Episodes

  • Camera Position 213 : What’s your hashtag?

    Camera Position 213 : What’s your hashtag?
    May 15 2021
    How do you consider yourself as a photographer in terms of the work you do? Is it important to tell your viewers how you define your work as being a particular kind or made with a particular camera, or does the work you make define you instead? If I make more images, like the one … Continue reading Camera Position 213 : What’s your hashtag? →
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    11 mins
  • Camera Position 212 : Sources & Resources

    Camera Position 212 : Sources & Resources
    Feb 17 2021
    This episode covers some practical details. I go over the places where you can listen to Camera Position and list a number of online resources for you to explore photography that go beyond the “usual suspects” of Instagram – Flickr – Facebook. – Sources – Where to Listen to Camera Position Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts … Continue reading Camera Position 212 : Sources & Resources →
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    13 mins
  • Camera Position 211 : What not to do

    Camera Position 211 : What not to do
    Jan 31 2021
    "Whatever you do with your photography - don't ever do... "that" Our desire to learn quickly, be noticed in social media and not make any mistakes has led to some photography pundits saying things like the above with increasing frequency
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    10 mins
  • Camera Postion 210 : The Calming Camera

    Camera Postion 210 : The Calming Camera
    Dec 20 2020
    I can’t think of a time in my life that has been more disconcerting than this last year. The pandemic and the disruption to our daily routine. We don’t work the same, we don’t socialize in the same way, we don’t go out or see friends or family. We are certainly in strange and uncertain … Continue reading Camera Postion 210 : The Calming Camera →
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    7 mins
  • Camera Position 209 : Your Own BackYard

    Camera Position 209 : Your Own BackYard
    Nov 22 2020
    During this pandemic time, we have been forced to trade in the allure of travel for the allure of the backyard. As I return to the podcast after a long absence, I explore the idea that you don’t need to go somewhere special to make special photographs. Instead, you need to go deeper wherever you … Continue reading Camera Position 209 : Your Own BackYard →
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    6 mins
  • Camera position 208 : Bringing Ourselves to the Photograph

    Camera position 208 : Bringing Ourselves to the Photograph
    Apr 5 2019
    By slowing down as we look at photographs – ours or someone else’s – we can more easily bring ourselves to the photograph, and by doing that, learn more about the medium and ourselves. Play Podcast: Links for this Episode: My Instagram Feed – Follow me and I’ll follow back Sign up for the Workshops … Continue reading Camera position 208 : Bringing Ourselves to the Photograph →
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    7 mins
  • Camera Position 207 : On Warming Up

    Camera Position 207 : On Warming Up
    Oct 9 2018
    Musicians warm up before they make music, but what about visual artists? Do photographers need to warm up before they create photographs? I think yes, and with the help of a podcast listener, we posit some ideas for getting warmed up visually. Play Podcast: Links for this Episode: University of Georgia’s Cortona Studies Abroad … Continue reading Camera Position 207 : On Warming Up →
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    11 mins
  • Camera Position 206 : The Artful Life

    Camera Position 206 : The Artful Life
    Jul 30 2018
    Some thoughts on living an artful life, led off by poet Mary Oliver’s “Instructions on Living a Life” Pay attention Be Astonished Tell about it. Play Podcast: Links for this Episode: Mary Oliver– The American poet at the Poetry Foundation Twyla Tharp – a brief video of some of Tharp’s choreography Samuel Beckett – … Continue reading Camera Position 206 : The Artful Life →
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    6 mins