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HT2243 - Orson Wells on Limits
Orson Wells is said to have observed that "The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.” My interpretation of his thought is that nothing is as supportive to creativity as a structure. Here are a few examples from my creative endeavors.
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HT2242 - Photography, a Verbal Art Medium
We photographers like to think of photography as a nonverbal medium. Then why do we title our prints? Why does someone look at a sunset and think " beautiful"? When showing our work, why do we feel compelled to tell viewers where it was photographed and when? Is photography really a nonverbal medium, or is it a medium that is often supplemented with words? If we don't need words, why are photography books from other languages translated into our language for publication?
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LW1451 - Sharing Our Work, Goldilocks Style
Let's say someone wants to come over to your house and see some of your work. What do you show them? Do you pull out one print and that's it? That seems arbitrarily limited. Do you bring out 500 prints? That seems a bit overwhelming. Viewer fatigue is a reality in sharing our work, so how do you decide what to make available?
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HT2241 - The Right Amount of Difference
One of the primary challenges with project oriented photography is to avoid the deadly appearance of repetition. The images in the project need to be alike enough to go together as a unified body of work, but different enough to not become repetitive. Finding that balance is one of the greatest challenges in editing and sequencing a project.
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HT2240 - Prints Throughout the Day
As the sun crosses the sky, the light in our house changes dramatically. This is one of the primary reasons why I like to live with a print for a while before I am done with it. On many occasions as the light has changed I realized the print is slightly too dark or slightly too light. Art should live well over time, but the only way we'll know that is if we observe it over time.
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HT2239 - Two Things We Need More Of
It is so easy to think that what we really need to take our photography to the next level is that better piece of gear, or more gear, or lots more gear. Looking back on my personal history with photography, it's never been new gear that has created an important piece of work or project. The true genesis of work — and therefore the two things we need more of — are ideas and time.
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HT2238 - Gear Overboard
Exactly 50 years ago today I learned a valuable lesson in photography. I was photographing on the Oregon coast when I decided I needed to use a different lens for this one particular shot. I miss that lens.
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HT2237 - Art-sized Prints
How large does a print need to be in order to be considered artwork? Snapshots are usually pretty small, 4x6" or so. If we make a 5x7" is that big enough to be considered artwork? 8x10"? Why do photographers so readily consider size of function of the seriousness of artwork?
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