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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. Included in this RSS Feed are the LensWork ...
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HT2260 - Creativity Rejoices in Routine Two creative individuals who I particularly admire are Anthony Trollope and Johannes Brahms. What these two have in common and have provided as examples for the creative life is the consistency of their creative output by the routines they religiously kept. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast a…
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HT2259 - The Market for Used Photographs I spent the day yesterday in one of my favorite used book stores, Robert's Books in Lincoln City, Oregon. This is a giant building filled to the brim with used books of every kind and age and interest you could possibly imagine. I picked up three volumes of short stories that I'd never heard of or seen befor…
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HT2258 - An Anticipation Sport I am not a sports or wildlife photographer. What I mean by that is that I'm not trained nor practiced at doing that kind of photography. Recently however, I set out to photograph my grandkids at their softball game. My respect for sports photographers has skyrocketed. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast…
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HT2256 - My Inaccurate History of Photography We have each created our own photographic literacy and history of photography by the books and exhibitions we've chosen to see. That necessarily leads to holes in our understanding. For example, I know very little about German photography — and I know that hole in my knowledge means I'm missing some gre…
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LW1453 - To Thine Own Self Be True A friend of mine was recently offered an exhibition in a nice gallery. He was excited for the opportunity, but then began the negotiations and compromises the gallery requested. For example, the gallery wanted him to adopt a limited edition strategy which he doesn't do. The gallery wanted a certain kind of mat boa…
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HT2255 - Moments Happen Managing moments doesn't seem like it would be the core of the creative life, but the longer I pursue the art life the more I think managing moments is the key to success. Elsewhere, I've mentioned capturing ideas when the bubble up from our subconscious. Gear is another example. We all crave and love a full-featured camera …
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HT2254 - Cropping a Vertical Out of a Horizontal It's a bad practice to crop a vertical out of a horizontal capture. For one reason, doing so loses over half the pixels your camera captures. Isn't it a better strategy to just develop the habit of composing both a horizontal capture and a vertical capture wherever possible? Show your appreciation fo…
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HT2257 - Failing is Good You won't know that you've succeeded until you first fail and then correct it. Even worse, if you get it right the first time and think you've never failed, that probably means you haven't engaged sufficient risk and pushed the boundaries of the easy. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Her…
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This RSS Feed to be Deprecated As of January 2023, this RSS feed will be phased out and then retired in mid-February 2023. Please redired your RSS feed to the following URL. http://www.lenswork.com/podcast.xml LW1331 - Expanding the Moment - Sequences and Grids Still photography is wonderful, but the single image is not the only option. Sequences a…
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