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Why Adding Text to Your Photos is Important
Brooks Jensen [http://daily.lenswork.com/2013/05/image-text-as-point-of-entry.html] shares a story about how a viewer got interested in his portfolio based on text, not photos: > “Through the stories she was able to connect with the images. Notice the sequence of events in that last sentence. It was
Go Into The Arts Im Not Kidding The Arts Are
> “Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s
Sound Arguments
I finally got a chance to catch Sound City [http://buy.soundcitymovie.com/], the documentary by Dave Grohl about an old recording studio and the many bands who recorded there. I was sure there’d be some correlation between the subject and photography, and I wasn’t disappointed. > “In
It's a Problem Worth Having
From Pat Dryburgh [http://bitquill.com/home/2013/4/28/bqa-pat-dryburgh-on-design-development-health-and-music] (via Michael Schechter [http://smarterthaniam.com/post/49364620147/at-a-certain-point-life-gets-in-the-way-of] ): > “At a certain point, life gets in the way of documenting it."
Setting Artificial Limits
The Accidental Creative podcast is focusing on limits in its latest episode [http://www.accidentalcreative.com/podcasts/ac/ac-podcast-set-artificial-limits/] : > “Complete freedom from boundaries should be the goal for any creative pro, right? Wrong. True creative freedom has healthy boundaries. Here are a few ways to set boundaries that provide
The Creative Advantage of Limits
Augusten Burroughs writes about constraints [http://www.fastcompany.com/3008745/takeaway/augusten-burroughs-creative-advantages-limits] in an excerpt from his book, “This is How.” > Limits force improvisation. Improvisation creates new things. Welcome to the club! (via Brian Clark [https://twitter.com/copyblogger/status/327465829950160896])
The News is Killing You and Your Art
The past few weeks, in the United States, we’ve been treated to minute-by-minute news coverage that has mostly proven to be inaccurate. That’s nothing new. The news has always been inaccurate, invasive and statist. It’s just that nowadays we can prove it within seconds of the publication
Buy a Fucking Camera
Merlin Mann’s perfect parody of photography sites, buyafuckingcamera.com, is no more. However, the video tutorials from that site still exist. It’s worth revisiting again and again to remind us of what most of the photo bloggers out there are really thinking while they’re “teaching”: * How To
Truth is Stranger (and More Interesting) Than Fiction
The first time I heard the phrase, “photographers are liars,” I was intrigued to learn more and possibly start a fight. The theory goes: since a photographer creates an image from his/her point of view, anyone else viewing the image will not get an accurate depiction of the scene
It's Never Been Easier
I replaced the word “writer” with the word “photographer” below, because it really applies to both (or any modern creative profession). This perfectly describes the era we’re living in: > “It’s never been easier to be a [photographer]; and it’s never been harder to be a professional