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HT2187 - Do We Need Self-destructing Artwork?
I've often thought that the worst thing we can do to stifle our creativity is to amass a large collection of our own work. Once we have a closet full of prints, there arises a natural impulse to rest on our laurels. We think, we've already done it, or we've run out of room to store any more, or all the unsold prints dispirit our motivations, or enough is enough. If we could only make self-destructing work, there would always be a void for use to fill. Remember the corollary to Parkinson's Law: The goods expand to fill the available space. Unless, that is, the space is already filled to the brim.
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HT2186 - Refining the Project
I've learned a valuable photographic lesson by watching people who draw, that is who start with a blank page and a pencil. Their process is always to roughly sketch the basic shapes first, then refine, refine, and refine. That same approach works for developing a photography project, too. Well over ¾ of my creative time is spent refining.
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LW1443 - The Audience for Artifacts
I love physical prints. I grew up in the age of physical prints. I'm enamored with handling the physical characteristics of prints. That said, the overwhelming evidence is that our audience for physical prints will be a tiny, minuscule fraction compared to the audience for our digital creations. It's inarguable, and this both delights and pains me.
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HT2185 - Teaching Styles
There are, no doubt, hundreds, maybe thousands of photographers who teach photography. Workshops, institutions, mentors, they are everywhere. (Myself included, I suppose.) I have faith that all of them are valuable, but not all of them are the best way for you to learn. That is something you will need to figure out for yourself.
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HT2184 - Angle to the Sun
The age old wisdom from the yellow box photo gods (Kodak) was to always put the sun over your shoulder. As has been true so many times, I find more success when I do the opposite of what Kodak advised.
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HT2176 - Take a Risk
Subtitle: Why I won't be upgrading my equipment any time soon. And by "soon" I mean forever. Unless I win the lottery. The really big lottery.
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HT2182 - The Next Great Challenge
When I ask, I find that most photographers have a next great goal that challenges them. Often it's an upcoming trip to an exotic location. Or, perhaps buying and learning a new camera is often the next great goal. I would propose that for artists, the next great goal should be the completion of a large project, something sizeable with 40 to 60 wonderful images. A book or set of portfolios. In short, a major work.
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HT2181 - Five Workarounds I Use All the Time
Wouldn't it be great if cameras would do exactly whatever we wanted them to do, every time, always easily, and not require any hoop jumping on our part? But, there are no such cameras, so we are left with workarounds that will have to satisfy us. Hopefully, with a manageable amount of hoop jumping. Here are five workarounds that I use regularly.
