Photography Clips

Photography Clips
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What is the point of these Photography Clips? This podcast includes snippets of my thoughts on various aspects of photography, art, and creativity. The goal of Photography Clips is to get you thinking about your own unique points of view.

  1. WM-569: The Power of "I Do Not Know" | Photography Clips Podcast

    May 31

    WM-569: The Power of "I Do Not Know" | Photography Clips Podcast

    I've always asked questions. That's how I've learned most of what I know. I've asked other photographers. I've read. I've tried things. I've made mistakes. I've gone back and looked again. I've taken a photograph, wondered why it worked, then taken another one and wondered why it didn't. That's always been part of photography for me. I don't see "I don't know" as giving up. I see it as the start of learning. It means there's something I haven't figured out yet. It means there's an answer worth looking for. That's why I like the phrase "I don't know yet." That one word changes the whole meaning. "I don't know" can sound like the end of the road. "I don't know yet" leaves the door open. Photography has taught me that there's always more to learn. No matter how long you've been doing it, there's still another way to see. There's another way to frame a subject. There's another way to use light. There's another way to wait, move, crop, edit, or understand what you were trying to say with the camera. That doesn't make photography discouraging to me. It makes it worth returning to. If I already had every answer, there wouldn't be much reason to keep picking up the camera. When I was younger in photography, I thought the goal was to reach a point where I always knew what to do. I thought experience would remove doubt. I thought there would come a day when I could walk into any scene, know the right settings, know the right composition, and know exactly how the final photograph should look. That day never came... Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/the-power-of-i-dont-know-yet/ Photography Clips Podcast: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/podcast/ Music From the Doctor's Office: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/music-from-the-doctors-office/

    16 min
  2. You Might Also Like: Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York

    May 31 ·  Bonus

    You Might Also Like: Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York

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  3. WM-568: Photography Law Through the Lens of Media Law, Part 3: Public Recording, Monetization, Police Encounters, and the Limits of Lawful Conduct

    Mar 30

    WM-568: Photography Law Through the Lens of Media Law, Part 3: Public Recording, Monetization, Police Encounters, and the Limits of Lawful Conduct

    By the time we reached this part of the semester in my Media Law class, the room felt different. Copyright had been structured. Privacy had been layered. But now we were talking about public confrontation. Cameras on sidewalks. Musicians are being recorded without permission. Journalists challenged by police. Business owners are angry about being filmed. The professor, who was a Pittsburgh-based media attorney who represented creative professionals, would lean back and say something that stuck with me: "Most people arguing about rights don't understand the structure underneath them." That line applies perfectly to modern public recording debates. Today, anyone with a phone can film in seconds. Anyone can upload. Anyone can monetize. And anyone can spark a confrontation that reaches millions. But the legal principles governing public recording did not begin with smartphones. They are the product of decades, even centuries, of legal development. To understand where the line is, we have to look at how it was drawn. Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/photography-law-through-the-lens-of-media-law-part-3-public-recording-monetization-police-encounters-and-the-limits-of-lawful-conduct/ Photography Clips Podcast: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/podcast/ Music From the Doctor's Office: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/music-from-the-doctors-office/

    11 min
  4. WM-567: Photography Law Through the Lens of Media Law, Part 2: Privacy, Releases, and the History Behind Them

    Mar 23

    WM-567: Photography Law Through the Lens of Media Law, Part 2: Privacy, Releases, and the History Behind Them

    When I was studying videography and photography in college, I expected to spend most of my time thinking about lenses, lighting ratios, audio capture, and editing timelines. Then I walked into a Media Law class that changed the way I looked at everything I was creating. The professor was not just an academic. He was a practicing media lawyer. He represented music groups, photographers, and creative professionals. He was based in Pittsburgh, but he fought cases well beyond it. Some were national. Some crossed borders. He spoke about disputes that affected real careers, real albums, real images, and real money. It was one of those classes where you never stopped taking notes. Not because you were afraid of a test, but because you realized this was the infrastructure underneath the creative industries. We had always heard about copyright for books, about early authors protecting their writings. But then the discussion moved into recorded sound, into the era of Thomas Edison and the phonograph, into mechanical reproduction, into photography, and into the idea that a machine capturing something still required a human author behind it. That is when it clicked for me. Creative technology changes. The law follows. And every new medium forces the legal system to answer the same questions again. In Part 1, we traced how copyright moved from the Constitution to photography. In this part, we shift from ownership to limits. Even if you own the image, that does not mean you can use it however you want. This is where privacy law enters. Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/photography-law-through-the-lens-of-media-law-part-2-privacy-releases-and-the-history-behind-them/ Photography Clips Podcast: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/podcast/ Music From the Doctor's Office: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/music-from-the-doctors-office/

    11 min
  5. WM-566: Photography Law Through the Lens of Media Law, Part 1

    Mar 14

    WM-566: Photography Law Through the Lens of Media Law, Part 1

    When I was in college studying videography and photography, I expected most of my coursework to stay in the creative lane. Camera operation, lighting, editing, storytelling, and the technical side of building something visual that communicates. Then I took a class that was often called Media Law, sometimes labeled Mass Media Law or Communications Law, depending on the school. It pulled me into a different side of the same world. What made it so interesting was how directly it connected to what I was doing with a camera. The law was not abstract. It was the framework that decides who owns an image, who can copy it, who can sell it, and what happens when someone takes it without permission. Once you see that, you stop thinking of a photograph as only a creative output. You start seeing it as protected property. This first article is the foundation of the whole three-part series. Before we talk about privacy, releases, public recording, or monetizing video, we need to answer the first question that drives nearly everything else. Who owns the image? Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/photography-copyright-law-photographers/ Photography Clips Podcast: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/podcast/ Music From the Doctor's Office: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/music-from-the-doctors-office/

    17 min
  6. WM-565: The History of Digital Photography | Photography Clips Podcast

    Feb 27

    WM-565: The History of Digital Photography | Photography Clips Podcast

    Digital photography, as we know it, has only been around for about two decades. In truth, however, its origins go much deeper than that. The 1990s saw the first commercially available digital cameras, but the technology that we so often take for granted – with its unlimited storage space, live view displays, and other conveniences – actually first came into being during the 1950s. It all started with the first videotape recorders that were developed in 1952. These were the first devices to use something other than film (a coded signal on tape) as a recording medium. With a tape player, people could convert the code into a picture... Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/history-digital-photography/ Photography Clips Podcast: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/podcast/ Music From the Doctor's Office: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/music-from-the-doctors-office/

    9 min
  7. WM-564: 3 Essential Principles of Color Photography | Photography Clips Podcast

    Feb 25

    WM-564: 3 Essential Principles of Color Photography | Photography Clips Podcast

    When working with color photographs, it's easy to simply choose a dominant color or a color cast without thinking too much about why certain colors work and how they affect our perception of an image. However, when used skillfully, color can transform a dull image into something more dynamic. Color doesn't just set the mood. It creates a visually attractive image or makes certain elements within the image stand out more than others. Instead, when the right shades are chosen, a great color photograph is full of life and emotion. I'll show you three of the things that I consider as I create color images... Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/3-essential-principles-color-photography/ Photography Clips Podcast: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/podcast/ Music From the Doctor's Office: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/music-from-the-doctors-office/

    7 min
  8. WM-563: 7 Reasons to Experiment with Film Photography | Photography Clips Podcast

    Feb 23

    WM-563: 7 Reasons to Experiment with Film Photography | Photography Clips Podcast

    In this day and age, digital photography is by far more popular than film. I must admit that I prefer digital photography for most of my work, too. However, that doesn't mean that film is without its advantages. I believe that every photographer should try film at least once. Here are the reasons why! Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/7-reasons-experiment-film-photography/ Photography Clips Podcast: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/podcast/ Music From the Doctor's Office: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/music-from-the-doctors-office/

    8 min
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What is the point of these Photography Clips? This podcast includes snippets of my thoughts on various aspects of photography, art, and creativity. The goal of Photography Clips is to get you thinking about your own unique points of view.

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  • Creator
    Photography Clips
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    101
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    © Will Moneymaker
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