On Taking Pictures

This week, details about the OTP Gift Exchange and some of our book suggestions. Also, how would what you make and release into the world — your art — be different if there were negative consequences to showing it? Plus, is it worth it to print all of your photos? Danny Clinch is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #decisiveMoment
  
• OTP Gift Exchange Post on G+
  
• Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Wikipedia
  
• William Eggleston: Democratic Camera
  
• A Beautiful Anarchy, "David duChemin"
  
• Saul Leiter: Early Color
  
• Road to Seeing - Dan Winters
  
• Magnum Contact Sheets
  
• Annie Leibovitz at Work
  
• Gregory Heisler: 50 Portraits
  
• An Inner Silence: The Portraits of Henri Cartier-Bresson
  
• Regarding Heroes - Yousuf Karsh
  
• Churchill-ok.jpg (1939×2282)
  
• The Crown (TV series) - Wikipedia
  
• Donald Trump wants to 'close up' the Internet - Dec. 8, 2015
  
• The future president is blocking people on Twitter like there's no tomorrow
  
• What It Means To Be An Artist In The Time Of Trump | The Huffington Post
  
• FORSÅ Work lamp - IKEA
  
• fit (1400×700)
  
• Former Cuban Leader Fidel Castro Dies at 90 | TIME
  
• Graham Sutherland - Wikipedia
  
• The Last of Us: Part 2 Reveal Trailer - PSX 2016 - YouTube
  
• My Pentax 645z Medium Format Conversion in a Nutshell – Medium
  
• Danny Clinch
  
• Rock and Roll Photo GOD Danny Clinch the Interview: RAWtalk 138 - YouTube
  
• Anderson Cooper interviews photography "rock star" - CBS News
  
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This week, making decisions. Sometimes moving through fear means letting go of the reigns — emotionally, creatively, maybe even geographically. But once you do, how much control do you actually have to change course? Are you at the whim of inertia, or do small moves open up new territories, whether you want them to or not? Plus, is monetization after the fact different or better than having it as a goal from the beginning? Frederick Sommer is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #onemile
  
• Court Dismisses $1 Billion Copyright Claim Against Getty | PDNPulse
  
• Casey Neistat and His Beme App Just Got Acquired by CNN for $25 Million
  
• Karl Taylor The Naked Camera #TheNakedCamera - Master Natural Light Portraiture Professional Photography Education
  
• Does Decision-Making Matter? - The New York Times
  
• Shirley Muldowney's Official Website
  
• 100 Photographs: The Most Influential Images of All Time
  
• The Unknown Berenice Abbott - Berenice Abbott - Steidl Verlag
  
• Frederick Sommer - Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation
  
• Frederick Sommer - Wikipedia
  
• The Art of Frederick Sommer: Photography, Drawing, Collage
  
• Pentax 645Z bajo el agua - YouTube
  
• GeForce GTX 970 Memory Issue Fully Explained - Nvidia's Response
  

This week, what would you do as an artist without the right to express yourself freely? Do you censor your work or do you use your voice and push harder to make your point of view known? Also, what would you give up creatively in order to immerse yourself in something new? Plus, a couple entries from the Crit Wall. Ruth Gruber is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #provocative
  
• YouTube Casey Neistat Ending Daily Vlog | Mediaite
  
• Beme - Wikipedia
  
• Episode 751 - David Crosby — WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
  
• Taylor Wessing photographic Portrait Prize 2016 - Prize Winners
  
• Now your photos look better than ever – even those dusty old prints
  
• Shooting the Phase One XF 100MP Camera System on a Drone – Live View shooting in Iceland - YouTube
  
• 100MP Phase One Alpa Hands-on Review - YouTube
  
• Visiting Sir Elton John’s Dazzling Modernist Photography Collection | Fstoppers
  
• Crit Wall - Seth Wade
  
• Crit Wall - Johann Trojer
  
• Ruth Gruber, a Fearless Chronicler of the Jewish Struggle, Dies at 105 - The New York Times
  
• Ruth Gruber - Wikipedia
  
• A Woman Of Photos And Firsts, Ruth Gruber At 100 : The Picture Show : NPR
  
• Ruth Gruber, Photojournalist | International Center of Photography
  
• Ahead of Time:The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
  

This week, we discuss the recent election not from a political perspective, but rather from the standpoint of making art and how to translate the reactionary energy into something good. Also, what are some differences between good and great street photography? Are there objective markers or is it merely great by degrees? Vicki Dasilva is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #congestion
  
• President-Elect Trump: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - YouTube
  
• Artist talk with Photographer Albert Watson | Smithsonian American Art Museum
  
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• Equinox Gallery Vancouver - Two Men in Fog by Fred Herzog
  
• Photography by Thomas Leuthard
  
• Thomas Leuthard (@thomas.leuthard) • Instagram photos and videos
  
• ABANDONED - VICELAND
  
• "Doctor Who" Blink (TV Episode 2007) - IMDb
  
• Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man.Documentary 2005 - YouTube
  
• "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" by Rufus Wainwright - YouTube
  
• VICKI DASILVA
  
• Gideon Kendall
  

This week, with the proliferation of low cost gear and the barrier of entry so low, have the mechanics of making become too easy? Also, is there such a thing as “objectively good” and if so, how do you know it when you see it? Plus, has photo software reached the tipping point in terms of features? Jerome Liebling is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Bruce Campbell on 16mm film, iPhones and why horror must go 'up the butt' - CNET
  
• Evil Dead II - Wikipedia
  
• Bubba Ho-Tep
  
• UNDERFIRE - Tony Vaccaro Studio
  
• Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times Covers After the World Series
  
• Pirsig's metaphysics of Quality - Wikipedia
  
• THE GAP by Ira Glass on Vimeo
  
• The Shape of Things: Photographs from Robert B. Menschel | MoMA
  
• Twitter: "Possibly the greatest scene in documentary history. Incredible. #PlanetEarth2 https://t.co/01dDjDJcdX"
  
• Buy Adobe Photoshop CC | Download photo editing software free trial
  
• Latest Creative Cloud version | Adobe Creative Cloud features
  
• New features summary: Photoshop CC 2017 release
  
• When Pictures Tell Stories We'd Rather Not Hear
  
• Jerome Liebling - Wikipedia
  
• Jerome Liebling
  
• Jerome Liebling, Photographer and Mentor, Is Dead at 87 - The New York Times
  
• The Still-Life Mentor to a Filmmaking Generation - The New York Times
  
• LOOKING AT LIEBLING - YouTube
  
• Jerome Liebling at Steven Kasher Gallery
  

This week, we’re talking about the ups and downs we go to when we just can’t seem to connect with what we make. How do you keep moving forward when it feels like your wheels are just spinning in the mud. It’s not the feeling of being stuck because energy is still being expended — there’s just the feeling of not moving. Plus, does innovation happen by committee or does there need to be a single vision that the committee then supports? Shin Nogouchi is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #outoftheordinary
  
• The interview: Robert Pirsig | Books | The Guardian
  
• William Eggleston - Wikipedia
  
• William Eggleston: The Democratic Forest: Selected Works
  
• William Eggleston, the Pioneer of Color Photography
  
• Reel Pieces: Philip Seymour Hoffman on Capote - YouTube
  
• Philip Seymour Hoffman - IMDb
  
• Photoshop to work with MacBook Pro Touch Bar this year - CNET
  
• Apple says LG's new 5K displays were designed for the new MacBook Pro - The Verge
  
• Microsoft Surface Studio | Powerful workstation designed for the creative process
  
• Artist talk with Photographer Albert Watson | Smithsonian American Art Museum
  
• Shin Noguchi (@shinnoguchiphotos) • Instagram photos and videos
  
• Shin Noguchi Photography
  

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This week, how do you know — or can you know — when a piece of work will be more than what you thought it would be going into it? Can you predict greatness or is it only available in hindsight? At what point do you call the game if you’re not going to win? Also, a discussion around how appreciating art can often be affected by the room or the way it’s displayed, using the newly reopened East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in DC as an example. Plus, Erin Margaret Allison Rambo is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #ritual
  
• Meyerhoff/Becker
  
• Great Performances: Hamilton's America | 2016 Arts Fall Festival | PBS Arts
  
• Museum of the Moving Image
  
• Lin-Manuel Miranda Monologue - SNL - YouTube
  
• 'Hamilton' Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda Freestyle Raps With President Obama | NBC News - YouTube
  
• BBC Radio 2 - Simon Mayo Drivetime - When Simon met Springsteen
  
• Harry Benson: Shoot First - Movie Trailers - iTunes
  
• A Virtual Video Visit with Prints and Photographs | Picture This: Library of Congress Prints & Photos
  
• Kodak Revives Its Iconic Logo—and Gives It a Little Twist | WIRED
  
• Kodak's new smartphone puts photos and nostalgia first - Oct. 20, 2016
  
• An Interview with Gregory Crewdson
  
• Bruce Springsteen - Wings For Wheels - The Making of Born To Run -2005 - YouTube
  
• Wild Dogs in Paris
  
• Rambo Photography | Portfolio
  
• the name's rambo (@rambo) • Instagram photos and videos
  
• Leon Bridges (@leonbridgesofficial) • Instagram photos and videos
  

This week, Bob Dylan wins the Nobel Prize for literature and it inspires a discussion around boundaries as they pertain to art and creative pursuits. Does Dylan winning this re-define what qualifies as literature? How does this discussion pertain to photography? Is portraiture more valid than street photography? Is shooting wildlife somehow “better” than shooting weddings? Also, how much does creative efficiency figure into your own creative process? Are you looking for the shortest line between to points or do you prefer the more scenic route? Jonathan Mannion is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #framed
  
• Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize, Redefining Boundaries of Literature - The New York Times
  
• Bob Dylan is a welder and he makes big iron gates out of scrap metal [5 pictures] | 22 Words
  
• Custom Honda Ruckus- P150 Warhawk - Steady Garage
  
• Photography Camera Equipment Insurance | Video Production Insurance
  
• My girlfriend recently left her job to pursue her love of cooking. This is a ...
  
• What do you think?
  
• Inspired by a Wusthof knives ad campaign I took some one light portraits of c...
  
• Wüsthof USA
  
• Mannion Photography | Professional Photography by Jonathan Mannion
  
• Jonathan Mannion (@jonathanmannion) • Instagram photos and videos
  
• Jonathan Mannion Talks Photographing Reasonable Doubt, 12 Min. Shoots w/Jay Z & Legendary Portfolio - YouTube
  
• Jonathan Mannion: At Home With - YouTube
  

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This week, we’re discussing changing directions creatively inspired by both new gear and a new environment, which raises a couple questions for us that we’d like to also ask you. To what degree does what you use affect what you make? Aside from tools, how does the environment you create in contribute to the work you produce? Also, once you make a dramatic shift and have the necessities locked in, how do you decide what comes next? Fred Lyon is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• OTP G+ Group - Assignment: #bounce
  
• Milli Vanilli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• A Portrait of an American Hero and a Generation That Is Slowly Fading Away | History | Smithsonian
  
• PENTAX 645Z | Ricoh Imaging
  
• A Bee Gees Survivor: Barry Gibb Reflects in a Solo Album - The New York Times
  
• Ready, Set, Reveal! Sue Bryce’s Print-Selling Phenomenon | PDN Online
  
• Episode 749 - Larry Clark — WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
  
• Tulsa (book) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Tulsa by Larry Clark - Album on Imgur
  
• FREDLYON.COM
  
• Fred Lyon "San Francisco" on Amazon
  
• A Conversation With Fred Lyon, San Francisco Photographer Since The 1940s | Hoodline
  
• The Rumpus Interview With Fred Lyon - The Rumpus.net
  
• Fred Lyon: Living Through the Lens | KQED Truly CA - YouTube
  
• The Rowing Machine with Bill Wadman — Fitless
  

This week a few thoughts around the new National Museum of African American History & Culture and how photography was sourced and is used throughout the museum. Also, rock and roll photography — has increasingly limited access to the band and performances limited the resulting quality of the work? Sails Chong is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• National Museum of African American History and Culture | A museum that seeks to understand American history through the lens of the African American experience.
  
• Emmett Till - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• GREGORY NOLAN
  
• Bastille | The official Bastille website. Visit for the latest updates.
  
• Images © Marko Krunic
  
• Bronx Photographic Society
  
• Home
  
• Fidget Cube: A Vinyl Desk Toy by Matthew and Mark McLachlan — Kickstarter
  
• Lunacy | Field Notes
  
• MTA ad campaign to show real New Yorkers who 'say something' - NY Daily News
  
• Art Cosgrove: Kodak and The Lunar Orbiter Mission by The Kodakery | Free Listening on SoundCloud
  
• At 83, subject of ‘American Girl in Italy’ photo speaks out - today > news - TODAY.com
  
• Olympus Says Earth's Rotation Limits Image Stabilization to 6.5 Stops Max
  
• The New Yorkers by Bill Wadman Thane & Prose Publishers, New York | The Thane & Prose Press Bookstore
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