On Taking Pictures

Cutting up your plans into small enough pieces that they no longer stop you from getting going. Plus a little bit about the new iPhone 15 Pro. Homework for the week is to watch the 2017 film “Columbus”. Marvin Newman, who died this week at 95, is once again out photographer of the week.

Olivia Rodrigo Video shot with iPhone 15 Pro

Marvin E. Newman

Jeffery and Bill discuss finding the process that works best for you and how keeping your brain guessing can often help. They also tackle a few listener questions. Lee Miller is our Photographer of the Week.

Bernie Taupin on WTF

Ken Mogi on Ikigai venn diagram

The Bikeriders trailer

Kate Winslet in Lee Miller biopic

Lee Miller on ArtNet

Lee Miller on WikiArt

Jeffery and Bill discuss the Japanese concept of Ikigai and how the more you ignore your inability the more your inability will become your ability. Early 20th century showgirl photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston is our Photographer of the Week.

Ikigai

Phil Hartman

Wicked

Coney Island Polar Bear Club

Filming the Shining

Boston Strangler movie

PotW: Alfred Cheney Johnston

Noirchick in Old Hollywood twitter post

Vintage News Daily

Has making art ceased to be special? And might that be a consequence of external and internal forces? Any time spent making is better than time wasted not. Victoria Will is out Photographer of the Week.

Jill Greenberg on John McCain

Wes Anderson – Grand Budapest Hotel BTS

PosterLad

OTP #43 – Artistic Monkshood

Sylvester Stallone on screenwriting

Barry Manilow “This One’s for You”

Victoria Will

Bill got back from summer vacation and doesn’t feel restored. So he and Jeffery spend some time discussing how to switch off. Skater and artist Ed Templeton is our photographer of the week.

The Shark is Broken

Daniel Milnor – Shifter: Question and Answer 54

Matthew Lesko

Ed Templeton

How do we distinguish between things we make for us and things we make for money? That, submarines references, and a fairly deep dive into Bill's old Drabbles project are discussed.

Squaring the Circle documentary

Andy Warhol’s Factory of Truth on Cautionary Tales podcast

Proto Drabble of Heather by Bill Wadman

https://www.lucasstoffel.com/art

Mines on the first day of the Somme in WWI

What’s Jeffery working on lately? If not, why not? Also, does everyone think they’re a fraud deep down and just keep it to themselves? Christian Witkin is our Photographer of the Week.

Jeffery Saddoris Substack

Chemtrail Conspiracy Theory

Christian Witkin Portfolio

Christian Witkin Instagram Post

Movies, PSH, fan theories, and oh yeah, only the dialectic pull of simultaneously not wanting to undersell or oversell yourself. We also get into the reasons for making art and how how all these AI LLM are kind of missing the point. Steve Schapiro is our Photographer of the Week.

Tommy Westphall Universe Theory.

CJ Hendry Illustrations on Instagram

Painter Cecily Brown

Jean Claude Van Damme in Breakin’

Speaking of Seeing with Sandi Robertson and Bill Wadman

AI Girl with the Pearl Earring

Steve Schapiro

Jeffery and Bill dive deep on the idea of community and new perspectives on old things. Including the Canon 5D from 2005 that Bill bought recently on a whim. Victor Skrebneski is the photographer of the week.

Van Wilder

Soft White Underbelly Poorest Region of America – What It Really Looks Like

Gauntlet (Video Game)

Walnut Grove – Then & Now

Canon 5D

Victor Skrebneski

Victor Skrebneski on Wikipedia

What starts with a conversation about Bill’s new skateboard, and righting the sins of childhood leads us to discuss overcoming fear and mental paralysis. We also get a bit into the Adobe license news, the portraits of the King Charles, and Jeffery’s ideal trail bike.

King Charles Official Portraits

The Girl skateboard deck Bill bought

Adobe tells users they can’t use old versions of Creative Cloud they paid for