Episodes
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HT2082 - Narrowing the Subject
There are subjects that lead to short projects, and subjects that lead to lengthy projects. Both kinds of projects have their virtues and their drawbacks. The real problem, however, is when as producers we give our audience mixed signals.
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HT2081 - Location Specifics vs Generalities
A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to photograph in the famous Ryoan-ji Temple gardens in Kyoto. It was the fulfillment of a life-long dream to photograph there. Curiously enough, that brought me face to face with a fundamental decision: Do I make a project about the Ryoan-ji gardens or use those images to make a project about Japanese gardens in general?
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LW1428 - A Firehose of Images
Too much of a good thing can lead to a numb response. I was reminded of this while I was looking through a sizable book in the presence of the photographer. After the first 50 images, my attention began to wane. After 100 images, I was numb.
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HT2080 - Photoshop Doubts
We photographers have always known that there's a tenuous relationship between photography and truth. Trick photography goes back to the earliest days of the medium. But now, in the age of Photoshop, it's so easy for people to assume that the spectacular thing we've captured with our cameras is a Photoshop fake.
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HT2079 - Where You Live
There is landscape photography, urbanscape photography, and more. Why not "homescapes" that use everyday life at home to create an environmental portrait that doesn't need to include people. Not "House Beautiful," but rather House Lived In.
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HT2078 - From Where You Sit
So many times, the process of photographing involves moving to location or a position where you can see a lovely scene and composition. Since I've had problems with my back these last few years, my mobility has been compromised. I can't hike or backpack the way I used to. My most frequent way of photographing these days is from the driver's seat in the truck or at a short distance. The funny thing is, I've never been so productive in my life. It's amazing how many compositions become available when we still our bodies and our minds.
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HT2077 - Substantial Artwork
Last year, I was showing some chapbooks to another photographer who commented that they preferred more substantial ways of presenting their work. What an interesting way to think about our work. Substantial? What makes photography more or less substantial?
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HT2076 - It's Been Photographed Before
I know photographers who are hesitant to do something that's been done before, but it occurs to me that there is a premise behind that reaction that is not necessarily true. The premise is that the virtue lies in the subject itself, not in the experience had.
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HT2075 - Questions About Instax
I guess I've been hiding under a barrel, but I just this week learned about Fuji Instax printers. I can see them easily becoming a fun gimmick at a party or a social gathering, but I'm wondering if anybody has figured out how to use this medium for more serious artwork. Any ideas?
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HT2074 - Cameras Support Your Creativity, Or Not
One thing our annual LensWork community book project has proven beyond any doubt is that, when it comes to publishing anyway, high quality images can be produced with any camera. If that's so, then what criteria should we use when selecting our tools?
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LW1427 - Art That Uses Photographs
In recent years, at least for my own work, I've come more and more to realize the difference between "photographic art" and, a quite different thing, "art that uses photographs." Rarely now do I find that a processed and printed image is the end of the process. More frequently that's just the beginning phases of a piece of artwork that combines photography with other ideas and materials.
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HT2073 - Done Is Not Always Concluded
Most often, we are drawn to photograph those subjects we are passionate about. Once we've had the exhibition, published the book, posted the web gallery, that doesn't mean our passion for the subject ends; we keep photographing. What do we do with these post-publishing images? Thank goodness for second editions, and Volume II.
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HT2072 - Time For It to Marinate
Instagram seems to have taken over the world of photography. I don't participate via Instagram because I believe it's important that images have an opportunity to mature, for us to think about them a little bit, for their meaning and metaphors to ripen. The idea of instantly posting an image just captured seems to serve a mentality that I don't agree with. The art life is not so trivial.
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HT2070 - Advice On a Great Place to Go
My experience with other photographers has been that they are generous and kind. They're always willing to give me helpful advice of where to go photographing. That advice, however, is typically the result of their having made successful images there. But the kinds of images I make, or want to make, might be entirely different than theirs. The same can be said about when to go.
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HT2069 - The Composed Background
In every picture there exists a foreground and a background. To be more precise about this, there are the things you want your viewer to see, and there is the context against which the subject is seen. Our primary task in composing and processing is to direct the viewer to what we want them to see. The background/context has an incredibly important role in this. The best photographers compose the background as much as they possibly can.
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HT2068 - On Abstractions
Abstracts are one of the most puzzling types of photography that fascinates me. Emotionally connecting with an abstract is rare, but so powerful, so unpredictable, so fickle.
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HT2067 - Brevity Is the Soul
I know that Shakespeare was talking about the soul of wit, but I've come to conclude it is the soul of photography, too. At least it can be. How often do you look at a book or a project and wish there was more? As compare to, how many times to you find yourself looking at a project or a book and feeling like it is getting too long or repetitive?
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LW1426 - More Captures, or More Artwork
I'm of the school of thought that when you've clicked the shutter and made another capture, you haven't made artwork, yet. So what will you do with this precious day, evening, hour? Do you need more captures? Or, would your time be better spent making a print or some other finished piece of art?
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You might also be interested in. . .Every Picture Is a Compromise, a series at www.brooksjensenarts.com.
and...
"How to" tutorials and camera reviews are everywhere on YouTube, but if you're interested in photography and the creative life, you need to know about the incredible resources you can access as a member of LensWork Online.
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HT2066 - Way to Go, God
My friend Joe Lipka (who is a lifelong practicing Catholic) will often set up his tripod to capture a beautiful landscape with the words, "Way to go, God!" I've come to recognize this as a type of photography. No one would ever think this about a novel, a piece of music, a poem, or sculpture.
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