On Taking Pictures
Every week, Jeffery Saddoris and Bill Wadman take on the art, science, and philosophy of photography and explore how they play out behind the camera in the process of making images. Insider insights for the novice, shop talk for the professional, and opinionated discussion for the interested observer of the field's trends and legacy. Hosted by Bill Wadman & Jeffery Saddoris.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 90 minutes
- Episodes
- 368
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2024
268: The Similarities Are Too Similar
This week, we discuss what happens when the results of a project just don’t seem to match the effort we put into making it. Is “giving your best shot” really good enough? Also, a follow up on a previ…
01:04:20 |
Tue 13 Jun 2017
267: What’s Left For Humans To Do?
This week, what happens when machines learn enough to not only sort pictures, but make them? Is creativity just an algorithm after all? Also, a discussion around self-publishing using a cookbook as a…
01:41:24 |
Tue 06 Jun 2017
266: Dance Monkey, Dance
This week, we begin with a talk about the idea of obsolescence, from the perspective of tools and hardware that for seemingly arbitrary reasons are no longer able to be used. Also, a discussion aroun…
01:25:21 |
Tue 30 May 2017
265: Neuronic Connections
This week, a brief discussion around depression after the tragic loss of Chris Cornell leads us into a discussion of Basquiat and the recent sale that put him at the top of the heap of American artis…
01:22:10 |
Tue 23 May 2017
264: Advice Needs To Be Calibrated
This week, a discussion around music producers leads to wondering if the same producer-artist relationship to be productive for photographers. Would bringing in an outside - yet trusted - set of eyes…
01:34:44 |
Tue 16 May 2017
263: If There’s A Listicle About It It’s Too Late
This week, we discuss the value of surrounding yourself with different types of creative people and how happy accidents can end up sending you in a new direction. Also, stop trying to be different — …
01:47:29 |
Tue 09 May 2017
262: No Whips Were Harmed In The Making of These Photographs
This week, how do you know when you’ve found your voice and aren’t simply emulating someone else? Also, have cameras become less like creative tools and more like computers that take pictures? Plus, …
01:31:22 |
Tue 02 May 2017
261: Healing Salve On The Open Wound Of Doubt
Welcome to OTP year six! This week, are better and better cameras taking the craft out of photography, or does not having to worry about the technical free us to concentrate on the artistic? Is there…
01:35:30 |
Tue 25 Apr 2017
260: A Friendship Built On Skype
This week, we’re doing our best to answer your photo questions, which range from the technical to the obscure, from dream camera setup to whether or not you need an agent (spoiler: it depends). This …
01:33:08 |
Tue 18 Apr 2017
259: Chasing Expertise, and Amy
This week, tutorials, gear reviews, benchmarks and ratings. If everyone is an Expert, who do you trust? Ultimately, you need to use the tools and advice that works for you, regardless of what They sa…
01:27:19 |
Tue 11 Apr 2017
258: The Hottest Bell Pepper I’ve Ever Seen
This week, what’s the most iconic nude photo you’ve ever seen? Now, think about what makes it iconic. The human form is a blank canvas, but depending on how it’s lit, posed or seen by the artist, the…
01:26:09 |
Tue 04 Apr 2017
257: Turn the Hat Around
This week, a followup to our depression discussion from a couple episodes ago and a letter from a listener. Despite how it sometimes feels, you’re not alone. It’s dark sometimes - really dark - but i…
01:17:36 |
Tue 28 Mar 2017
256: Mash Potatoes In the Shape of the Hollywood Bowl
This week, prompted by a listener email, we talk about taking “those” photos that have been taken a million times before and why you should or shouldn't take your version. Also, a discussion around b…
01:08:28 |
Wed 22 Mar 2017
255: If It Says VIP, It’s Not VIP
This week, we discuss the paralyzing power of depression via a story of a Chinese photographer called Ren Hang, who recently took his own life. Also, a quick roundup of some of our current favorite p…
01:24:02 |
Tue 14 Mar 2017
254: Bob Ross on Mute
This week, we’re starting out with a discussion around craft, inspired in part by the terrific Netflix series, Abstract. Also, we talk about two extremes of making work - at one end, we cite John Fre…
01:37:45 |
Tue 07 Mar 2017
253: Imagineers Are Never Gonna Do South Park
This week, we respond to a couple listener emails — one involves questions around valuing work and the other is a followup to last week’s discussion around barriers. Also, what do you expect when you…
01:36:18 |
Tue 28 Feb 2017
252: That’s Not What Cameras And Books Were Made For
This week, an email from a listener sparks a discussion about shipping - specifically around our own expectations over what comes next. This leads us into a broader discussion around self image, priv…
01:37:25 |
Tue 21 Feb 2017
251: I’m Just Gonna Shut Up And Sit Here
This week, we’re talking about film gear and answering some listener questions about our favorite film cameras. Also, a discussion around the challenges of becoming derivative of your own work, espec…
01:23:31 |
Tue 14 Feb 2017
250: Like the Whos in Whoville
This week, have the tools taken the mystery out of photography? When you no longer think about technical requirements to make photographs, have we gone too far or is that the point? Also, a couple te…
01:17:53 |
Tue 07 Feb 2017
249: Ancillary Collaboration
This week, we discuss the seemingly innate skills and abilities of our fathers and grandfathers and how somewhere along the way, that “folk wisdom” was either lost or perhaps no longer needed. Were t…
01:23:14 |
Tue 31 Jan 2017
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