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Photography Clips
by Photography Clips
What is the point of these Photography Clips? This podcast includes snippets of my thoughts on various aspects of photography, art, and creativity. The goal of Photography Clips is to get you thinking about your own unique points of view.
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When My Own Photograph Feels Like Someone Else's | WM-586
Every once in a while, Lightroom accuses me of taking a photograph I'm sure I've never seen before. A forgotten photograph can look as though it belongs to someone else. There it is in the catalog. My camera made it, the date proves I was there, and the files surrounding it belong to me, too.…
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Photography and Music: Who Decides What's Worth Creating? | WM-585
Not long ago, someone told me that the music I was creating was basically a waste of time. It made me think about photography and music, and what makes either one worth creating. I've been working on a little project I call Music From the Doctor's Office. It started simply enough. I spend more…
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I Didn't Know That Was the Last Photograph | WM-584
I was getting ready to leave and head back home when I decided I wanted a picture with my dad. Neither of us was feeling particularly well at the time. We were both having health issues, we hadn't fixed our hair, and neither one of us was exactly ready for a photograph. None of that seemed...
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When My Taste Changes Before My Photography Does | WM-583
Every so often, I come across a photograph that I know I wouldn't have cared much about years ago. Nothing dramatic is happening. The light may not be spectacular. There may not even be an obvious subject, as I once expected a photograph to have one. And yet I keep looking at it. That has been...
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What Could I Photograph in Twenty Minutes? | WM-582
Twenty minutes doesn't sound like enough time to do much with a camera. At least, that's usually how I've thought about it. When I imagine going out to photograph, I tend to think in larger blocks of time. A morning somewhere. An afternoon drive. A few hours when I can wander around, wait for the...
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The People Who Never Say Anything | WM-581
Every so often, someone mentions one of my photographs and catches me completely off guard. Not because I don't remember the photograph, but because I didn't know they had seen it. That happened recently. Someone told me they had enjoyed a photograph I used with an article. I thanked them, and…
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One Photograph Can't Tell the Whole Story
Suppose someone found one photograph of mine and knew nothing else about me. What would that single image tell them? Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/one-photograph-cant-tell-the-whole-story/ Photography Clips Podcast: https://moneymakerphotography.com/podcast/ Music From the...
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For Five Days, I Thought I Found a Loophole
This was my perspective earlier this week. I found myself on the crow's nest floor with my feet up, trying to figure out what to do next. To explain how I ended up there, I have to go back several months... Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/crohns-disease-prednisone-loophole/...
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Was Her Dress White?
I recently attended a wedding as a guest, and afterward I had a chance to look through some of the photographs taken by the wedding photographer. One detail kept pulling my attention away from everything else. The bride's dress didn't look white. It had a tan cast, almost as if a light sepia tone...
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The Things I Keep Walking Past
After all these years of photography, I know what will make me stop. A beautiful sunset can do it. So can wildlife, a waterfall, an old building, an interesting street, or a moment that suddenly comes together in front of me. Sometimes it's the light more than the subject. I can be driving...
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Do I Give Myself Permission to Get Away?
For the last few weeks, I've caught myself doing something I don't normally do. I'll open a map and start looking around. Not because I have somewhere I need to go. Just because part of me wants to. I find myself looking at mountain roads in West Virginia, waterfalls in North Carolina, little...
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When Advice Becomes a Substitute for Seeing
There is a strange point in learning photography when instruction begins to work against you. At first, advice is useful. You learn how aperture changes depth of field, how shutter speed affects motion, and how light shapes a subject. You begin to understand the camera instead of merely hoping it...
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The Photographs We Keep
Every now and then, I look back through old photographs and wonder why I kept certain ones. Not the obvious ones. Not the family photographs, birthdays, holidays, faces, or moments that clearly belong in the archive. Those explain themselves. I understand why they are there. I am thinking more...
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Earning the Viewer's Eye
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but attention is not automatic. That is something I think about more and more when it comes to photography. We can make the photograph. We can print it, post it, frame it, share it, and send it out into the world. But none of that means anyone is required...
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Images That Changed How I See
I do not think a photograph has to be famous to change you. It does not even have to be understood by anyone else. Sometimes an image works on you privately. You see it once, and for some reason, it stays around in your mind. You may not know why at first. You may not be able to explain what it...
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The Thought Process Behind Every Photograph
The camera only records what is in front of it, but the photograph begins before that. It begins when something makes me stop. Sometimes it is a certain kind of light. Sometimes it is a face in a crowd. Sometimes it is a shadow falling across a wall, making an ordinary place look different for a...
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The Danger of Nostalgia in Photography
I have always loved old photographs. There is something about them that pulls me in. A faded print. A family face. A place that no longer looks the same. A street corner that has changed. A house that is gone. A person who was young then and old now, or maybe no longer here at all. Photography…
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Why Wedding Photography Costs So Much
Wedding photography is one of those subjects that can feel confusing before people even understand what they are paying for. One photographer may charge $500, while another may charge $5,000 or more. To many couples, that difference can feel overwhelming, especially when they are looking at…
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The Power of "I Do Not Know"
I've always asked questions. That's how I've learned most of what I know. I've asked other photographers. I've read. I've tried things. I've made mistakes. I've gone back and looked again. I've taken a photograph, wondered why it worked, then taken another one and wondered why it didn't. That's...
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Photography Law Through the Lens of Media Law, Part 3: Public Recording, Monetization, Police Encounters, and the Limits of Lawful Conduct
By the time we reached this part of the semester in my Media Law class, the room felt different. Copyright had been structured. Privacy had been layered. But now we were talking about public confrontation. Cameras on sidewalks. Musicians are being recorded without permission. Journalists…
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Photography Law Through the Lens of Media Law, Part 2: Privacy, Releases, and the History Behind Them
When I was studying videography and photography in college, I expected to spend most of my time thinking about lenses, lighting ratios, audio capture, and editing timelines. Then I walked into a Media Law class that changed the way I looked at everything I was creating. The professor was not just...
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Photography Law Through the Lens of Media Law, Part 1
When I was in college studying videography and photography, I expected most of my coursework to stay in the creative lane. Camera operation, lighting, editing, storytelling, and the technical side of building something visual that communicates. Then I took a class that was often called Media Law,...
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WM-565: The History of Digital Photography | Photography Clips Podcast
Digital photography, as we know it, has only been around for about two decades. In truth, however, its origins go much deeper than that. The 1990s saw the first commercially available digital cameras, but the technology that we so often take for granted – with its unlimited storage space, live…
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WM-564: 3 Essential Principles of Color Photography | Photography Clips Podcast
When working with color photographs, it's easy to simply choose a dominant color or a color cast without thinking too much about why certain colors work and how they affect our perception of an image. However, when used skillfully, color can transform a dull image into something more dynamic.…
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WM-563: 7 Reasons to Experiment with Film Photography | Photography Clips Podcast
In this day and age, digital photography is by far more popular than film. I must admit that I prefer digital photography for most of my work, too. However, that doesn't mean that film is without its advantages. I believe that every photographer should try film at least once. Here are the reasons...
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WM-562: Must Photos Always Be Rectangular? | Photography Clips Podcast
When you look around at photography, whether it is printed or digital, your work or someone else's, you'll see that most prints are one of the common standard sizes or aspect ratios, and nearly all of them are rectangular, either horizontal or vertical. Those certainly aren't shapes that we are...
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WM-561: Learning from the Masters | Photography Clips Podcast
As a photographer, you'll never stop learning. However, finding new places or people to learn from is sometimes challenging. That is doubly true if you're unsure where to find quality photographs. The Internet is filled with websites and galleries open to everyone – Flickr.com is one example....
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WM-560: What is the Next Revolution? | Photography Clips Podcast
Last time, I talked about the idea that another revolution in photography is coming. This thought is based on my observations across the history of photography. Every few decades—sometimes sooner—some new thing comes out that completely revolutionizes the way we do things—everything from 35mm...
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WM-559: When is the Next Revolution? | Photography Clips Podcast
Photography is due for another revolution—and most likely, sooner rather than later. In fact, it may already be underway, and we don't quite see it yet. Why do I think that a revolution is coming? Well, the short answer is because history repeats itself. You see, if you look back over history,...
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WM-558: When Science Becomes Art | Photography Clips Podcast
In the beginning, photography was very scientific. Photographers and scientists came together, experimenting with light and chemistry in ways never before imagined. However, over time, creative thinkers adopted this new method of capturing light and turned it into one of history's greatest…
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WM-557: The Beauty of Abstract Photography | Photography Clips Podcast
How does one define the abstract? That's a question that artists have struggled with for centuries. In its purest form, an abstract photograph's subject is often unrecognizable. The beauty derives not from the subject itself, but from its shapes, textures or colors. The work of Henry Holmes Smith...
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WM-556: Portraying Raw Emotion in Photography: A Lesson from Helen Levitt
Helen Levitt is one of my favorite street photographers. As a pioneer in photography, she had a natural propensity for capturing the essence of her subjects. Wonder, grace, joy, anguish, hope, and love are inscribed on the faces of her subjects, as clearly as if penned on paper. This raw emotion…
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WM-555: Differences in Photographic and Public Perception | Photography Clips Podcast
Why is it that we are driven to create art? Of course, there are hundreds, thousands, probably millions of reasons to create art – anything from personal motivations to causes that the artist supports or statements that need to be made. But there is one broad umbrella that most, if not all art...
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WM-554: Is Structure Necessary for Creativity? | Photography Clips Podcast
When you think of creativity, it feels like it should be something random and spontaneous, something that is born out of a moment's inspiration. And, there are times when random creativity leads to groundbreaking art. I would argue, however, that the majority of creativity comes not from...
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WM-553: Gertrude Käsebier's Tender Lens | Photography Clips Podcast
In the world of early American photography, few names carry the elegance and influence of Gertrude Käsebier (1852–1934). She is often hailed as one of the first American photographers to elevate portraiture to an art form. Her best-known works, particularly images of mothers and children, embody…
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WM-552: Lewis W. Hine: The Compassionate Lens Behind Change | Photography Clips Podcast
Photography has this rare ability to tell a story, to let us glimpse into worlds we might otherwise never see. And few photographers did that quite like Lewis W. Hine. For anyone who loves photography, Hine's work is a testament to how powerful an image can be. He wasn't just taking pictures; he...
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WM-551: What You Can Learn from Other Art Forms | Photography Clips Podcast
When it comes to learning more about photography, the common wisdom is not only to take more photographs but also to read about photography, to take photography classes and workshops, and to speak with other photographers. And all of these things are great ways to learn—necessary, in fact. But...
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WM-550: Making Time for Yourself | Photography Clips Podcast
Photography can fill every corner of your life if you let it. Even when you are not shooting, you are thinking about shooting. You are noticing light in a window, framing scenes in your head, planning locations, sorting gear, editing, posting, and taking in other people's work. If photography is...
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WM-549: When to Call It Quits | Photography Clips Podcast
I have been noticing something more and more, and I do not think it is just me. People who once cared a lot about photography are walking away from it. Not just beginners who bought a camera, tried it for a month, and got bored. I mean, people who used to go out on purpose to shoot. People who…
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WM-548: Exploring Polar Patterns in Creative Work | Photography Clips Podcast
My brain does this thing where photography and sound keep borrowing ideas from each other. I will be setting up a shot, thinking about light and shadow, and suddenly I am thinking about microphones. Or I will be setting up a mic, and I start thinking about lenses. Both are about choosing what you...
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WM-547: The Vivid Legacy of Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky | Photography Clips Podcast
When we look at old photographs, we tend to expect them to be in black and white. We expect the past to feel distant, muted, and quiet, as if history were always supposed to be sepia-toned and far away. Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky did not accept that. He wanted people to see the world as it actually...
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WM-546: Why I Love Photography, and Why You Might Too | Photography Clips Podcast
Photography looks ordinary now. A phone comes out, a tap happens, and an image appears. That ease can make photography seem like a simple act of collecting proof that something took place. Yet the real power of photography has never been about evidence alone. It has always been about attention,...
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WM-545: Improve Your Skills with a Photo-A-Day Project | Photogaphy Clips Podcast
The common advice for new and aspiring photographers is to take as many photographs as you possibly can – every day of the week if possible. For many, that means starting on a photo-a-day or 365 project. This is terrific advice, but I don't necessarily think it is limited to beginners. Even...
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WM-544: Wandering | Photography Clips Podcast
Here's something I've mentioned before, and I believe that I've spoken of it in terms of how organization and trip planning is a good thing. Because that is the truth—none of us wants to spend a lot of money and time on a trip only to come home with no photographs to show for it. This time…
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WM-543: Four Ways to Create a Powerful Portfolio | Photography Clips Podcast
Ansel Adams said, "There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept." As photographers, this is our greatest struggle — to produce images with a meaning that is immediately evident and warrants a deeper examination of the subject material. So how do we produce images like this? One…
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WM-542: How to Use a Neutral Density Filter | Photography Clips Podcast
If you're thinking of moving from photography as a hobby to a business, one of the first steps is to build a professional portfolio. Photographers of every variety – wedding, portrait, product, fine art, and more – use portfolios to showcase their work to galleries or potential clients. In fact,...
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WM-541: How to Design a Professional Portfolio | Photography Clips Podcast
If you're thinking of moving from photography as a hobby to a business, one of the first steps is to build a professional portfolio. Photographers of every variety – wedding, portrait, product, fine art, and more – use portfolios to showcase their work to galleries or potential clients. In fact,...
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WM-540: Connecting Instead of Observing | Photography Clips Podcast
Photographers like to think of themselves as observers. We stand back, we watch, we wait for something interesting to happen. But observation is only half the story. The real heart of photography often comes from connection, not distance. Today, we're going to talk about what it means to move…
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WM-539: Understanding White Balance | Photography Clips Podcast
Understanding white balance is one of those topics that gets talked about so much that the meaning starts to blur. In simple terms, white balance is about making sure the colors in your photograph look true. When the white areas in a photo actually look white, your color is accurate... Podcast...
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WM-538: Change is Good | Photography Clisp Podcast
There are all kinds of things we can talk about when it comes to photography. Multitudes of techniques, basic to advanced camera controls, compositional rules, lighting, gear and even the artistic eye. There is post-processing, software, file storage and all of the other technical details. You…
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What is the point of these Photography Clips? This podcast includes snippets of my thoughts on various aspects of photography, art, and creativity. The goal of Photography Clips is to get you thinking about your own unique points of view.
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