A Pessimistic View of Optimism
Yesterday's post Things are Getting Better All the Time [https://www.cjchilvers.com/things-are-getter-better-all-the-time/] received more pushback than anything I've written in a while. It's not surprising. Consider the amount of media coming at us daily with sky-
Things are Getter Better All the Time
Outrage needs to be manufactured. Life is good and getter better all the time. 1. Why can’t we see that we’re living in a golden age? [http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/08/why-cant-we-see-that-were-living-in-a-golden-age/] by Johan Norbert for
The Future for Photographers
Ben Brooks argues the iPhone will continue to displace activities normally performed by photographers [https://brooksreview.net/2016/09/apple-of-the-future/]: > "More and more, and with every new iteration of iPhone, many of the most basic photography tips are becoming built in to the single most
Think Before You Share
Leo Babauta writes about being mindful when sharing photos [http://zenhabits.net/instashare/]: > "Why is this moment not enough, without the need to share? Do I just want to brag, or is there a good-hearted motivation there too? What am I so afraid of, that I can’
Bring Back The Hobby
Stephenie Buck writes in Our Parents Discovered Leisure. We Killed It [https://timeline.com/hobby-career-b5d199b0df18#.3jl4jfnmu]: > "For many of us, the hobby is dead. Our work lives have merged with our free time, and hobbies are now often indistinguishable from second jobs. In a culture obsessed
Making a Thing
The most popular camera maker debuted its new product yesterday, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. If you want criticism of the product or a review of the presentation, go pretty much anywhere else today. What I like about these unveilings every year is that it’s all about
What You Can Learn from John Free's "3 Things"
I post this John Free video mostly to show how working, experienced photographers look at their own work. It's not the way art collectors or most art critics look the work. There's little about darkroom or camera technique here. It's all about recalling the
Sharing Family Photos
I spent the long weekend making lots of family photos and struggling to find the proper place to post them. It reminded me of a recent post by Dave Lawrence [http://davelawrence.photo/on-sharing-family-photos/]: > "I look at other photographers’ family work, and lately it’s
The Biggest Lies You've Been Told About Photography
Earlier this week, I asked my readers to tell me about the biggest lies they've been told about photography. The responses included a lot of unexpected lies and some I'd never heard before. Feel free to keep adding to the stories and tell me about the
Start Something Small to Build Something Great
I wrote yesterday [https://www.cjchilvers.com/why-i-wont-sell-my-books-on-amazon/] about my first real product: a well-designed hardcover book I carefully created over years and nurtured through the entire production and distribution process. It was a huge project. If I had it to do