Why Tumblr Was the Best
Shawn Blanc: "Tumblr encouraged you to post anything and everything: quotes, links, conversations with friends, photos, videos, articles, etc. On the one hand, this led to tons of Tumblrs being the online equivalent of an angsty teenager’s messy bedroom. But on the other hand it also encouraged folks
Photo Safari
The podcast [https://www.cjchilvers.com/the-creative-bar-podcast/] I just did with Jon Wilkening brought up a lot of topics centered around photography in the 1990s. Why the 90s? I consider the 1990s the golden age of film photography. The amounts and variety of new film, film cameras, paper and chemicals
The Creative Bar Podcast
I went on Jon Wilkening's wonderful podcast The Creative Bar to talk about creativity, constraints and obscure 1990s photography topics I had bouncing around in my head. Check out the episode here [http://jonwilkening.com/blog/2017/12/7/the-creative-bar-38-cj-chilvers].
Has Photography Gone from an Introvert to Extravert Hobby?
Great observation from Guy Tal [https://guytal.com/wordpress/2017/11/20/the-traditions-of-photography/] on the mindset of analogue (or traditional) vs. digital (or modern) photographers: > “It used to be that photography was the favored avocation of introverts, allowing unquestioned solitary time in a darkroom—a private world behind a
Chris Hardwick on Scheduling and Note Taking
The Evernote podcast [https://blog.evernote.com/blog/2017/11/14/how-chris-hardwick-keeps-life-nerdy-and-funny-with-evernote/] recently interviewed Chris Hardwick about his productivity habits. How did he go from unknown stand-up comic to the guy who seems to be the go-to nerd representative on TV? First, he puts a priority on scheduling and organizing
Austin Kleon on Blogging Daily
Austin Kleon has been trying to make daily blogging a habit. He's been on a streak since October 1st, and he just posted about why he's doing it and the results so far [https://austinkleon.com/2017/11/20/a-few-notes-on-daily-blogging/]: > "Maybe most surprising, is
Old Advice is New Advice: There Are No Rules
“If you let other people’s vision get between the world and your own, you will achieve that extremely common and worthless thing, a pictorial photograph...there are no short cuts, no formulae, no rules except those of your own living.” — Paul Strand, The British Journal of Photography in 1923
My Most Important Daily Writing Assignment
I write all day and have for as long as I can remember. Some of it is for pay, but I journal every day as well and take an insane amount of notes about everything. But the most important thing I write all day happens around 5:30am when I&
David DuChemin on Productivity
Photographer and Publisher David DuChemin describes his process [http://davidduchemin.com/2017/11/how-to-get-sht-done/] and it sounds familiar: > “On a smaller scale my productivity has gone way up as I’ve transitioned from keeping a TO DO list to just putting stuff – even the smaller tasks – straight on the
The Future of A Lesser Photographer
Craft and Vision Publishing has just announced [http://mailchi.mp/craftandvision/save-30-on-resources-cv-wont-ever-be-selling-again] they’re moving to a new business model. They’re having one final sale on 50 books, including A Lesser Photographer. After Friday, A Lesser Photographer will no longer be sold on their site. What does this mean