Is your photography business your own? We discuss one interesting case where the answer was no. We also talk about image, not the one you’re making but the one you’re living, which helps set the stage for next week’s discussion on branding. Plus, surf photographer Mickey Smith on a present worth remembering and UK photographer Thurston Hopkins is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Community - Google+
  
• Tych Panel – The ultimate diptych, triptych & ntych automation tool for Photoshop (by Reimund Trost)
  
• Diptic on the App Store on iTunes
  
• Create your own diptych (pictures collage)
  
• Canon Lets Go Off The Low-Priced Compact Camera Market | CanonWatch CanonWatch
  
• New Mexico Supreme Court: Wedding Photographer May Not Decline Business from Same-Sex Couple’s Commitment Ceremony » Publications » The Federalist Society
  
• On Not Answering the Question: What Makes a Good Photograph?
  
• Mickey Smith - Dark Side of the Lens - YouTube
  
• Sue Bryce Portrait | Australian Portrait Photographer of the Year 2011 & 2012
  
• Seeing Themselves: Photographers' Self-Portraits : The New Yorker
  
• Are More Eccentric Artists Perceived As Better Artists? : NPR
  
• Picture Post photographer Thurston Hopkins at 100 - audio slideshow | Art and design | theguardian.com
  
• Thurston Hopkins Collection | Getty Images Gallery
  
• Thurston Hopkins Exhibition | Getty Images Gallery
  

Sponsored by Squarespace Use the coupon code BETTERNOTMORE at checkout to save 10% on your order.