I recently began subscribing to the YouTube Channel of the photographer, Olaf Sztaba. Olaf who describes himself as a visual poet is a photographer who not only has a wonderful visual aesthetic but possesses a philosophy of photography that is not shared often enough. In the YouTube world where there is no shortage of videos of street photographers working out in the street, Olaf brings along a sensibility that brings context to the process.
Read MorePay Attention to Color: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex discusses the role of color in making an effective photograph. He explains how color can be too easily ignored and how instead photographers should focus their attention on the various colors in their composition and use them to increase the impact of their photographs.
Read More5 Invaluable Tips for Street Photography
I am often asked for tips from photographers new to street photography. And to be honest, I am frequently at a loss as to what to share as there are so many things to consider when trying to create a good photograph, regardless of genre.
Nevertheless, here are 5 things that I feel make it possible for me to succeed whenever I photograph.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #413 - Nancy Lehrer
Nancy Lehrer, is an independent photographer based in Thousand Oaks, California and has been using photography to capture her unique world-view for most of her life. Nancy has studied photography from several American photography masters including Jay Maisel, Sam Abell, Gerd Ludwig, and Arthur Meyerson. She has received several local awards, and she lectures on photography in Los Angeles and Ventura County California.
Read MoreRevealing Humanity: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex discusses how photographers can reveal what it is to be human. By looking for moments of interaction between people, whether they know each other or not, he explains how images can transcend the common tropes of street photography and become something more.
Read MoreReview: Larry Fink on Composition and Improvisation
When I am on the hunt for photography books, I am not only looking for good information. I am really hoping for insight, revelatory moments that are not so much about learning something brand new but finding an alternate perspective to how I see the world through a camera.
Larry Fink on Composition and Improvisation does that for me.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #412 - Joel Meyerowitz
Joel Meyerowitz was born in the Bronx in 1938 into a neighborhood that offered daily lessons in the divine comedy and tragedies of human behavior. He believes it was that basic “street” education that nurtured his delight in human observation, a perception that is at the heart of his photography.
Read MoreChallenging Yourself: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex discusses ways that he tries to challenge himself with his street photography. He talks about how to use multiple figures and have them play off of each other.
Read MoreReview: Don't Blink - A Documentary Film About Robert Frank
I was recently invited to a screening of the documentary film, Don't Blink about the legendary photographer, Robert Frank.
Frank along with Henri Cartier Bresson helped to redefine what photography could be in the latter part of the twentieth century. With his book, The Americans, the Swiss-American photographer turned his lens onto his adopted country creating a body of work that while controversial in its time has come to be embraced as one of the most significant works of photography.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #411 - John Keatley
John Keatley often self-characterizes his work as a reflection of himself, rather than the individual he is photographing. In recent years, his journey of self-discovery has brought clarity to emotions that have always been present yet were previously unknown. Anxiety. Fear. Isolation. Not Being In Control. Keatley capitalizes on the correlation between these emotions and humor.
Read MoreReview: Masters of Photography - Joel Meyerowitz
It used to be that if you wanted to have an in-depth learning experience from a master photographer, you had to attend a workshop or if you were lucky, serve as their assistant. The first could be prohibitively expensive, especially if travel was involved. While the latter was only available to those talented and persistent enough to secure such a position when they became available.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #410 - Vincent van Kleef
Vincent van Kleef is an Amerstdam-based photographer who used the social-networking power of Facebook to solicit the participation of people in his community. His portrait series provided me not only subjects for his photography but also allowed him to reveal the personalities and stories of the city’s inhabitants.
Read MoreThe Importance of the Moment: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, the importance of waiting for the moment to play out in a scene. Inspired by some recent experiences he had as a student in a photography workshop, he discusses why allowing a moment to reveal itself in a scene can make the difference between a snapshot and a great shot.
Read MorePhoto Critiques: How to Make the Most of Them
For over 25 years, I have been a photo educator in one form or another. Whether as a writer, adjunct professor or a workshop leader, I had shared my knowledge and experience with thousands of photographers with varying levels of experience.
However, there have been times when I am the student. And regardless of what I know, or think I know, there is always some insight to be gained when I am listening to another person sharing their knowledge and experience.
Read MoreSeeing Rather than Looking
I am always working on seeing rather than looking.
For me seeing is an active act, a conscious decision to observe the world especially its more subtle and nuanced offerings.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #409 - Jeffery Saddoris
Jeffery Saddoris is endlessly curious – about people, about creativity, about line and shape and color – and his personal and professional pursuits are driven by learning, discovering, imagining, listening, celebrating, and making. Jeffery cohosts the photography podcast On Taking Pictures. He also hosts the 12-episode Craft & Vision Podcast, and Process Driven, his ongoing podcast of long-form conversations about creativity and how the creative process manifests itself across a wide range of genres and disciplines.
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