Everybody always talks about the importance of the personal project. And I agree, I think they are important for several different reasons. But how do you come up with your subject? Seriously. I’m curious. I’ll share a few things that inspire me to do personal projects and how I come up with them.

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My Zines (free to download)

LensCulture Video on YouTube

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I wanted to follow up on the last episode of INSPIRED. There’s more to the Anti-Pose approach than simply not traditionally posing someone. Hope you find this information helpful. Enjoy.

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INSPIRED – Episode 10 – The Anti-Pose, Part I

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My Mom was my favorite person I’ve ever known. One of many things that I admire about her is that she knew how important it was to always take photos of the family. My dad was actually a professional photographer for a short time, but it was really my Mom who was the documentary photographer of the family. She knew how important that photography was, and how lucky we’d be to have those memories to look back on throughout the years.

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I love photographing people. I love working with people to create strong photos that really evoke a feel from the viewer. In this episode I talk about how I get stronger photos from not posing the models.

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Stay tuned for Part II on Wednesday.

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One of the coolest things in photography is the self assignent. It gives the photography as well as the photographer a purpose. That in itself is an inspiring and motivating force. Have a great weekend!

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I think we’ve all been there… spending money on gear we just don’t need. This episode is kind of a followup conversation about an article I recently posted on PhotographyMattersPodcast.com. It got some interesting responses and the conversations were a lot of fun. Enjoy.

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What if You Lost Everything… Had Very Little Money to Start Over… What Camera Would You Buy to Start Again?

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Ever have those photo shoots where everything goes as planned; everything is perfect and it’s a breeze? Pretty awesome, huh? Actually, I have better memories of the shoots in which everything was not so perfect; some kind of problem came up; an issue we had to deal with.

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Have you seen the news that a new movie is coming out later called Minimata? It stars Johnny Depp as legendary photographer, W. Eugene Smith.

I want to talk about this and Kodachrome and other movies about photographers and other artists as well. Cool stuff.

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First Look at Johnny Depp as War Photographer, W. Eugene Smith in “Minimata” (Variety)

W. Eugene Smith Documentaries

THE JAZZ LOFT ACCORDING TO W. EUGENE SMITH | WNYC Documentary (Official Trailer)

Ted Forbe’s Stuff

Photographers (great playlist for studying the masters)

Other Movie Trailers

Kodachrome (Official Trailer)

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Hope you all had a great weekend. I just wanted to follow up on yestday’s post, “Get Wierd, and then Just Don’t Care.” Add a few things that I thought were important but didn’t want to make the episode any longer. If you haven’t heard yesterday’s episode yet, you might want to start there to get a little bit of context: INSPIRED – Episode 5 – Get Weird, and Then Just Don’t Care

Enjoy.

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You know what I love about art, particularly photography? It’s finding people who put out work that is so unique, there’s something different about it. That art clearly shows that they are following their unique and individual passion in the photography that they’re producing. I love that.

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