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Hotspots are hard to avoid when shooting in the summertime, but they can creep up on you almost any time of year. Even harsh winter light bearing down on your subject can leave your photos with a few shiny spots that end up erasing essential detail or making skin look sweaty or overly-pale.

[caption id="attachment_11720" align="alignnone" width="640"] Image via Flickr[/caption] Here is a truth that is perhaps unpopular to speak but is, of course, extremely accurate: Being in a band basically means owning a small business. You have finances, you have marketing, and you have the understanding that in addition to making great music, you hope to drum up a little bit of cash, as well.

[caption id="attachment_11709" align="alignnone" width="806"] Photo:By Jennifer Trovato[/caption] The two biggest mistakes artists make are on the opposite ends of the spectrum: Showing your work too early or never showing it at all. The problem with the former is if we let others give their opinions before we’ve done enough self-revision then it’s difficult to keep the momentum going and it’s an unfair representation of your project – no architect asks people what they think about a building before the walls have been put up and no baker wants an opinion on their cake before they put it in the oven.

[caption id="attachment_11690" align="alignnone" width="620"] Marc Maron of the WTF podcast. Image via Flickr[/caption] Though the success of This American Life's first spinoff, Serial, dominated the headlines in 2014, it would be a shame to rewrite podcasting history entirely; before there was Sarah Koenig and the great mystery of Adnan Syed, there were hundreds of individuals, sitting behind USB microphones or talking into ISDN lines or webcams, recording their own podcasts.

[caption id="attachment_11575" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo by Alan Levine via Flickr[/caption] Ann Rea is an artist, consultant, and CreativeLive instructor. During her time working with artists, she's met some truly incredible individuals who have reinvented their lives by pursuing art full time.

[caption id="attachment_8028" align="aligncenter" width="620"] David Lachapelle in his studio.

[caption id="attachment_11614" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] In 2014, NPR ran an April Fools' Day experiment. They posted an article to Facebook with the headline "Why Doesn't Anybody Read Anymore?

[caption id="attachment_8275" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Photo via Dickuhne on Flickr.