HT1418 - 10,000 Hours, Sort Of

You've probably heard the popular notion that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to master a skill. I'm not sure if that's true or not, but I do know from personal experience that my photographs of a given subject remain fairly trite and insignificant until I've photographed and finished 50 to 100 images. It takes that long to work through the obvious and the cliché.

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Random Observations on Art, Photography, and the Creative Process. These short 2-4 minute talks focus on the creative process in fine art photography. LensWork editor Brooks Jensen side-steps techno-talk and artspeak to offer a stimulating mix of ideas, experience, and observations from his 35 years as a fine art photographer, writer, and publisher. Topics include a wide range of subjects from finding subject matter to presenting your work and building an audience. Brooks Jensen is the publisher of LensWork, one of the world's most respected and award-winning photography publications, known for its museum-book quality printing and luxurious design. LensWork has subscribers in over 73 countries. His latest books are "The Creative Life in Photography" (2013) and "Looking at Images (2014).