Amsterdam, a city made famous by canals, cannabis and one or two other things, has the potential to be a photographer’s paradise. In reality, despite its very obvious photographic charms, it can be a particularly difficult city to capture. Part of this lies in its success as a tourist destination. On any given day it […]
Street Photography Articles
“Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.” Continuing our series on deconstructing iconic quotes and applying them to modern photography, today we are looking at the above quote from arguably the greatest street photographer of them all. Henri Cartier-Bresson 1908-2004 – Street and Documentary Photographer. Born in North East France, Cartier-Bresson was the master of […]
Shooting in urban environments is both fun and challenging: you are presented with the opportunity to engage in a wide range of photographic styles — street, architecture, documentary, candid — while the hectic pace of city life requires you to be especially nimble and efficient. Shoot and move or risk raising the ire of the […]
I’ve mentioned on at least one previous occasion the idea of “emotive photography” — or, photographing simply to capture the feeling of a moment and not being overly concerned with technical perfection. It’s not that proper exposure and authentic emotion can’t coexist in one photo, but I suspect most people connect with an image due […]
The ever-increasing interest in street photography basically guarantees that readers will never have difficulty finding articles on the topic. Most of these articles, with good reason, are essentially affirmative how-to’s: how to approach strangers, how to get sharper street shots, so on and so forth. This works for most people. But not everyone learns the […]
As a travel photographer and photography tour leader, Harry Fisch gets to see a lot of photographers and how they interact with their environment. Below, you will find the most common mistakes this award winning photographer sees amongst his students and other photographers while they are out in the field. Confusing the Camera with a Machine […]
