On Taking Pictures

Bill Wadman and Jeffery Saddoris talk about Bill's new Mac app WetPrint, a virtual darkroom he built with AI coding tools, and what it's done for his creative energy. They also cover hobbies and flow, the Keith Jarrett documentary and Cologne 75, the upcoming Avedon documentary, and Photographer of the Week Claire Luxton.

WetPrint for Mac

Follow WetPrint on Instagram and tag the photos you make with #wetprint.

Add Yourself to the WetPrint for iPad TestFlight

Ron Howard “Avedon” Documentary

Keith Jarrett. - The Art of Improvisation

Koln ’75

Ron Howard on the Team Deakins Podcast

Claire Luxton

Claire Luxton - Instagram

Bill and Jeffery discuss a new Blade Runner photography book, reflect on Pollock's art and creative process, explore the role of purpose in creativity, and dive into AI tools for photography. They feature photographer Jeff Cowan and ponder the value of 'doing nothing' in a creative life.

SV105401 Blade Runner contact sheets

david sylvian “the distance between the killer and the killing“

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Loss and Found

Pollock/Krasner show at Met

99% Invisible - Western electric 500

triumph of the Nerds

Plane Dreams

TMOG a better task manager

Jeff Cowen Artist Talk

Bill and Jeffery gripe about Apple's new pricing and gear decisions, then get into Norman Rockwell's staged reference photography after a Vermont museum trip, and wander through social media algorithms, creative burnout, and letting go and moving onto the next project, before wrapping with photographer of the week Frank Horvat.

Photograph search of Norman Rockwell Archives

Norman Rockwell “Behind the Camera” book on Amazon

Rockwell “Shuffleton’s Barbershop”

Shelburne Farms Wikipedia

Shelburne Museum Wikipedia

PotW - Frank Horvat

Frank Horvat on Wikipedia

Bill and Jeffery grumble about Apple's Mac mini and Mac Studio price increases and Jeffery’s love for the Supernote Manta, then spend most of the episode remembering photographer Jay Maisel, touring stories and photos from his cavernous bank-building archive and debating what makes a photographic legacy. They wrap up with this week's Photographer of the Week, Life magazine shooter Nina Leen.

Supernote Manta

Jay Maisel ‘Favorites’

John Loengard portraits of photographers

Joel Meyerowitz “Cape Light”

The Family of Man

PotW Nina Leen

Bill and Jeffery dig into where creative legitimacy actually comes from now that gatekeepers like ASMP and Magnum have lost their grip, and talk about why they stopped chasing metrics and just make the show for its own sake. They also swap stories about a QR-code standoff at the Air and Space Museum and their shared guilt over unfinished projects and letting themselves have fun, before closing with Photographer of the Week Hiromix, whose 1990s film self-portraits look decades ahead of Instagram.

VII Canon ad

Dr Ali Mattu on YouTube

Clyde Lawrence “Guy I Used To Be” on piano

Apple Reference Image

Hiromix article

Hiromix on Canon

Bill and Jeffery talk through a buggy macOS beta, a $10 thrift-store flatbed scanner, and the endless search for a good digital asset manager, then get into why they both might be pulling back from Instagram and just taking photos for themselves again. They also swap stories about vintage audio gear, dream up a DJ-style internet radio show, wrestle with headphone pad mysteries, and close with Photographer of the Week Szilveszter Mako's whimsical, paper-textured portraits.

Qwestlove with Barry Manilow

PixlPath

Harman Kardon 430 Receiver

‘Mend It Mark’ on YouTube

Cool House Jeffery Used to Visit

Tom Hoops’ “Underexposed”

MixCloud

PotW SZILVESZTER MAKÓ on Instagram

Bill and Jeffery ramble from brushes with celebrities and growing up before the internet to a deep dive into old Mold-A-Rama toy machines, vanishing physical media, and why modern life feels so overwhelming, before wrapping up with this week's featured photographer, Arthur Elgort.

Freedom Train

Mold-A-Rama

Mold-A-Rama Gorilla

Ebba Forsberg Album on Apple Music

PotW Arthur Elgort

Estella Warren in bucket picture

Episode 375 opens with a personal reflection on the death of photographer William Coupon, a friend Bill made through the show years ago, and a broader conversation on grief and mentorship. Bill also describes vibe-coding a custom Mac app with Claude Code to automate uploading episodes and drafting WordPress posts. The back half covers David Hockney's photographic collage work and how scale affects whether a piece works as a print versus a wall-sized object, plus a preview of an upcoming episode on the new Spielberg film.

Pals with Coupon

William Coupon NYT Obituary

Michael Jackson “She’s Out Of My Life”

Duane Michals NYT Obituary

Quantel Paintbox

David Hockney Photographic Collages

Ansel Adams in AI color? Yuck! Do we ever get past the fear of complete failure and should we? Color grading footage and getting lost. Montana native Robert Osborn is our Photographer of the Week.

Danziger response to the AI Ansel Adams print

Degas “Woman seat beside a vase of flowers”

Bill’s portrait of Alon at a piano

Burden video of “Shoot” (User discretion advised)

Robert Osborn mini-doc

Robert Osborn website

How to teach an old dog new tricks by learning new skills, tools, and processes. Also some discussion of first stage movie making and William Gottlieb as our Photographer of the Week.

Jacob Collier Berklee Commencement Speech

William P Gottlieb on Wikipedia

Big long conversation about change and mental health, then a trip down a used camera rabbit hole. Emma Summerton is our Photographer of the Week.

“Bowling Alone”

John Stewart talking about AI

PotW – Emma Summerton

Sandra Huller in Vanity Fair

Jeffery & Bill are back to discuss the amazing pictures from Artemis II and the cameras they used, as well as whether doing something without it trying to be great is doing it at all. Lillian Bassman, who has a show at The Met in NYC right now, is our Photographer of the Week.

Lunar Eclipse from space – Artemis 2

Strong Songs – Both Sides Now

Liza Minelli and Michael Feinstein

Hockney Documentary

David Hockney – Painting with Light

Lillian Bassman on Wikipedia

Is it worth going backwards in order to go forward? Finding yourself again in things you thought were in your past. Pioneering documentary photographer Alice Seeley Harris is our Photographer of the Week.

“Conjuration” by Pepper Adams

“Blame it on my Youth” played by Keith Jarrett Trio

Ze Frank “The Wave” video

Alice Seeley Harris on Wikipedia

We're back!! At least every once in a while when we feel like it. This time to discuss Bill fixing the battery door of his beloved Pentax, how changing technology is effecting the reasons why we make things, and whether anyone has a good reason to buy a new camera anymore. Helen Levitt is our impromptu Photographer of the Week.

The Quest for Perfection Is Stunting Our Society

Kodak Brownie 3a

Helen Levitt at MoMA

Eggleston at David Zwirner

Jeffery and Bill discuss the Dan Winters episode of the Disney/Hulu series ‘Photographer’ and how maker’s relationships with their partners and families allows them to do what they do. Adventure photographer Krystle Wright is our Photographer of the Week.

'Photographer' on Hulu

Dorothy Simpson Krause

Krystle Wright on IG

Should you react to changes in the industry by going on defense or offense? And what does offense in this context mean. TIF vs PSD vs PSB and more. Ken Nahoum is our Photographer of the Week.

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Ken Nahoum

Change the variables you control when that's what's holding you back. Also, how to have your portfolio stand out and fit in to the preconceived notions of your viewers all at the same time. Bastiaan Woudt is our Photographer of the Week.

Canva Acquires Affinity

Rebecca Ferguson photos by @juankr

Randomness - The 1975 interview

"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig

Cincinatti Chili

PotW - Bastiaan Woudt

Hasselblad x-pan

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Something feels different for Jeffery and it's a good thing, something feels different for Bill and it's not a good thing. Tony Notarberardino is our Photographer of the Week.

Attention!: The power of simple decisions in a distracted world

Jony Ive on Steve Jobs focus

Bill's picture of Cisco

Bill's other picture Cisco

Ai Vs Artists - The Biggest Art Heist in History

Tony Notarberadino on Forbes

Tony Notarberadino on WNYC

Tony Notarberadino in Interview Magazine

ACA Galleries - Chelsea Hotel Portraits

Steven Shore leaves Instagram

Is Instagram still about photography? Even if it is, are they photographs of real life anymore or is AI imagery just the next step toward the fantasy the world seemingly wants. Bill got little Godox Lux Junior flash, but is still not sold. Jack Delano is our Photographer of the Week.

EU Parliament tries to control AI

New TikTok App Spotted

Triathlete IG account

16,000 Artists in Midjourney Training Database

VFX of Godzilla Minus One

Godox Lux Junior Flash

Princess Kate Photo Edited

Jack Delano on Wikipedia

Jack Delano on ICP

Jeffery is copying his art to photographs and Bill has found a new online color editor which he's playing with while learning to accept and grow from critique. Todd Schick is our Photographer of the Week.

San Francisco Art Institute bought by Laurene Powell Jobs

https://www.color.io/

Jacob Collier interview

Chris Ashworth new book

"The Unseen Saul Leiter" on Amazon

Todd Schick on Instagram