The Perceptive Photographer
Episodes
Creativity is not left brain or right brain, you need a whole brain.
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There are a number of aspects of photography that fall into two camps. There are artistic decisions and technical decisions. For some people, you migh...
Do you keep getting distracted?
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of our listeners sent in a great question about distractions. Her question was a two-part approach to dealing with distractions. The first was d...
Lessons relearned in night photography and oh yeah, wear a mask!
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Make yourself the best photographer in the world. To do so, all you have to do is wear a mask. If you think it kills your freedom, put one and walk ar...
Are you asking yourself the right questions?
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I get asked a lot of questions about photography. Some are good, and some are not so good. When we look at our own work and spend time behind the came...
Five projects for the week to keep you going when stuck at home.
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As COVID-19 continues to build in the USA, I thought I would use the podcast this week to share five things you can do with your stay at home time. Th...
Become a better photographer by seeking out diversity in the photographs you look at
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I often get asked what the things you can do to be a better photographer are. The two that are always at the top of my list are printing and consuming...
Do you prefer to pick Junior Mints or Skittles when going to the movies and other thoughts on choices we make in photography
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We used to be able to go to the movies, one of my favorite traditions was getting something from the concessions stands. Now I know they are a rip-off...
Do you run a complaint department?
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ah, the great American past-time of complaining. Nothing beats hanging out with friends over a beer and complaining about all sorts of things in life....
When you get stuck, trying something else sometimes does work better
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A couple of the things I hear photographs talk about all the time is hitting a wall, not getting good feedback, and fear in the face of change. In thi...
Is photography about non-intervention or do we play an active role in our creating and viewing of images
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In her classic essay On Photography, Susan Sontag makes the statement: Photographing is essentially an act of non-intervention. So in this week's podc...
The notions of how and why in the critique of your photography?
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's podcast, we focus on two aspects of the nature of critique. The how and the why of taking a photograph. The how is the technical side o...
Does binge-watching television programs impact your photography?
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's podcast, I talk about some of the impacts that might appear in your photo editing and viewing as a result of binge-watching. While it i...
The notion of mundane and the art of stir crazy
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week's podcast focuses on the impacts in our photography when the days, projects, images, and seeing seem to drag into each other over and over a...
Do you think about your ethics as a photographer?
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I hope that you and your family are safe during the COVID-19 outbreak. This week's podcast is based on a request from one of our listeners regarding a...
Time, acceptance and the value of a daily check-in
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I hope that you and your family are safe during the COVID-19 outbreak. This week's podcast is a direct response to conversations I have been having wi...
Digging into your archives
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I hope that you and your family are safe during the COVID-19 outbreak. I have been having some conversations with people lately about how they create ...
Thinking about time and photography
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I hope that you and your family are safe during the COVID-19 outbreak. As we all have been forced to make changes to our daily routines, it got me thi...
Training puppies and language in photography
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I hope that you and your family are safe during the COVID-19 outbreak. We recently added a new family member, Cora the dog, to the house. She is a lov...
It’s a long, long road
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I hope that you and your family are safe during the COVID-19 outbreak. For a lot of us, we are following stay-at-home orders and not going out much. F...