On Taking Pictures

By Bill Wadman and Jeffery Saddoris

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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 and Jeffery Saddoris.

Episode Date
368: Everything Has Limits
Apr 09, 2024
367: Offended By Extension
Apr 02, 2024
366: A Big Fluffy Thing
Mar 26, 2024
365: It Feels Different
Mar 19, 2024
364: I Don’t Think It’s Gonna Work
Mar 13, 2024
363: Not In My Vocabulary
Mar 06, 2024
362: Motion Is The Hapiness
Feb 27, 2024
361: Didn't Have Enough Power
Feb 20, 2024
360: Toiled Away In Quiet Desperation
Feb 13, 2024
359: Consistency is Hard
Feb 06, 2024
358: Inverse of Social Media
Jan 30, 2024
357: Knife Burrito
Jan 23, 2024
356: Archaeological Remnants
Jan 16, 2024
355: A World of Noise
Jan 09, 2024
354: Effort as Currency
Jan 02, 2024
353: We Need Another You
Dec 27, 2023
352: There's Always Value In The Effort
Dec 22, 2023
351 : Don’t Cater To The Camera
Dec 12, 2023
350 : Creative Closure
Dec 06, 2023
349 : Save The Clocktower
Nov 28, 2023
348: We Turn Over The Soil
Nov 21, 2023
347: Untied String
Nov 07, 2023
346: Chase the Creative Dragon
Nov 01, 2023
345: I’m Beholden to No One
Oct 24, 2023
344: I See What You Mean
Oct 09, 2023
343: The Difference Is What Makes It Yours
Oct 03, 2023
342: It's Not The Photography
Sep 26, 2023
341: Overcoming The Initial Inertia
Sep 19, 2023
340: Hope Marketing Doesn’t Work
Sep 12, 2023
339: Just Jump Into The Water
Sep 05, 2023
338: Is The LED Still Lit?
Aug 29, 2023
337: My Whole Life Is A Year of Sabbatical
Aug 23, 2023
336: There Has To Be A Mythology
Aug 15, 2023
335: The Lesson In This Season of My Life
Aug 07, 2023
334: Nature of the MrBeast
Aug 01, 2023
333: Answering The Call
Jul 26, 2023
332: You Did That Wrong, Make It Right
May 09, 2023
331: I Was On A Sofa
Mar 14, 2023
330: Losing Your Bearings
Feb 28, 2023
329: Interpretation At Every Step
Feb 07, 2023
328: Between the Accolades
Jan 13, 2023
327: Going Back To Move Forward
Jan 03, 2023
326: Special Episode - Apple Announcement Oct 2018
Oct 30, 2018
325: Closing The Loop
Jul 17, 2018
324: Another Stick in the Spokes
Jul 10, 2018
323: There’s No Control Group in Life
Jul 03, 2018
322: Waiting For The Supersaturation Point
Jun 27, 2018
321: And There It Hangs
Jun 19, 2018
320: Put This Robe On And Come With Me
Jun 12, 2018
319: Who Buys The Ink?
Jun 05, 2018
318: You Have To Go Further Back To Go Forward
May 29, 2018
317: You’re Gonna Need A Bigger SIM
May 23, 2018
316: Nice Sallah There
May 15, 2018
315: A New Branch On The Tree
May 09, 2018
314: It’s Either Silence Or A Heart
May 01, 2018
313: No One Wants To Be In A Cover Band Forever
Apr 25, 2018
312: I’m Put Off By Such Comfort
Apr 18, 2018
311: Poseidon Giveth and Poseidon Taketh Away
Apr 11, 2018
310: Let Me Just Finish This Donut
Apr 03, 2018
309: Giant Bags of Stuff in the Car
Mar 27, 2018
308: Sixth Gen VHS Tape from a Prog Rock Convention
Mar 20, 2018
307: We’re All in the Optometrist's Office
Mar 14, 2018
306: The Venn Diagram of You and Me
Mar 06, 2018
305: I Really Like The Deep Dives, Ted
Feb 27, 2018
304: No Filters Named After Places
Feb 20, 2018
303: Who The Hell Goes To Picasso’s House?
Feb 13, 2018
302: The Audience Holds You Accountable
Feb 06, 2018
301: It’s Like Amway With A Camera
Jan 30, 2018
300: When The Spirit Moves Me
Jan 23, 2018
299: Another Word For Failure
Jan 16, 2018
298: Jeffery Drifting
Jan 09, 2018
297: Dog On A Motorcycle
Jan 02, 2018
296: Christmas Q&A 2017
Dec 26, 2017
295: This Is Where I Was Right Here
Dec 19, 2017
294: The Tide Went Out On My Skillset
Dec 12, 2017
293: Trying To Hug A Cloud
Dec 07, 2017
292: When You Cry Authenticity Wolf
Nov 28, 2017
291: It’s All About The Torque
Nov 21, 2017
290: That’s The Recipe For Me
Nov 14, 2017
289: Brother Love Tut
Nov 07, 2017
288: An Iterative Process Like Everything Else
Oct 31, 2017
287: If It Sounds Good Now, It’ll Sound Good Later
Oct 24, 2017
286: You Don’t Need To Make New Friends
Oct 20, 2017
285: The Composition Within the Chaos
Oct 10, 2017
284: Time Is Your Only Currency
Oct 03, 2017
283: Somewhere To Get A Cleat In
Sep 27, 2017
282: All Of This Shenanigans Over A Camera
Sep 19, 2017
281: Hidden Under Hair and Self-Doubt
Sep 12, 2017
280: Tacking Left And Right Into The Wind
Sep 05, 2017
279: Letting It Go For A Better Offer
Aug 29, 2017
278: One and A Quarter Step Forward
Aug 21, 2017
277: We Both Work Great In Planned Chaos
Aug 15, 2017
276: Gas Money and a New Alternator
Aug 09, 2017
275: The Good, Fast, and Cheap of Photography
Aug 01, 2017
274: The Unatographer
Jul 25, 2017
273: Kenneth Is Funded With Advice
Jul 18, 2017
272: If I Stand Still, That’s When the Cobwebs Grow
Jul 11, 2017
271: Hanging Out With The Other Kids Drinking Cristal
Jul 05, 2017
270: The Luster Dulls Over Time
Jun 27, 2017
269: Breadcrumbs To Find Your Way Home
Jun 21, 2017
268: The Similarities Are Too Similar
Jun 13, 2017
267: What’s Left For Humans To Do?
Jun 06, 2017
266: Dance Monkey, Dance
May 30, 2017
265: Neuronic Connections
May 23, 2017
264: Advice Needs To Be Calibrated
May 16, 2017
263: If There’s A Listicle About It It’s Too Late
May 09, 2017
262: No Whips Were Harmed In The Making of These Photographs
May 02, 2017
261: Healing Salve On The Open Wound Of Doubt
Apr 25, 2017
260: A Friendship Built On Skype
Apr 18, 2017
259: Chasing Expertise, and Amy
Apr 11, 2017
258: The Hottest Bell Pepper I’ve Ever Seen
Apr 04, 2017
257: Turn the Hat Around
Mar 28, 2017
256: Mash Potatoes In the Shape of the Hollywood Bowl
Mar 22, 2017
255: If It Says VIP, It’s Not VIP
Mar 14, 2017
254: Bob Ross on Mute
Mar 07, 2017
253: Imagineers Are Never Gonna Do South Park
Feb 28, 2017
252: That’s Not What Cameras And Books Were Made For
Feb 21, 2017
251: I’m Just Gonna Shut Up And Sit Here
Feb 14, 2017
250: Like the Whos in Whoville
Feb 07, 2017
249: Ancillary Collaboration
Jan 31, 2017
248: Albatross Is On The Move
Jan 24, 2017
247: Keep the Nihilist in the Closet
Jan 17, 2017
246: If I Start This, Then I’ll Have To Finish It
Jan 10, 2017
245: A Higher Form of Noise
Jan 03, 2017
244: That’s the Arrow That Got Through
Dec 26, 2016
243: Can You Make the Logo Bigger?
Dec 20, 2016
242: Lack of Stasis
Dec 13, 2016
241: The Final Ten Percent Takes Ninety Percent of the Time
Dec 06, 2016
240: The Reins Are Fear
Nov 29, 2016
239: True to the Show
Nov 22, 2016
238: There Will Always Be A Minority Report
Nov 15, 2016
237: The Flow of the Slinky
Nov 08, 2016
236: The Next Switchback on the Plateau
Nov 01, 2016
235: Layering It Up Like a Cake
Oct 26, 2016
234: Measure Twice, Cut Once
Oct 17, 2016
233: Live Up To An Impossibility
Oct 11, 2016
232: Solid Steel Walls of Reality
Oct 04, 2016
231: I Look Forward to Looking Back
Sep 27, 2016
230: Full-On Artistic Telephone
Sep 20, 2016
229: Almost to the Shipping Point of Shipping
Sep 13, 2016
228: The Giant Pachinko Game in the Sky
Sep 06, 2016
227: Psychologize That Up The Wazoo
Aug 30, 2016
226: You Want The Pixie Dust
Aug 23, 2016
225: The Megapixel List of Life
Aug 16, 2016
224: Blink Decision
Aug 09, 2016
223: Driving Backwards is a Bad Idea
Aug 02, 2016
222: Form of Stupidity, Shape of an Idiot
Jul 26, 2016
221: All the Salt in the World
Jul 19, 2016
220: They Want Paul Bunyan
Jul 12, 2016
219: Bell Curve of Adoption
Jul 05, 2016
218: Moon Rocks Down Here Cost a Lot of Money
Jun 28, 2016
217: A Plus B Equals Jello
Jun 21, 2016
216: Unintentionally Intentional
Jun 14, 2016
215: Don’t Trust Experts
Jun 07, 2016
214: The Oxygen and the Spark
May 31, 2016
213: You’re Not About the Craft If You Use Laser Triggers
May 24, 2016
212: Audience Inflation
May 17, 2016
211: I Do Wanna Be A Person Eating Pancakes!
May 10, 2016
210: I’m Over Here in Sharpshooter’s Corner
May 03, 2016
209: Oddly Fascinating
Apr 26, 2016
208: Echoes of Memories
Apr 19, 2016
207: Emojis Don’t Count
Apr 12, 2016
206: It’s Hard to Juggle Slowly
Apr 05, 2016
205: Somebody Has To Be A Dictator
Mar 29, 2016
204: Dog Paddle Motion in the Air
Mar 22, 2016
203: Shrimp et tu, Brute?
Mar 15, 2016
202: Jeffery and Bill Meet the Swamp Monster
Mar 08, 2016
201: No Such Thing as Never or Always
Mar 01, 2016
200: Learn To Do It Without the Crutch
Feb 23, 2016
199: Claustrophobia In All the Control
Feb 16, 2016
198: Ghost of Familiarity
Feb 09, 2016
197: House Elf of Genius
Feb 02, 2016
196: Mind-field of Obstacles
Jan 26, 2016
195: Everybody’s Eating Oreos for Breakfast
Jan 19, 2016
194: Asking for Real Estate
Jan 12, 2016
193: Not Starting From Zero
Jan 05, 2016
192: Find Another Cliff
Dec 29, 2015
191: Gardiner Used All the Saturation
Dec 22, 2015
190: One Big Bundle of Bias
Dec 15, 2015
189: An Analytical Gamble
Dec 08, 2015
188: A Facsimile of a Facsimile
Dec 01, 2015
187: A Cultivated Fantasy
Nov 24, 2015
186: Little Blips of Satisfaction
Nov 17, 2015
185: What Keeps You Falling Back Into It?
Nov 10, 2015
184: A Somewhat Liberal Political Predilection
Nov 03, 2015
183: We’re Playing It Blue Today
Oct 27, 2015
182: Trading on the Hype
Oct 20, 2015
181: You’re Gonna Get Paid, Son
Oct 13, 2015
180: Holding a Leica, In Her Underwear
Oct 06, 2015
179: The Timeline of that Osmosis
Sep 29, 2015
178: Circles for Sixty Years
Sep 22, 2015
177: The Reflection Isn't Perfecto
Sep 16, 2015
176: Creativity is a Line Item
Sep 08, 2015
175: Very Little Time For the Present
Sep 01, 2015
174: A Reality Distortion Field of Pixels
Aug 25, 2015
173: Where Do You Put the Chisel?
Aug 18, 2015
172: Creative Fiefdoms
Aug 11, 2015
171: Big Subterranean Factor
Aug 04, 2015
170: We All Want To Be Steve McCurry
Jul 28, 2015
169: I’ll Make a Burger for the Next Guy
Jul 21, 2015
168: This Is Not How We Play Bridge
Jul 14, 2015
167: The Activity of Non-Activity
Jul 07, 2015
166: Less Bill & Ted’s, More British
Jun 30, 2015
165: Our Piece of Cheese Keeps Getting Smaller
Jun 23, 2015
164: Photographic Baseball Cards
Jun 16, 2015
163: A Generational Byproduct
Jun 09, 2015
162: I Grow Chickens, The Chickens Lay the Eggs
Jun 02, 2015
161: It’s Not Patrons, It’s Patronizing
May 26, 2015
160: Each Generation Forgets
May 19, 2015
159: It’s a Crowded Place, My Head
May 12, 2015
158: The Mayor of Fujitown
May 05, 2015
157: The Cossacks of Organization
Apr 28, 2015
156: The Great Men Theory of Art
Apr 21, 2015
155: It’s All a Barometer
Apr 14, 2015
154: 500k Followers or 100 Followers
Apr 07, 2015
153: The Community Is Getting Inside My Head
Mar 31, 2015
152: The Stone is Noise
Mar 24, 2015
151: Perfectly Punctuated Piece On Absolutely Nothing
Mar 17, 2015
150: Who’s Pressing the Brakes
Mar 10, 2015
149: It’s a Little Bit of a Ghost
Mar 03, 2015
148: Idle Hands Problem
Feb 24, 2015
147: Artistic Post-It Note
Feb 17, 2015
146: Pattern Recognition Machine
Feb 10, 2015
145: Priceless Gets A Price
Feb 03, 2015
144: Ronin Photographers
Jan 27, 2015
143: Set For Life
Jan 20, 2015
142: Time Capsule Effect
Jan 13, 2015
141: Frayved Peegan
Jan 07, 2015
140: An Official Knock-off
Dec 31, 2014
139: Nothing But A Mirror
Dec 23, 2014
138: A Little Obsessive That Way
Dec 16, 2014
137: Good is a Moving Target
Dec 09, 2014
136: Destiny or Resignation
Dec 02, 2014
135: No Touchdowns In Photography
Nov 25, 2014
134: A Couple Dozen Eye Rolls
Nov 18, 2014
133: No Way Out But Through
Nov 11, 2014
132: Some Kind Of Sublimation
Nov 06, 2014
131: Fuddy Duddy Hall of Fame
Oct 28, 2014
130: So Many Topics, So Little Time
Oct 21, 2014
129: Shake Some Streusel For Your Homie
Oct 14, 2014
128: A Baked Aesthetic
Oct 07, 2014
127: The Rabbit Always Moves
Sep 30, 2014
126: Flying Trapeze
Sep 23, 2014
125: Creative Swagger
Sep 16, 2014
124: Just Another Point on the Curve
Sep 09, 2014
123: The Weegee of the Modern World Doesn’t Exist
Sep 02, 2014
122: Disrupting the Familiar
Aug 26, 2014
121: Not Enough Room For Romance
Aug 19, 2014
120: You’re Not Moving Cannonballs
Aug 12, 2014
119: Glacial Evolution
Aug 05, 2014
118: Savings Bond of Memories
Jul 29, 2014
117: Reset The Mechanism
Jul 22, 2014
116: Freefalling
Jul 15, 2014
115: Doing It For Love Not Money
Jul 08, 2014
114: Creativity On A Wire
Jul 01, 2014
113: A Day Late & A Dollar Short
Jun 25, 2014
112: You Wanted A Do-Over
Jun 17, 2014
111: Desert Island Book Choices
Jun 10, 2014
110: The ‘Why’ is Much More Interesting
Jun 03, 2014
109: Cause and Effect Issue
May 27, 2014
108: Capital “P” Picasso
May 20, 2014
107: Backwards To Go Forwards
May 13, 2014
106: The Story Is In The Risk
May 06, 2014
105: More of the Crazy Juice
Apr 29, 2014
104: Happy Doing What You’re Doing Right Now
Apr 22, 2014
103: A Lifetime of Rehearsal
Apr 15, 2014
102: Rigging the Roulette Wheel
Apr 08, 2014
101: Cookie Cutter Wisdom
Apr 01, 2014
100: Discovering Something New
Mar 25, 2014
99: Authenticity Complex
Mar 18, 2014
98: Signal to Noise
Mar 11, 2014
97: The Best Version Of Me
Mar 04, 2014
96: Pencil Marks
Feb 25, 2014
95: Finding The New
Feb 18, 2014
94: The Custodian Ideal
Feb 11, 2014
93: Listen to Yourself
Feb 04, 2014
92: The Analogy of the Sphere
Jan 28, 2014
91: Isn’t That The Fun Of It?
Jan 21, 2014
90: Uncharted Territory
Jan 14, 2014
89: 42 Puppies and a Snow Cone Machine
Jan 07, 2014
88: Didn’t You Hear My Inner Monologue?
Dec 31, 2013
87: I’m Wearing Tap Shoes?
Dec 24, 2013
86: Sing Me What You’re Going To Play
Dec 17, 2013
85: Good Art Doesn’t Have a Shelf Life
Dec 10, 2013
84: Your Definition of Yourself
Dec 03, 2013
83: It’s Not A Pendulum, It’s A Kaleidoscope
Nov 26, 2013
82: Going ‘All In’ On Yourself
Nov 20, 2013
81: An Artistic Vacation
Nov 12, 2013
80: It’s Something To Take Seriously
Nov 07, 2013
79: Photography Without A Net
Oct 29, 2013
78: Shutter Priority on Glass Plate
Oct 22, 2013
77: Knowing Which Mistakes To Keep
Oct 15, 2013
76: Slamming Up Against the Walls (Like in an A-Ha Video)
Oct 08, 2013
75: Film comes in a can. Like soup.
Oct 01, 2013
74: Self-Deluding Defense Mechanism
Sep 24, 2013
73: It's Not All Warm and Fuzzy
Sep 16, 2013
72: Get Behind the Train and Push
Sep 10, 2013
71: Disruption
Sep 03, 2013
70: The Gaia Argument
Aug 27, 2013
69: Play With Your Deckled Edges
Aug 20, 2013
68: An Incorrect Perspective
Aug 13, 2013
67: Far Enough Along Your Curve
Aug 06, 2013
66: You Don’t Want To See Me When I’m Bored
Jul 30, 2013
65: Doing Nothing is the Enemy
Jul 23, 2013
64: Goldilocks Camera Phenomenon
Jul 16, 2013
63: The Core of the Struggle
Jul 09, 2013
62: Artists Aren’t Plumbers
Jul 02, 2013
61: Happenstance Threw It Over The Line
Jun 26, 2013
60: The Problem is Always Me
Jun 18, 2013
59: Food Doesn’t Talk Back
Jun 11, 2013
58: Art is Exposure
Jun 04, 2013
57: A Big Pool of Hustle
May 28, 2013
56: Then It Becomes RoboCop
May 21, 2013
55: When Life Gives You Lemmings
May 14, 2013
54: Where’s Joseph Campbell When You Need Him?
May 07, 2013
53: Dig Down To Make More Room
Apr 30, 2013
52: Backfill Reasoning
Apr 23, 2013
51: No Secret Sauce
Apr 16, 2013
50: Tortured Plateau
Apr 09, 2013
49: Happiness is an Inside Job
Apr 03, 2013
48: $500 and a Lollipop
Mar 26, 2013
47: Inspiration Is Like Tinkerbell
Mar 19, 2013
46: 151 Lights and a News Desk
Mar 12, 2013
45: True North On Your Creative Compass
Mar 05, 2013
44: Sensor Verite
Feb 26, 2013
43: Artistic Monkhood
Feb 19, 2013
42: That’s Just Going to the Driving Range
Feb 12, 2013
41: Our Microscopes Got More Powerful
Feb 06, 2013
40: I’m Buying a Smoke Machine
Jan 29, 2013
39: The President and an Umbrella
Jan 22, 2013
38: Tug of War with the Muse
Jan 15, 2013
37: Jump in the River
Jan 08, 2013
36: The Schrodinger Moment
Jan 02, 2013
35: Justification After the Fact
Dec 26, 2012
34: Learning Everything All the Time
Dec 18, 2012
33: Troubleshooting in Real Time
Dec 11, 2012
32: Screw Those People
Dec 05, 2012
31: Too Much Information
Nov 27, 2012
30: Entrances Confused with Dead Ends
Nov 21, 2012
29: Richard Scarry Book on Acid
Nov 13, 2012
28: Ability to Recognize...Maybe
Nov 07, 2012
27: A Body of Work Only in Hindsight
Oct 31, 2012
26: Brain Calibration Issue
Oct 26, 2012
25: The Weather Is What You're Photographing
Oct 23, 2012
23: Everyone’s Job to be Everything
Oct 01, 2012
22: Ann Curry is a Better Photographer than You
Sep 24, 2012
21: Vanity Fairy
Sep 18, 2012
20: Moment Much Bigger than that Photograph
Sep 11, 2012
18: Fifty Dollars and an Ice Cream Cone
Aug 28, 2012
17: Still Lifes of People
Aug 22, 2012
16: Portraiture is a Dance
Aug 14, 2012
15: Salting the Steak
Aug 07, 2012
14: Creativity Comes From Doing
Jul 31, 2012
13: Hand Gestures & Credit Cards
Jul 24, 2012
12: Kaleidoscopic Changes
Jul 17, 2012
11: Workflow: From Camera to Paper
Jul 10, 2012
10: Feels Like a Sunday
Jul 04, 2012
9: Making the Cut
Jun 26, 2012
8: The Amateur Professional
Jun 19, 2012
7: Creepy Kids at Retina Resolution
Jun 12, 2012
5: Apple Software Exodus
May 29, 2012
4: Printing Objects
May 22, 2012
3: The Future of Film
May 14, 2012
2: 3.6 Million Dollar Photograph
May 10, 2012
1: Falling Bears
May 10, 2012
19: Bare with a Snoot
Feb 14, 2012
24: Negative Space of Technique
Feb 10, 2012
6: Inspiration & Criticism
Feb 05, 2012