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Photography Clips

Photography Clips

What is the point of these Photography Clips? This podcast includes snippets of my thoughts on various aspects of photography, art, and creativity. The goal of Photography Clips is to get you thinking about your own unique points of view.

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WM-499: How to Plan a Photography Trip Without the...

Photography Clips ·

2025/07/14

Today, we’re going to talk about something that’s supposed to be fun—something that should feel freeing, adventurous, and inspiring. But sometimes, well… it gets a little heavy. I’m talking about the photography trip. You know the kind. That big escape where it’s just you, your camera, and the world outside your front door. But if you’ve done a few of these trips, or even just tried to plan one, then you probably already know: photography trips can be stressful... Podcast Notes:

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04:45

WM-498: Scouting Great New Locations for Photography...

Photography Clips ·

2025/07/11

A large portion of my time is devoted not just to photography itself, but to something just as important: finding new places to create it. Scouting, for me, is part of the adventure. It's a little like being on a treasure hunt with your camera bag in the passenger seat and curiosity behind the wheel. And over the years, I’ve discovered a few ways to make that hunt easier, more enjoyable, and a whole lot more rewarding. Back when I first got serious about photography, I used to just hop in the car

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04:32

WM-497: Motivational Tricks to Increase Your...

Photography Clips ·

2025/07/09

You know, one of the hardest things about being a creative person—whether you’re into photography or painting or writing—is motivation. Just getting started. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had every excuse in the book. I’m not feeling inspired. I don’t have the right gear. There’s no time. The light’s wrong. You name it. But if I’m being honest, those are just that—excuses. Life’s busy, sure, and things pop up. But most of the time, it’s not that something is actively standing in the way. It’s

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WM-496: The Art of Patience in Photography |...

Photography Clips ·

2025/07/08

The stereotypical image of the artist is someone who spends a large part of their life not producing anything. Then, when the inspiration strikes, the artist goes to work, spontaneously producing works of art. The artist finally had the exact right sequence of thoughts. Whatever the case is, the work is something that just came to them, spur of the moment. Photographers often have a mental image of the inspired artist. It is sometimes even stronger because people assume that all a photographer must

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03:49

WM-495: Formulas vs. Strategies in Photography |...

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2025/07/01

Photographers hear it all the time: follow the rule of thirds, shoot during golden hour, use leading lines, frame your subject just so. These formulas are everywhere. They promise guaranteed results, and sometimes, they do deliver something pleasing. But if we rely too heavily on formulas, our photography runs the risk of becoming repetitive and uninspired. That’s why it’s important to understand the difference between a formula and a strategy. One boxes you in; the other sets you free. In a

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04:20

WM-494: The Best Photography Gear Is What Works for...

Photography Clips ·

2025/06/19

What are the best tools for photography? I spend a lot of time talking about what the reviewers say. If you listen, they will have you believe that the best gear is the gear that has the highest megapixels, the things that will produce the sharpest image quality, the best colors—that sort of thing. I’ve long argued against this, saying that, in most cases, these costly items are overkill. The megapixels and incredibly sharp resolutions are a wasteful investment when you consider that the average

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04:43

WM-493: Photography Note-Taking: Don’t Let Great...

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2025/06/17

For most of us photographers, the reality is that we’re not making a living from photography. For many of us, that’s deliberate. Some simply don’t want to turn a favorite hobby into a job. Others of us may have goals and dreams, but perhaps we’re just starting out, or the demand for our particular brand of photography just isn’t that high yet. Whatever the reasons, the point is that most of us have to do something else for a living—and everything else that we have to do, from jobs to family

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03:34

WM-492: Photography and Weather: How to Stay Creative...

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2025/06/13

There are a few things that top the list of struggles for photographers. For instance, portrait subjects who find it hard to be comfortable in front of the lens, or lighting that just won’t cooperate no matter how you try to modify it. But nothing is so ubiquitous as the weather. It causes all kinds of problems, from rained out trips to the high humidity that results in frizzy hair. So how do we photographers deal with the weather? Well, the first step is planning around it. It’s always a good idea

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03:47

WM-491: Photography Road Trips: Why the Journey...

Photography Clips ·

2025/06/10

Today, I find myself thinking of the concept of “the hero’s journey.” If you’re not familiar with this, it’s basically a type of plot that you’ll commonly find in novels. The idea is that while the destination might be the goal, it’s not what makes the bones of the story. Rather, the heart of the story is in the journey—the hero’s journey, in which he or she perhaps literally journeys across the land, faces a whole lot of adversity, and in the process, undergoes an inner journey in which the hero

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04:33

WM-490: How Photographers Can Create Their Own...

Photography Clips ·

2025/06/03

As a photographer, sometimes you get the sense that opportunity isn't finding you. There are no new places around you to take interesting new photographs, and you don't have the time or money to head out on a trip to somewhere exotic. You fall into a kind of doldrums, unable to move forward, and find that it becomes an incredible struggle to get the inspiration you need to create something new. Worse, that attitude often extends into other areas of photography. Your work isn’t being published or

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04:06

WM-489: Good Habits are the Enemy of Silly Mistakes |...

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2025/05/28

How many times have you snapped a few pictures from the hip only to realize the lens cap is still on? How many times have you taken a few photographs, only to come back later and find spots and smudges in them because your lens had a fingerprint or dust on it? I know these sorts of things have happened to me more often than I’d like to admit. Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/good-habits-are-the-enemy-of-silly-mistakes/ Photography Clips Podcast:

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WM-488: The Dangers of Sunk Cost Fallacy |...

Photography Clips ·

2025/05/17

If you’ve never heard of “sunk cost fallacy,” I’ll take this opportunity to explain it. It’s a phenomenon that happens when you’ve invested in something so that you’re unwilling to stop pursuing that thing. Among gamblers, the idea is that if they keep betting another few bucks, eventually, they’ll win. They’ve sunk too much into their evening of gambling to walk away without a win. Sunk cost fallacy isn’t just about gambling, though. It rears its head everywhere. You’ll see it in someone unwilling

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03:51

WM-487: Opportunities are Fleeting | Photography...

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2025/04/17

One day seems like the perfect day for some fall photography—the leaves are beautiful, the sun is shining—but you don’t have the time that day because life’s other demands are calling. The next day? It’s snowing! That’s a picture-perfect example of how opportunities can truly be fleeting. Sometimes, we miss photographic opportunities because we think, “It’ll be there another day, I can always come back to this.” But, the problem is, that isn’t always the case. Seasons change—sometimes rapidly before

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03:31

WM-486: Seize the Day | Photography Clips Podcast

Photography Clips ·

2025/04/15

There’s one big aspect of creativity that tends to get lost in the shuffle of everything else. We spend a lot of time thinking about how to think in innovative ways or learning new techniques and approaches to art. In all of this discussion about creativity and how to be creative, we lose sight of the fundamental fact that creativity is often about mindset. That old “mind over matter” saying rings true, I think. Aside from techniques, skills, knowledge, and new ways of thinking, it’s the desire or

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WM-485: Extreme Familiarity | Photography Clips Podcast

Photography Clips ·

2025/04/13

Here’s something I’ve discussed before, though when I last spoke about it, it was a bit different. It’s the idea that we must get to know our surroundings or subjects to photograph them most effectively. Today, I’m framing it a bit differently because we photographers have a habit of always going after something new. New places, new subjects—we want to expose ourselves to as much new and unique as possible. It’s all in the name of creating new and exceptional photographs. Most of us believe that if

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WM-484: The Best Laid Plans | Photography Clips Podcast

Photography Clips ·

2025/04/10

Adaptability—Being adaptable is one of the key parts of being a photographer. There are a few different ways to look at this, too. Being flexible can apply to the vagaries of daily life, the things we photograph, and even the techniques and styles we use to create our photographs. On the day-to-day level, being adaptable means being able to roll with whatever the day throws at you. Sometimes, this means you expected the day to be sunny and warm. Still, it turns out cold and rainy—thus, you need to

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WM-483: Searching for Meaning | Photography Clips...

Photography Clips ·

2025/03/21

Searching for meaning is something that most of us photographers do almost by default. After all, that’s the point of creating artwork, isn’t it? To create something meaningful that resonates with the people who enjoy it. And that’s why we spend so much time talking about how to imbue our photographs with meaning. Here is perhaps another way to look at or to approach that search for meaning. As I said, this is something that most of us do sort of automatically as part of the creation process—but

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WM-482: Experiential Art | Photography Clips Podcast

Photography Clips ·

2025/03/19

Experience and insight is what makes each of our perspectives unique. No two of us can lead the same life. Even though on the surface, it may seem as if some of us are on very similar paths, we all experience it a little bit differently. Every person will have a different set of successes and failures, joys and hardships, achievements and ambitions—the list goes on. Our experiences are even more unique than our fingerprints. And I think these experiences can—and perhaps even should—be applied to the

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WM-481: Evergreen | Photography Clip Podcast

Photography Clips ·

2025/03/17

We photographers produce an awful lot of content. It’s not just the photographs that we put up to share with the world, but also the words that we publish, too. Many of us run our own businesses or have photography as a side gig or a hobby that we promote via websites, social media, and elsewhere. Some of us just enjoy blogging, so we do that along with our photographs. The point is, we put out a lot of content—and in a variety of shapes and sizes. Now, you’ll often hear from marketers about two

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04:21

WM-480: Prints Aren’t Going Anywhere | Photography...

Photography Clips ·

2025/03/14

There’s been a lot of buzz about the “death of prints” in photography. But frankly? Prints aren’t going anywhere. They may become less popular over time as digital technology continues to proliferate, but there will always be a demand for prints. Why is that? Well, some people argue that prints are the only way to preserve photographs forever—though I would argue that the exact opposite is true. That’s because prints degrade with time. No matter what papers, printing methods and archival techniques

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