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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 ...
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This photography podcast takes you ‘beyond the lens,’ exploring the arts, travel, conservation, entrepreneurship, creative culture, and more through deep-dive interviews with some of the world's most influential and inspiring people. Host Richard Bernabe is a renowned photographer, intrepid world traveller, explorer, author, and champion of wildlife and endangered species. He’s been hailed as one of the "Top 30 Influential Photographers on the Web" by the Huffington Post and Influence Digest ...
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HT2314 - The Fly in the Acrobat Ointment I love publishing PDFs for Acrobat for several reasons including cross platform compatibility (Mac, PC, tablet, etc.), layout integrity, typographic fidelity, and book-like pages. There is one drawback to PDFs, however, that is frustrating. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free dail…
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Fine Art Photography with Brooks Jensen: The Making of LensWork, Lessons in Finding Your Photographic Voice, Creative Constraints, and Seeing in Sixes Brooks Jensen is a fine art photographer, publisher, teacher, and writer. He's best known as the founder, editor, and publisher of LensWork, an award-winning periodical dedicated to fine art photogra…
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HT2313 - Anthologies As we all know, you can't please all the people all the time. This is one of the foundational philosophies behind the anthology nature in both LensWork and in my personal work published in Kokoro. The strategy here is that even though a reader might find any given project uninteresting, an anthology increases the possibility th…
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HT2312 - Photo Vests For 50 years now I've had an on again, off again relationship with photo vests. I'll go through periods where I find them convenient, comfortable, and adequate, then periods when I find them too limiting. The real issue, obviously, is not the vest but rather the amount of gear I feel is necessary for me to do the work I want to…
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LW1461 - The Photo Game Is Changing An incredibly important part of artwork is the wonder of how it could possibly have been done. When that mystery is removed, what's left is considerably diminished, unremarkable, even common. I've seen this happen to photography in the last 50 years. What could make photography wonderful (full of wonder) again? A…
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HT2311 - The Quiet Light, Digitally John Sexton published a wonderful monograph of his work titled, The Quiet Light. His images glowed off the page. This effect was due to his extraordinary skill as a printer in combination with a side effect from reciprocity failure with gelatin silver film. It's wonderful aesthetic that was difficult to achieve b…
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HT2310 - What You Might Do Someday WIt occurs to me that marketing camera gear is all about convincing you that your current gear is somehow inadequate. It also occurs to me that art making art is the revelation of the possible, that is to say, all art is made with the tools we have at hand. No one, of course, is going to run an expensive marketing…
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HT2309 - A Nagging Sense of Guilt It's been over a year since my last publication of a new issue of Kokoro. I feel a sense of guilt about this. In that same time, I've release 400 Here's a Thought, 60 podcasts, 60 episodes of Finding the Picture, 5 issues of LensWork, and that doesn't count episodes of Looking at Images, Seeing in SIXES commentarie…
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HT2308 - Removing Sharpness Most (but not all) images require a sharpness that has us searching for and treasuring tack sharp lenses. We shouldn't let that, however, determine our aesthetic decisions. We can always reduce sharpness from a sharp capture if needed, but we can't create more sharpness than the lens captures. Show your appreciation for …
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Landscape photography with Marc Adamus: Chasing the Light, the Magic of Discovery, Essential Wilderness, and His New Book 'The Way Home.' Marc Adamus is one of the most celebrated landscape photographers working today. Known for his dramatic compositions and fearless pursuit of remote wilderness, Marc has carved out a unique space at the intersecti…
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Adventure photography with Chris Burkard: Adventure Photographer and Filmmaker on Embracing Uncertainty and Discomfort to Discover Creativity and Joy. Chris Burkard is an American adventure and landscape photographer, filmmaker, speaker, creative director, and explorer now living with his family in Reykjavik, Iceland. He is best known for his inspi…
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Wildlife and travel photography with Sue Flood: Lessons From David Attenborough, Blue Planet, The Perfect Penguin, and a Life of Polar Photography Travel. Sue Flood is an award-winning photographer and filmmaker, zoologist, adventure travel leader and public speaker. Her work takes her all over the world but she has a special passion for the wildli…
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Photography Book Release Party with Quintin Lake: The Perimeter - A Photographic Journey Around the Coast of Britain. Quintin Lake is a multi-award-winning British photographer specializing in landscape and architecture, with twenty-five years of experience. A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and Royal Society of Arts, his work has been fea…
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Travel photography with Susan Seubert: National Geographic Travel Photographer on Winning an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award, Magnum Photos, Beauty, Truth, and Storytelling. Award-wining travel photographer Susan Seubert has completed photography assignments for National Geographic, The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, Travel and Leisure and many oth…
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Conservation photography with Morgan Heim: Wildlife Conservation Photography, Floral Tributes to Roadkill, and the Power of Personal Passion Projects. Morgan Heim is a wildlife conservation photographer and filmmaker based in Astoria, Oregon. She uses her talents to focus on the coexistence between humans and wildlife and how human-influenced chang…
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Travel wisdom with Emmy-Award-Winning Travel TV Host Samantha Brown: Travel Wisdom and Places To Love. Emmy-Award-Winning Travel TV Host Samantha Brown has spent the past 25 years bringing the joy of travel into millions of homes through her work with the Travel Channel and PBS. She currently hosts 'Samantha Brown's Places To Love' on PBS. Known fo…
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Productivity Hacks for Creators: Chronotypes and Energy Matching, Pareto's and Parkinson’s Principles, Automation and Delegation. Richard Bernabe on productivity hacks and techniques for creators - photographers, artists, writers, musicians, etc. - so they can spend more of their time on the act on creating and less time bogged down on the mundane …
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Photography with Thomas Nicolon and The Congo: Photographing the Wildest Place on Earth and How to Outrun a Charging Elephant. Thomas Nicolon is a French National Geographic photographer and explorer documenting wildlife conservation worldwide, with work featured in National Geographic, Le Monde, GEO, Reuters, and other major media outlets. During …
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Photography with Kaylee Greer: Dogtography, Pupparazzi, and the Power of Photography in Finding Forever Homes for Shelter Dogs. Kaylee Greer isn't just a multi-International award-winning commercial dog photographer; she's a storyteller with a camera, capturing the vibrant personalities of dogs in all their goofy, majestic, and heartwarming glory. …
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Photography with National Geographic Underwater Photographer Brian Skerry: the Secrets, Culture, and Love of Whales. Brian Skerry is a National Geographic underwater photographer, film producer and director, public speaker, and Nikon USA Ambassador who has spent decades exploring the world’s oceans, capturing unforgettable images that bring us face…
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Cocktails in Bangkok with Joe Cummings: The Decline of Lonely Planet, A Love Affair with Thailand, Street Food, and Guiding Mick Jagger. Award-winning travel writer Joe Cummings is one of the most influential figures in guidebook writing and cultural reporting. Known for his pioneering work with Lonely Planet - particularly on their very first Thai…
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Wildlife photography with Tom Mangelsen and Grizzly 399. Tom Mangelsen is a renowned American nature and wildlife photographer celebrated for his breathtaking imagery that captures some of the planet’s most iconic animals in their natural habitats. Born in Nebraska, Mangelsen’s early fascination with the outdoors, fostered by time spent hunting and…
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A Rollicking Spin Around the Globe with Paul Theroux: Immersive Travel, Hardships, Advice for Writers, and the Generosity of Strangers. Paul Theroux is a distinguished American novelist and travel writer renowned for his vivid portrayals of diverse cultures and locales. After earning a B.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in…
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Photography with Eeva Mäkinen: Nature Photography in Finnish Lapland and Being True To Your Own Personal Photographic Vision. Eeva Mäkinen is a Finnish photographer and adventurer celebrated for her evocative images of the Nordic wilderness. Her work captures the raw beauty of untamed landscapes, from the golden hues of Arctic sunsets to the Northe…
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Polar adventure with Borge Ousland: First Solo Ski Treks Across Antarctica and the North Pole, Reasoning with Polar Bears, and a Living Witness to Climate Change. Borge Ousland is a Norwegian polar explorer, adventurer, and author who has redefined the boundaries of human endurance and exploration. With over three decades of groundbreaking polar ex…
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Julian Lennon: Life's Fragile Moments through Photography, Music, Travel, Philanthropy, and Finding Inspiration as a Lifelong Creator. Julian Lennon is a musician, artist, writer, film producer, and fine art photographer. The son of John and Cynthia Lennon, Julian was born in Liverpool, England in 1963 and now resides in Monaco. He is best known as…
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Photography with Nigel Danson: Lessons From a Self-Imposed Photographic Exile to Luskentyre, Simplicity, and Guiding Principles for Making Landscape Images. Nigel Danson: Lessons From a Self-Imposed Photographic Exile to Luskentyre, Simplicity, and Guiding Principles for Making Landscape Images. Nigel Danson is a renowned landscape photographer and…
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Peter Cavanagh: New Book ‘How Birds Fly’ and the Science, Art, Evolution, Photography of Avian Flight. Peter Cavanagh is a wildlife photographer who has been taking pictures since he was a boy in England. Peter's migration to the photography and study of bird flight evolved from his study of flight aerodynamics for aircraft pilot qualifications; hi…
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Photography and creativity with Chase Jarvis: Founder of CreativeLive, Photographer, Entrepreneur, and Best-Selling Author on Never Playing It Safe. Chase Jarvis is an award-winning artist, serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, and one of the most influential photographers of the past decade. He has created campaigns for Apple, Nike, Red Bull a…
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Photography with Sam Abell: Legendary National Geographic Photographer on Building an Image, Micro Composition, Optical Vibration, and Staying Power. Sam Abell is one of America's most influential and celebrated documentary photographers, best known for his rich, expressive, color photo-essays for National Geographic magazine where he made images f…
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Photography with Melissa Groo: Empathetic Wildlife and Conservation Photography, Career Mindsets, Ethics, Integrity, and the Disgrace of Wildlife Game Farms. Melissa Groo is an American conservation photographer and writer. She is a Sony Artisan of Imagery, an Associate Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers, an advisor …
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Bill Wallauer: Cinematographer and Filmmaker for the Jane Goodall Institute on the Chimpanzees of Gombe National Park. Bill Wallauer is a cinematographer and fil.mmaker with the Jane Goodall Institute. He’s also a public speaker, scientific advisor and lover of chimpanzees and all wildlife across the globe. Bill joined the Jane Goodall Institute's …
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Aurora photography with Vincent Ledvina: The Art and Science of the Northern Lights, Auroral Beads, Substorm Sequences, Predictions, Photography. Vincent Ledvina, AKA “The Aurora Guy,” is a Space Physics Ph.D. student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, a night sky photographer, aurora fanatic, science communicator, and educator living in Fairba…
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Sean Collins and Dan Modern Interview Richard Bernabe: When Seals Attack, Wildlife Photography, Podcasting, and More. Sean Collins and Dan Modern interview Richard Bernabe on the Crafted Process Podcast about Richard's most recent trip to Namibia where he was attacked and bitten by a fur seal, wildlife photography, travel, managing a photography bu…
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Photography with Malin Fezehai: Visual Journalist and Photographer Inspired by People, Refugees, Survivors, and Women Surfers of the World. Malin Fezehai is an Eritrean-Swedish New York-based photographer, filmmaker, and visual journalist. She's worked in more than forty countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and America. In addition to being …
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Photography with Frans Lanting: Working with National Geographic, A Passion for Wildlife, Personal Vision, and Conservation Photography. Photographer Frans Lanting has spent decades capturing the Earth’s diverse wildlife and landscapes, weaving a personal visual narrative that highlights both the beauty and the fragility of our planet. Born in Rott…
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New photography movie with Jay Silverman: Award-Winning Director on His New Movie 'Camera' and the Intersection of Photography and Filmmaking. Jay Silverman is an award winning director, producer, filmmaker, writer, and photographer from Santa Monica, California. Jay’s films have been awarded numerous Best Feature and Audience Awards at festivals a…
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Photography with George Nobechi: The Concept of Nukumori and the Virtues of Patience, Quietude, and Photographing Everyday Life. George Nobechi is a Japanese-Canadian photographer living in Nagano, Japan. His work is often described as evoking solitude, duality and longing. Being bicultural, he is simultaneously an insider and outsider in both East…
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Photography with Guy Tal: Landscape Photography, Self-Expression, Flow, Creativity, Artistic Style, and Being Extraordinary. Guy Tal is an American nature and landscape photographer, the author of several books, a regular contributor to photography publications such as LensWork and On Landscape, a prolific blogger, and educator. He resides in Torre…
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Creativity with Matt Richtel, NY Times Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist: Why Creativity is Terrifying, Finding Inspiration, and the Problem With Perfection. Matt Richtel is a Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times writer and journalist from San Francisco, USA. He's also the author of ten books, including New York Times best selling A Deadly Wanderi…
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Photography with Art Wolfe: The Creation of ‘Wild Lives’ and Other Favorite Books, Keys to Making Wildlife Photos with Impact, and Escaping the Creative and Artistic Rut. Art Wolfe is an American nature, wildlife, and cultural photographer who travels the world leading photography workshops and creating award-winning images for his dozens of books.…
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Photography with Matthieu Paley: National Geographic Photographer on Travel, Languages, Cultural Customs, Donkey Stories, and Curiosity as a Superpower. Matthieu Paley is a French photographer who has traveled the world working for National Geographic magazine. Focusing his efforts on regions that are misrepresented and misunderstood, he is committ…
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