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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HT2427 - Ruthless Editing to the Narrative
I believe we have the opposite problem from the one our photographic forefathers had. Their challenge was to make a great photograph with primitive ma...
HT2426 - Sensor Clean X2
I cringe every time I see those fuzzy blue circles in the sky that indicate I have dust on the sensor of the camera. I was given a suggestion by a rea...
HT2425 - Not Just the Most Recent
Now that I'm back from two months on the road, it's time to see what I have. For me, that process most often starts with building some collections bas...
HT2424 - Problematic Bokeh
A peculiar property of a long focal length lens is that it can render a semi-distant object ever-so-slightly outside the depth of field. Instead of lo...
HT2423 - Roads
Landscape photography is inextricably tied to roads. Even if we are hiking into rough terrain, we get to the trailhead via a road. Photographically, n...
LW1477 - The Problem with Location-Based Projects
LW1477 - The Problem with Location-Based Projects
I've returned from my 2-months on the road and am starting the long process of reviewing the...
HT2422 - They All Come from Projects
What most of us tend to show matted, framed, and hanging in a place of importance in our home are the very best images we've created. But where do the...
HT2421 - The Difficulty with Gray
I've started to work on some of the images from my trip and in particular those from the Badlands of South Dakota. These are tricky images to process...
HT2420 - Things or Moments
Ask a photographer what it is they make pictures of and the chances are they will answer THINGS or perhaps PEOPLE. Perhaps, but more likely than not w...
HT2419 - Bad Light
Yesterday I was photographing in the South Dakota badlands and had a moment when I thought, "This is really bad light." It took me a minute to remembe...
HT2418 - Returning with a Zoom Lens
In the 1980s, I made a photograph of the hills near my grandmother's home in Tensleep, Wyoming. I was never thrilled with that image and finally had t...
HT2417 - Gathering Strategies
I've talked on numerous occasions about my strategy of gathering assets while I'm in the field rather than pre-visualizing finished images. I've never...
HT2416 - The Most Important Thing We Need
We photographers are always on the hunt for a subject, a new technique, better equipment, and more time. I've come to realize, however, that the most...
LW1476 - Minor White and the Symbolic Image
LW1476 - Minor White and the Symbolic Image
Minor White (one of my all-time favorite photographers) advised us not to photography only what it i...
HT2415 - Thinking in Groups
Yesterday in my Here's a Thought about Going Back, I inadvertently dropped a pretty big hint about thinking in groups. Where do we find the seeds for...
HT2414 - Going Back
I've had two instances of going back to photograph again something I'd already done once before. It's often said that we can't go back. I think there...
HT2413 - Waiting for the Light
Yesterday, I was at a terrific location for high altitude mountain photography. The scene was lovely, the rocks majestic, and the snow a perfect accen...
HT2412 - The Crucial Missing Element from So Much of Fine Art Photography
One of the most common reactions I have when I see great artwork is that I cannot comprehend how it was done. There is some magic in the fact that it...
HT2411 - Fleeting Ideas
It's said that Charles Dickens during his long meandering walks through London, would always carry with him a notebook. He would jot down descriptions...
HT2410 - The Unexpected Project
Some of the best advice I've ever heard came from a workshop instructor from my early days in photography, Stewart Harvey. He said the best photograph...
HT2409 - The Unrecognized Masterpiece
Earlier this year I was reading a book on creativity and the author proposed that even the best creators and artists rarely are aware they are produci...
LW1475 - The Dilemma of Volume
LW1475 - The Dilemma of Volume
I remember a time when the creation of a single outstanding image was enough. In fact, that single great image wa...
HT2408 - Viewer Fatigue vs Disinterestedness
We've probably all had the experience when showing a body of work that the viewer doesn't complete the entire project from start to finish. Does this...
HT2407 - Paul Strand
Paul Strand has been a favorite of mine for over 50 years. Three of his books are in my top 10 all-time favorites list. Time in New England (1950), Un...
HT2406 - GPS EXIF Data
I can connect my cameras to my cell phone in such a way that each image I photograph records the GPS information from my cell phone into the ex of dat...
HT2405 - I Am Not a Landscape Photographer
Don't get me wrong, I do photograph the landscape. But the purpose of my landscape photography is not to make a statement about the landscape but rath...
HT2404 - From the Overlook
I was recently at a scenic overlook where there were quite a number of others using what appear to be fairly modern digital cameras and long lenses. I...
HT2403 - Sales Are Not a Measure of Success
Unless, that is, your objective with photography is to provide an income. When someone tells me it's their best-selling image, what I hear is that thi...
HT2402 - Has photography become too easy
What are the implications when thousands of photographers are making tens of thousands of spectacular images? What happens to the value of accomplishm...
LW1474 - Choosing Your Camera
LW1474 - Choosing Your Camera
I've been a presenter at two different events in the last 10 days, and in both events I was asked about my camera....
HT2401 - Where the Mona Lisa Was Painted
Photographers are compelled to include location information in their image captions. Why? Does the viewer need to know this? Maybe we should reveal th...
HT2400 - The Importance of Being Thick-skinned
Photography at times can be so cruel. Our best plans can evaporate in technical failure. Our precious artwork can be rejected by a monstrous editor. A...
HT2399 - My Theory on Locations
I continue to believe that location is an overrated commodity in photography. Perhaps this doesn't prove my idea, but in the last month on the road I'...
HT2398 - Food Clothing, and Shelter
In my twenties I work for the 9th largest retailer in the United States, a company called Fred Meyer, located in the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Meyer had...
HT2397 - What You Can Do
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus advised us that the only constant is change. This is so true in our creative and artistic lives. When I hit the road...
HT2396 - Quite Possibly the Last Time
I remember during the last months of Maureen's life, she would often ask if this was the last time I she would do something or other. At the time I th...
HT2395 - The Eye of the Beholder
Brooks is under the weather today, so here is an excerpt from his most recent workshop where he discusses the necessity for artists to have a bit of a...
LW1473 - The Core of Photography
LW1473 - The Core of Photography
(Brooks is under the weather today, so here is an excerpt from a recent workshop presentation).
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HT2394 - We Are Being Trained Against the Still Image
Next time you are watching TV or a movie, take note of how many shots use a moving camera. Typically, the subject will be still, but the camera is mov...
HT2393 - Mourning the Loss of Prints
I know, I know, I'm probably being a bit reactionary here, but it seems to me that the world is slowly letting go of prints as a medium for photograph...