LensWork - Photography and the Creative Process
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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 ph...
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HT2561 - Is the Frame Part of the Artwork?
We don't just thumbtack our prints to the wall. Instead, we dress them up a little bit. We mat them and frame them and then hang them on the wall. Whe...
HT2560 - Describe What You See
Before you click the shutter, tell me what you see. I would be willing to bet big money that your description would mostly include details of the thin...
HT2559 - A Catalog of Your Work
A friend of mine (who is a little older than I am) is involved in a massive project to create a digital catalog of his life's work. This consists of o...
HT2558 - Losing History
When I started in photography some 50 years ago it was axiomatic and universally understood that it was important to learn the history of photography....
HT2557 - Key Tones
There's a theory in fine art photography that every image needs to have key tones, some spot in the photograph that is absolute black and another that...
HT2556 - Knowing When to Move
I think it was Picasso who said, "The trick in painting is knowing when to stop." I've adapted Picasso's thought for photograph. When out photographin...
LW1496 - When do you own a photograph?
LW1496 - When do you own a photograph?
Do you own a piece of music because you purchased the CD, or do you own it when you have memorized the tu...
HT2555 - My Advice Cannot Make Your Pictures
I spend way too much time on YouTube because it's such a great way to learn tidbits about the technology of photography. That said, there are also gaz...
HT2554 - Scant Feedback, If Any
Applause is lovely. Accolades are lovely. Sales are lovely. Relying on such feedback to fuel your motivations is to place yourself in a position that...
HT2553 - Minutia
It can be quite entertaining to hear photographers talk about their images. Almost without exception, the photographer will examine tiny areas of the...
HT2552 - Big Things and Little Things
Some friends of ours are visiting Kyoto this week, many of the same places I visited in 2019 in my last visit to Japan. They are sending lots of pictu...
HT2551 - Four Hundred Donuts
We all like a donut now and then. Two donuts on occasion. Three donuts? Might be entering the realm of excess. A dozen? Impossible without getting sic...
HT2550 - The Best Way to Add Value to Your Photographic Artwork
Not everyone is pursuing the sale of their photographic artwork, but it's also not uncommon. The foundation of this pursuit is to try to build value i...
LW1495 - Ten Lesser-Known Masters You Should Study
LW1495 - Ten Lesser-Known Masters You Should Study
Have you heard me talk about the "airport test?" Name for me 10 famous painters, 10 musicians...
HT2548 - Exposure Tones vs Exposure Textures
The so-called "exposure triangle" is usually thought of as a means of controlling the lightness and darkness of an image, and that's obviously true. B...
HT2547 - Ten Is the Perfect Default
All media have a comfort zone within a common range of sizes, plus or minus. Novels are typically a couple of hundred pages, popular songs 4 minutes,...
HT2546 - The Love of Fast Shutter Speeds
Here's an odd observation spanning the opposite poles of my 50 years in photography. In my youth almost all of my work involved long shutter speeds, r...
HT2545 - On Long-term Survival
Just as a thought experiment, let's assume the long-term survival of your artwork is a concern to you. What could you do that would increase the odds...
HT2544 - Famous or Decor
I may be wrong about this and I'm more than willing to admit that, but I think photography on the wall divides itself into two fundamental types. Ther...
HT2543 - Choosing Your Preferred Medium
Let's say you want to read a book. Do you go to the library or bookstore, get the book and consume the miles of text across the physical pages? Or do...
HT2549 - From Whence We See the World
Photographing is always a subjective act. I can't think of a single instance in which a photograph is truly objective. After all, as photographers we...
HT2542 - Cameras and the Limits of Human Vision
We all need new, better, more feature-packed cameras, right? That is what we are being told everyday by the makers of cameras. But do we really? Has i...
LW1494 - An Annual Series
LW1494 - An Annual Series
In 2007 I conceived a long-term project that I still believe in. I decided I would do an annual project consisting of...
HT2534 - The Criteria For Which Is Best
I tend to be pretty serious about my photography and creative life. Sometimes, I'll have to admit, that seriousness becomes an impediment to something...
HT2540 - There Is No Favorite
I received an email I had to think about before responding. The writer asked if out of the 180 projects I've published in Kokoro, did I have a favorit...
HT2539 - The Medium That Encourages Your Productivity
Simply said and factually undeniable, the medium you choose for the production of your images will either support and encourage more work or it will e...
HT2538 - Recognizing Excellence, Second Attempt
"Even those who fall flat on their face are at least moving forward." In the spirit of true confession, yesterday's Here's a Thought was not my best e...
HT2537 - Recognizing Excellence
I attended my first workshop 40 years ago. I did so because I wanted to learn the specific techniques that were being taught by the instructors. Looki...
HT2536 - You Cannot Fake Sharpness
I'm always hesitant to say that we can't do something because there may be a way to do it that I just don't know about. To date, I have no idea how to...
HT2535 - Sitting Patiently, Waiting for the Response
One of the most challenging formats I produce is what I call "One-Picture Stories." I pull up an image and then just sit with it until an idea, a resp...
LW1493 - Six Photographs That Changed My Life
LW1493 - Six Photographs That Changed My Life
Photography, we hope, is an art medium that can have an impact on our life, add content and meanin...
HT2533 - Congratulations On Your Photographic Skill
Do we admire Dickens for his extensive vocabulary? Do we admire Beethoven because of his chord progressions? Do we applaud the work of Ansel Adams bec...
HT2532 - Twelve Significant Photographs
I'm not sure if this assertion by Ansel Adams is apocryphal or true, but I know I've heard it my entire photographic life. "Twelve significant photogr...
HT2531 - Earth-Shaking, Mind-Blowing, Breath-Taking Photographs
Must we? Does every photograph have to blow our socks off in order to be worthy of our attention? Are we so addicted in our entertainment that everyth...
HT2530 - Photography Is Fundamentally an Act of Sharing
A case could be made that a photograph without an audience doesn't exist. Think the proverbial falling tree in the forest when no one is there to hear...
HT2529 - Processing the Goldilocks Way
Artists are often encouraged to push the boundaries. That's my philosophy when it comes to processing individual images. Simply said, I never know if...
HT2528 - Made for the Purpose
I know of only two effective strategies that photographers use with consistency. They search for something to photograph or they manufacture something...
LW1492 - Media Agnostic Content
LW1492 - Media Agnostic Content
We do live in fascinating times in the history of photography. There are so many changes happening simultaneousl...
HT2527 - Master or Accomplished Hobbyist
It's been my experience that most photographers desire success in one form or another. Yes, they want to make good pictures, but for most it goes furt...
HT2526 - Different Signatures
An astute observer has noticed that I have two different signatures. I have one signature that I use for business, check writing, my non-art life. It...