Lenswork - Photography And The Creative Process

HT2041 - Expanding Media In terms of the medium itself, most fine art photographers limit themselves to a single form of expression, the matted and framed print on the wall. It's interesting to compare that to writers or composers who typically explore various kinds of forms during their creative years.

HT2040 - Prioritizing Our Activities I suppose I'm no different than all of you in that I don't like thinking about my own mortality. Like it or not, our days are numbered. With this in mind, how do we prioritize the possibilities of our remaining creative life?

HT2039 - The Cone of Silence Do you remember the cone of silence from the old TV show Get Smart? I often recall this when I think about looking at artwork, particularly my own photographs. How can I perceive my own responses to the art (or the world) when they are diluted and overpowered by the din around me? I want to immerse myself in The Cone of Silence as I immerse myself in the artwork.

HT2038 - Waiting for the Subtleties Admittedly, I'm older and less mobile than I was in my youth. This has led to a different strategy in my photography that I find strangely much more productive than I would have guessed. I sit. I look. I think. I look some more. This inevitably leads to interesting images I would have missed in the click-and-run activities of my youth.

LW1422 - Interview with Kevin Raber about his project, Rust An interview with Kevinn Raber about our new LensWork Bonus Edition titled, Rust.This is LensWork Bonus Edition #10 (Oct 2024) of this new series, free to all subscribers of LensWork print edition and to all members of LensWork Online. 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.

HT2037 - Presets Are Not the End I love the time saving presets we can use in the digital workflow. If we are not careful with them, however, they can seduce us into a lethargy and numbness that works against our creativity. Presets are a beginning, but it is so easy to think of them as a final step.

HT2036 - Photography As an Unhealthy Postponement One of the worst aspects of photography is that it can seduce us into postponing deep seeing. When we click the shutter, we can stop looking because we can see it later in the photograph. Said another way, photography can be a way of shutting off our engagement with the world. 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.

HT2035 - Subjects That Are Everywhere In this month's LensWork Bonus Edition we are featuring a project by Kevin Raber that consists of images of rust. In some ways, this reminded me of a project we published from Larry Blackwood about crows (LensWork #93). What these two projects have in common is that their subjects are common. Both Raber and Blackwood could photograph anywhere, on any day, out their front door or as they travelled around the world. Brilliant. 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 k