Photographer Stephen Shore Walks Out of Lecture Over Audience’s Use of Smartphones

Renowned photographer Stephen Shore walked out of a lecture after he saw several audience members using their smartphones.

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2024-9-27 16:13

Instagram Tests Multiple Audience Lists for Stories

Instagram is testing out multiple audience lists for Stories -- which are the vertical, full-screen photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-10-6 15:36

Producing Narrative Photographic Work for a Small Audience

Producing photographs, writing, and ideas to share with others is such a wonderful way to direct creative energy, and for many, this approach involves setting themselves up as a photography business practice in some way, whether that’s offering the work as a product or as a service. If offering photography as a product, as an […] petapixel.com »

2021-11-20 20:00

Giving My Audience a Reason to Care as a Photographer

When competing in an attention economy, giving your audience a reason to stay rather than scroll onwards is one of the most essential paths to retaining that attention. Offering value in some way that makes people want to see the next slide, turn the next page, or even buy a print or publication to see […] petapixel.com »

2021-7-31 17:30

What is Photography Without an Audience?

Audience: a broad term, of course. Evokes all kinds of responses. Since this is a photoblog I am referencing the audience that sees our work. In this very odd and terrible of times, I find that having no audience for my photographs is very difficult. petapixel.com »

2020-10-25 20:19

Annoyed Musician Shoots Audience with Phone Instead of Playing His Solo

Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer hates when people at the band’s shows spend the whole time staring through their screen—shooting the performance on a 4-inch box instead of experiencing it for themselves. petapixel.com »

2017-3-21 20:19

Edit for Your Audience

One of the things that always tends to surprise me is how differently I edit images that were taken with my phone versus images that were taken with my DSLR. Of course, there are obvious differences between the equipment used, the editing software that is available and the overall quality of the final image, but […] petapixel.com »

2016-9-6 20:23