Use Postcards As Props

I often like to use props to make photographs. One of my favorite props to use is images. Photographing other images, in many cases, photographing other photographs, adds layers of complexity and offers many poetic opportunities. Images ask you to look and to look in...

Make Your Own Postcards

For a time, I swore off making photographs that were like postcards. I was looking for something else then. I was looking for my own unique approach to making images. My thinking was that if I took a vow of abstinence from what I knew...

Use Postcards As Quick Surveys

One of the first things I do when I arrive at a new location is look at postcards made in the area. Postcards give me a quick survey of the highlights of the region and the classic visual approaches that many other photographers have used...

Iceland – Fire From Heaven

Iceland. Seljalandsfoss. A waterfall you can walk behind. Sunset. I’m getting lost in Iceland with a great group of Focus On Nature workshop participants this week. Stay tuned for updates. Find out about my 2012 Iceland workshop with Seth Resnick here.

Music and Passion – Benjamin Zander

Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it — and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections. Find out more about Benjamin Zander here. View more creativity videos here....

5 Ways To Listen Better – Julian Treasure

5 Ways To Listen Better – Julian Treasure 4 Ways Sound Affects Us – Julian Treasure Sound Health In 8 Steps – Julian Treasure In our louder and louder world, says sound expert Julian Treasure, “We are losing our listening.” In this short, fascinating talk,...

Trial, Error & The God Complex – Tim Harford

  Economics writer Tim Harford studies complex systems — and finds a surprising link among the successful ones: they were built through trial and error. In this sparkling talk from TEDGlobal 2011, he asks us to embrace our randomness and start making better mistakes. View...

Where Good Ideas Come From – Steven Johnson

  With Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson pairs the insight of his bestselling Everything Bad Is Good for You and the dazzling erudition of The Ghost Map and The Invention of Air to address an urgent and universal question: What sparks the flash...

Authentic Creativity – John Jay

John Jay Executive Creative Director of Wieden+Kennedy shares his insights on creativity. Read more of John Jay’s insights on aiga.org. View more creativity videos here. Read more in my creativity ebooks. Learn more in my creativity workshops.

Detail Frequency

High frequency detail Medium frequency detail Low frequency detail Frequency is a term that’s being used more and more. That’s because new tools offer you more control over frequency than ever before. Noise reduction, sharpening, and HDR all offer unprecedented control over the look and...