LensWork - Photography and the Creative Process

LW0645: Jury Duty! Hoorah!

editor@lenswork.com — Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:11:55 -0700

Oh, goodie. Jury duty. What a fabulous excuse I now have.

LW0644: For the Low, Low Price of . . .

editor@lenswork.com — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:55:17 -0700

Someone has discovered some old, damaged Ansel Adams negatives thought lost long, long ago. This has given me an idea . . .

LW0643: Which Lens Gets Left at Home

editor@lenswork.com — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:47:38 -0700

When we need to make compromises as to which equipment to take and which to leave behind, the dilemma becomes acute when having to choose which lenses.

LW0642: Odd Ducks

editor@lenswork.com — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:35:09 -0700

Projects need a certain visual consistency in the midst of which the odd ducks are truly odd ducks.

LW0641: Trollope and the Chip-away Philosophy

editor@lenswork.com — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:47:47 -0700

Waiting for that big burst of creativity or for time to produce work is an exercise that likely leads to little productivity. Anthony Trollope is a better example - a novelist who wrote every day before departing for his work in the British postal system.

LW0640: What To Do

editor@lenswork.com — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:56:18 -0700

One of the key problems for any photographer who is productive is the knotty question: What do we do with all of our output?

LW0639: Against What Criteria, Part 2

editor@lenswork.com — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:46:44 -0700

With a certain flexibility of criteria with which you judge work, you can begin to understand both work that is foreign to you and work that really should be considered inferior.

LW0638: Against What Criteria, Part 1

editor@lenswork.com — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:06:14 -0700

There are photographers who, from time to time, pop up in the press who are supposedly the next great artist, or even considered an accomplished master, but sometimes I just don't like their work - and feel guilty about it.

LW0637: Photographer or Artist?

editor@lenswork.com — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:02:42 -0700

As a very general statement, it can be said that photographers look and find. Artists, on the other hand, imagine and make. So, what about the photographic artist?

LW0636: Even if the Audience is Small

editor@lenswork.com — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:40:07 -0700

Even if the audience is small, as artists we still owe them our very best. Besides, you never know where it might lead.

LW0635: When to Go Public

editor@lenswork.com — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:31:02 -0700

There is a temptation to announce to the world an exciting new project you are thinking about doing. There are even better reasons to wait and only announce a project once it's finished and ready to release to the world.

LW0634: A Slightly Different Angle

editor@lenswork.com — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:53:26 -0700

Sometimes we struggle and struggle to get something right - only to fail and fail again. It may be the case that this is the Universe's way of telling us to approach the challenge from a slightly different angle.

LW0633: Theory versus the Real World

editor@lenswork.com — Thu, 6 May 2010 09:49:39 -0700

G.K. Chesterton once said, "It's amazing how many things there are that aren't so." Theory versus what really happens in the real world - as true in artmaking as in the rest of life.

LW0632: Volunteering

editor@lenswork.com — Tue, 4 May 2010 13:35:18 -0700

One of the best ways I know to learn something and further one's skills, is to volunteer for a project that helps both a worthy cause or organization and helps you develop the skills you want to cultivate.

LW0631: Our Own Mortality

editor@lenswork.com — Mon, 3 May 2010 14:25:54 -0700

In the broad scale of life and death, our artwork is not that important. But, it does have some importance to our lives or we wouldn't be so passionate about creating something. Perhaps we can use life's bigger issues to help motivate us to create our work while we are healthy and capable.

LW0630: For the Fun of It

editor@lenswork.com — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:27:01 -0700

In our adult years of making art, it might be a worthy idea to remember the joy of making art - so easily seen in the actions of our grandchildren.

LW0629: More Than One Tool

editor@lenswork.com — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:44:01 -0700

It's a good strategy in making art to have more than one way to do the same thing. In fact, choosing is the essence of artmaking.

LW0000: What Happened to the Archives?

editor@lenswork.com — Sat, 1 Dec 2007 14:32:49 -0800

Well, we busted iTunes -- or to be more precise, we now have more content than iTunes can comfortably handle. With over 450 podcasts now available -- and counting! -- the XML file that feeds all that to iTunes was getting too large for iTunes to handle. Some readers were reporting that it was choking on the file size. So, we've decided to remove the older back issues of our podcasts from iTunes.

But, don't worry! All the back issue podcasts are still available on our website. In fact, we've created ZIP file collections so you can more easily download the entire collection without having to download each MP3 file individually. Visit our website for more details and for all the podcasts going all the back to podcast #0001. Have fun!