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The Perceptive Photographer

Daniel j Gregory

Welcome to The Perceptive Photographer, the podcast where we explore the art, craft, and creative stories behind the lens. Hosted by Daniel Gregory, each episode takes a deep dive into the fascinating world of photography, where we chat about everything from inspiration and history to the personal journeys that shape our creative process. Whether you’re just starting out or a seasoned pro, this podcast is here to spark new ideas, share practical tips, and help you see the world in a whole new way

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12:29

It’s Episode 300 so we are talking about celebrating...

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/12/07

This week marks the 300th episode of the podcast. So first off, thank you to everyone who tunes in and listens to the podcast. It really means the world to me that you all tune in and check out what is going on with the podcast. As I mention about a third of the way into this week's show, this podcast is about all the experiences that I have about how photography impacts my life both just every day and creatively. It isn't about gear, techniques, or fads, so I know it has a niche market. I do

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15:30

AI and Computational Photography-When is it no longer...

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/11/30

I have been asked a lot recently about what I think about some of the new tools digital photographers have at their disposal. Many programs now offer "AI or machine learning" to help edit photographs. Now with the click of a few buttons, you can replace skies, change expressions, or quickly composite images together. In today's podcast, we talk a little about a few issues that arise when you think about the nature of computational photography and the language and words we might consider when

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13:47

The rules and repeatability of composition

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/11/23

In the end, I think we all want to make interesting photographs, and the composition and framing are so much of that experience. The more you can be aware of composing, the more interesting and accurate stories you can tell. Being aware also gives you something else that is critical to photography--repeatability. You can repeat something repeatedly because you understand what happened and not just got lucky once with an accident. At the end of a day of photographing, knowing that we're able to get

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11:57

The joy and pain of muscle memory

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/11/16

In this week's podcast, we look at the impacts of muscle memory on our photography. Muscle memory, or the body's ability to do something without thinking about it, is an important aspect of working as a photographer. This memory allows us to be able to quickly and efficiently do our jobs. From settings on the camera to keyboard shortcuts in a program, being efficient can really make a difference in how we can do our work. Yet, there is a downside. Anyone who has spent too much time hunched over a

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13:58

How do you approach knowing when enough is enough in...

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/11/09

In this week's podcast, we look at a possible photographic approach and discuss how you approach knowing when enough is enough when creating the image. For many of us, our approach to getting an image completed is incremental. We take small steps in our approach to framing, editing, shooting, and printing. While this method works, I propose that by making more grand shifts earlier in our process, we can get to a better result faster. We can get a better image, better concept, and better experience

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14:07

How do you value your images? Is it more than just a...

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/11/02

After reading a brief snippet about how Forbes creates its top 200 most brand valuable companies, I got to thinking about what formulas do we use in our photography when we assign a photograph a star value of 1-5. This week's podcast looks at how we approach and think about our rating systems for our images.

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11:59

Seeing the whole from the parts and a reminder to vote

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/10/26

Everything is connected. When you photograph a leaf, it is part of a tree. A leading line doesn't just start and stop in your frame. It extends beyond the frame. In this week's podcast, we look at how our approach to seeing the whole and its parts can impact how we view the world and the images we make. Small shifts in our awareness of how everything is related in an image and how those relationships extend beyond the frame can help you make more meaningful work.

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14:03

Can you answer the question Why do you care?

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/10/19

I had a conversation with a friend a while back about photography and at one point, relating to photo editing, I asked him, Why do you care what someone else does so much? There was a long, almost uncomfortably long pause. The answer that he gave didn't really matter much to me, but that pause really got me thinking about the idea of why do we care about things the way we do. So this week's podcast dives into the notion of caring about your work and how it impacts you and the viewers of your

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11:35

This isn’t personal. It’s just business

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/10/12

When I was younger, I worked for a high-tech startup that had to lay most of the company off in order to survive. They didn't do anything but prolong their demise, but the language used during the layoffs has stuck with me. I hadn't thought about it in a long time but recently heard someone say it when talking about photographs. The phrase used when I was laid off and in the review was This isn't personal. It's just business. The thing that stuck with me all these years is that it is business to the

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14:18

A mile in someone else’s shoes

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/10/05

Sometimes when we look at a photograph, we just don't get it. We move on and don't give it another thought. However, assuming the photographer was attempting to make something meaningful with there work, the photograph does have something to say. I have grown to think that it is our job to try and understand our reactions to photographs so that we can better understand the photographer. While we may not fully appreciate the images, if we can walk a mile in their shoes we might gain some deeper

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11:41

Questions to ask yourself and others about photographs

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/09/28

In a follow-up to last week's podcast on the value of interviewing others and yourself about photography, this week we talk about some possible subjects or ideas to consider when planning your interview. I always recommend that you start with the work. Look closely at the images and projects someone has created to get focused. Think about what you want to know about how the work came about, what they learned from the work, and their approach. As long as your asking questions that focus more on the

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13:56

The power of the photographic interview

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/09/21

One of my favorite exercises I use to teach photography and learn about my own work is called the interview project. This process involves you doing enough research about a photographer you are inspired by or want to learn from and then create a set of 10 to 20 interview questions that you would want to use to interview them. In some cases, you might be lucky and be able to use those questions to interview the photographer. Still, sometimes they might no longer be alive. Either way, part of the

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14:31

The value of small changes you can make even in a...

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/09/14

Sometimes it is the little things that can make all the difference. In a photograph, it might be a shift in POV or depth of frame. In our printing, it might be the right paper selection. No matter what you are working on a small change can be a big deal. However, as the days seemingly run together in this year of COVID, I got to thinking about how easy it is to miss the small changes since everything and every day seem to blend. This week's podcast takes a look at how small changes can impact your

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17:45

How do you define photography and the impact of...

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/09/07

I often think of photography as an active verb. It is something that we do, see, and respond. There is, however, a whole set of photography that is created without the photographer. Video and photos are created by surveillance systems and unattended cameras. These photographs and videos are used for evidence for the most part to show the actions recorded by these cameras without the influence of a photographer. This week's podcast takes a look at how we define photography in the context of who

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12:03

Don’t blame the viewer, except……

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/08/31

Sometimes I hear someone say something and it gets me thinking about my approach to my photography. I recently overheard someone say don't shoot the messenger. This got me to thinking about how many times we blame the viewer for not getting our understanding of our photographs. This week's podcast is all about how we can help to overcome our frustration with others when they just don't get our work. It is easy to blame the viewer as just not getting it, but I believe there is an opportunity for

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15:21

Lessons learned from software release notes in my...

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/08/24

This week's podcast dives into how to think about your photography and ideas to approach your editing using some of the concepts and sections you find in most software release notes. This release note template gives us an opportunity to create a plan, outline, and goals for editing. They can also serve as a to-do list when we need to make new work going forward. I am sure most of you will never dive deep into software release notes. Still, I think you can get something useful from the practice that

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12:34

How do you define a photograph?

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/08/17

This week's podcast dives into how we define a photograph and photography. For me there are three key aspects of a photograph. They are time-bound, indexical, and is represented by an object of some type (print, slide, etc). For you, I imagine you might have different ideas of what might be a photo. I hope that you get some aspects to consider and spend some time coming up with your own definition of a photograph.

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12:40

Creativity exercises and new workshop announcements

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/08/10

This week's podcast introduces my two new long-format workshops and also an exercise, called 10x10, which will help you better understand your approach to editing and creating your photography.

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14:27

Creativity is not left brain or right brain, you need...

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/08/03

There are a number of aspects of photography that fall into two camps. There are artistic decisions and technical decisions. For some people, you might think of this as left-brain (technical) and righ- brain (creative) decisions. However, to be successful, you need both sides of your brain to make a good photograph. Not only both sides but also some language around how both sides work together to make a successful photograph. When we can talk about how our camera decisions help or hinder the

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19:19

Do you keep getting distracted?

The Perceptive Photographer ·

2020/07/27

One of our listeners sent in a great question about distractions. Her question was a two-part approach to dealing with distractions. The first was dealing with the distractions of editing the wrong images. The second area was dealing with distractions outside of editing. We take a dive into both of these topics this week and look at some ideas for dealing with these distractions and approaches for when it might be ok to be distracted.

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