Camera Position 59 : Evidence of Hands on Stone

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After an insanely busy fall, I’m back in front of the podcast mic, talking about photography. In this episode of Camera Position, we go to the Midwest Society of Photographic Education conference in Flint, Michigan, where I presented a 40 minute talk about my photographs of Italy. This episode of camera position is that presentation, [...] Camera Position 59 : Evidence of Hands on Stone 0:38:08
Getting your work out there… how do you do it? We take a look at some responses to an exhibition I just had at the University of La Verne in California and see how that might fit into how you can show your work. Irene Carlson Gallery of Photography – University of La Verne, La [...] Camera Position 58 – Pictures of an Exhibition 0:21:33
Can you become a selfless photographer and reach a state of Zen with your camera? Fourth in an irregular series of “books for photographers’ bookshelves” is Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel, where Herrigel’s works towards the “perfect shot.” Replace “bow” with “camera,” “arrow” with “shutter” and “target” with “photograph” and you [...] Camera Position 57 : Photographer’s Bookshelf #4 0:15:33
Abruzzo Sheep – Photograph by Jeff Curto (click for a larger view) Photographers should always use the right tool for the job, right? But what if you’re stuck with the wrong tool in the right situation? You just wing it, that’s what, and sometimes something interesting happens. That was the case with me this summer [...] Camera Position 56 : The Parable of the Sheep 0:10:18
Montepulciano, Toscana, 1998 - Photograph by Jeff Curto Yes, it’s the age old question… does size matter? Does the size of the prints we make change how we view the images? Have you ever made a large print of your work? Here’s an image that I recently had The Print Lab print to a very [...] Camera Position 55 : Does Size Matter? 0:17:52
Summer’s lazy days put me in the mind of childhood and a recent encounter with some ideas by Pablo Picasso and some photographs by French photographer Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) made me think about how important a childlike sense of wonder is to photographers. Picasso said: “All children are artists. The problem is how to [...] Camera Position 54 : Photograph like a Child 0:13:26
An image isn’t finished until it starts to feel like what you saw. Here is a brief look at the way I approached the post-production (what we used to call “darkroom work”) of this recent image from Gubbio, a marvelously medieval town in northern Umbria, Italy. The differences are subtle, but the idea is to [...] Camera Position 53 : Realizing the Image 0:13:26
Preconceived notions about what you’re going to photograph can keep you from finding good images that you may have missed. This episode of Camera Position examines how I nearly fell into that trap in Gubbio, a beautiful town in Italy’s Umbria province. Images of La Festa Dei Ceri, Gubbio, Umbria by Jeff Curto click images [...] Camera Position 52 : Tossing Your Preconceptions 0:12:56
Traveling with a camera involves planning. A lot of folks have asked me about traveling with the large format camera, and in this episode of Camera Postiion, I detail the gear that I take on the road. Links for this podcast: Deardorff History Page Harrison Film Pup Tent Pentax Digital Spot Meter Camera Position 51 : Travel Gear 0:26:27
What does your website say about who you are as a photographer? Does your site clearly define your goals or do you use your site’s pages as a dumping ground for every photograph you’ve ever made? In this episode of Camera Position, I look at the way in which web pages can tell us whether [...] Camera Position 50 : Messages From Your Website 0:17:35
In order to make photographs that are meaningful, it really helps to know your subject in intimate detail. In this episode, I talk about subject research, and about how knowing your subject can be one of the best paths to good photographs. Gubbio, Umbria – Photograph by Jeff Curto Links for this episode: Alec Soth [...] Camera Position 49 : Know Thy Subject 0:15:40
What do you do when you get “stuck” photographically? Here are a few ideas about how to find your way out of “Photographer’s Block,” with some references to how other photographers handle the problem. Photograph by Jeff Curto (left) and David Quigg (right) Photograph by Suzanne Szucs (left) and Nicholas Nixon (right) Click images and [...] Camera Position 48 : Getting “Unstuck” 0:15:40
In this episode, I talk about shallow depth of field as a creative tool and its use by several photographers who are using it in inventive and interesting ways. I also look at how focusing yourself on a project can help you be more creative. Photographs by Jeff Curto – Jeff Curto’s Website Photographs by [...] Camera Position 47 : Focus/Defocus/Refocus 0:19:33
I’m in Miami Florida at the annual Society for Photographic Education (SPE) conference. I was on the presenter slate this year with a presentation entitled “Teaching Your Students, Teaching the World: Podcasting in Photographic Education.” On this webpage, you’ll find a host of resources for creating podcasts. Also on that page, I’ve posted a podcast [...] Podcasting from SPE
This episode of Camera Position is about combining passion with profession. We need to photograph what we love, but we also can’t lead an insular life; we need to be out there, casting our lines into the river of photographic experiences. This week, March 15 to 18, is the Society for Photographic Education conference in [...] Camera Position 46 : Passion & Profession 0:20:33

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