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Street Photography Basics. The Camera.
This is part of a three part series on how to start Street Photography… Good Street Photography is difficult. I have recently read an article whereby a very experienced photographer stated that 99% of all Street Photographs are crap. He may have been more blunt… This article may help you enter the exciting world of street photography. Let’s start with the basics. The Camera…
Trump and Street Photography
What has Trump got to do with street photography? Good question, glad you asked. Warning – this gets political and a little heavy. Pretty pictures at the end if you just want to skip to that bit! I have just returned from a week spent in a small rural school outside of Beijing. While there I worked with colleagues and local teachers as part…
A personal post…
It has been a while since my last blog, but here I am. I have recently been inspired by a wonderful blog @ jtinseoul. As always, if I name it, click on it, it will take you somewhere nice. This post is slightly different and may bore my friends to tears, feel free to skip it. jtinseoul’s blog was very heartfelt, he speaks about…
What is Street Photography?
If you can smell the street by looking at the photo, it’s a street photograph. Bruce Gilden Number 1. You have to have a person in a photo to make it a street photograph. I often post my pictures on the google+ site Street Photographers. It is a great site, but insists that there must be a strong human element in the shot. However,…
Ten Shots to Shoot…
…or the importance of a shot list. One thing that can have a positive impact on your street photography is a shot list. Know what you are looking for. Here are 10 things I keep on my list. Wrinkly faces and plain backgrounds Prostitutes Angry animals (but they have to be looking at the camera!) Street food stalls Small bits of people in negative…
The Shanghai Photography Exhibition
Photograph by Robert Capa, Spectators at Longchamp Racecourse. This photo was used for the promotional material for the exhibition. Robert Capa was one of the founding members of Magnum Photography. Three Photographers I learnt from at the Shanghai Photography Exhibition This weekend Shanghai hosted the World Photography Exhibition. This was a wonderful place for inspiration with lots of idea’s to borrow and steal. There…
The Arcanum and Minimisation!
What is the Arcanum and what is Minimisation? Good questions, I am glad you asked! The Arcanum is a learning pathway created by Trey Ratcliff, go look at his website ‘Stuck in Customs‘. First off, you have to apply to join and be ‘selected’ by a master who will help you on your way to photographic nirvarna. For the first ‘sphere’ this is actually…
Manilla Slums and Ethics. Ten things to think about…
In street photography there is a tradition of taking pictures of poverty, this stems from the very beginnings with the work of Henry Cartier-Bresson and Dorothea Lange. Recently I had a break in the Philippines. My first thoughts were to head for the slums of Manilla to take some shots. I did find myself wondering why I was there, after all, I was close…
Street v’s Travel Photography
It has been a while since my last post as I have been fortunate enough to be taking a month out in sunny Thailand. When not relaxing by the pool and catching up on my reading (last book, A Decent Ride, Irvine Welsh) I have been out shooting using the fantastic Ricoh Grii. Anyway, I started to wonder if what I was shooting was…
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