When Frames Cost More than the Print

Another elephant in the living room is the cost of framing our photographs. We all know the buyer of our prints will likely spend more to frame them than they spent on the print itself. We need to address this.

The Obvious Isn't Always

I was discussing an obvious principle of the creative process the other day and was surprised to learn that a good portion of the audience had never heard of this fundamental idea. So much for "the obvious."

The Gift of Our Time

Shortcuts have a cost. If we want artwork to enrich our lives, we need to allow ourselves the time to appreciate a photograph with the attention it (and the photographer) deserves.

So Long to a Few Old
(Inanimate) Friends

I am intrigued by my resistance to letting go of equipment, or techniques. Once acquired, letting go can be a touch traumatic as we plunge into the unknown future.

Searching for God in the
Miniscule

It is said that the Devil is in the details — but so is the excellence we artists search for with every piece we produce.

Repeat After Me - Spotting is Fun

It's all in our minds — fun versus tedium, that is. And here is
an opportunity to prove this to ourselves. Yup, spotting is fun, spotting is fun — repeat after me — spotting is fun. You are getting sleepier — spotting is fun.

Examining Our Habits

From time to time, it's a good idea to examine our habits — just to see if there is something we continue to do, reflexively, that is no longer relevant to our creative process.

PDF Workshop Excerpt 1

We are currently in production on the LensWork Visual Workshops on disc, the first of which will be available soon. In the meantime, enjoy this audio excerpt from our live PDF Workshop last summer.

From Tin to Paper to Pixel

With every major technological change in cameras has come an attendant technological change in output substrate — from metal plate to paper, for example. Are we now witnessing the shift from paper to pixel?

Time For Learning

With the rapid rate of change these days, we'd better plan time in our creative life for learning new tools, new techniques, new equipment. It's not like the old days when we used the same equipment and products for decades.