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
208: Echoes of Memories
This week, Happy Anniversary to us! We talk a bit about four years of On Taking Pictures, which leads to a discussion on the value of output. There’s the idea of getting better with practice, which w…
01:38:42 |
Tue 19 Apr 2016
207: Emojis Don’t Count
This week, we start out talking about how as our creative goals change, our gear needs often change along with them and how the concept of “good enough” is nothing if not fluid. Also, The Next Rembra…
01:46:18 |
Tue 12 Apr 2016
206: It’s Hard to Juggle Slowly
This week, are you a multitasker? Or is multitasking merely a buzzword to make us feel like we’re actually getting things done? A voicemail from a listener has us discussing our approaches to managin…
01:33:02 |
Tue 05 Apr 2016
205: Somebody Has To Be A Dictator
This week, Instagram’s change from a time-based feed to an algorithmic one has us discussing the value of platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Flickr, etc. as viable means of sharing work, especially …
01:33:10 |
Tue 29 Mar 2016
204: Dog Paddle Motion in the Air
This week, we discuss what happens when you can no longer do what you love. What do you do if you can’t shake feeling that your best work is behind you? Malcolm McLaren’s son Joe Corré wants to burn …
01:42:10 |
Tue 22 Mar 2016
203: Shrimp et tu, Brute?
This week, a follow up from a listener about our “what makes a professional?” discussion from last week, specifically the idea of professionalism in behavior vs gear/appearance, etc. We also talk a l…
01:16:40 |
Tue 15 Mar 2016
202: Jeffery and Bill Meet the Swamp Monster
This week, what does it mean to be a professional? Is it merely making a living from one’s endeavor or is there something else? Is photography something you need to do to achieve some greater sense o…
01:38:12 |
Tue 08 Mar 2016
201: No Such Thing as Never or Always
This week, how digital technology helped Emmanuel Lubezki shape the natural light on The Revenant. Also, we discuss the often cryptic presentation of online tutorials and ask: “How do you learn somet…
01:29:08 |
Tue 01 Mar 2016
200: Learn To Do It Without the Crutch
This week, we’re discussing the good and the bad of habits—making them, breaking them and learning how to recognize when you may need one over the other. Also, a follow up on last week’s audiophile/p…
01:30:49 |
Tue 23 Feb 2016
199: Claustrophobia In All the Control
Paris Photo LA is cancelled permanently and what that means to collectors and fans of photography. Where do you fall when it comes to awards and competitions? Are they worthwhile endeavors and potent…
01:28:18 |
Tue 16 Feb 2016
198: Ghost of Familiarity
This week, we’re starting off with Cindy Crawford—she’s worked with some of the top photographers in the world and in her new book, Becoming, she shares what she’s learned from them. Also, we discuss…
01:12:13 |
Tue 09 Feb 2016
197: House Elf of Genius
This week, we talk a little about the recent Gregory Crewdson show at the Gagosian in NYC and how seeing a photograph in person can be vastly different than seeing it on a screen. Also, how you feel …
01:29:18 |
Tue 02 Feb 2016
196: Mind-field of Obstacles
This week, an experiment we proposed on the show a year ago yields some terrific results for a listener. Also, is the bigger problem getting beyond a plateau, or realizing that you’ve reached one in …
01:27:24 |
Tue 26 Jan 2016
195: Everybody’s Eating Oreos for Breakfast
This week, is art just a shell game of semantics? Do the names and labels matter at all as long as you’re making mistakes, making work and moving forward? Why do we get so spun up over something so n…
01:28:05 |
Tue 19 Jan 2016
194: Asking for Real Estate
This week, a discussion partially prompted by the passing of David Bowie on living your art. Does the work/art you create exist apart from you or is one an intrinsic part of the other? Also, a conver…
01:12:53 |
Tue 12 Jan 2016
193: Not Starting From Zero
This week, we’re taking a look back on 2015 and discussing what worked, what didn’t and what we’d like our respective 2016s to look like. We’re also responding to a listener question around changes i…
01:49:03 |
Tue 05 Jan 2016
192: Find Another Cliff
For the last show of the year, we’re doing a Q&A show and taking a stab at answering some of your questions. We can’t thank you enough for not only listening week in and week out, but also for helpin…
01:44:02 |
Tue 29 Dec 2015
191: Gardiner Used All the Saturation
This week, is boring art bad? Then again, who is to say whether any art is either good or bad? That said, do we miss part of the conversation if we don’t “get” a piece of art from the start? Or, shou…
01:29:37 |
Tue 22 Dec 2015
190: One Big Bundle of Bias
This week, we’re discussing a letter from a listener who offers observations on the intellectualizing of modern art and how we tend to find it difficult to relate when we look at it emotionally. Also…
01:23:54 |
Tue 15 Dec 2015
189: An Analytical Gamble
This week, we discuss what to do when you feel like you’ve said all you want to (or can) say creatively, including some recent examples of creators who have decided to make dramatic changes to both w…
01:37:57 |
Tue 08 Dec 2015
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