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5 Good Links

Do the work for free, which (if any) online storytelling platform is for you, what defines a good photograph and should Facebook be messing with journalists’ photos? It’s all in this week’s A Lesser Photographer newsletter.

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In This Week's A Lesser Photographer Newsletter

I go on a wedding photography podcast, three ways to avoid clichés, the science of aesthetics and what it’s like being an introvert in the art world.

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The Ultimate Portrait and Wedding Photography Business Podcast: 119: CJ Chilvers

I appeared on a pretty unlikely podcast. I'm either becoming too comfortable on podcasts or becoming tired of them. I can't decide yet.

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"Make Me Nervous"

This week’s newsletter explores why this may not be the time to make a commercial photo book, why it’s always a good time to make a personal photo book, the importance of inefficiency and why John Waters wants you to make him “nervous.”

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Don't be an award winning photographer

The latest issue of the A Lesser Photographer newsletter is out with stories on Google Photos, why you shouldn’t care about photo contests, why you should care about your bad photos and the continued rise of the self-published photo book.

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This Week’s Newsletter

The Best Thing You Can Do When Launching an Idea [https://medium.com/orbital-nyc/on-constraints-exploration-and-chance-cfe46b116c56] “Constraints are a control mechanism buffering against the nature of how ideas work. Ideas like to go on forever, like the party guest who has endless stories to share with you, standing between you and

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Experiencing life second-hand is not living.

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If you could give one piece of valuable photography advice to someone, what would it be?

Jeff Guyer asked his students this question and now shares the best little nuggets of wisdom he received in return. (via Jack Hollingsworth [https://twitter.com/photojack/status/597990884504838145/])

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Read This Before You Blog

This week’s links: Hugh MacLeod wrote the best article about online publishing in years this week. If you blog, tweet or publish your stuff in any way, you need to read it [http://www.copyblogger.com/vanity-metrics/]. Don’t Quit Your Day Job [http://www.levenger.com/BOOKS-17/LEVENGER-PRESS-BOOKS-238/

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What Are You Willing to Give Up for Photography?

As much as photography adds to our lives, we often forget it comes at a cost. Besides money, we invest our time, creativity and attention. When we focus that energy on one thing, it comes at the cost of other things. To leave this unexamined is a recipe for frustration