For the last episode of OTP in 2013, we discuss looking back to look forward. We look not at creating resolutions as much as mantras, concepts to drive us ahead and allow some wiggle room for the things that don’t work out exactly the way you think they will. Also, we look at ways to refine/expand the OTP G+ Group, which has now crossed 800! Iconic photojournalist Steve McCurry is our Photographer of the Week. Thank you so much for your time, your energy and your willingness to let us wrestle with the things we do week after week. We couldn’t do it without you.

Links for this episode:

• "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" on Amazon
  
• John Mayer | Life In Music | Oxford Union - YouTube
  
• "Secret Knowledge" David Hockney on Amazon
  
• Century-old photo negatives found in Antarctic explorer's hut - CNN.com
  
• 'Tim's Vermeer' Review: Penn & Teller's Doc a Magic Mix of Art and Science - TheWrap
  
• Home | Steve McCurry
  
• Episode 41 – “Our Microscopes Got More Powerful” : On Taking Pictures
  
• Photos: The Last Roll of Kodachrome—Frame by Frame! | Vanity Fair
  
• National Geographic Search for the Afghan Girl Pt 1 - YouTube
  
• The Steve McCurry Interview, Part 1 / The Sartorialist - YouTube
  
• "Modern Photoshop Color Workflow" on Amazon
  
• "Untold: The Stories Behind the Photographs" Steve McCurry on Amazon
  

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This week is all about you, the listeners, as we try to answer some of the questions you’ve asked via email, twitter and the Google+ group. We also talk through some camera and photo related news. Conceptual portrait slash fashion photographer, Miss Aniela is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Yogaglo Patent Issued | Yoga International
  
• Vivian Maier Photographer | Official website of Vivian Maier | Vivian Maier Portfolios, Prints, Exhibitions, Books and documentary film
  
• How Ted Koppel and ABC TV Tried to Steal my Life Work | natethayer
  
• Twitter, Facebook, Instagram: It’s possible to use social media mindfully.
  
• Apple Mac Pro review (2013) | The Verge
  
• Photoshop Lab Color on Amazon
  
• The Fizzle Show — a podcast for online business builders
  
• MISS ANIELA - ARTIST - PORTFOLIO
  
• Flickr: Miss Aniela's Photostream
  
• Miss Aniela on Vimeo
  
• Self-Portrait Photography: The Ultimate in Personal Expression on Amazon
  
• Creative Portrait Photography on Amazon
  

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This week, Bill’s recent musical interlude inspires a discussion around how embarrassment and fear can paralyze us, more than just creatively. Also, the practice of practice and who owns your likeness and for how long? Iconic fashion shooter Mario Testino is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• TEN – Craft & Vision
  
• EPIC DRAGON
  
• "Instant: The Story of Polaroid" on Amazon
  
• Object of Desire: Fujifilm Instax Mini 90 Neo Classic Camera
  
• French court bans Yan Morvan’s latest photobook » British Journal of Photography
  
• This Instagram movie proves that every Instagram picture is the same
  
• TIME’s Best Portraits of 2013 - LightBox
  
• The 2013 Stitcher Awards
  
• Mario Testino
  
• Mario Testino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Fuji Mini 90 Instant Camera on Amazon
  
• Mario Testino "In Your Face" on Amazon
  
• Mario Testino "Private View" on Amazon
  

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This week, we talk about projects, specifically long-term projects and how the full value of them (on both sides) often isn’t fully realized until you’re well down the timeline. Also, who decides what art is important, or even good for that matter? Should “good art” (whatever that means) define the current culture or reflect it? Plus, 19th century French photographer Charles Marville is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Created In Brooklyn: A Conversation With Randy Duchaine - Faded + Blurred
  
• Amazing Shadow Sculptures by Tim Noble and Sue Webster | Marvelous
  
• Hello - Exposure
  
• This Photo Is (Probably) The World's First Selfie
  
• Dell UltraSharp 24 Ultra HD Monitor - UP2414Q | Dell Belize
  
• Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris
  
• Charles Marville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• An Insider's View Of 19th-Century Paris (Even The Urinals) : The Picture Show : NPR
  
• Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris on Amazon
  

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This week, we remember icon Saul Leiter and discuss not only legacy but intent and what it means to live and create with purpose. Who gets to decide what work (if any) is important? Plus, we talk a little about tools, including the new crop of 4K displays on the horizon. Ethnologist and photographer of the American West and of Native American peoples Edward Curtis is our PotW.

Links for this episode:

• Saul Leiter, Photographer Who Captured New York’s Palette, Dies at 89 - NYTimes.com
  
• "In No Great Hurry" 13 Lessons In Life With Saul Leiter
  
• Here's The Thing: Chris Rock and Herb Alpert - WNYC
  
• Learn From Joey L. · Learn From Joey L.
  
• Pixelmator
  
• TidBITS: Can You Replace Photoshop with Pixelmator?
  
• Dell UP2414Q: The 24-inch 4K monitor that finally brings 4K to the desktop PC, for $1400 | ExtremeTech
  
• Where Children Sleep by James Mollison is a Photography Project That'll Shock You
  
• Watch the Rolling Stones Write “Sympathy for the Devil”: A Highlight in Godard’s ’68 Film One Plus One | Open Culture
  
• Vermeer’s Secret Tool: Testing Whether The Artist Used Mirrors and Lenses to Create His Realistic Images | Vanity Fair
  
• Edward S. Curtis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• A portrait of the American Indian – CNN Photos - CNN.com Blogs
  
• Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian
  
• Amazon: Edward Curtis "The North American Indian: The Complete Portfolios"
  
• Amazon: Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
  

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This week, we gear out a little (just a little) and talk about light, specifically the subtleties and how much they may or may not affect your end product. Also, we talk about funding projects. Should you pony up the cash, or is crowd-funding a possible solution? Plus, user-suggested Photographer of the Week, portrait shooter Martin Schoeller.

Links for this episode:

• At The World’s Margins: Paul Salopek - Faded + Blurred
  
• TIME Picks the Photobooks We Loved in 2013 - LightBox
  
• Lightning Source Books
  
• Photoshop Photography Program : Adobe Creative Cloud
  
• 9 year old discusses the meaning of life and the universe - YouTube
  
• Spencer Murphy wins 2013 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
  
• Fujifilm Finds Niche With Old-Style Cameras That Mask a High-Tech Core - NYTimes.com
  
• Pixelmator
  
• Jony Ive, Marc Newson And Bono Lead Sotheby's (RED) Auction To A $977,000 Mac Pro - Forbes
  
• It’s Not The Umbrella’s Fault – Einstein / Speedlight Modifier Shoot-off : On Taking Pictures
  
• Photograph taken by Ringo Starr of high school friends peering out of Chevrolet is reconstructed 50 years on as group is reunited | Mail Online
  
• A Conversation with Martin Schoeller
  
• Who Said Girls Can’t Jump? - NYTimes.com
  
• Matthew Modine & Martin Schoeller's Experiences| Capture Ep. 3 Full | Reserve Channel - YouTube
  
• Martin Schoeller photo shoot - YouTube
  
• The Technique Behind Martin Schoeller's Photography | Around The Mall
  

This week, should exceptional talent be a gift or a chore? Does what you do have to feed your soul to be important, or is just doing the work enough? Also, when are too many options not a good thing? Plus, we discuss the new documentary “Everybody Street” and Tim Flach is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Bruce Springsteen - Wings For Wheels - The Making of Born To Run
  
• Born to Run - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Are We Happier When We Have More Options? : NPR
  
• Katy Perry ‘Prism’ Good Example How Albums Don’t Work Anymore | Variety
  
• EVERYBODY STREET
  
• Writing Wednesdays: Resistance and Self-Loathing
  
• French newspaper removes all images in support of photographers - British Journal of Photography
  
• Analogue Forever: Film Talk with Lars Fielder of Kodak Alaris - Lomography
  
• Tim Flach
  
• Amazon: Books by Tim Flach
  

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This week, thank yous and follow up to last week’s episode. How do we decide what we do and don’t want creatively? Is a hard-coded trajectory helpful, or merely another distraction you need to adhere to? Also, we talk about an interesting article by Kirk Tuck and a really great interview with our Photographer of the Week, Walker Evans.

Links for this episode:

• The Graying Of Traditional Photography And Why Everything Is Getting Re-Invented In A Form We Don't Understand By Kirk Tuck | DIYPhotography.net
  
• Everybody Street
  
• The Kilowatt Hour • Mathieu | Sylvian | Fennesz • the-kilowatt-hour.com
  
• Fuji x100s Travel Camera Review : On Taking Pictures
  
• meg wachter photography
  
• A Fiend Inside: Lee Miller - Faded + Blurred
  
• Walker Evans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• INTERVIEW: "An Interview with Walker Evans" Pt. 1 (1971) - Since 2008, AMERICAN SUBURB X | Art, Photography and Culture that matters.
  
• Walker Evans (1903–1975) | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  
• MoMA | Walker Evans American Photographs
  
• Amazon: Walker Evans, American Photographs
  
• Amazon: Walker Evans, Lyric Documentary
  

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This week, synchronicity and the beauty of moments. Bill recaps his whirlwind trip to Italy and we discuss why seeing art in person is better than seeing it through a viewfinder. Model turned photographer, Lee Miller is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• J.B. Camera Designs
  
• How the Fuji X-series made me feel inadequate | Tokyo Photographer Irwin Wong | Editorial, Corporate, Commercial
  
• In Praise of Art Forgeries - NYTimes.com
  
• Tony Tetro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Tony Tetro | ACCLAIM
  
• INTERVALS The Marsh Sessions by T. L. Schmidbauer with foreward by Jeffery Saddoris by sketchyT: Arts & Photography | Blurb Books
  
• Rant: I'm Tired of 'White Guy Photography' Projects
  
• Digital Photo Retouching: Beauty, Fashion & Portrait Photography [Review] | Faded + Blurred
  
• Lee Miller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• LeeMiller | LeeMiller
  
• Recommended Book: Lee Miller in Fashion
  

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This week, the importance of heroes and how being inspired by one can make you feel like a kid again. Also, are you shooting for the present or for posterity? Plus, we talk about an interesting performance art piece and the intention behind it. Greg Heisler’s former boss, Arnold Newman, is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• New York City police arrest artist who created drone satires - World Socialist Web Site
  
• The Writer as Meme Machine: How Has the Internet Altered Poetry? : The New Yorker
  
• David duChemin – World & Humanitarian Photographer, Nomad, Author. » And Then I Fell.
  
• Q&A@F&B No. 14 - David duCheminFaded + Blurred
  
• Stephen Shore Photography: American Surfaces to Uncommon Places | New Republic
  
• Arnold Newman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Arnold Newman, Portrait Photographer Who Captured the Essence of His Subjects, Dies at 88 - New York Times
  
• Arnold Newman's Incredible Artist Portraits (25 photos) - My Modern Metropolis
  
• Recommended Book: Arnold Newman Masterclass
  
• Recommended Book: Gregory Heisler 50 Portraits
  

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