photography
Photomediations: An Open Book
Photomediations an attempt at a coffee table photo book in digital form. You can view the free book as a website [http://photomediationsopenbook.net/] or in part as a PDF [http://openhumanitiespress.org/books/download/Kuc-Zylinska_2016_Photomediations-A-Reader.pdf] . I'll always prefer the physical form of a photography
How We See Art
This is a small, eye-tracking study from Frontiers in Human Neuroscience [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170918/] that found some unusual variables in how we view art (via Andy Adams [https://twitter.com/FlakPhoto/status/757960810501058560]): > "We found some common principles in the way people
There is Less to Life
Every business failure I've ever had has come down to one problem: overthinking. It accounts for most failures in the rest of my life as well. Of course, a total lack of thinking can lead to ruin. But, I think we tend to overcomplicate life in general. Most
The Lost Art of the Print Envelope
I never knew I'd miss them until they were gone. Photos used to come in envelopes. The envelopes gave you hints about the time and place of the photos before you even opened them. They had personality. I don't miss a lot about the old print
Print Publishers Should Learn from the Photobook
Print publishers still think they're in the information delivery business. This is probably only half true. Publishers need to look to re-surging popularity of photobooks for the future of print books in general. You can get information anywhere now. That's not what's scarce. Photobooks
Your Gear Does Matter
You can’t claim gear doesn’t matter and then criticize someone’s gear. If you look back over the life of this blog, I stopped criticizing fancy camera gear a long time ago. I had to face, while writing the A Lesser Photographer book [http://craftandvision.com/products/a-lesser-photographer]
The Future of Photography
The future of photography is publishing. I've argued as gear becomes better and cheaper, technical ability will no longer be as valued. Creativity will be the differentiator. That may work for a while. But with hundreds of millions of new photographers out there, creativity alone will not be
Obsessed with the Ordinary
Even though I prefer to chase a story, I can't help but admire the photographers who would rather give us new views on the ordinary people, places and things all around us. There's stories in them as well. This is a different kind of minimalism. It&
Chris Marquardt Reads from A Lesser Photographer
Photography Tips from the Top Floor [http://tipsfromthetopfloor.com] is the longest running photography podcast and one of my favorites. Host Chris Marquardt has read several chapters of the A Lesser Photographer book at the end of some of the episodes, much to my delight and honor. His listeners are
Lessons for Your Summer Photo Trip
If you're hitting the road, or taking to the air, for a summer vacation, you're going to want to take a lot of photos and accomplish more than you possibly can with the time you have. Here's the lessons I've learned this