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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 — 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. 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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- 4 days ago2 min
HT2787 - The Plot Twist, the Dissonant Chord
Here's a Thought… #2787 with Brooks Jensen The Plot Twist, the Dissonant Chord Literature and music share a common technique that involves the unexpected surprise. In literature, it's the plot twist. In music, it's the dissonant chord. Try as I might, I can't think of a single example in photography that employees the same idea. How would we introduce the unexpected in a photo project? One color image in a book of black and white? One soft focus image when the rest are all tack sharp? And how would such a startling surprise in a photography project enhance the project? Maybe there's no answer to this, but sometimes asking these kinds of quirky questions opens up unexpected paths in our creative thinking. Become a member of LensWork Online and have access to all 2700+ Here's a Thought… commentaries.
- 5 days ago
LW1528 - Art as Gift
While Brooks is traveling this week, here is an audio recording of him reading the Editor's Comments from LensWork #44, originally published in Dec 2002. This audio is part of the archived of audio presentations of the Ediitor's Comments from the pages of LensWork that are available to members of LensWork Online.
- 5 days ago2 min
HT2786 - Distribution On a Budget
Here's a Thought… #2786 with Brooks Jensen Distribution On a Budget As much as I resist the pragmatics of calculating the cost in production of our art, it is necessary to consider the costs for many of us. This includes not just the production of our work but also the distribution of our work. Wouldn't it be lovely if we could produce 20" prints with abandon and mail them out to everyone we might want to gift a print? If we can't, we can at least devise a means of production and distribution that fits our budget. Become a member of LensWork Online and have access to all 2700+ Here's a Thought… commentaries.
- 6 days ago2 min
HT2785 - The Transition to Art Mind
Here's a Thought… #2785 with Brooks Jensen The Transition to Art Mind One of the greatest challenges of my creative life has been the flip of mind that is required to shift from everyday mind to artmaking mind. They are different and mutually exclusive. I can't, for example, think about my art while paying the monthly bills. These two activities require a completely different way of processing their respective tasks. The art life question is always one of purposely and at will letting go of everyday mind and slipping into art mind. I've tried all kinds of techniques, but still cannot flip a mental switch to bring it about. Become a member of LensWork Online and have access to all 2700+ Here's a Thought… commentaries.
- 1 weeks ago2 min
HT2783 - Removing the Unwanted
Here's a Thought… #2784 with Brooks Jensen The Virtue of Unknown Roads So many photographer I talk to go to known destinations. I don't think it ever occurs to them that the destination is known because so many other photographers have been there before them! The great advantage of going down unknown roads is precisely that you have no idea what you will find there. It's the discovery of the unknown that gives photography its spice. I'd much rather discover some place on my own rather than follow in the footsteps of the herd. Become a member of LensWork Online and have access to all 2700+ Here's a Thought… commentaries.
- 1 weeks ago2 min
HT2783 - Removing the Unwanted
Here's a Thought… #2783 with Brooks Jensen Removing the Unwanted After all these years in photography, I still believe the best advice I ever received was "remove the unnecessary." I've often joked that Ansel Adams' most useful fool was a12-gauge shotgun to remove unwanted tree branches from the scene. I remember in an early Lens-Work workshop I had everyone take a picture that purposely had something they wanted to remove. That was followed by a demonstration on the use of Photoshop's Clone Tool. How quaint. Become a member of LensWork Online and have access to all 2700+ Here's a Thought… commentaries.
- 1 weeks ago2 min
HT2782 - Of Course Your Family Loves Your Photography
Here's a Thought… #2782 with Brooks Jensen Of Course Your Family Loves Your Photography The first people to see our latest work is probably our spouse, our family, our loved ones. Their encouragement is lovely, but is it trustworthy? I think what most of us want is an honest opinion and useful feedback. The least useful feedback we can ever receive is "I like it." If you want feedback from a loved one, it's best to have a conversation with them about the kinds of feedback that could be useful to you. Become a member of LensWork Online and have access to all 2700+ Here's a Thought… commentaries.
- 1 weeks ago2 min
HT2781 - YouTube Shortcuts
Here's a Thought… #2781 with Brooks Jensen YouTube Shortcuts Whatever happened to learning by doing, learning by trial and error, learning by falling flat on our face? Photographers no longer need to experiment. Whatever you might want to do to make an image, you can learn step-by-step with a YouTube video. That's wrong — you can choose from hundreds of videos! Is this a valuable resource or a thief that is robbing us of the very reason to be an artist? Cole Thompson has proposed the idea of "photographic celibacy." Is there a place for "tutorial celibacy? Become a member of LensWork Online and have access to all 2700+ Here's a Thought… commentaries.
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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 — 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. 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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