The Fine Art Photography Podcast

I've dedicated my career to black and white photography. In this episode, I discuss the four elements that I think are necessary to make a great black and white photograph. For me, it comes down to these four key parts: Emotion, Unique Artistic Vision, the Story, and the Print.

Listen to my thesis and see if you agree or disagree with my assessment.

In this episode, I discuss the story behind a famous 1866 photograph by pioneering British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. We know what camera and lens Cameron used to shoot the glass plate negative, but the captivating model Ms. Keene is an enigma -- almost nothing is known about her.

Credits and useful links:

The specific print I discuss is this one in the collection of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art:
https://www.metmuseum...

What It's Like to See the World's Oldest Photograph in Person
August 4, 2020

In this episode of the Fine Art Photography podcast, we discuss what it's like to stand before the world's oldest photograph and see it in person.
Be sure to visit my blog post at icatchshadows.com, where you can see images related to this episode, and find links to all my sources.

Sources

PetaPixel
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On Location: Landscape Photography at a Cave Once Used by Moonshiners

Episode 18 of the fine art photography podcast: In this episode, I'm bringing you along as I hike through the forest to make landscape photographs at the mouth of a former moonshiner's cave. With background sounds from the woods and the cave stream.

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Pareidolia: Why We See Human Faces in Clouds, Rocks, Tree Bark, on the Moon, and even Mars

In this episode of the fine art photography podcast, we discuss the psychological phenomenon of Pareidolia, or the tendency to recognize faces in random shapes, patterns, or noise, and sometimes in our own photographs!

Cited in this podcast:

My blog
https://icatchshadows.com/

Merriam-Webster
https://www.merriam-webster...

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Photographing an Abandoned Ghost Town in Virginia: The Art and Business of Photo Road Trips

In this episode of the fine art photography podcast, I take you along to photograph the abandoned main street of a ghost town in Virginia...

Anna Atkins: England's Blue Lady of Photography

In this episode, a brief biography of Anna Atkins, the first female photographer and the first person to create a photography-based book. She learned photography from some of its inventors and went on to become a master of the cyanotype print.

New York Public Library copy of "British Algae" by Anna Atkins:
https://digitalcollections.nypl...

The Aesthetic Appeal of Camera Shutter Sounds

Have you ever given any thought to the sound of the camera shutter?

I don't mean the loudness of the shutter, like during weddings or events . . . I mean the actual quality of the shutter sound. Is it important to you how the shutter sounds? I've realized since I started shooting with Sony cameras that I don't enjoy the sound of Sony shutters...

Note to Self: Don't Perfect the Soul Out of Your Photographs

In episode 12 of the fine art photography podcast, a reminder to myself that a technically perfect photograph is not always the most artistically moving photograph. Sometimes technical perfection creates a static, clinical photograph. My goal as an artist is to create an emotional connection with my viewers, and this is a lesson I have to relearn every few years...