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The Wikipedia definition of a portrait is 125 words long. As you read it, it weirdly seems to get narrower rather than explaining multiple aspects of what portraiture means. So we take some time this week to share our thoughts and ideas on portraiture, what it means to us, to the subjects and to the viewer.

We share some of our own portraits which you can see here in our TFOP album.

We also answer the critical question of whether or not a photo of a sleeping dog can be a portrait? Or does it have to be a cat?

Picks of the week: Tyler Stalman: How I Connect Real Footage With AI Transitions Not Boring Camera Lens Culture Black & White Photography Awards 2025

This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with

Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home)

Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios

Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home)

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When was the last time a child really said "are we nearly there yet" on a long car journey? It's a cliche of course but it's got to be happening way less often now we have screens and streaming with instant access to the whole internet. But being bored is actually quite important. It helps us relax, it makes room for new thoughts and it can lead to big jumps in understanding, fantastic new ideas and spikes in creativity. Let's work this through!

Picks of the week: Shinrin Yoku Pavlos's Filters Vario watch strap Cal Newport books Wikiflix

This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with

Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home)

Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios

Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home)

All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo

Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

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This week we fearlessly take on one of the toughest subjects in photography - style! Do you craft your style? Can you chase it? Piece it together from emulating your heroes? And does it take 10 years or 10,000 hours? Or was it there all along if you only knew where to look?

Picks of the week: Mouse Camera Racing Unfiltered by Jamey Price Northwest Passage by Jeremiah Chechik

This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with

Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home)

Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios

Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home)

All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo

Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow