On Taking Pictures

This week, a look inside four Instagram photographers who reveal the “contact sheets” behind some of their images. Turns out it can take quite a few shots to get that perfect selfie or lifestyle pic. Also, the start of a broader discussion around social media and the number of “subs” or follows as the real barrier on entry into making a living as a photographer. Also, trouble on the high seas costs one of us a lens. O. Winston Link is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• 4 Instagrammers Show Us How Many Photos They Took Before Nailing 'The Shot' | HuffPost
  
• Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera | Blackmagic Design
  
• DaVinci Resolve 15 – Fusion | Blackmagic Design
  
• Disneyland music- Haunted Mansion ride audio part 1 - YouTube
  
• Ruggard Desiccant Silica Gel Pack (40 g): Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific
  
• O. Winston Link's Steam Locomotive Photographs - The New York Times
  
• O.Winston Link - Artists - Danziger Gallery
  
• (952) Pinterest
  
• O. Winston Link - Wikipedia
  
• Gallery
  
• PHOTOGRAPHY LESSON WITH JOHN FREE - YouTube
  
• The Station Agent - Wikipedia
  

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This week, do individuals make the collective better? Do we have a responsibility to use whatever talents or gifts we may have (artistic or otherwise), or is it okay to simply walk away and do something else? Also, a recurring question from a listener around overcoming self-doubt, who asks, “does it ever go away?” Spoiler: no, but it’s often an interesting discussion. William Ukoh is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Photography by the Letter (Paperback) - Jeffery Saddoris
  
• Burnside 35 | Creative Effects Art Lens | Petzval | Lensbaby
  
• Piano Recital 1992 - Chopin Ballade on Vimeo
  
• Redemption of a Lost Prodigy - The New York Times
  
• The Axe Files with David Axelrod | Institute of Politics | The University of Chicago
  
• Good Will Hunting | "The Best Part of My Day" - YouTube
  
• Sometimes I Feel Like Quitting - YouTube
  
• Episode 878 - Ta-Nehisi Coates — WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
  
• Footage of how Tom Cruise broke his ankle while filming his latest movie - The Graham Norton Show - YouTube
  
• Telling the Stories of Defectors From North Korea - The New York Times
  
• NYPhotoSalon Presenters Since January 1996
  
• William Ukoh (@willyverse) • Instagram photos and videos
  
• Nigerian Photographer William Ukoh's 'Whiteshadows' Series - OkayAfrica
  
• HOME — Dai Sugano
  
• How to Do an Emulsion Lift to Transfer an Image from Polaroid to Paper
  

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This week, we talk a little about the upcoming relaunch of Ektachrome and wonder whether Kodak will be able to make a boutique film commercially successful. Also, some insight into exhibiting your work from three successful curators, courtesy of the British Journal of Photography. Plus some terrific questions from YOU, the listeners, that we do our best to answer. Miranda Penn Turin is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Update from our film factory on Kodak Ektachrome Film – The Kodakery – Podcast – Podtail
  
• Mad Men - The Carousel (Higher Quality) - YouTube
  
• Wista 45 4x5 Wood Large Format Field Camera #14281E5 | eBay
  
• Rui Morais De Sousa- Gandolfi Variant + Gandolfi Precision… | Flickr
  
• Exhibiting your work: A curator’s perspective – British Journal of Photography
  
• Totals App - Creating Stylish Invoices and More...
  
• Miranda Penn Turin - Home
  
• Miranda Penn Turin (@mirandapennturin) • Instagram photos and videos
  
• Sorbet magazine - Behind the Lens with Miranda Penn Turin - YouTube
  

This week, a conversation with Joel Meyerowitz inspires a discussion around legacy and whether art of a specific time has a shelf life of relevancy, aesthetic or otherwise. Also, what’s more valuable as a photographer, being a generalist or focusing (no pun) on one subject, area, or technique? Plus a few words about enthusiasm with 600+ hours in the rear view. Jacko Vassilev is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Ami Vitale on Instagram: “Photo by @amivitale With a heavy heart, I share this news and hope that Sudan's legacy will awaken us to protect this magnificent and…”
  
• Ryan Weideman, the NYC Taxi Driver and Street Photographer
  
• The Candid Frame #412 - Joel Meyerowitz — ibarionex
  
• 5by5 | On Taking Pictures #30: Entrances Confused with Dead Ends
  
• Joel Meyerowitz: Where I Find Myself: A Lifetime Retrospective
  
• About the S-System // Leica S-System // Photography - Leica Camera AG
  
• Alden Men's 405 - Indy Boot High Top Blucher Workboot - Brown Calfskin
  
• Adobe Creative Cloud prices will increase April 16th, Photography Plan will stay the same: Digital Photography Review
  
• G-RAID with Thunderbolt 2 | G-Technology
  
• Jacko Vassilev Photography - Bulgaria
  
• Jacko Vassilev | Harper's Magazine
  

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This week, a question from a listener around making photos “that have more meaning and heart” inspires a discussion around narrative and determining what we as makers are trying to say with our work versus what we want—or need—an audience to take away from it. We also touch on editing (not post processing) as a skill that often gets minimized or even overlooked in the picture making process. Plus, sometimes, you need to prepare for anything, including the valet wrecking your car 15 minutes before a shoot. Evelyn Bencicova is out Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+
  
• #117: Reset The Mechanism : On Taking Pictures
  
• Jeff Gusky - The Hidden World of WWI
  
• Why is narrative such a difficult concept for young photographers to master?
  
• Photography and Narrative (part 1) | Conscientious Photography Magazine
  
• Photography and Narrative (part 2) | Conscientious Photography Magazine
  
• Marcus K. (@mkaz365) • Instagram photos and videos
  
• John Glenn estate sale in Md. attracts fans of the astronaut-senator (Photos) | WTOP
  
• KD Pro Disposable Camera on the App Store
  
• Kurt Moser | Ambrotype Photographer - YouTube
  
• Styles and Presets for Capture One
  
• The Informant! (2009) - IMDb
  
• Opioid Protest at Met Museum Targets Donors Connected to OxyContin - The New York Times
  
• Steven Soderbergh Explains Why He Shot His New Thriller 'Unsane' on an iPhone - VICE
  
• evelyn bencicova
  
• Natalia Evelyn Bencicova (@evelyn_bencicova) • Instagram photos and videos
  
• 858 #2 Adam & Eve - YouTube
  

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This week, we’re talking about context and meaning in the work we create using Sally Mann’s new show at the National Gallery as background. Within the discussion, we address changing creative directions, the relationship between process and outcome and, despite repetition how sometimes taking a dramatic creative leap comes down to timing. Also, advice on creativity, courtesy of famed portrait and landscape photographer Nadav Kander. Elsa Dorfman is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+
  
• Elvis Presley: The Searcher - Watch the HBO Original Documentary | HBO
  
• The Compleat Beatles - Wikipedia
  
• Camera and Inspiration #11 | PPN | February 28th, 2018 - PhotoPodcasts.com
  
• Sally Mann: Collodion and the Angel of Uncertainty
  
• Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings
  
• The Color of Humanity in Sally Mann’s South | The New Yorker
  
• Hikari Creative (@hikari.creative) • Instagram photos and videos
  
• Advice for Portrait Photographers: Learning from Nadav Kander - Photos by Nadav Kander | Interview by Alexander Strecker | LensCulture
  
• Godox AD600 Pro Strobe Announced, Brings Performance Upgrades
  
• Cactus V6 II HSS Wireless Flash Transceiver| CACTUS
  
• Pentax 645Z HSS – Mark Kitaoka Photographs
  
• Elsa Dorfman - Wikipedia
  
• Elsa Dorfman
  
• Errol Morris’s “The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography” | The New Yorker
  
• Netflix - The B-Side
  

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This week, we’re talking about planning purchases — specifically, how do you determine what gear you want, versus what you need? Also, a recent gallery show inspires a discussion around editioning work and the value (or potential caveat) of arbitrary editions in a digital world. Plus, a new social media platform is gaining ground, but is it the new Instagram? Finally, a bit of gear talk musing over the latest offerings from Fuji and Sony. Isabel Magowan is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Forcible Entry Pro Bar- Halligan Pro Bar - - Amazon.com
  
• Ocasek
  
• Artwork | Paul Stanley
  
• Aaron Siskind Foundation Invites Applications for 2018 Individual Photographer's Fellowships | RFPs | PND
  
• Don McCullin speaks about the 50th anniversary of his photos from the Battle of Hue during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War in 1968 - The Washington Post
  
• The Online Photographer: Pentax's Big News
  
• Blurred Lines - Netflix
  
• Chinese woman joins handbag in X-ray machine - BBC News
  
• Fujifilm X-H1 versus X-T2: what does the new camera bring?: Digital Photography Review
  
• Sony launches a7 III: sub-$2000 24MP full frame mirrorless with a9/a7R III advances: Digital Photography Review
  
• Isabel Magowan (@isabelmagowan) • Instagram photos and videos
  
• Home - Isabel Magowan
  
• A Former Ballerina’s View of “The Nutcracker,” Home of Childhood Dreams | The New Yorker
  
• RESTRICTED AREAS - Danila Tkachenko
  
• As the largest diesel submarine of the Russian Navy was in the middle of the steppe in Togliatti - YouTube
  

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This week, we’re wrestling with the concepts of “good” vs “different” and whether one is better than the other, both as an end product and as a prime mover. What’s more important to you, good or different? Also, a couple interesting items around copyright and how others can or can’t share your images. Plus, preserving Disney cels and documentaries about William Eggleston and Ansel Adams. Thomas Struth is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #muddy
  
• The Candid Frame #409 - Jeffery Saddoris — ibarionex
  
• Google Removes 'View Image' Button
  
• Judge rules that embedding a photo tweet is still copyright infringement: Digital Photography Review
  
• 365 Portraits 2007 - Keith Ganz
  
• The Importance of Being More Than a Fashion Photographer - Photographs by Peter Lindbergh | Interview by Maria Vittoria Baravelli | LensCulture
  
• Conservators race against time to save film cels of classic Disney characters | Science | The Guardian
  
• Visual Artists Rights Act - Wikipedia
  
• Graffiti Gets Paid at 5Pointz. Now What? - The New York Times
  
• Graffiti Artists Awarded $6.7 Million for Destroyed 5Pointz Murals - The New York Times
  
• 5 Pointz - Wikipedia
  
• Imagine | The Colourful Mr Eggleston - YouTube
  
• Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film 2002 - YouTube
  
• Photographer of the Week Gender and Region Analysis
  
• Women in Photography
  
• Thomas Struth 32 - Virtual Tour
  
• Thomas Struth - Wikipedia
  

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This week, making art because you have to and how context can elevate humble materials to something extraordinary. Also, connecting to the past through the tangential experiences of the present. Plus, why is serious subject matter taken more...seriously as important work? Donna Ferrato is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #bookshelf
  
• Introduction to the Exhibition—Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings
  
• Outliers and American Vanguard Art
  
• It Might Get Loud - Wikipedia
  
• SAMANTHA FISH BAND "Shake 'Em On Down" 3/22/13 - YouTube
  
• Mark Bradford: Pickett’s Charge - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Smithsonian
  
• Alaa Hassan
  
• bessie-and-glen.jpg (520×760)
  
• Panasonic’s new $999 GX9 is a mirrorless camera for monochrome film lovers - The Verge
  
• The FUJIFILM X-E3 is INCREDIBLE | The Art of Photography
  
• School of Visual Arts | SVA | New York City > Howard Schatz
  
• Glitterati Inc., Schatz Images: 25 Years
  
• The Unknown Berenice Abbott - Berenice Abbott - Steidl Verlag
  
• Collected Works. Study Edition - Gordon Parks - Steidl Verlag
  
• Five Things A Still Shooter Needs To Know To Shoot Video | Sony | Alpha Universe
  
• Graffiti Artists Awarded $6.7 Million for Destroyed 5Pointz Murals - The New York Times
  
• Visual Artists Rights Act - Wikipedia
  
• 5 Pointz - Wikipedia
  
• Domestic Abuse in the Photos of Donna Ferrato - The New York Times
  
• Donna Ferrato Photography | PERSONAL WORK
  
• Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? | Pinky and the Brain Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
  
• Kate McGarry & Keith Ganz, Desperado @ National Sawdust, 11/19/15 - YouTube
  

This week, we start with a question we missed on last week’s Q&A show around balancing available light and flash using speedlights. Also, a discussion around accepting not only who, but also where you are on your creative curve. Plus, what do you look for from a podcast? Eugene Richards is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #tangential
  
• macperformanceguide.com: 2017 iMac Pro: Usage Observations and Conclusions
  
• This Is Why Uma Thurman Is Angry - The New York Times
  
• Bill Wadman on Twitter: "Cleaning the closet with my wife out of town. Looking through old prints. Huh, I used to be a decent photographer.… "
  
• METHOD 143 — Arch Motorcycle
  
• The US Copyright Office is 'modernizing' group registration of photos: Digital Photography Review
  
• Do I SWITCH from Nikon to Fuji? | The ULTIMATE print test - YouTube
  
• Eugene Richards | International Center of Photography
  
• EUGENE RICHARDS
  
• Eugene Richards: A Life in Photography - The New York Times
  
• Global Journalist: Eugene Richards and the art of photography - YouTube
  
• Eugene Richards - Presentation at Fritt Ord 10.03.2016 - YouTube
  

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