{"id":38033,"date":"2020-02-03T02:00:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T02:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=38033"},"modified":"2021-04-05T20:27:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T20:27:36","slug":"photographers-on-photography-qa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/38033\/photographers-on-photography-qa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographers On Photography \u2013 Q&#038;A"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ccm-image-block aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/files\/1814\/5280\/8494\/0_POPQA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Photographers answer 20 questions.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">10 Core Questions<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">10 Optional Questions<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Answers are kept short and sweet.<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"blockStyle5748Main273\" class=\" ccm-block-styles\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><strong>Photographers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/photographers\/q-and-a\/john-paul-caponigro\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Paul Caponigro<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/photographers\/q-and-a\/phil-borges\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phil Borges<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/photographers\/q-and-a\/paul-caponigro-2\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Caponigro<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/photographers\/q-and-a\/david-duchemin\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David DuChemin<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/photographers\/q-and-a\/sean-duggan\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sean Duggan<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/photographers\/q-and-a\/mac-holbert\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mac Holbert<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/photographers\/q-and-a\/sean-kernan\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sean Kernan<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/photographers\/q-and-a\/jay-maisel\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jay Maisel<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/photographers\/q-and-a\/eric-meola\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eric Meola<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/photographers\/q-and-a\/arthur-meyerson\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arthur Meyerson<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/photographers\/q-and-a\/chris-orwig\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Orwig<br \/>\n<\/a><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/photographers\/q-and-a\/chris-rainier\/\">Chris Rainier<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/photographers\/q-and-a\/seth-resnick\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seth Resnick<br \/>\n<\/a><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/photographers\/q-and-a\/john-sexton\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Sexton<br \/>\n<\/a><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/photographers\/q-and-a\/joyce-tenneson\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joyce Tenneson<br \/>\n<\/a><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/photographers\/q-and-a\/vincent-versace\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vincent Versace<br \/>\n<\/a><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/photographers\/q-and-a\/huntington-witherill\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Huntington Witherill<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Core Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What&#8217;s the best thing about photography?<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s the worst thing about photography?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What&#8217;s the thing that interests you most about photography?<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s the thing that interests you most about your own photographs?<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s the thing that interests you most about other people&#8217;s photographs?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Who were your early photographic influences?<br \/>\nWho are your photographic influences now?<br \/>\nWho were your early non-photographic influences?<br \/>\nWho are your non-photographic influences now?<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s the most inspiring work of art you saw recently?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What&#8217;s the best thing about gear?<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s the worst thing about gear?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">How do you know when an image doesn&#8217;t work?<br \/>\nHow do you know when an image is good?<br \/>\nHow do you know when an image is great?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What&#8217;s the most useful photographic mantra?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Do you practice another art form? (If so, which?)<br \/>\nWhat benefits do you get from (this\/these) other art form\/s?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What was the most significant visual moment in your life?<br \/>\nWhich was the most important image to you that got away?<br \/>\nWhat failure did you learn the most from?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What accomplishment are you most proud of?<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s the thing you most hope to accomplish?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you had to do it all over again, what would you change?<br \/>\nIf you had another life to live a completely different life, what would you choose to do?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What are the most important questions to you?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Optional Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What&#8217;s photography really all about?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">How did photography change the world?<br \/>\nHow did photography change your world?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Who were the most important photographers?<br \/>\nWho are the most important photographers working today?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What&#8217;s the best thing about influence?<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s the worst thing about influence?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What&#8217;s the best thing about our times?<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s the worst thing about our times is?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What keeps you up at night?<br \/>\nWhat gets you going in the morning?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What&#8217;s your favorite movie?<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s your favorite book?<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s your favorite piece of music?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What&#8217;s your idea of perfect happiness?<br \/>\nWhat is your greatest fear?<br \/>\nWhich historical figure do you most identify with?<br \/>\nWho is your favorite hero in fiction?<br \/>\nWho are your heroes in real life?<br \/>\nWhich living person do you most admire?<br \/>\nWhat is the trait you most deplore in yourself?<br \/>\nWhat is the trait you most deplore in others?<br \/>\nWhat is your greatest extravagance?<br \/>\nWhat is your favorite journey?<br \/>\nOn what occasion do you lie?<br \/>\nWhat do you dislike most about yourself?<br \/>\nWhat is your most marked characteristic?<br \/>\nWhich words or phrases do you most overuse?<br \/>\nWhat is your greatest regret?<br \/>\nWhat do you consider your greatest achievement?<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s your most treasured possession?<br \/>\nWhat is your favorite occupation \/ past time?<br \/>\nWhat do you most value in your friends?<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s your motto?<br \/>\nWhat other talent would you most like to have?<br \/>\nIf you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?<br \/>\nWhat is it that you most dislike?<br \/>\nHow would you like to die?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Get news\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/get-news\/\">Sign up for Insights to find out about new content.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. 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