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On Taking Pictures #109: Cause and Effect Issue
This week we’re talking about intent. Whether how you shoot, how you practice or what tools you use, intent seems to be directly proportional to outcome. Also, what makes a curator? Does accreditation...
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On Taking Pictures #110: The ‘Why’ is Much More Interesting
This week, Bill’s recent viewing of Tim’s Vermeer inspires a discussion around the technical nature of creating art. If we allow the process to be augmented by technology, at what point is the art in...
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On Taking Pictures #111: Desert Island Book Choices
This week, you’ve got questions and we do our best to answer them on topics ranging from choosing to shoot in color or black & white and best practices for deliverables to getting your work in...
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On Taking Pictures #112: You Wanted A Do-Over
This week, what happens when creativity doesn’t go the way you want it to? Sometimes there’s “good enough,” while other times, you get the opportunity to take another pass at it. How do you know when...
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On Taking Pictures #113: A Day Late & A Dollar Short
This week, we begin with a discussion about gear – specifically how newer crop-sensor cameras compare to full frame and why more megapixels leads to bigger, but not always better images. Plus Tom...
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On Taking Pictures #114: Creativity On A Wire
This week, we’re discussing the difficulties in making decisions – creative or otherwise – without first knowing the outcome. Also, beyond likes and hit counters, what’s the real value in going viral?...
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On Taking Pictures #115: Doing It For Love Not Money
This week, interviews with Bob Dylan and Frank Zappa beg the question, is there such a thing as being past your creative prime? Also, where do the great ideas come from and what do you do when they...
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On Taking Pictures #116: Freefalling
This week, we begin with a follow up to last week’s discussion about direction and confidence (or lack thereof, as the case may be). All you really control is when you begin and when you ship....
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On Taking Pictures #117: Reset The Mechanism
This week, using Garry Winogrand’s current retrospective as an example, we discuss what happens when practice means different, not necessarily better. Also, in a submission from a listener, we look at...
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On Taking Pictures #118: Savings Bond of Memories
This week, we talk about photographs as a sort of time machine and how often embarrassing snapshots over time become the things you treasure most. Also, should the arts be co-opted by academia or is...
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On Taking Pictures #119: Glacial Evolution
This week, for some people making lists and setting goals are the only way to feel like progress is being made. For others, “goal” is just a four letter word. How do you gauge your creative progress?...
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On Taking Pictures #120: You’re Not Moving Cannonballs
This week’s show is a bit of a monster. We do our best to answer your questions and there were tons of them – some on gear, others on process and technique. There’s a little something for everyone, but...
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On Taking Pictures #121: Not Enough Room For Romance
Do you find yourself looking for signs? Not Stop or Yield, but signs from God, the Universe, or what have you telling you what to do? This week, we talk about signs and how waiting for them can often...
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On Taking Pictures #122: Disrupting the Familiar
If this week’s show has a theme, it’s change. Try as you might, you can’t avoid it forever and even if you could, sometimes it’s exactly what you need. We also discuss censorship and intent in a couple...
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On Taking Pictures #123: The Weegee of the Modern World Doesn’t Exist
This week, we discuss the terrific documentary on the life and work of Dorothea Lange. Topics include getting lost in your work and questions like is art an act of total attention? Also, Bill raises...
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On Taking Pictures #124: Just Another Point on the Curve
This week, we talk about when to begin and when it might be time to throw in the towel and move on to something else. Also, we discuss Seth Godin’s idea of living somewhere between comfort and danger...
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On Taking Pictures #125: Creative Swagger
This week, we wrestle with confidence, momentum and the differences between passion and curiosity. We also talk about finding the stuff that fills your cup, regardless of whether or not it happens to...
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On Taking Pictures #126: Flying Trapeze
This week, we talk about leaping into the unknown and how empowering it can be to make the transition from “whether to move” into “how to move.” Also, how much editorial control would you give up for...
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On Taking Pictures #127: The Rabbit Always Moves
This week, we try to tackle more of your questions and there are some terrific ones. Topics are all over the map and provide a great deal to think about not only for photography, but for anyone trying...
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On Taking Pictures #128: A Baked In Aesthetic
This week, we begin with a listener question around passion and purpose. What drives the “why” behind your work? Should public perception/reception play a role in what or why you create or should...
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