Month: May 2014

  • 8 Lessons Robert Capa Has Taught Me About Street Photography

    8 Lessons Robert Capa Has Taught Me About Street Photography

    Robert Capa is one of the greatest photographers to have ever lived. When he was still alive, he was proclaimed as “The Greatest War-Photographer in the World”. He captured some of the most intense wars during his time, including the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), Chinese resistance to the Japanese invasion (covered in 1938), the European…

  • How to Overcome Obstacles in Street Photography

    How to Overcome Obstacles in Street Photography

    I just finished a new book: “The Obstacle is the Way” by Ryan Holiday. The book is a huge source of inspiration for overcoming challenges– and using them to your advantage. In-fact, Ryan uses the quote from Marcus Aurelius for the title of his book: “The obstacle is the way” meaning that if it weren’t…

  • How to Master the Creative Process in Street Photography

    How to Master the Creative Process in Street Photography

    We would all love to be more creative in our street photography. We want to create work that stands out from the crowd. We want to create images that connect emotionally to our viewers. We want our images to inspire our viewers. We want our images to speak from our heart, and communicate messages to…

  • Rare Interview with Garry Winogrand at Rice University, 1977

    Rare Interview with Garry Winogrand at Rice University, 1977

    If you are a Garry Winogrand fan, don’t miss out on this rare video interview with him. He talks about everything, including the “ultimate justification” for shooting with a rangefinder (along other things). Gotta love Lee Friedlander’s introduction: “Welcome to the Garry Winogrand Circus– he’ll explain all his pictures!” Thanks to Tom Kaszuba and Gary Gumanow…

  • Debunking the “Myth of the Decisive Moment”

    Debunking the “Myth of the Decisive Moment”

    When I started off in street photography, I believed in the “myth of the decisive moment”. What do I mean by that? Well, when I first heard of “The Decisive Moment” by Henri Cartier Bresson, I had the wrong impression that he only took one photo of a scene. I imagined Henri Cartier Bresson waltzing…

  • Street Photography Tips with Zack Arias in Marrakech, Morocco with the Fujfilm XT-1

    Street Photography Tips with Zack Arias in Marrakech, Morocco with the Fujfilm XT-1

    Zack Arias recently took the Fujfiim XT-1 for a trip to Marrakech, Morocco and shot some street photography there. In the video above, he demonstrates his approach and shares some tips and techniques in the streets. I met Zack Arias in Dubai at Gulf Photo Plus a few months earlier and his enthusiasm and passion…

  • Fashionable and Functional: Review of the Kawa Pro Strap for Street Photography

    Fashionable and Functional: Review of the Kawa Pro Strap for Street Photography

    Eric’s Note: We were given a Kawa Pro Strap for free to review for the blog. A.G. DeMesa, a talented photographer and writer based in Manila writes his thoughts about the strap in the review below. Expect more stuff coming from him soon ;) On Straps A.G. DeMesa: A strap is what physically attaches a…

  • 10 Principles of Good Street Photography

    10 Principles of Good Street Photography

    Recently I’ve been getting really into Dieter Rams and his zen and minimalist philosophies when it comes to design. He has a famous list of “10 Principles of Good Design.” They are the following: Good design is innovative. Good design makes a product useful. Good design is aesthetic. Good design helps us to understand a…

  • Working on Layers: Manila Street Photography GoPro POV with the Fujifilm x100s

    Working on Layers: Manila Street Photography GoPro POV with the Fujifilm x100s

    Lesson: Layers + Working the Scene In this video I shot with the Fujifilm x100s and pre-focused my lens to around 5-10 meters (manual focus), shot at f/8, ISO 800, aperture-priority mode, optical viewfinder, and worked on trying to get more layers in the shot. The technique I used here was trying to get someone…

  • Introduction to Darkroom Film Developing and Printing with Taylan Bagci in Istanbul

    Introduction to Darkroom Film Developing and Printing with Taylan Bagci in Istanbul

    While I was in Istanbul teaching my Week-Long Travel Street Photography Workshop with Charlie Kirk, we both attended an Introduction to Darkroom Film with Taylan Bagci. I hope this video can give you some helpful insight into the developing and printing process, if you’ve never done it before. The entire film is quite long at…

  • An Afternoon With Bruce Gilden

    An Afternoon With Bruce Gilden

    This article is written by Ayman Oghanna, an award-winning photographer and journalist based in Istanbul.  I step into his office and humanity explodes. People everywhere. Moments everywhere. An ocean of smiles, frowns, scowls, and yawns drowning the sidewalks. Since 1981, he has worked these Midtown streets and he’s walking them now as he always has, a step…

  • Art Need Not Be Confined to a Gallery Wall: Interview with Andrew Quilty, Curator of The Elizabeth Street Gallery in Sydney

    Art Need Not Be Confined to a Gallery Wall: Interview with Andrew Quilty, Curator of The Elizabeth Street Gallery in Sydney

    THE ELIZABETH STREET GALLERY Philanthropy need not be the domain of the rich. Art need not be confined to a gallery wall. Permission need not be begged for nor granted. This is a gift. This is an interview with Andrew Quilty, one of the curators of the Elizabeth Street Gallery in Sydney– a public and…

  • 5 Essentialist Tips in Street Photography

    5 Essentialist Tips in Street Photography

    Photos in this article are part of my on-going “Somewhere in America” Urban Landscape series. I recently finished a book titled: “Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less”, which made me think a lot about my life, the blog, and street photography. To sum up the book, the author praises the “less is more” ethos, and…

  • Before/After: Toronto Introduction to Street Photography Workshop 2014

    Before/After: Toronto Introduction to Street Photography Workshop 2014

    I just finished my Toronto Introduction to Street Photography Workshop with my manager (and fellow co-teacher) Neil Ta. I was amazed by how much the students were able to build their confidence, push outside of their comfort zone, and have huge progress in their photography in such a short weekend! Check out all of their…

  • Capturing the History, Culture, and Light of Istanbul: Video Interview with Elif Suyabatmaz from the Tiny Collective

    Capturing the History, Culture, and Light of Istanbul: Video Interview with Elif Suyabatmaz from the Tiny Collective

    Elif Suyabatmaz is a street photographer part of the Tiny Collective and currently based in Istanbul. My friend Oguz Ozkan introduced me to her beautiful black and white work — which is all shot on her iPhone on hipstamatic. She has a keen eye for composition, design, and emotion in her shot. Hear about her inspirations, technique,…