Random Observations on Art, Photography, and the Creative Process. These talks focus on the creative process in fine art photography. LensWork editor Brooks Jen...
HT2196 - Megapixels and Aspect Ratio
Did it ever occur to you that the megapixel rating for your camera is based on its native aspect ratio? A full frame camera with an aspect ratio of 3:2 will discard 12% of those if you print using a 4:3 aspect ratio. A full frame camera with an aspect ratio of 3:2 will discard 33% of the pixels if you print using a square aspect ratio. Essentially, your 44 megapixel camera becomes a 29 megapixel camera if you shoot a square format image. Does it matter? Probably not - - but this does help put the megapixel madness in perspective.
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HT2195 - Theme Walls
HT2195 - Theme Walls
A while back I talked about poster hangers as an easy way to display prints. In particular, poster hangers facilitate a very easy change of prints on display with frequency. This has led me to discover what I'm calling a "theme wall."
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HT2194 - When Losers Aren't Losers
HT2194 - When Losers Aren't Losers
The other day I pulled out a box of prints that I last reviewed probably a dozen years ago. I was disappointed there were so many bad photographs that for some reason I had decided were worth printing and keeping. I then showed this collection to a friend who picked out three "losers" they wanted, thereby demonstrating that beauty really does reside in the eye of the beholder.
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HT2193 - The Best Glass You Can Get Your Hands On
HT2193 - The Best Glass You Can Get Your Hands On
The number of camera reviews to be found on YouTube and the internet is mind-boggling. The minute a new camera is announced, the usual suspects are in a panic race to post their observations of the new camera and it's capabilities and shortcomings. Comparatively speaking, lens reviews are almost non-existent. Curious, in that a bad lens ruins all photographs made with it where even the worst cameras can be used to make good photographs.
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LW1444 - Books I Return to Time and Again
LW1444 - Books I Return to Time and Again
Here is a short list of books I never seem to tire of and that I make time for re-viewing. Each viewing brings out more subtleties and things I missed in my earlier times with these books.
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About 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 photographer, writer, and publisher. Topics include a wide range of subjects from finding subject matter to presenting your work, and building an audience.
Included in this RSS Feed are the LensWork Podcasts — posted weekly, typically 10-20 minutes exploring a topic a bit more deeply — and our almost daily Here's a thought… audios (extracted from the videos.) Here's a thought… are snippets, fragments, morsels, and tidbits from Brooks' fertile (and sometimes swiss-cheesy) brain. Usually just a minute or two. Always about photography and the art life.
Brooks Jensen is the publisher of LensWork, one of the world's most respected and award-winning photography publications, known for its museum-book quality printing and luxurious design. LensWork has subscribers in over 73 countries. He is the author of 13 books on photography and the creative life -- the latest books are The Best of the LensWork Interviews (2016), Photography, Art, and Media (2016), and the four annual volumes of Seeing in SIXES (2016-2019).
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