LensWork - Photography and the Creative Process

Website updates can be no fun and time consuming. On the other hand, what does it say to your website visitors if they see the same work visit after visit?

I've been asked how I will be able to continue publishing LensWork while I'm on the road. It's actually quite easy and doable thanks to technology. You might be interested in . . . "How to" tutorials and camera reviews are everywhere on YouTube, but if you're interested in photography and the creative life, you need to know about the incredible resources you can access as a member of LensWork Online. LensWork Online includes hundreds of hours of audio, video, and downloadable content - literally terabytes of content, content, and more content. All 1200+ of Brooks Jensen's podcasts, the complete Here's a Thought... video library, Looking at Images commentaries, Creative Labs and new channels for 2020 including Finding the Picture and Those Who Inspire Me and Why. We add new content literally every day. You can learn more about memberships to LensWork Online at www.lenswork.com. And don't forget that all members can download the digital versions of LensWork for your tablet or computer. The most content-rich resource for ideas and inspiration you'll find anywhere on the Internet.

Why do landscapes need to be pristine? Why do fashion photographs need to be sexy? Why is street photography always gritty? Why not violate the expectations by changing the premises.

There has been an upside to going through all my old work. I'm finding images that I think about differently than I did in my youth, and realize now that they are filled with potential. You might be interested in . . . "How to" tutorials and camera reviews are everywhere on YouTube, but if you're interested in photography and the creative life, you need to know about the incredible resources you can access as a member of LensWork Online. LensWork Online includes hundreds of hours of audio, video, and downloadable content - literally terabytes of content, content, and more content. All 1200+ of Brooks Jensen's podcasts, the complete Here's a Thought... video library, Looking at Images commentaries, Creative Labs and new channels for 2020 including Finding the Picture and Those Who Inspire Me and Why. We add new content literally every day. You can learn more about memberships to LensWork Online at www.lenswork.com. And don't forget that all members can download the digital versions of LensWork for your tablet or computer. The most content-rich resource for ideas and inspiration you'll find anywhere on the Internet.

In Gestalt psychology, one of the basic principles of human thought is called "lock-on, lock out" — LOLO, for short. If we are not careful, we can easily do that to ourselves in our photographic efforts.

In the 1910s, outside of Stieglitz and Steichen, photography mostly lived in the imaginations of some pioneering visionaries, In the middle decades of the 20th century, photography lived in a growing number of galleries and the growing book and magazine media. Where does it live today?

Just a fun little thought experiment. What would Ansel Adams think if he were alive today and observing the photographic scene? Imagine a conversation between Beethoven and Taylor Swift, Michelangelo and Andy Warhol, Charles Dickens and Hunter S. Thompson.

Have any of you noticed the lack of innovation in cameras in the last couple of years? It seems as though we either hit some sort of innovation wall, or covid-19 has brought everything screeching to a halt. I'm not sure which, but I suspect it's the former. The old maxim tells us, "Enough is as good as a feast," and maybe we've reached that point in camera features and capabilities.

As I go through my studio in preparation for life on the road, many interesting (and random) things come to mind. You might be interested in . . . "How to" tutorials and camera reviews are everywhere on YouTube, but if you're interested in photography and the creative life, you need to know about the incredible resources you can access as a member of LensWork Online. LensWork Online includes hundreds of hours of audio, video, and downloadable content - literally terabytes of content, content, and more content. All 1200+ of Brooks Jensen's podcasts, the complete Here's a Thought... video library, Looking at Images commentaries, Creative Labs and new channels for 2020 including Finding the Picture and Those Who Inspire Me and Why. We add new content literally every day. You can learn more about memberships to LensWork Online at www.lenswork.com. And don't forget that all members can download the digital versions of LensWork for your tablet or computer. The most content-rich resource for ideas and inspiration you'll find anywhere on the Internet.

A LensWork reader has asked how I sign my prints. As critical as this is for all kinds of reasons, it's interesting that it isn't more of a topic of concern in photographic circles. Here is a quick overview of my thinking about how to sign prints.

I'm am amazed at how little gear I will actually need for my life on the road. Everything I need is so much smaller than it was 40 years ago that the technology parts of my adventure will be easy!

What will the future bring for collectible original prints? In one scenario, supply will go up and demand will go down and if that happens, prices may plummet. But who knows for sure? Certainly not me!

Artmaking is a progressive process of learning and growing from the lessons in our past. So is photography as a whole. You might be interested in . . . "How to" tutorials and camera reviews are everywhere on YouTube, but if you're interested in photography and the creative life, you need to know about the incredible resources you can access as a member of LensWork Online. LensWork Online includes hundreds of hours of audio, video, and downloadable content - literally terabytes of content, content, and more content. All 1200+ of Brooks Jensen's podcasts, the complete Here's a Thought... video library, Looking at Images commentaries, Creative Labs and new channels for 2020 including Finding the Picture and Those Who Inspire Me and Why. We add new content literally every day. You can learn more about memberships to LensWork Online at www.lenswork.com. And don't forget that all members can download the digital versions of LensWork for your tablet or computer. The most content-rich resource for ideas and inspiration you'll find anywhere on the Internet.

I was recently asked about the reason I use rounded corners on my images in chapbooks. There are both a practical and an aesthetic reason for doing so.

Now with inkjet printing it is very easy to include a title on the paper with the image itself. But should we? Perhaps this is a generational decision.