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WM-472: The Ethics of Paying to Play: Is It Fair to Charge Photographers for Exposure? | Photography Clips Podcast

Release Date: 01/25/2025

WM-487: Opportunities are Fleeting | Photography Clips Podcast

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One day seems like the perfect day for some fall photography—the leaves are beautiful, the sun is shining—but you don’t have the time that day because life’s other demands are calling. The next day? It’s snowing! That’s a picture-perfect example of how opportunities can truly be fleeting. Sometimes, we miss photographic opportunities because we think, “It’ll be there another day, I can always come back to this.” But, the problem is, that isn’t always the case. Seasons change—sometimes rapidly before we realize what is happening. We pack up and move across the country,...

WM-486: Seize the Day | Photography Clips Podcast

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There’s one big aspect of creativity that tends to get lost in the shuffle of everything else. We spend a lot of time thinking about how to think in innovative ways or learning new techniques and approaches to art. In all of this discussion about creativity and how to be creative, we lose sight of the fundamental fact that creativity is often about mindset. That old “mind over matter” saying rings true, I think. Aside from techniques, skills, knowledge, and new ways of thinking, it’s the desire or the motivation to be creative that is the thing that drives us to make photographs. The...

WM-485: Extreme Familiarity | Photography Clips Podcast

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Here’s something I’ve discussed before, though when I last spoke about it, it was a bit different. It’s the idea that we must get to know our surroundings or subjects to photograph them most effectively. Today, I’m framing it a bit differently because we photographers have a habit of always going after something new. New places, new subjects—we want to expose ourselves to as much new and unique as possible. It’s all in the name of creating new and exceptional photographs. Most of us believe that if we’re seeing as many new things as possible, we’re photographing new things that...

WM-484: The Best Laid Plans | Photography Clips Podcast

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Adaptability—Being adaptable is one of the key parts of being a photographer. There are a few different ways to look at this, too. Being flexible can apply to the vagaries of daily life, the things we photograph, and even the techniques and styles we use to create our photographs. On the day-to-day level, being adaptable means being able to roll with whatever the day throws at you. Sometimes, this means you expected the day to be sunny and warm. Still, it turns out cold and rainy—thus, you need to adapt, which could mean bringing extra gear to accommodate different lighting conditions or...

WM-483: Searching for Meaning | Photography Clips Podcast

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Searching for meaning is something that most of us photographers do almost by default. After all, that’s the point of creating artwork, isn’t it? To create something meaningful that resonates with the people who enjoy it. And that’s why we spend so much time talking about how to imbue our photographs with meaning. Here is perhaps another way to look at or to approach that search for meaning. As I said, this is something that most of us do sort of automatically as part of the creation process—but when we’re searching for ideas or photographs to take in the field, we’re also usually...

WM-482: Experiential Art | Photography Clips Podcast

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Experience and insight is what makes each of our perspectives unique. No two of us can lead the same life. Even though on the surface, it may seem as if some of us are on very similar paths, we all experience it a little bit differently. Every person will have a different set of successes and failures, joys and hardships, achievements and ambitions—the list goes on. Our experiences are even more unique than our fingerprints. And I think these experiences can—and perhaps even should—be applied to the art that we create. Experiential art, or art created through the lens of our experience,...

WM-481: Evergreen | Photography Clip Podcast

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We photographers produce an awful lot of content. It’s not just the photographs that we put up to share with the world, but also the words that we publish, too. Many of us run our own businesses or have photography as a side gig or a hobby that we promote via websites, social media, and elsewhere. Some of us just enjoy blogging, so we do that along with our photographs. The point is, we put out a lot of content—and in a variety of shapes and sizes. Now, you’ll often hear from marketers about two different types of content, at least broadly speaking. This would be evergreen content versus...

WM-480: Prints Aren’t Going Anywhere | Photography Clips Podcast

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There’s been a lot of buzz about the “death of prints” in photography. But frankly? Prints aren’t going anywhere. They may become less popular over time as digital technology continues to proliferate, but there will always be a demand for prints. Why is that? Well, some people argue that prints are the only way to preserve photographs forever—though I would argue that the exact opposite is true. That’s because prints degrade with time. No matter what papers, printing methods and archival techniques you choose, there will come a day when your ancient print just isn’t salvageable...

WM-479: Exercising Your Creative Muscles | Photography Clips Podcast

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We all experience creative lulls occasionally, and sometimes, a good break is in order, so we spend a few days or weeks focusing on things other than art. Whatever the case may be, when you’ve not been engaged in art for a while, it takes a little bit to get back into the swing of things. It’s like going on vacation and then coming back to work. Your mind is still in “vacation mode” even though a whole different set of tasks is now in front of you. This is something that anyone in a creative line of work experiences from time to time, and some of us experience it on a daily...

WM-478: Making Time for Yourself | Photography Clips Podcast

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We spend so much time talking about photography—and for those of us who enjoy this pursuit as more than a passing hobby, we spend a lot of time in photography. Some of us who do this for a living spend most, if not all, of our time immersed in images and the world of art in general. But what about the rest of life? Podcast Notes: Photography Clips Podcast: Follow me: #PhotographyClips #WillMoneymaker #Photography

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As photographers, we pour our hearts into our work, often searching for the next opportunity to showcase our art. But what happens when that opportunity comes with a price tag—literally? Lately, I’ve been wrestling with a growing trend where photographers are asked to pay to submit their photos to contests or books. It’s been on my mind, and frankly, it’s a bit troubling. Let’s explore why this practice is gaining traction and whether it’s truly fair to the artists who create the work.

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