I always value interviews with photographers about their vision and practice -- what inspires them or lights them up? what are they grappling with? how do they experience the act of photographing? what are the exploring through their work? etc...
Agree. Also think (suspect) may be valuable for people you interview to have a supprtive forum to trade ideas with. e.g., especially if it’s a rate opportunity for ones who aren’t well known or famous (yet). i. e., Have a chance to focus on their focus. [sorry, couldn’t resist]
This might seem a little basic to an expert like you, but I'd love a post or a series on "how to take a photo" -- what do you look for when you're looking to capture a great photograph, what is that "special something" that when you notice it, you have to pull out your camera? What are the angles you try to get? Etc.
Honest response -- I get overwhelmed with all the assets/links you produce and share. It's beyond me how you do it all. I struggle not to feel constantly behind the curve of the various links/goodies that you fill the newsletter with. Whew.
In the course of my average hectic day/week of designing books/posters/photo editing/retouching, and consulting, your content helps regulate my creative mindset by cruising through your photo curation and shorter narratives.
Flak Photo essays with concise insights about the respective photog help to clean my creative hustle palette before I dive back into the 'wonders' of creative work on demand.
There are a lot of great ideas already on here. I like lots of photographs, getting to know the photographers and their process, having us submit our favorites, etc. Looking forward to this!
It's nice to discover other photographers/artist, so I would definitely say more features, interviews, and photo-essays that introduce people to the work of photographers they may not know about. I tend to use my Substack to blather my ideas and observations, and I'm thinking it's time to start using it more to help people find community, inspiration, and insight into different approaches and processes.
Your newsletter is like finding a quiet little corner on social media chaos. Too many stories, not enough stories, it’s hard to know which beam to balance on.
All the above are great ideas offered here!👍 Andy, I also enjoy a call for specific themes and having a flow of submissions to view. It brings together creative eyes from numerous points of view.📷
Just found you. One question: for photographers, is there still a way to edit ones own pictures without Ai? Can I buy even a laptop without worrying that Ai will change my photos I carefully choose to take, according to my individual eye, composition etc.. this goes also with my writing. I'm not willing to throw away my individual, unique perspective to some program that cannot feel as I do.. I procrastinated due to fears to loosing my pictures in adobe, finally got brave, then had to stop because they decided that a machine knows better than their customers as well their own company ideals.
There are many ways to edit photos without AI. The most obvious is to shoot film and print from negatives with an enlarger. Premium programs like Photoshop are increasingly chocked full of AI tools, but you can still avoid them. GIMP and other open source tools are mostly AI-free. It all depends on how extensive you want to edit a photo.
Full photo essays. Like 20 photos that I can just scroll through and enjoy.
YES! This, 100% would love to see.
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I always value interviews with photographers about their vision and practice -- what inspires them or lights them up? what are they grappling with? how do they experience the act of photographing? what are the exploring through their work? etc...
Agree. Also think (suspect) may be valuable for people you interview to have a supprtive forum to trade ideas with. e.g., especially if it’s a rate opportunity for ones who aren’t well known or famous (yet). i. e., Have a chance to focus on their focus. [sorry, couldn’t resist]
Personal projects.
A photographer discussing one of their favorite images.
Curated collections.
This might seem a little basic to an expert like you, but I'd love a post or a series on "how to take a photo" -- what do you look for when you're looking to capture a great photograph, what is that "special something" that when you notice it, you have to pull out your camera? What are the angles you try to get? Etc.
Everything in one place like it used to be. I am just about done with anything Meta, and I am not even trying Bluesky.
Ask for submission photos, and interview the most interesting one each week. What they saw, why they took it, how they treated the subject, etc.....
Likewise, but your friendly critique too…
Agree 100%
Photos. Expose me to quality images and image makers.
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More photos by a single artist.
Interviews with photographers.
Keep up the good work!
☝🏻✨
Honest response -- I get overwhelmed with all the assets/links you produce and share. It's beyond me how you do it all. I struggle not to feel constantly behind the curve of the various links/goodies that you fill the newsletter with. Whew.
In the course of my average hectic day/week of designing books/posters/photo editing/retouching, and consulting, your content helps regulate my creative mindset by cruising through your photo curation and shorter narratives.
Flak Photo essays with concise insights about the respective photog help to clean my creative hustle palette before I dive back into the 'wonders' of creative work on demand.
Hope this helps.
There are a lot of great ideas already on here. I like lots of photographs, getting to know the photographers and their process, having us submit our favorites, etc. Looking forward to this!
I too agree with the above. Love being introduced to new photographers, especially those using originality in their process.
I’d also like a discussion of black and white versus color. Perhaps you could take a photo and look at it both ways and discuss pros and cons of each.
I like the newsletter. I have no interest in wasting my time combing through social media.
It's nice to discover other photographers/artist, so I would definitely say more features, interviews, and photo-essays that introduce people to the work of photographers they may not know about. I tend to use my Substack to blather my ideas and observations, and I'm thinking it's time to start using it more to help people find community, inspiration, and insight into different approaches and processes.
Your newsletter is like finding a quiet little corner on social media chaos. Too many stories, not enough stories, it’s hard to know which beam to balance on.
All the above are great ideas offered here!👍 Andy, I also enjoy a call for specific themes and having a flow of submissions to view. It brings together creative eyes from numerous points of view.📷
Just found you. One question: for photographers, is there still a way to edit ones own pictures without Ai? Can I buy even a laptop without worrying that Ai will change my photos I carefully choose to take, according to my individual eye, composition etc.. this goes also with my writing. I'm not willing to throw away my individual, unique perspective to some program that cannot feel as I do.. I procrastinated due to fears to loosing my pictures in adobe, finally got brave, then had to stop because they decided that a machine knows better than their customers as well their own company ideals.
There are many ways to edit photos without AI. The most obvious is to shoot film and print from negatives with an enlarger. Premium programs like Photoshop are increasingly chocked full of AI tools, but you can still avoid them. GIMP and other open source tools are mostly AI-free. It all depends on how extensive you want to edit a photo.