Isn't it interesting how certain photographers are associated with certain kinds of weather? Michael Kenna is associated with fog. Ansel Adams is often associated with snow. Josef Sudek is a photographer of rain. Mitch Dobrowner and tornados, Alfred Stieglitz and clouds. What is your favorite kind of weather to photograph? Note how that is a different question than what is your favorite kind of weather to photograph in!
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HT2620 - The Problem with Handheld Photography
12/05/2026 | 2 mins.
HT2620 - The Problem with Handheld Photography
After using a view camera for decades, my later conversion to handheld photography has been quite liberating. I enjoy being free from the tripod. That said, I have discovered that my compositions have gotten sloppy over the last decade and I do occasionally miss the exactitude that comes with more precise composition and care before clicking the shutter.
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LW1505 - From One to Many
11/05/2026 | 12 mins.
LW1505 - From One to Many
I'm often asked how I develop a multiple-image project. There are probably dozens of ways this could be done, but the most common way a project is born in my creative process is from a single image that spawns the rest. It starts by wandering through my Lightroom catalog in a receptive state of mind not dissimilar from the way I wander through the world looking for subjects that peak my curiosity. In the field I'll find a scene; in Lightroom I'll find an image that talks my imagination.
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HT2619 - A Recitation of Locations
11/05/2026 | 2 mins.
HT2619 - A Recitation of Locations
Last fall I attended a lecture where a photographer, by projecting on a screen, shared a parade of hundred images or so with the audience. It was so curious to listen to their verbal accompaniment. The first few images had context, story, even plot line as they described what they had photographed and how. But that only lasted a few minutes. Less than a dozen images into their presentation and their verbal accompaniment deteriorated to a recitation of locations. I wonder why it is that photographers so often think that where they photographed is more important than what or why?
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HT2618 - Print as Affirmation
10/05/2026 | 2 mins.
HT2618 - Print as Affirmation
As we wander through life, we see something that prompts us to make a photograph. Why? That mystery requires confirmation. Did we see what we thought we saw? Did we understand what we thought became clear? Do we make a print in order to confirm our experience? Do we share that print with others so that they can confirm our experience? Photography fundamentally is the process of saying, "Look at this." We do so because we think it's important. How necessary is it that others affirm our observation, even if that affirmation comes from ourselves?
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About LensWork - Photography and the Creative Process
About LensWork - Photography and the Creative Process
About LensWork - Photography and the Creative Process
Random Observations on Art, Photography, and the Creative Process. These talks focus on the creative process in fine art photography. LensWork editor Brooks Jensen side-steps techno-talk and artspeak to offer a stimulating mix of ideas, experience, and observations from his 50 years as a fine art photographer, writer, and publisher. Topics include a wide range of subjects from finding subject matter to presenting your work, and building an audience.
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Brooks Jensen is the publisher of LensWork, one of the world's most respected and award-winning photography publications, known for its museum-book quality printing and luxurious design. LensWork has subscribers in over 73 countries. He is the author of 13 books on photography and the creative life -- the latest books are The Best of the LensWork Interviews (2016), Photography, Art, and Media (2016), and the four annual volumes of Seeing in SIXES (2016-2019).
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