HT1661 - Signal to Noise Ratio
The concept of signal to noise ratio is something we photographers are familiar with, particularly when it comes to our cameras and digital noise. This same concept can be applied to the content of our photographs (signal) compared to the craft of photography (noise).

HT1661 - Signal to Noise Ratio

HT1660 - Money As the Deciding Factor
I'm naturally resistant to the idea that excellence is a function of budget. When manufacture's marketing tells me I can improve my bird pictures by buying a $20,000 lens; when my landscape photography will be improved if I spend $30,000 on a medium format ultra-megapixel digital system; when workshop programs tell me I need to spend $15,000 for them to take me to an exotic photographable location, I just cringe — and rebel.

HT1660 - Money As the Deciding Factor

HT1659 - Will It Make a Difference
I've been looking at gear again this week because Panasonic has introduced an updated version of my beloved G9 camera. The G9 II has some substantial upgrades and is tempting. But for $1900 it had better have an impact on the images I make or that temptation evaporates.

HT1659 - Will It Make a Difference

HT1658 - Out They Go
I have a complete, pristine, and almost unused set of the Encyclopedia Britannica. What do I do with this in the age of Google? What about those shelves full of National Geographic magazines? What do I do with those in the age of Instagram? How long will it be before Facebook and Instagram are similarly obsolete and anachronistic? What about our photographs?

HT1651 - Glossy, Semi-gloss, and Matte

LW1367 - The Other RGB
We photographers live in a world of RGB, but no I'm not thinking about red, green, and blue. As creative artists I prefer to think of RGB as Rethink, Gamble, Breathe. 
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LW1367 - The Other RGB

HT1657 - Breathtaking
It seems that so much of photography today is intended to take our breath away. There is the "wow factor" that every photographer seems to pursue with unwavering effort. Why has that become the ultimate criteria for a successful fine art photograph?

HT1657 - Breathtaking

HT1656 - Print Quality vs Content Quality
As a publisher, perhaps I'm particularly aware of the incredible improvements in the quality of book printing in these last 50 years. That said, when I find an older book that really impresses me, I know it's image content is strong and overcomes whatever primitive printing was used. Content is, and always has been, king in spite of the emphasis by so many of today's manufacturers and photographers who place so much emphasis on print quality.

HT1656 - Print Quality vs Content Quality

HT1655 - The Photography Section in the Bookstore
With very few exceptions, I find the photography section in bookstores is overwhelmingly populated by "how to" books. How come the Literature section in bookstores is not overrun with manuals on how to operate a typewriter or a word processor?

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