LensWork - Photography and the Creative Process

HT2482 - Useful Photography It seems that most fine art photography tends to be decorative in nature. I love seeing a beautiful print on display in someone's home. Décor is not the only use for photography that is art. There exists an entire approach to artwork that marries the beautiful and the practical. I was in a used bookstore last fall and found a photographic bookmark tucked away in book I was looking at. This is one of the fun games I enjoy playing when I'm scouring through a used bookstore. This lovely photograph was a b/w panorama printed on heavy weight gelatin silver paper. I love this idea. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

HT2481 - Counting Shots My first 35 years in photography were deep in the roots of the analog workflow. One of the realities that was constantly at the top of my thinking was the allocation of the film I had with me and it's finite capacity. Long before I headed out on a photographic trip I had to strategize and calculate the number of shots I would need and carry with me in either sheet or roll film. Looking back on it, I now realize what an incredibly overwhelming decision this was and how that influenced my shot selection. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

HT2480 - A Language I Do Not Speak One of the objectives of art is to communicate with others. That communication does rely, however, on a common language and vocabulary. I was thinking about this last night as I attended my first ever ballet performance — the classic holiday fare, The Nutcracker. I felt badly that this holiday classic connects so deeply with so many and simply bounced off me as I was lost in total incomprehension. I appreciated it the athleticism of the dancers, but the artistic content escaped me. Clearly, this is the result of my lack of ability to understand the language and vocabulary of ballet, a shortcoming for which I accept total responsibility. I feel this way about some photographers, too. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

LW1485 - Do We Still Need a Camera? A long-time LensWork reader asks why Brooks is not an early adopter of AI technology for making photographic artwork. 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.

HT2479 - Screen vs Print Synchronicity A source of constant frustration over the years has been the differences between what I see on my computer monitor and what I see in a print. They're never the same, no matter how hard I try to line up color management, ICC profiles, paper variations, and all the fiddly software controls at my disposal. But then it occurs to me that perfect synchronicity might be an unnecessary goal. After all, the two media are so different that perfect synchronicity is probably a futile objective. Besides, I am the only one who will ever make that exact comparison for my work; everybody else will either see a screen image or a print image but rarely both, and never side-by-side. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!