The Perceptive Photographer

Understanding Photographs Through Repeated Engagement

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to podcast 482 ! Today, we look at why we might come back and have a second look at an image, and how that can impact our determination of an ...

A tale of distractions

27 May 2024

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In episode 481 of the Perceptive Photographer, we dig into the different sides of distractions and how they can be both a benefit sometimes and a nega...

Importance of good customer service

20 May 2024

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In episode 480 of the Perceptive Photographer, we dig into the notion of what good customer services looks like. When thinking about your photographs ...

What would your camera club be?

13 May 2024

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In this week's podcast, episode 479, the podcast ask what would be the purpose and goals if you had your own personal camera club.

Evolution, revolution and rants

06 May 2024

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In this week's podcast I dive into the way our photos that only we seem to love can really impact our work

Five ways resistance can impact your photographic process

29 Apr 2024

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In this episode, we're diving into the topic of resistance and how it can seriously mess with our creative flow.

Interview with Dave Cross

22 Apr 2024

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In the podcast this week I am so excited to be joined by the amazing and wonderful Dave Cross where we talk creativity, photoshop and more.

Defining your best work

15 Apr 2024

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In this week's podcast, we explore the elusive quest to identify the "best photograph" in a series, delving into considerations like emotional impact,...

Five Photography Challenges to Connect to Your Work

08 Apr 2024

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It's "Challenge Week," in this episode of the Perceptive Photographer, so I am outlining five tasks designed to refresh and inspire your approach to ...

Defining value in the image: snapshots to fine-art

01 Apr 2024

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In the latest episode of the Perceptive Photographer podcast, host Daniel Gregory revisits the evergreen question of what constitutes a good photograp...

Diving deeper into photo inspiration and influences

25 Mar 2024

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n episode 472 of the Perceptive Photographer podcast, host Daniel Gregory emphasizes the significance of recognizing the influential photographers tha...

Symbolic meaning and thinking in photography

18 Mar 2024

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In this week's episode of the Perceptive Photographer, we try to unpack photography's connection to symbolic meaning in images.

The reason does matter

11 Mar 2024

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In this week’s podcasts, we look at the importance of making work personal and speaking about why personal matters in our work.

When it is practice and when is it insanity?

04 Mar 2024

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In this week’s podcasts, I jump into the essence the struggle between practice, inspiration and making images.

Discussing the concept of presets both in software and as a mindset for photographers

26 Feb 2024

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Episode 468 of the Perceptive Photographer podcast delves into the world of presets in photography not just in Lightroom but in conceptual work as wel...

Imitate, Influence, Inspire: Lessons from ‘Art and Fear’

19 Feb 2024

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In episode 467 of the Perceptive Photographer podcast, we draw inspiration from the book "Art and Fear" by Ted Orland and Richard Bayless. Often in...

Key elements to thinking about your work as projects instead of images

12 Feb 2024

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Photographers often find themselves at a crossroads, seeking to create work that resonates and has significance. The initial steps towards crafting me...

Keeping perspective before and after the click

05 Feb 2024

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In this episode, we explore the pivotal moment between capture and concept and how making sure we focus on the right creative process at the right tim...

What can happen if you don’t revisit your work

29 Jan 2024

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In this episode, the perceptive photographer, we reflect on the importance of revisiting one's own work for growth.

Seeing the shots with community

22 Jan 2024

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Dive into episode 436 of The Perceptive Photographer to explore the intertwining of camaraderie, standards, and idealism in photography. In this epis...

Five bad habits to drop like a hot potato

15 Jan 2024

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In the podcast this week, we look at five bad habits that might be blocking you and your photographic process and exploration behind the camera.

Questions of quality: The viewing of a great Photo

08 Jan 2024

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Dive into the ideas of what makes a good photograph in this episode of the Perceptive Photographer podcast. In episode 461 we try to unlock what defi...

Sights and Insights: Starting 2024 with a Photographic Mindset

01 Jan 2024

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As we start 2024 on the perceptive photographer, we dive into the nuances of photography in the digital age, challenging myths and embracing goals for...

Finding inspiration in quotes on photography and connecting

25 Dec 2023

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The latest episode of The Perspective Photographer, number 459, dives into some thought-provoking perspectives on photography from some great quotes b...

Embrace Failure: A Key to Success

18 Dec 2023

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Dive into our exploration of failure as a stepping stone in photography and creativity on this episode of The Perceptive Photographer.

Listener Question Week

11 Dec 2023

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This episode of the Perceptive Photographer podcast is all about listener questions dealign with procrastination, habits, critique mistakes and more.

Unlocking conversations about your work with 11 easy questions

04 Dec 2023

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In this week's podcast episode, we explore the use of 11 dynamic questions that are specifically designed to spark meaningful conversations about phot...

Work is never linear

27 Nov 2023

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This episode peels back the layers on how a non-linear approach to time can reshape our photographic journey and push the boundaries of our artistic p...

Hitting the bullseye in goal setting for your photography

20 Nov 2023

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In this perceptive photographer podcast this week, we focus on how coming up with three key goals can make a difference in your work.

The shape of influences

13 Nov 2023

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In this episode of the Perceptive Photographer, we dive into the impacts of influences on our work. From life's twists to jazz beats and social justic...

The difference between knowledge and wisdom in photography

06 Nov 2023

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This week's podcast explores the distinction between knowledge and wisdom in photography, emphasizing the importance of experience and trusting yourse...

Are you in it for the long haul?

30 Oct 2023

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In this episode 451 of the Perceptive Photographer this week, I discuss the significance of commitment and personal growth in photography. By focusing...

Why sitting with uneasy feelings can help you better edit your photographs.

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As a photographer, I believe it's essential to step out of our comfort zones to improve the quality of our images. In this episode, I discuss the sign...

10 questions to being a better photographer

16 Oct 2023

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In the podcast this week, we take a look at ten thought-provoking questions that delve into the motivations, emotions, and personal approaches of phot...

It’s not a corporate gig so don’t act like it is

09 Oct 2023

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In the podcast this week, I talk about how sometimes our creative and photographic process is like getting stuck in a job that doesn't work for us any...

Metaphors and story telling

03 Oct 2023

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In the podcast this week, we take a look at how using metaphors and developing multiple metaphors in your photography can help you find a more excitin...

Like healthy eating, you know what you need to do in your photography

25 Sep 2023

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I like to eat junk food. There are so many good cakes, pies, cookies, ice cream, funnel cakes and more. I also know that too much junk food isn't good...

Gear does matter. It affects your work

18 Sep 2023

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in this week's podcast, we take a look at how the gear you use impacts the type and style of work you do.

Celebrating the uniqueness of episode 444

11 Sep 2023

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This week is episode number 444 of the podcast. In honor of the episode number, we are looking at three lists of four great ways to improve, have fun ...

A question of quality

04 Sep 2023

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This week's podcast dives into the questions of What makes a good photograph and how you choose between two similar images when picking one to have

Acts of Kindness

29 Aug 2023

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In this week's podcast, I talk about the importance of kindness and how that can make a difference in someone's life even when you might not be aware.

Framing considerations

21 Aug 2023

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In this week's podcast, we talk about the importance of framing and the impacts framing has on compositions in photographs. I also make a personal ple...

Keep it simple with one small thing

14 Aug 2023

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In this week's podcast, we explore the idea of keeping things simple. The simpler, the better.

Got a song stuck in your head? Might be good for your photography

07 Aug 2023

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in this week's podcast, we dive not the world of songs that won't go away and random trivia to try and find a place where our photography can lead us ...

Being bold

31 Jul 2023

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This week on the Perceptive Photographer, we talk about the importance of being bold about your work and how you talk about your work.

Considerations for better compositions

24 Jul 2023

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This week on the Perceptive Photographer, we are taking at look at some key considerations or questions to ask yourself about your photographic compos...

Where’s the fire?

17 Jul 2023

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In this week's podcast, we take a look at how rushing and invoking our fight or flight responses to framing and composing our photographs can have an ...

Projects, odd questions and toning black and white images

10 Jul 2023

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This week's podcast is a dive into a few listener questions that have come in over the past few weeks.

Chicken and the egg

03 Jul 2023

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In the podcast this week, I dive into the importance of understanding a couple of key elements about content and concept in analyzing your work. Most ...

Working Projects

26 Jun 2023

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In the podcast this week, I talk about the value of thinking of your work as projects, big and small, and how focusing on a group of images or collect...

Simple lessons from my last workshop and an editing effect to keep a close watch on

19 Jun 2023

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The podcast this week is a quick review of lessons observed in my last workshop out in the Palouse.

Five challenges to push your photographic process forward

12 Jun 2023

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In the podcast this week, I offer up five challenges each with 10 outcomes to try that will help push you forward as a photographer

What to do with all those bad ones?

05 Jun 2023

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In this week's podcast, we dive into the topic of what to do with all those images that you think are bad and you wonder if you should do a clean and ...

Generative AI, Diane Arbus and other musings on the creation of images

29 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, I discuss how what you photograph and how you see the world will impact your approach using some of these new generative tools...

Details and other small things

22 May 2023

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In this week's podcast, we dive into the importance of details and how the small things in our photographic practice can make all the difference

Starting from failure

15 May 2023

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In this podcast, I talk about how much faster you can achieve your goals when you start by failing and how failing is a great indicator of action.

Balancing act in photography

08 May 2023

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In this week's podcast, I talk about how our approach to balance not just our images but our relationship to our work can make a difference in both ho...

Grief, loss and owning your emotions

01 May 2023

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In this week's podcast, I tell you a little about my best bud, and the final lesson he gave to me as he journeyed to be with the rest of the pets wait...

Listening to your voice

24 Apr 2023

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This week's podcast is all about listening to your voice and finding your way with it.

One piece of advice you would give yourself

17 Apr 2023

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In the podcast this week, we talk about what is one piece of advice you would give yourself, knowing what you know now, when you first got started in ...

The power of multiple meanings in photography

10 Apr 2023

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In the podcast this week, I dive into the importance of an image having multiple meanings,

Nature verse nurture?

03 Apr 2023

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This week's podcast is quick discussion about the impacts of nature verse nurture in our photography.

How do you know you are making progress on making more meaningful work?

27 Mar 2023

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In this week's podcast, I offer up my opinion on a couple of the most important ways we consider and think about the path to more personal and meaning...

Listener Questions

20 Mar 2023

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In the podcast this week, we are diving into some listener questions that have come in over the past few months.

Insights from The Nature of Photographs

13 Mar 2023

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In this week's podcast, I dive into a quick look at the book The Nature of Photographs and how the impact of focus at the descriptive level can make a...

Five cliches to help your photography

06 Mar 2023

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In the podcast this week, we take a look at five cliches that can make a difference in your photography.

Simple acts make all the difference

27 Feb 2023

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In this week's podcast, I talk about how sometimes the simplest of acts can make a huge difference in the quality and meaning of our photography.

Episode 415 Why do you photograph what you photograph?

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, I talk about the importance of why we photograph what we photograph and how I answer the question of why I am a landscape phot...

Episode 414 Continuing thoughts on AI in photography

13 Feb 2023

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In this week's podcast, I continue to talk about the impacts on AI on photography and how it shifts our communication about photography

The 10% rule in your photography

06 Feb 2023

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In this week's podcast, we spend some time talking about how various aspects of our work and approach to photography as impacted by 10%

Ep 412 Who judges who

30 Jan 2023

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In this week's podcast, I dive a little into a method for evaluating photographs.

Ep 411 The importance of practice in photography

23 Jan 2023

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In this week's podcast, I talk about how final images tell us about how well we prepared and what to practice when things are not what we expect.

Ep 410 What are the best ways to come up with project ideas

16 Jan 2023

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In this week's podcast, I talk about how projects ideas develop and what is the best method for working with and dealing with projects in your photogr...

Ep 409 Quantity is the name of the game

09 Jan 2023

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In this week's podcast, quantity is the name of the game. One of the best things you can do to improve your photography is to increase the amount of w...

Ep 408 Setting goals for 2023

02 Jan 2023

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In this week's podcast, I talk about how setting goals can help you keep focused and move your photography forward.

Ep 407 Thoughts on Points of View

26 Dec 2022

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this week’s podcast talks about how to think about the variety of ways to use point of view to tell your story and engage with your own process to m...

Ep 406 Some thoughts on titling your photographs

19 Dec 2022

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This week's podcast is focused on titling your photographs and why and how that can impact our perception of the image, intention and experience of th...

Ep 405 Explaining verse justifying your images and the importance of print storage

12 Dec 2022

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Two topics for this week's podcast. The first is the difference between explaining your work and justifying your work. For many photographers, they en...

Three things to clean up before the end of the year

05 Dec 2022

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As 2022 starts to draw to a close, it is a time to look back and reflect on the prior year. As photographers that means we should look back at the imp...

How to be a better speaker about your photographs

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, I talk about how practicing your speaking, owning what you say and listening to others can have a major impact on your photogr...

Thoughts on working with your audience

21 Nov 2022

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In this week's podcast, I share some thoughts on how to use and work with your audience so that you can share your work and find more people who are e...

Is it recognition that you seek in your photos or something else

14 Nov 2022

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This week's podcast looks at the role of recognition in our photography.

Episode 400 and a thanks to the community

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today's release is the 400th episode of the Perceptive Photographer. I started this little podcast 400 weeks ago and never thought I would be here tod...

The problem with clear and concise in photography

31 Oct 2022

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In this week's podcast, we tackle the idea of being boxed into the notions that photographs are to be simple and concise to be good in an attempt to d...

Pushing against the resistance

24 Oct 2022

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In this week's podcast, I talk about how important it is to face the resistance and see if we can sort out the root cause of why we are so against som...

All photographers need to return to the basics and a good pair of shoes

17 Oct 2022

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In this week's podcast, I tackle two of the hardest topics for any photographer. If you follow these very simple steps, I promise that your photograp...

Do your photographs fit into your emotional buckets

10 Oct 2022

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This week's podcast explorers the idea of grouping photographs, not by subject or subject matter, but rather by emotional support or insight they prov...

Self-doubt and the value of getting your shot

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the podcast this week, I dive into the importance of pushing through that self-doubt and continuing to make your photographs even when at times th...

Understanding a photograph by looking at its peers

26 Sep 2022

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How do we get better at looking at photographs? Looking at not just a photograph but a series of photographs.

What is normal anyway?

19 Sep 2022

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In this week's podcast, I dive into the notion of normal in photography and making photographs in an attempt to sort of what is normal and does it mat...

Time is the ultimate variable

12 Sep 2022

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In this week's podcast, we explore a little more into the nature of time and how it impacts our photography

AI and the challenge of what it means to make art

05 Sep 2022

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In this week's podcast, I spend some time discussing the nature of what it means to make art and some considerations for when we think about approachi...

Is straight out of the camera important or even possible?

29 Aug 2022

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This week's podcast focuses (pun intended) on the idea that straight out of the camera is somehow better than images that are processed after being ta...

10 tips to kick up your creativity in your photography

22 Aug 2022

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In this week's podcast, I share ten tips for making your photographic process more creative.

Is simple always good in photography?

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, I talk about how your relationship with simple can drastically change your approach to your work behind the camera, staying or...

The power of two & working with diptychs

08 Aug 2022

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In this week's podcast, we talk about how editing and selecting images for diptychs or triptychs can make for more interesting work and boost your cre...

How much does that photograph cost?

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, I share some thoughts on pricing your work and selling your work as art for the wall. Rather than focusing on what to price, I...

Has digital really changed photography that much?

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Normally when I get asked about film and digital, I talk about the darkroom days being less and less easy to find, changes in media, or how the indust...

What defines a great print in photography?

18 Jul 2022

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For many photographers who are starting their printing journey, much of the joy comes from the printer making prints that sort of looking like the scr...

Photography and the expression of idea

11 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

One of the purposes of language is used to express ideas and share observations. The visual language of photography is no different. It is about expre...