Lenswork - Photography And The Creative Process

HT2006 - Fixed In Time Because we live at specific times, we can't help but produce our artwork in time. Everything we do is a function of the times in which we live. That's worth remembering, that in the future our work will be seen in the context of the era in which we live.

HT2005 - A Frustration with PDFs For us who care about layout and design, who value elegant typography, who want aesthetic control of our digital presentations and publications, PDFs are the answer. That does not mean, however, that they are frustration free

HT2004 - Consider All the Angles In 1990, I went to rural Japan for a 3-week photography adventure. I was accompanied by my friend, David Grant Best. Watching him work. Watching him work was both an education and revelation about composition.

HT2003 - The Compulsories Certain subjects or themes seem to pop up with extraordinary frequency. Why do so many photographers make images of the predictable? Sand dunes, lone tree on a hill, lacy waterfall, colorful fall leaves blanketing the hillside, barren trees in the fog, beautiful blossom isolated on a black background - - the list itself is predictable. Are these subjects magically attractive, or photographically easy?

LW1417 - Life In Moments The light is special. The subject cooperates. You pull out your camera and CLICK! What have you captured? You've captured a visual instant. More importantly, what have you not captured? How much of the "experience/moment" was left behind? How much of the "art" was left behind? All previous episodes of our weekly podcast are available to members of LensWork Online. 30-day Trial Memberships are only $10. Instant access, terabytes of content, inspiration and ideas that expand daily with new content. Sign up for instant access! 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.

HT2002 - A Picture at Random Normally speaking, we process and print only our very best images. Setting aside the question about how "the best" is determined, I'd like to propose an alternative experiment. What can you do creatively with an image from your digital archives picked at random? In truth, these images teach us more than when we process only our best.

HT2001 - A Photograph to Die For The other day, there was another report in the news about someone who had died falling off a cliff while taking a selfie. I know we are all supposed to suffer for our art, but no photograph is worth dying for. I don't think photography was ever intended to be an extreme sport. All 2000+ episodes of Here's a Thought . . . are available in their entirety to members of LensWork Online, our extensive resource library of our 30-year publishing history. Learn more about LensWork Online.

HT2000 - Standard Sizes For the longest time, there were three standard sizes in fine art photography: 8x10, 11x14, and 16x20. These dimensions, of course, we're not the size of the image, but rather the size of the paper we used for printing. Does it clarify or complicate things if we redefine these sizes based on how an image will be consumed? All previous episodes of Here's a Thought . . . are available to members of LensWork Online. 30-day Trial Memberships are only $10. Instant access, terabytes of content, inspiration and ideas that expand daily with new content. Sign up for instant access! You might also be interested in. . . Every Picture Is a Compromise, a series at www.brooksjensenarts.com that looks at failures as a way to learn. 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.