HT2319 - Adapting to the Possible
I've mentioned before that in my twenties and thirties I was an avid backpacker. Most of my landscape photography from those days is from deep in the forest, way out from civilization, in the solitude of pristine nature. My backpacking days are long over, but my landscape photography still continues. My landscapes these days are often from the driver's seat of my truck. We adapt to what we can do or our art career ends.
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HT2318 - Accumulating Momentum
HT2318 - Accumulating Momentum
There's often an unobserved momentum that accumulates with project oriented photography that is absent from single image photography. Single image photography often includes a dichotomy that makes an image successful or not. In contrast, project oriented photography builds a certain momentum over the months and years as candidates accumulate and the project is evolving.
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LW1462 - What and Why Are More Important Than Where
LW1462 - What and Why Are More Important Than Where
Like many of you I suspect, I always look forward to travel photography when I have the time to do so. Now is the time of year when I start thinking about fall photography and start thinking about plans and locations. Every year I'm tempted to make the same mistake, thinking about where I want to photograph rather than what and why. It's so easy to be seduced by the popular destinations , but do I really need to photograph there? Again? Wanting to go somewhere fun and exotic to experience it is one thing, but doing so is not the same thing as wanting to make an artistic statement of some kind with our photography. Confusing these two runs the risk of degrading your photographic skill and efforts to the level of Xerox copy machine. "I was there and saw this" is not the same as "I felt this and want to share it with the world."
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HT2317 - The Masters Are Better Than We Think
HT2317 - The Masters Are Better Than We Think
It's difficult to truly and fully admire the work of a master photographer until we try to do it ourselves. I remember being highly impressed with a body of work done by Aaron Siskin that consisted of abstracts of road tar patterns on the highway. I found a stretch of road that was similarly repaired and thought I'd try my hand at his creative vision. My total failure increased my admiration of his work tremendously.
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HT2316 - Photography and My Morning Coffee Routine
HT2316 - Photography and My Morning Coffee Routine
I start every day, 7 days a week, with photography — and my morning cup of coffee. I find that first half hour or so when the house is quiet and I'm not fully awake to be an ideal time to think about photography, brainstorm projects, and even visualize specific images. I don't sit in front of my computer and work in Lightroom or Photoshop, but rather let my mind warm up to the day while I try to be aware of whatever creative impulses bubble up.
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Over LensWork - Photography and the Creative Process
Random Observations on Art, Photography, and the Creative Process. These talks focus on the creative process in fine art photography. LensWork editor Brooks Jensen side-steps techno-talk and artspeak to offer a stimulating mix of ideas, experience, and observations from his 50 years as a fine art photographer, writer, and publisher. Topics include a wide range of subjects from finding subject matter to presenting your work, and building an audience.
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