On Taking Pictures

How to choose the images in your portfolio, and how to show them to people. The advantages of prints, book, web, or iPad.

Amateur vs Professional, what's the difference and does it matter? Does intent weigh in on the quality of your work? Why Bill hates the phrase 'spray and pray', and well as the news that Jeffery has started watching Dawson's Creek from the beginning.

Time lapse movies, Asian doppelgangers of American celebrities, why you probably don't need the new Macbook Pro, photorealistic paintings, Jeffery wants a 4x5, and Sony makes the perfect professional walk-around camera since the Leica.

iPhone camera apps, Facebook vs G+, why Scott Bourne is moving to Lightroom, getting sued for protecting your copyright, the genius of Saul Leiter, and more.

Scanning with your dSLR, HCM interview on Charlie Rose, and a discussion of Annie Liebovitz's Olympic photos. André Kertész is Photographer of the Week.

Model sues retoucher, PDN talks about the future of film, and the 2.8 Million dollar Leica. Edward Weston is Photographer of the Week.

Copyright claims, the Nikon D800, and the 3.6 Million dollar battlefield photo. Portraitist Yousuf Karsh is Photographer of the Week.

In their pilot episode, Jeffery and Bill take on photographer's rights, the limits of more megapixels, and the contents of New York City's photographic archive. Parisian street photographer from the turn of the last century, Eugene Atget is Photographer of the Week.

When 5 lights are just right, why people bother to shoot with a 4x5, as well as who Berenice Abbott was and why her work still rocks.

This week is all about who deserves to get paid, whether craft has inherent value, and why Bill would like to take more than one photograph with an iPhone even with a purple fringed lens flare. Amateur savant Vivian Meier is our photographer of the week.