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04:57

When My Taste Changes Before My Photography Does |...

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2026/10/02

Every so often, I come across a photograph that I know I wouldn't have cared much about years ago. Nothing dramatic is happening. The light may not be spectacular. There may not even be an obvious subject, as I once expected a photograph to have one. And yet I keep looking at it. That has been happening to me more often lately... Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/when-my-taste-changes-before-my-photography-does/ Photography Clips

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04:36

What Could I Photograph in Twenty Minutes? | WM-582

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2026/09/24

Twenty minutes doesn't sound like enough time to do much with a camera. At least, that's usually how I've thought about it. When I imagine going out to photograph, I tend to think in larger blocks of time. A morning somewhere. An afternoon drive. A few hours when I can wander around, wait for the light, change direction, and see what turns up. But recently I started wondering how many twenty-minute stretches I've let slip by simply because they didn't seem long enough to count... Podcast

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04:37

The People Who Never Say Anything | WM-581

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2026/09/18

Every so often, someone mentions one of my photographs and catches me completely off guard. Not because I don't remember the photograph, but because I didn't know they had seen it. That happened recently. Someone told me they had enjoyed a photograph I used with an article. I thanked them, and then it hit me that I had no idea they followed my work at all. There had been no comment, no email, no message, nothing that told me they were reading or looking. As far as I knew, they weren't there. But

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04:51

One Photograph Can't Tell the Whole Story

Photography Clips ·

2026/09/14

Suppose someone found one photograph of mine and knew nothing else about me. What would that single image tell them? Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/one-photograph-cant-tell-the-whole-story/ Photography Clips Podcast: https://moneymakerphotography.com/podcast/ Music From the Doctor's Office: https://musicfromthedoctorsoffice.com

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14:21

For Five Days, I Thought I Found a Loophole

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2026/09/09

This was my perspective earlier this week. I found myself on the crow's nest floor with my feet up, trying to figure out what to do next. To explain how I ended up there, I have to go back several months... Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/crohns-disease-prednisone-loophole/ Photography Clips Podcast: https://moneymakerphotography.com/podcast/ Music From the Doctor's Office: https://musicfromthedoctorsoffice.com

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09:39

Was Her Dress White?

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2026/09/05

I recently attended a wedding as a guest, and afterward I had a chance to look through some of the photographs taken by the wedding photographer. One detail kept pulling my attention away from everything else. The bride's dress didn't look white. It had a tan cast, almost as if a light sepia tone had been applied to the image. Maybe that was part of the photographer's style. Some photographers like warm skin tones, softened greens, faded shadows, and a vintage look. I understand that. We all make

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07:35

The Things I Keep Walking Past

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2026/08/26

After all these years of photography, I know what will make me stop. A beautiful sunset can do it. So can wildlife, a waterfall, an old building, an interesting street, or a moment that suddenly comes together in front of me. Sometimes it's the light more than the subject. I can be driving somewhere and notice the way late afternoon light is hitting a field or the side of a building, and immediately I start wondering whether there's a photograph there. That's what experience does. The more we

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07:25

Do I Give Myself Permission to Get Away?

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2026/08/22

For the last few weeks, I've caught myself doing something I don't normally do. I'll open a map and start looking around. Not because I have somewhere I need to go. Just because part of me wants to. I find myself looking at mountain roads in West Virginia, waterfalls in North Carolina, little historic towns, state parks, and places I've never visited before. Before long, I'm imagining what it would be like to get up before sunrise, grab my camera, and spend the day exploring wherever the road

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04:51

When Advice Becomes a Substitute for Seeing

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2026/08/03

There is a strange point in learning photography when instruction begins to work against you. At first, advice is useful. You learn how aperture changes depth of field, how shutter speed affects motion, and how light shapes a subject. You begin to understand the camera instead of merely hoping it gives you something usable. Then the advice keeps coming. Every image should have a clear subject. The shadows should be opened. The highlights should be protected. The background should be simplified

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09:00

The Photographs We Keep

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2026/07/30

Every now and then, I look back through old photographs and wonder why I kept certain ones. Not the obvious ones. Not the family photographs, birthdays, holidays, faces, or moments that clearly belong in the archive. Those explain themselves. I understand why they are there. I am thinking more about the quiet images. A road. A tree. A field. A lake. A building I passed once. A patch of light on an ordinary afternoon. At first, some of those photographs do not seem to say very much. They

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08:25

Earning the Viewer's Eye

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2026/07/07

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but attention is not automatic. That is something I think about more and more when it comes to photography. We can make the photograph. We can print it, post it, frame it, share it, and send it out into the world. But none of that means anyone is required to stop and look. The viewer still has a choice... Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/earning-the-viewers-eye-in-photography/ Photography Clips Podcast:

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09:30

Images That Changed How I See

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2026/06/29

I do not think a photograph has to be famous to change you. It does not even have to be understood by anyone else. Sometimes an image works on you privately. You see it once, and for some reason, it stays around in your mind. You may not know why at first. You may not be able to explain what it did. But later, when you are holding a camera and standing in front of something ordinary, you realize that the image has taught you how to look. That is the part of photography I keep coming back to..

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12:51

The Thought Process Behind Every Photograph

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2026/06/27

The camera only records what is in front of it, but the photograph begins before that. It begins when something makes me stop. Sometimes it is a certain kind of light. Sometimes it is a face in a crowd. Sometimes it is a shadow falling across a wall, making an ordinary place look different for a moment. Other times, it is something quiet that most people would walk past without giving it much thought. That is usually where photography starts for me. Not with the camera. Not with the settings. Not

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07:22

The Danger of Nostalgia in Photography

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2026/06/17

I have always loved old photographs. There is something about them that pulls me in. A faded print. A family face. A place that no longer looks the same. A street corner that has changed. A house that is gone. A person who was young then and old now, or maybe no longer here at all. Photography has a way of keeping those things close. That is one of the reasons I love it. A photograph can take something ordinary and give it weight. It can make us stop and look again. It can remind us that a moment

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09:44

Why Wedding Photography Costs So Much

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2026/06/09

Wedding photography is one of those subjects that can feel confusing before people even understand what they are paying for. One photographer may charge $500, while another may charge $5,000 or more. To many couples, that difference can feel overwhelming, especially when they are looking at online portfolios that all seem beautiful at first glance. I understand why professional photographers charge what they charge. There is real labor involved. There is preparation, travel, equipment, editing,

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15:32

WM-569: The Power of "I Do Not Know" | Photography...

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2026/05/31

I've always asked questions. That's how I've learned most of what I know. I've asked other photographers. I've read. I've tried things. I've made mistakes. I've gone back and looked again. I've taken a photograph, wondered why it worked, then taken another one and wondered why it didn't. That's always been part of photography for me. I don't see "I don't know" as giving up. I see it as the start of learning. It means there's something I haven't figured out yet. It means there's an answer worth

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10:53

WM-568: Photography Law Through the Lens of Media...

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2026/03/30

By the time we reached this part of the semester in my Media Law class, the room felt different. Copyright had been structured. Privacy had been layered. But now we were talking about public confrontation. Cameras on sidewalks. Musicians are being recorded without permission. Journalists challenged by police. Business owners are angry about being filmed. The professor, who was a Pittsburgh-based media attorney who represented creative professionals, would lean back and say something that stuck with

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10:47

WM-567: Photography Law Through the Lens of Media...

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2026/03/23

When I was studying videography and photography in college, I expected to spend most of my time thinking about lenses, lighting ratios, audio capture, and editing timelines. Then I walked into a Media Law class that changed the way I looked at everything I was creating. The professor was not just an academic. He was a practicing media lawyer. He represented music groups, photographers, and creative professionals. He was based in Pittsburgh, but he fought cases well beyond it. Some were national

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17:05

WM-566: Photography Law Through the Lens of Media...

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2026/03/14

When I was in college studying videography and photography, I expected most of my coursework to stay in the creative lane. Camera operation, lighting, editing, storytelling, and the technical side of building something visual that communicates. Then I took a class that was often called Media Law, sometimes labeled Mass Media Law or Communications Law, depending on the school. It pulled me into a different side of the same world. What made it so interesting was how directly it connected to what I was

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08:44

WM-565: The History of Digital Photography |...

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2026/02/27

Digital photography, as we know it, has only been around for about two decades. In truth, however, its origins go much deeper than that. The 1990s saw the first commercially available digital cameras, but the technology that we so often take for granted – with its unlimited storage space, live view displays, and other conveniences – actually first came into being during the 1950s. It all started with the first videotape recorders that were developed in 1952. These were the first devices to use

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