

As you progress through the challenges you must get your photo’s critiqued by your ‘Master’, who will decide if you can progress. In reality this is not as tough as it sounds, as, the photos you submit will already have been grilled by other cohort members!

At the end of sphere 1, you go back to waiting for another master. Here it gets a little more specialised. I have now joined ‘sphere 2’, a cohort led by Wes Hardaker, check out his fabulous website ‘capturedonearth‘. In this cohort I will be increasing my focus through ‘minimilisation techniques’.

Earlier this week I set out with minimilsation in mind. Here are a couple of ‘keepers’. It will be interesting to see where this new Arcanum Sphere takes me….

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