Good Pictures - History of American Photography with Kim Beil
#217 Kim Beil is an art history lecturer and associate director at Stanford University. Kim’s new book “Good Pictures” chronicles 50 of the most important photographic techniques over the past 170 years of American photography. Today we talk about just a few of them and dive deeper into how the past mistakes and successes of photography got us to where we are today.
This Episode is Sponsored by The Contract Vault. Do your business a favor. Check out The Contract Vault. You’ll find all the photography contracts you need right at your fingertips. www.thecontractvault.com and use promo code BPP for 20% off your first month.
In This Episode You'll Learn:
- How the rules for taking good pictures are always shifting.
- How the Vignette came to be
- Why foreground interest took the world by storm in the mid 1860s
- The impact Kodak had on the photography industry
- Why night photography wasn’t possible until 1890 and what were some of the major challenges.
- Why there was a swing from technical perfection to intentionally breaking long standing photography rules to create images in the 1950s and 60s
- Why capturing Candids was looked down upon by many established photographers for almost a century
- What the future of photography looks like.
Resources:
Sign up for your free CloudSpot Account today at www.DeliverPhotos.com
Sign up for your free CloudSpot Account today at www.DeliverPhotos.com
Connect with Raymond!
- Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
- Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
- Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/
Thanks for listening & keep shooting!
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#217 Kim Beil is an art history lecturer and associate director at Stanford University. Kim’s new book “Good Pictures” chronicles 50 of the most important photographic techniques over the past 170 years of American photography. Today we talk about just a few of them and dive deeper into how the past mistakes and successes of photography got us to where we are today.
This Episode is Sponsored by The Contract Vault. Do your business a favor. Check out The Contract Vault. You’ll find all the photography contracts you need right at your fingertips. www.thecontractvault.com and use promo code BPP for 20% off your first month.
In This Episode You'll Learn:
- How the rules for taking good pictures are always shifting.
- How the Vignette came to be
- Why foreground interest took the world by storm in the mid 1860s
- The impact Kodak had on the photography industry
- Why night photography wasn’t possible until 1890 and what were some of the major challenges.
- Why there was a swing from technical perfection to intentionally breaking long standing photography rules to create images in the 1950s and 60s
- Why capturing Candids was looked down upon by many established photographers for almost a century
- What the future of photography looks like.
Resources:
Sign up for your free CloudSpot Account today at www.DeliverPhotos.com
Sign up for your free CloudSpot Account today at www.DeliverPhotos.com
Connect with Raymond!
- Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
- Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
- Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/
Thanks for listening & keep shooting!
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