LensWork - Photography and the Creative Process

HT2745 - Denied Access

Here's a Thought… #2745 with Brooks Jensen Denied Access I'm convinced that the most valuable aspect in the creation of a good photograph is access. If we are denied acc

HT2744 - Long-Forgotten Books

Here's a Thought… #2744 with Brooks Jensen Long-Forgotten Books Perhaps it's understandable that as a publisher I have a fond relationship with books. I weep over the fa

LW1522 - Spray and Pray and AI

Episode #1522 from our long-running, weekly podcast On Photography and the Creative Process Spray and Pray and AI If you want to insult a photographer, accuse them of "

HT2743 - The Assumption of Effort

Here's a Thought… #2743 with Brooks Jensen The Assumption of Effort When we see any accomplished artistic expression — regardless of the medium — we naturally assume tha

HT2742 - Dappled Light

Here's a Thought… #2742 with Brooks Jensen Dappled Light One of my favorite things to photograph is the dappled light that sneaks through the trees to create those soft

HT2741 - Looking for Photographs

Here's a Thought… #2741 with Brooks Jensen Looking for Photographs One of the great mistakes of my youth was the assumption that going out with my camera was, at its ess

HT2740 - Photographic Stupidity

Here's a Thought… #2740 with Brooks Jensen Photographic Stupidity I suppose we've all made stupendously ridiculous mistakes in our creative lives. Please tell me I'm not

HT2739 - Your Basic Lens

Here's a Thought… #2739 with Brooks Jensen Your Basic Lens My first camera was a 35mm SLR. I was advised to use a 50mm lens because that would most closely match normal

HT2738 - Your Minimal Kit

Here's a Thought… #2738 with Brooks Jensen Your Minimal Kit What is the least amount of gear you can get by with? This is an important question if you are traveling, hav

HT2737 - The Crack of Dawn

Here's a Thought… #2737 with Brooks Jensen The Crack of Dawn All my photographic life I've heard landscape photographers preach the virtues of the early risers. Supposed

LW1521 - Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

LW1521 - Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained I'm proud of the fact that so many photographers tell me that appearing in LensWork is on their bucket list. I'm equally dishear

HT2736 - Score and Performance, Again

Here's a Thought… #2736 with Brooks Jensen Score and Performance, Again Ansel Adams famously suggested that the negative was the score and the print the performance. Is

HT2735 - Losing Faith in Photographic Truth

Here's a Thought… #2735 with Brooks Jensen Losing Faith in Photographic Truth With increasing frequency, I find myself looking at a photograph and immediately questionin

HT2734 - Actions of the Creative Process

Here's a Thought… #2734 with Brooks Jensen Actions of the Creative Process There is a lot of buzz about "Creativity" in artistic pursuits. Books are prevalent; YouTube v

HT2733 - A Box With One of Ones

Here's a Thought… #2733 with Brooks Jensen A Box With One of Ones I recently ran across a box of prints from 1989 I'd almost forgotten about. That is to say, I remembere

HT2732 - Time to Get Off the Stage

Here's a Thought… #2732 with Brooks Jensen Time to Get Off the Stage I'm a baby boomer. My generation invented rock and roll music. I'm vicariously proud of that. I must

HT2731 - Universal Stories

Here's a Thought… #2731 with Brooks Jensen Universal Stories Photographs, by their very nature, are specific. They capture a view of a specific place at a specific time.

HT2730 - Bombs and Bosoms

Here's a Thought… #2730 with Brooks Jensen Bombs and Bosoms There exists a trend in current photography that I struggle with. That trend is the exaggeration of reality t

LW1520 - The Big, Big Problem of Repetition

LW1520 - The Big, Big Problem of Repetition I've been doing multiple image projects now for 45 years and reviewing submissions to LensWork for 34 years. One of the thing

HT2729 - A Library of Skies

Here's a Thought… #2729 with Brooks Jensen A Library of Skies How do you feel about the Sky Replacement tool in Photoshop? Is it a cheat, or a solution? Or, maybe I shou