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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HT2573 - The Starting Point
My approach to processing is that with every image, the end point of processing is unknown. Aesthetics can evolve, ideas can blossom, expectations can...
HT2572 - At Some Point the Goalposts Moved
For several decades after the invention of photography, the goal for all photographers was to make an optically accurate image. That meant with techni...
HT2571 - Experiment with Abandon
My favorite capability in the digital workflow is undoubtedly Control-Z. The ability to experiment with abandon and then undo what doesn't work makes...
HT2570 - Macro Viewing, or Tiny Screen Syndrome
Can you imagine what a thrill it was in the first half of the 20th century when the means of making a photograph evolved from the contact print to the...
LW1498 - Announcing a New Photograph
LW1498 - Announcing a New Photograph
I remember with aging nostalgia when we would feel so proud about a new image we'd created. "Wowee," we'd p...
HT2569 - A Few Clunkers
I have no idea why, but I felt compelled this morning to look back through my 180 projects published in Kokoro, the first of which was completed in 20...
HT2568 - A Portable Gallery
Here's a story about my friend, the late Kevin Raber. Whenever we would find ourselves discussing an image or a photographer, he would immediately pul...
HT2567 - Moment Is Not Quite the Right Word
One of the things I particularly like about the Seeing In SIXES concept for photography is its ability to expand or stretch time. Instead of the insta...
HT2566 - Appreciating Technical Accomplishment
I had an odd revelation at a concert last night. Afterwards, at dinner, the general consensus was that the pianist was incredibly talented and accompl...
HT2565 - The Updating Dilemma
Major software updates have become a part of our photographic life. Some of these updates in software features are subtle, but occasionally an update...
HT2564 - I Saw This Very Cool Thing
Here's another thought experiment about producing artwork. I looked back at all I've done and divided my productivity into two piles. The first pile w...
HT2563 - Advice on Travel Photography
Here is some advice about travel that doesn't come from me, although I do agree with it. Strangely enough, it's a passage from the book Dodsworth by S...
HT2562 - More on Framing
At the risk of beating a dead horse, here are a few more thought about photography in frames, an extension of yesterday's comments about whether or no...
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...
LW1497 - Dates, Time, and Eras
LW1497 - Dates, Time, and Eras
When was Edward Weston's famous Pepper #30 photographed? How about Ansel Adams classic Moonrise Over Hernandez? O...
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...