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LensWork - Photography and the Creative Process

Random Observations on Art, Photography, and the Creative Process. These talks focus on the creative process in fine art photography. LensWork editor Brooks Jensen side-steps techno-talk and artspeak to offer a stimulating mix of ideas, experience, and observations from his 50 years as a fine art photographer, writer, and publisher. Topics include a wide range of subjects from finding subject matter to presenting your work, and building an audience. Included in this RSS Feed are the LensWork

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HT2358 - Branding and Your Own Art Logo

LensWork - Photography and the Creative Process ·

2025/08/23

HT2358 - Branding and Your Own Art Logo My early experiences in business and marketing taught me the importance of branding and logos. I could easily assume that a personal logo for my artwork is a bit pretentious, but then again it can grow into something meaningful. Here's the history of my Brooks Jensen Arts logo. link to my BVJ Arts logo Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

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HT2357 - What More Do I Need?

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2025/08/22

HT2357 - What More Do I Need? In the back of my brain is an ever present nagging desire to go shopping for more gear. It's irrational, it's reflexive, it's ridiculous. Trying to think about this more deeply, I realize I already have everything I could possibly need for any picture I can imagine I might want to make. I find this ever so slightly intimidating. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

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HT2356 - Practice, Practice, Practice

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2025/08/21

HT2356 - Practice, Practice, Practice I wouldn't be surprised to learn that you have all heard the joke, "How do you get to Carnegie Hall? " Answer: practice, practice, practice. Is this true for photography, too? And if so, how do we practice photography? Perhaps Yoda had the best answer, "There is no try, there is only do." Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

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HT2355 - Copying the Masters

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2025/08/20

HT2355 - Copying the MastersOne of the worst things you can be accused of is copying a master's photograph. Have you ever tried to copy a master's photograph? It's impossible to do! Instead, we're supposed to find our own voice. But what if our response to the world is the same as others? Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

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HT2354 - Planning vs the Unexpected

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2025/08/19

HT2354 - Planning vs the UnexpectedI rarely find success when I plan a picture idea, especially when I do so to a fine degree of control. More often than not, it's the unexpected that produces the best opportunities. I remember once pulling the car over on a long dirt road to photograph a juniper tree and some foreground sagebrush. As I approached, however, it was the perfectly preserved and thoroughly unexpected coyote skeleton that became the photograph I treasured. Show your appreciation for

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HT2353 - Famous for One

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2025/08/18

HT2353 - Famous for One One of Cherie Heiser's most poignant observations about photography was that photographers make thousands of negatives, hundreds of prints, exhibit a dozen or two, sell even fewer and are famous for one. I couldn't help but think about this as I wandered through the recent exhibition at the Fenimore Museum. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

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LW1467 - Five Things I Wish I'd Learned Earlier

LensWork - Photography and the Creative Process ·

2025/08/18

LW1467 - Five Things I Wish I'd Learned Earlier Being a photographer means learning things that will help us grow as an artist. During my first decades, that learning was narrowly focused on the technical aspects of image making. Looking back on those years, I can't help but thinking that I missed so much of the truly important aspects of being an artist. I now wonder how my photography would have progressed if someone has shared with me some of the deeper aspects of being an artist. Then again,

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HT2352 - Relationship with the Artist

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2025/08/17

HT2352 - Relationship with the ArtistOver the decades, I've met and talked with a lot of people who collect artwork and photography in particular. One characteristic of collecting that I've noticed with almost universal consistency is that people have work because of their connection with the artist. Obviously, there are exceptions, but it's amazing how frequently I hear acquisition stories that involve knowing the artist in one capacity or another. Show your appreciation for our free weekly

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HT2351 - Square Pegs and Round Holes

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2025/08/16

HT2351 - Square Pegs and Round Holes As a creator, I like to think that if I work hard, think deeply, and apply my best efforts with perseverance that I will be able to connect with people through my artwork. As much as I want to believe this, my experience tells me that sometimes that connection is simply impossible. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

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HT2350 - Execution and Content

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2025/08/15

HT2350 - Execution and Content When I look at artwork, it often involves two different types of response. I can admire a work of art because of its amazing execution, or I may admire a work of art for its emotive content. Execution involves a wonderment about how the artist did it. Content involves a dialog about why they did it. I've learned that I can't process both of these ways of thinking simultaneously. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought…

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HT2349 - Photography Under Glass

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2025/08/14

HT2349 - Photography Under Glass I mentioned the other day that I had visited the Fenimore Museum near Cooperstown, New York. One thing that struck me as I wandering through the museum was that there was only one medium that was protected under glass — photographs. Also on display were paintings, sketches, etchings, prints of many varieties of media, but only the photographs were framed under glass. Is there a reason for this, or is it simply convention? This, in fact, was the topic of my very

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HT2348 - Photography Is a Personal Thing

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2025/08/13

HT2348 - Photography Is a Personal ThingOne of the most interesting photography books I've seen in a long time is by gallery owner Peter Fetterman and is titled The Power of Photography. Part of the reason this book is so special is that it is so personal. Federman reviews 120 images from his collection and tells us about it, not from its historic point of view but rather from his personal point of view. It reminds me that every picture is a story, every picture has a story, and every story is a

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HT2347 - The Element of Surprise

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2025/08/12

HT2347 - The Element of SurpriseAll drama involves a reveal of one kind or another. Audiences expect it and love it. The same can be true for photography. Why else would so many people get close to a photograph and look for hidden details? Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

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LW1466 - The Questions

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2025/08/11

LW1466 - The Questions I'm fascinated with the responses I hear when people look at my work. When I display photographs on the wall, I typically don't include a title for the individual images. This often generates questions, but rarely more than the two biggies — what and where. I can't remember anyone asking why I photographed that scene or photographed it in that way. Curiously enough, once I answer what or where, they almost immediately move to the next image. Does that say something about my

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HT2346 - Tiny Print, Giant Mat

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2025/08/11

HT2346 - Tiny Print, Giant Mat In one of my visits to the Art Institute of Chicago, I saw a display of photography that consisted of 35mm contact prints matted and framed to 16x20". These tiny prints were impressive and memorable precisely because they so successfully invited close inspection. The convention is to surround the image with white border, but how much is the right amount? Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation

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HT2345 - Print Metadata

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2025/08/10

HT2345 - Print Metadata Digital photographs, we all know, have metadata that tells us a bit of the behind-the-scenes story of the image. Such information is useful for a variety of reasons including provenance and copyright specifics. As creators, such backstories can play an important role in our personal histories. But what about our prints? Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

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HT2344 - The Edge of the Image

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2025/08/09

HT2344 - The Edge of the Image Every rule in art has exceptions. For example, never use the rule of thirds because it's formulaic; use the rule of thirds because it's the strongest way of composing. On several occasions, I've mentioned the importance of eliminating those little pokies that are often distractions at the very edge of the image. Sometimes, however, using the edge to cut an object asunder is a great way to expand the frame through the viewer's imagination. Show your appreciation for

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HT2343 - Signature Tools

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2025/08/08

HT2343 - Signature Tools Signing your work is important. It communicates far more than the author of the work. Your signature denotes completion of the work as well as approval of its craft and content. Therefore, it's worth thinking a bit about how you sign your work and with what tools you use in signing it. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

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HT2342 - The Illusion of Detail

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2025/08/07

HT2342 - The Illusion of Detail As I sit here looking across the backyard at the edge of the wild, I know that if I walked closer and closer, pulled out my magnifying glass or microscope, that with every step along the way I would reveal more and smaller detail. In a photograph, however, if we get too close and magnify too much our image dissolves into ink dots or grains of silver. In photography there is no detail, there's only the illusion of detail. Show your appreciation for our free weekly

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HT2341 - Screen Versus Print

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2025/08/06

HT2341 - Screen Versus Print I'm an old print guy from way back. I love the physicality of prints. I love the experience of handling a print up close, the texture of the paper, the smell of ink. That said, I often find I prefer the dynamic range and vibrance of my images on screen. The mistake I routinely make is trying to make my prints look what I see on my screen. Show your appreciation for our free weekly Podcast and our free daily Here's a Thought… with a donation Thanks!

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