Jeff Curto's Camera Position

Montepulciano, Toscana, 1998 – Photograph by Jeff Curto Yes, it’s the age old question… does size matter? Does the size of the prints we make change how we view the images? Have you ever made a large print of your work? Here’s an image that I recently had The Print Lab print to a very … Continue reading Camera Position 55 : Does Size Matter? →

Summer’s lazy days put me in the mind of childhood and a recent encounter with some ideas by Pablo Picasso and some photographs by French photographer Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) made me think about how important a childlike sense of wonder is to photographers. Picasso said: “All children are artists. The problem is how to … Continue reading Camera Position 54 : Photograph like a Child →

An image isn’t finished until it starts to feel like what you saw. Here is a brief look at the way I approached the post-production (what we used to call “darkroom work”) of this recent image from Gubbio, a marvelously medieval town in northern Umbria, Italy. The differences are subtle, but the idea is to … Continue reading Camera Position 53 : Realizing the Image →

Preconceived notions about what you’re going to photograph can keep you from finding good images that you may have missed. This episode of Camera Position examines how I nearly fell into that trap in Gubbio, a beautiful town in Italy’s Umbria province. Images of La Festa Dei Ceri, Gubbio, Umbria by Jeff Curto click images … Continue reading Camera Position 52 : Tossing Your Preconceptions →

Traveling with a camera involves planning. A lot of folks have asked me about traveling with the large format camera, and in this episode of Camera Postiion, I detail the gear that I take on the road. Links for this podcast: Deardorff History Page Harrison Film Pup Tent Pentax Digital Spot Meter

What does your website say about who you are as a photographer? Does your site clearly define your goals or do you use your site’s pages as a dumping ground for every photograph you’ve ever made? In this episode of Camera Position, I look at the way in which web pages can tell us whether … Continue reading Camera Position 50 : Messages From Your Website →

In order to make photographs that are meaningful, it really helps to know your subject in intimate detail. In this episode, I talk about subject research, and about how knowing your subject can be one of the best paths to good photographs. Gubbio, Umbria – Photograph by Jeff Curto Links for this episode: Alec Soth … Continue reading Camera Position 49 : Know Thy Subject →

What do you do when you get “stuck” photographically? Here are a few ideas about how to find your way out of “Photographer’s Block,” with some references to how other photographers handle the problem. Photograph by Jeff Curto (left) and David Quigg (right) Photograph by Suzanne Szucs (left) and Nicholas Nixon (right) Click images and … Continue reading Camera Position 48 : Getting “Unstuck” →

In this episode, I talk about shallow depth of field as a creative tool and its use by several photographers who are using it in inventive and interesting ways. I also look at how focusing yourself on a project can help you be more creative. Photographs by Jeff Curto – Jeff Curto’s Website Photographs by … Continue reading Camera Position 47 : Focus/Defocus/Refocus →

This episode of Camera Position is about combining passion with profession. We need to photograph what we love, but we also can’t lead an insular life; we need to be out there, casting our lines into the river of photographic experiences. This week, March 15 to 18, is the Society for Photographic Education conference in … Continue reading Camera Position 46 : Passion & Profession →