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LW0738 - Let's Get Serious About Marketing Updated: 2012-02-14 18:18:56 Description: I think it's time we stop pussyfooting around with marketing our photographs and take a lesson from the California Strawberry folks. If they can think creatively about strawberries, why can't we artists get more creative in our marketing efforts? W...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0737 - Recognition Updated: 2012-02-07 00:40:48 Description: Applause for one's work is such a pleasant thing. To hold it as one of your artistic goals, however, is placing the cart before the proverbial dead horse....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0736 - Your Best Print Updated: 2012-02-03 20:59:25 Description: Of course the prints you make in a few years will be better than those you make today. You will grow and mature in your artistic vision and skills. But, not if you postpone making that print today because you know it won't be your best-ever print, ev...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0735 - What We See That Others Might Not, Part 2 Updated: 2012-01-31 18:10:51 Description: If we fail to be the docent for our own work, who is the audience who can understand it?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0734 - What We See That Others Might Not, Part 1 Updated: 2012-01-26 22:44:20 Description: With our incredibly trained photographic eyes, doesn't it make sense that we might be able to see subtleties in our photographs that others do not? If so, whose responsibility is it to help them gain access and understand our work? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0733 - You Suck Updated: 2012-01-23 19:29:36 Description: Criticism is inevitable. Really, you can't possibly avoid it if you decide to produce anything and then share it with the public. It is not too early to start developing a bit of a thick skin....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0732 - Like a Banana Updated: 2012-01-20 18:08:50 Description: Art is like a banana. Really, I'm serious. What else would you rather have me talk about on a snow-bound Friday in the dead of winter? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0731 - Organizational Support Updated: 2012-01-16 23:34:52 Description: On this holiday Monday, I wonder how many of you are frustrated because you intended to spend the day printing only to discover you are out of some critical supply. I know all about this. Been there and done that....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0730 - Empathy as a Necessary Skill Updated: 2012-01-13 19:40:28 Description: How well we can see our work through the eyes of our audience will impact our aesthetic and creative decisions - and can make all the difference in the world. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0729 - Where the Wonder Hides Updated: 2012-01-11 22:07:47 Description: Sometimes we look at a piece of artwork and are amazed at the artist's technical accomplishment. That is a dicey thing to do in photography in light of the rapidly changing nature of photographic technology. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0728 - Measuring Updated: 2012-01-09 23:06:07 Description: Harold Geneen advised that, "What gets measured gets managed." This is equally valid for managing our art life as it was when he wrote it in his book on management for the business community....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0727 - Courage and the Art Life Updated: 2012-01-04 20:31:16 Description: It may be a stretch to describe artists as courageous - at least when compared with others who deal with life and death issues. But, there is an element of courage that is required of artists who are true to themselves....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0726 - Sketches by Boz Updated: 2012-01-02 23:42:56 Description: I've been reading one of Charles Dickens' lesser-known works titled Sketches by Boz. In doing so, I realized a rather unexpected similarity to what photographs do - what I do as a photographer. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0725 - Art versus Print Updated: 2011-12-27 23:11:10 Description: As my artmaking has progressed over the years, so has my relationship to the individual print. As I was tossing out stacks of prints this weekend, it became clear how this relationship has changed so dramatically....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0724 - Odd for the Right Reasons Updated: 2011-12-22 20:13:30 Description: Whenever I am tempted to depart from the normal way things are done, I challenge myself to make sure I'm odd for the right reasons. Being odd simply for the sake of being odd is never a good idea....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0723 - In Praise of Zoom Lenses Updated: 2011-12-16 20:57:53 Description: I used to look down on zoom lenses as a tool only appropriate for pretend photographers and amateurs. My, how times have changed....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0722 - The Great Issues of Life Updated: 2011-12-14 22:04:03 Description: According to a lecture I've been listening to from The Teaching Company, great novels are always about the great issues of life - namely: food, clothing, shelter; love, family, friends; money, work, security; illness, mortality, death; learning, grow...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0721 - How to Make a Great Photograph Updated: 2011-12-12 22:02:40 Description: It is easy to assume that great photographers set out to make great photographs. They don't. They set out to make the best photograph they can make and then fate takes over. So what does this mean for us as a strategy? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0720 - The Photographic One-Hit Wonder Updated: 2011-12-09 17:36:26 Description: I'll bet that on the shelves of your photographic library are books from photographers you never heard about again. What ever happened to them?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0719 - The Rhythm of Big and Small Updated: 2011-12-07 19:53:36 Description: I've recently completed several large-scale projects and now find myself motivating toward smaller projects. This cycle is, I've come to learn, a natural part of the creative process. In fact, it's one that I can use with purpose. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0718 - Not Decor Updated: 2011-12-05 21:55:03 Description: I've always thought that photography and décor are strange bedfellows. I just can't bring myself to think that Edward Weston - or any of the great masters of photography - made their images because they look good above the couch....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0717 - The Gift of Teaching Updated: 2011-12-01 23:42:27 Description: The old maxim says that "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." But, does this bumper-sticker wisdom tell the whole story?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0716 - The One Irreplaceable Tool Updated: 2011-11-28 22:44:43 Description: If you could magically increase the availability of the most valuable tool in your photographic life, wouldn't you do it in a heartbeat? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0715 - Acquisition Stories Updated: 2011-11-23 20:00:07 Description: Elite collectors have always been a bit of an enigma to me, but a recent visit to a couple of collectors has shed a little light on their motivations....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0714 - Vision Realities for the Aging Updated: 2011-11-21 22:34:19 Description: A part of my becoming more enamored with small prints has to do with my aging eyes. I use bifocals now and those distances are as sharp as ever. But, looking at the wall (or the bookshelf) has become almost impossibly out of focus unless I use specia...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0713 - First Decisions Updated: 2011-11-21 17:01:29 Description: The old maxim advises us that the most fundamental photographic decision was where to stand. But before that, there is a first decision after which we are on a track that defines our subsequent potential and limitations - which camera to use....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0712 - The Eco-system of Our Artwork Updated: 2011-11-14 21:04:05 Description: Thinking in terms of an eco-system for our artwork creates a more powerful invitation for people to engage our artwork and our art career. So what is the eco-system for your work? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0711 - Just Because It Worked Before Updated: 2011-11-10 23:35:42 Description: Just because something we did worked back then doesn't mean it will work equally well this time. There are variables that often creep in of which we are simply not consciously aware. Vigilance is the answer - and even then there are times when things...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0710 - Photographic Diversity Updated: 2011-10-26 17:35:11 Description: In photographic diversity we do find an increase in the odds of finding excellence....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0709 - Trolling for Compliments Updated: 2011-10-19 17:57:18 Description: The Internet offers such a rich opportunity for discussion of photographs, but it seems everywhere I look there is mostly just a lot of back-slapping and applause. Fun, encouraging to hear, but not all that useful as a learning tool....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0708 - Yet Another New Medium Updated: 2011-10-07 15:37:37 Description: Hello camera, hello photography, welcome and come in - make yourselves comfortable. Meet Mr. HD Television - your newest best friend....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0707 - Entropy Updated: 2011-10-05 17:06:25 Description: Sorry about being so dour, but truth is truth. Despite our deepest desires and most diligent technological progress, the world is falling apart. Entropy is inescapable....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0706 - Choosing the Media Updated: 2011-09-28 18:12:35 Description: As the choices of media continue to expand in our technological world, the process of choosing which media we use to complete our photographic projects gets more and more complex....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0705 - The Unexpected Updated: 2011-09-20 18:08:43 Description: My new project is one I had no intention of doing - but for the whispers of the creative muse seducing me away from my well-formulated plans....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0704 - All the Elements Updated: 2011-09-14 20:39:14 Description: It takes patience to wait for all the elements to come together, but as they say, patience is a virtue. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0703 - The Customizable Camera Updated: 2011-09-08 16:29:27 Description: It used to be that cameras worked a specific way, and learning meant adapting ourselves to the demands of the device. Now, we customize the device to work the way we want it to. What are the implications of this? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0702 - The Future of Tripods Updated: 2011-09-06 17:56:26 Description: Why do we need and use tripods? And are those reasons still valid in today's photography? Or, is this a part of our equipment life that needs to be re-examined?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0701 - Preflight Checklist Updated: 2011-09-02 17:15:37 Description: Before I head out on a photography trip, I use my preflight checklist to be sure I'm ready to go....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0700 - Lightroom in the Field Updated: 2011-08-31 17:58:55 Description: Lightroom on my netbook has become an indispensable tool when I'm out working in the field....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0699 - The Right Effort Updated: 2011-08-29 22:38:25 Description: Making meaningful art is hard. We want to be sure we are working hard at the right parts of the creative process, not the trivia of the logistics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0698 - Commit, Then Learn Updated: 2011-08-26 17:52:58 Description: Do you learn a new skill and then use it in a project? There is some value in a different way of thinking where learning something new is part of the project rather than a precursor to it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Announcing LensWork Online! Updated: 2011-08-17 18:16:47 Description: What is LensWork Online? Quite simply, the most amazing website for photography and the creative process you've ever seen! Content is, indeed, King. Whereas most websites are fancy brochures to sell you something, LensWork Online is content - only ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0697 - Seduced by the Details Updated: 2011-07-21 18:10:26 Description: As producers, we are, by necessity, immersed in the details of production. But, it's not a bad idea to step back from time to time to look at our work -- at our art life -- from a bit of distance that can add perspective to our day to day toils. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0696 - On Reading Updated: 2011-07-15 16:18:46 Description: Sometimes we need to travel to exotic locations for a photographic project. But there is virtue on several levels to be found in the project that we can photograph everywhere, everyday. On Reading by André Kertész is a great example of one of these...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0695 - Done is Not Always Done Updated: 2011-07-12 16:42:17 Description: The momentum of a creative day may produce its own unexpected rewards - but only if we allow ourselves to be open to the possibilities that present themselves after we think we are done....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0694 - Access Denied Updated: 2011-07-08 16:22:43 Description: If you see something to photograph, best do it today. You never know when it might disappear - either literally, or by someone denying you access at some future date....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0693 - Art and Meaning Updated: 2011-07-05 22:35:43 Description: It has become fashionable in the art world today to insist that one's artwork can be interpreted in any way the viewer chooses; that it has no inherent meaning in and of itself. What a perfect excuse for the production of piffle that has no great ins...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0692 - QR Me, Baby Updated: 2011-05-27 18:18:17 Description: Watch for my upcoming hip and happening exhibition and the images that I know will rocket me into fame and fortune in the world of modern fine art photography....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0691 - The Fault Belongs to... Updated: 2011-05-25 15:39:35 Description: When something goes wrong with technology, do you blame the folks who made it? Or do you look to see if there is something you need to know in order to make it work right? For us artmakers, the underlying attitude is important....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0690 - Luck as a Strategy Updated: 2011-05-13 16:37:38 Description: Sure, we take all the lucky ones we can get. But, there are some things we can specifically do to enhance our chances and invite the lucky circumstance into our creative lives....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0689 - People-less Streets Updated: 2011-05-05 16:07:15 Description: Buildings and streets are not people. They may make fine photographic subjects and interesting photographs, but showing the infrastructure of a place does not show us the life that is lived there....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LW0688 - Scale and Consumption Updated: 2011-05-03 18:50:34 Description: If you want to make giant prints, how will they be consumed? By whom? Where? If your content is intimate or personal, quiet or subtle, how is your giant print in harmony with this content?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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