On Taking Pictures

Does it really take village to succeed as a photographer today, and should technology dictate where your career-compass guides you? Despite the changes to photography as a business, clients and art buyers are still looking for talent; but are they looking where you are? Plus, get out your shot glasses, iconic New York lensman, Jay Maisel is Photographer of the Week. Links for this episode: How Per...

To tag or not to tag? Folder structure, naming conventions, file formats and overall workflow ideas in this week’s show. Why do filmmakers get all of the cool stuff lately? Plus, photographic icon Alfred Eisenstadt is Photographer of the Week. Links for this episode: Who knew wearing paper could look so elegant? - Fashionising.com Faded + Blurred - eBooks Monitors for Photography – A Primer : On T...

Things get a little heavy as Bill and Jeffery discuss the importance of dreams and what often keeps us from chasing them. Plus, standing up for the value of your work, just how limited are limited editions and pioneering female photographer Margaret Bourke-White as Photographer of the Week. Links for this episode: Get ASMP Photographer's Guide to Copyright AnandTech | Understanding Camera Opt...

Bill and Jeffery try to iron out the intricacies of copyright and usage, photography as part of a larger, happier life. Photographer and film director Gordon Parks as Photographer of the Week. Links for this episode: Gina Trapani — The 40 Hottest Women in Tech | Complex Top 40 Hottest Women in Tech Was Supposed to Focus on Their Beautiful Insides Controlling illegal use of copyrighted material on...

Knowing when to stop, how sometimes quantity leads to quality, backup follow-up, and more. Photographer and Filmmaker Anton Corbijn is Photographer of the Week. Links for this episode: Welcome | Digital Photography Best Practices and Workflow | dpBestflow Underwater Photography: Bruce Mozert's 1950s Shots Of Stuntwoman Ginger Stanley Will Make Your Day (PHOTOS) Storytelling Made Easy- Marcus...

Bill gets fancy at the news desk, the importance of backups and technique vs gear. Plus, influential documentary photographer, Robert Frank as Photographer of the Week. Links for this episode: The Slanted LensCapturing Stills from Video with the Canon 1DC - The Slanted Lens Who Pays Photographers? Robert Frank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Peeling Back The Veneer: Robert Frank Robert Frank “T...

Light looking like lights, the long-term view of your portfolio, science vs alchemy of film, and more. Stéphane Lavoué is Photographer of the Week. Links for this episode: On Taking Pictures - Google+ Bill's Lingerie shots of Katrina Eugenia Eric Ogden shot of Rachel McAdams Photographer as Witness: A Portrait of Domestic Violence - LightBox NYC Photogroup Salon - Meets Monthly National Archi...

How much change is too much change for the sake of commerce? Why portraits are different than other types of photography, and who is copyright really protecting? Classic sports magazine shooter Ozzie Sweet is Photographer of the Week Links for this episode: On Taking pictures is now on 5by5 New OTP G+ Community Google does the right thing with clip of NASCAR crash Visual Artists Rights Act Helsink...

Safe vs Experimental, to get good you need to stop trying to get good, and Jeffery's monologue at 42:20 which is among the best things ever spoken on our show. Iconic war photograph Robert Capa is Photographer of the Week.

Style vs Fashion and How do you develop a style anyway? The influence of luck, snow angels, and listener Q&A. Michael Light is Photographer of the Week. Squarespace - Site Hosting Get 10% off your order with offer code 'OTP2'

Decaying Americana, taking being uncomfortable one small step at a time, and some talk about starting a flickr group on this week's show. Modernist Paul Strand is Photographer of the Week.

The new Gregory Crewdson Documentary, the morality of Photoshop, and Q&A from a pile of listener emails. Master of masters Richard Avedon is Photographer of the Week.

Presidential portraits, the 'cool kid camera club', why Bill uses prime lenses, and the importance of having Dreams on this week's show. Celebrity portrait and fashion photographer Norman Jean Roy is Photographer of the Week.

Technical and creative limitations as inspiration, schtick vs style, and how the artistic process is what gives art it's humanity. Innovative fashion photographer Paolo Roversi is Photographer of the Week. Squarespace - Site Hosting Get 10% off your order with offer code 'TAKEBETTERPICTURES'

Photographers not known for their pictures, popularity contests, and trying to be a nice guy in a divisive world. Listener emails about exploitation, education, and 'Meditation' are answered. Classic agressive street photographer and filmmaker William Klein is Photographer of the Week. Squarespace - Site Hosting Get 10% off your order with offer code 'TAKEBETTERPICTURES'

An epic show this week wherein Bill and Jeffery tear into legacy, life, death, and being remembered. It's deep and heavy and well worth the time. B&W conversion, photography movies, and photo education also make an appearance. Portraitist Platon is our Photographer of the Week. Squarespace - Site Hosting Get 10% off your order with offer code 'TAKEBETTERPICTURES'

It's the last episode of 2012 so we conquer comment trolls, Fuji's lack of auto-focus, and whether historical artistic perspective matters at all anyway. Artistic portrait man Philip-Lorca diCorcia is our Photographer of the Week.

The plateaus of getting better, why change is scary, why Jeffery can't decide what camera to buy and it's not because there are no good cameras available. Modern surrealist photographer Man Ray is our Photographer of the Week. Squarespace - Site Hosting Get 10% off your order with offer code 'TAKEMOREPICTURES'

An update and discussion about how Bill's December portrait project is going, does pre-visualization suck creativity, and where is the line between photography and photo-illustration anyway? Darkroom artist Jerry Uelsmann is our Photographer of the Week. Squarespace - Site Hosting Get 10% off your order with offer code 'TAKEMOREPICTURES'

Should you retire of you're no longer doing good work? What skateboarding has in common with photography and why Bill will never get asked to shoot the Pirelli calendar. Portraitist William Coupon is our Photographer of the Week. Squarespace - Site Hosting Get 10% off your order with offer code 'TAKEMOREPICTURES'

Coercion vs connection in portrait photography , making it through the fear of failure or even fear of success, and what? Bill is shooing video now? The world must be ending, so we might as well start at the beginning with 19th century French portrait photographer Nadar as PotW. Totally Rad Plugins for Photoshop and Lightroom - Get 15% off your order with offer code '1435OTP'

Our thoughts on the HBO series 'Witness', classic Hollywood portraits, tips for making your composites look more real, and a deep delve into the mind of photographer of the week Joel Meyerowitz. Squarespace - Site Hosting Get 10% off your order with offer code 'fancyphotographer'

How do you know when you've got it right? Are trends in art supposed to be chased or ridden, and is there is a location which really is the 'place to be' at any particular time? Parisian street photographer Brassai is this week's photographer. Squarespace - Site Hosting Get 10% off your order with offer code 'fancyphotographer'

How do we know when art 'works' or doesn't? Is it intuition or knowledge? Bill and Jeffery also tackle some listener mail about b/w conversion, hype in the art world, and a rebuttal of a listener who thinks Bill is a little too cranky. Master portraitist Irving Penn is this week's photographer. Squarespace - Site Hosting Get 10% off your order with offer code 'fancyphotographer'

A serious episode this week as Jeffery and Bill discuss whether a body of work is retrospective in origin or whether it's built masterpiece by masterpiece. Also David Hockney's article on perspective, scanning slides with your dslr, and asking why photography is ever a crime. The wonderful Alfred Sieglitz is this week's photographer.