{"podcast":{"title":"The Terrible Creative","slug":"the-terrible-creative-7304910","podcast_index_feed_id":7304910,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-terrible-photographer-podcast","website_url":"https://www.terriblephotographer.com/the-podcast","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/482j1-hhsTJdTs4GV3s7EoBZ5p_6Lr7_7kD3arbuQ3A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMTIy/MjM3Yzk2YTUzZDE5/ZjNiODE0Y2MxOTgz/MGRiNC5qcGc.jpg","author":"Patrick Fore","episode_count":77,"summary":"The Terrible Creative is a storytelling podcast for photographers, designers, and creative professionals working through the parts of the creative process no gear review or business course ever covers. Each episode is 30 to 40 minutes. Solo. Story-driven. Built around mental health, artistic identity, and what honest work costs in a career rewarding performance over truth. This is not a photography podcast about cameras, presets, or client strategy. This is a podcast about the inner experience of being a creative professional, made for the mid-career photographer or designer who has mastered the technical side but lost the thread. Hosted by Patrick Fore, commercial photographer, author, and former lead photographer and brand designer for Taylor Guitars. His work has appeared globally for clients like Nike, Petco, and Verizon. He built this show because none of the podcasts he found addressed the real problem. If you are a photographer or creative professional who feels competent on the outside and quietly lost on the inside, you are a Terrible Creative. This is your podcast.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T08:18:37.921123+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-terrible-creative-7304910"},"episode":{"title":"Basics, Deconstructed - Editing is Violence - How to Choose What Matters When Everything Looks Good","slug":"basics-deconstructed-editing-is-violence-how-to-choose-what-matters-when-everything-looks-good","published_at":"2026-01-22T08:05:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-terrible-creative-7304910/basics-deconstructed-editing-is-violence-how-to-choose-what-matters-when-everything-looks-good","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-terrible-creative-7304910","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/bcd83126","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/bcd83126/091e0406.mp3","summary":"Most photographers drown in the edit. Not because they can't see what's good. Because they can't choose what matters. This episode is about the violence of editing—the courage it takes to kill good images, the ego that dies in the process, and why great portfolios are built on rhythm, not range. I tell the story of a La Jolla shoot where I took 1,900 frames in two hours and couldn't figure out which ones to keep. About losing my sense of up and down. About the underwater feeling of staring at 300 good images and having no idea which one cuts through. And about what happened when I finally admitted I was too close to see. This isn't about workflow. It's about authorship. Topics: Why volume doesn't equal value The question that kills most of your images What actually gets destroyed in the edit (spoiler: it's not the photos) Editing as storytelling, not inventory When to admit you're too underwater to choose MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Walter Murch – Film editor (Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, The Conversation) LINKS & RESOURCES Website: http://terriblephotographer.com Lessons From A Terrible Photographer (The Book): https://www.terriblephotographer.com/the-book Support the show, buy me a coffee: https://www.terriblephotographer.com/support Subscribe to Pub Notes (The Newsletter): https://the-terrible-photographer.kit.com/223fe471fb Terrible Photographer on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terriblephotographer/ Patrick Fore on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patrickfore/ CREDITS Podcast written, produced, and hosted by Patrick Fore Music licensed through Epidemic Sound & Blue Dot Sessions Recorded from my garage in San Diego, California CONTACT Questions? Thoughts? Hate mail? Email me. I respond to everything. patrick@terriblephotographer.com Stay cur…","meta_description":"Most photographers drown in the edit. Not because they can't see what's good. Because they can't choose what matters. 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