HT2741 - Looking for Photographs
Here's a Thought… #2741 with Brooks Jensen Looking for Photographs One of the great mistakes of my youth was the assumption that going out w...
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LensWork - Photography and the Creative Process
Random Observations on Art, Photography, and the Creative Process. These short 2-4 minute talks focus on the creative process in fine art photography. LensWork editor Brooks Jensen side-step...
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20 of 133 episodesHT2740 - Photographic Stupidity
Here's a Thought… #2740 with Brooks Jensen Photographic Stupidity I suppose we've all made stupendously ridiculous mistakes in our creative...
HT2739 - Your Basic Lens
Here's a Thought… #2739 with Brooks Jensen Your Basic Lens My first camera was a 35mm SLR. I was advised to use a 50mm lens because that wou...
HT2738 - Your Minimal Kit
Here's a Thought… #2738 with Brooks Jensen Your Minimal Kit What is the least amount of gear you can get by with? This is an important quest...
HT2737 - The Crack of Dawn
Here's a Thought… #2737 with Brooks Jensen The Crack of Dawn All my photographic life I've heard landscape photographers preach the virtues...
LW1521 - Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
I'm proud of the fact that so many photographers tell me that appearing in LensWork is on their bucket list. I'm equally disheartened when s...
HT2736 - Score and Performance, Again
Here's a Thought… #2736 with Brooks Jensen Score and Performance, Again Ansel Adams famously suggested that the negative was the score and t...
HT2735 - Losing Faith in Photographic Truth
Here's a Thought… #2735 with Brooks Jensen Losing Faith in Photographic Truth With increasing frequency, I find myself looking at a photogra...
HT2734 - Actions of the Creative Process
Here's a Thought… #2734 with Brooks Jensen Actions of the Creative Process There is a lot of buzz about "Creativity" in artistic pursuits. B...
HT2733 - A Box With One of Ones
Here's a Thought… #2733 with Brooks Jensen A Box With One of Ones I recently ran across a box of prints from 1989 I'd almost forgotten about...
HT2732 - Time to Get Off the Stage
Here's a Thought… #2732 with Brooks Jensen Time to Get Off the Stage I'm a baby boomer. My generation invented rock and roll music. I'm vica...
HT2731 - Universal Stories
Here's a Thought… #2731 with Brooks Jensen Universal Stories Photographs, by their very nature, are specific. They capture a view of a speci...
HT2730 - Bombs and Bosoms
Here's a Thought… #2730 with Brooks Jensen Bombs and Bosoms There exists a trend in current photography that I struggle with. That trend is...
LW1520 - The Big, Big Problem of Repetition
I've been doing multiple image projects now for 45 years and reviewing submissions to LensWork for 34 years. One of the things I've learned...
HT2729 - A Library of Skies
Here's a Thought… #2729 with Brooks Jensen A Library of Skies How do you feel about the Sky Replacement tool in Photoshop? Is it a cheat, or...
HT2728 - The Last Time
Here's a Thought… #2728 with Brooks Jensen The Last Time In her final weeks, a theme that Maureen revisited time and time again was the idea...
HT2727 - Unknown RAW Files
Here's a Thought… #2727 with Brooks Jensen Unknown RAW Files A fairly common experience I have when I return from an extensive and productiv...
HT2726 - Food, Clothing, Shelter, and Artwork?
Here's a Thought… #2726 with Brooks Jensen Food, Clothing, Shelter, and Artwork? Does anyone need artwork to survive? I suspect not. On the...
HT2725 - One by One, We Are Losing Our Masters
Here's a Thought… #2725 with Brooks Jensen One by One, We Are Losing Our Masters We just lost another of our great photographic teachers/mas...
HT2724 - Audience Indifference
Here's a Thought… #2724 with Brooks Jensen Audience Indifference A painful truth is that no one cares about my artwork. Don't feel smug; no...