Month: October 2017
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Be Non-Small
Don’t aim to be “great” in life — aim to be “non-small”.
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MURALS.
Paint your own mural Quilt work patches Overcome your own visual hurdles.
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How to Become a Stronger Photographer
Dear friend, One of the most difficult things I personally face, and what you might face is overcoming resistance in your photography.
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How to Become a Self-Confident Photographer
I’m the most self-centered, vain, egotistical, and confident photographer I know— how, and why?
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Why Do You Feel Guilty Shooting Street Photography?
Dear friend, Why do you feel guilty shooting street photos?
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What Do You Want From Photography?
Dear friend, What do you really want from photography?
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New York Workshop Student ‘Finding Your own Voice’ Photos October 7-8, 2017
Best student photos from our New York “Finding Your Own Voice” Workshop October 7-8, 2017. There are a few spots left in the upcoming New York workshop 14-15 (last workshop in America for at least a year) and sign up for the upcoming Europe workshops before they are sold out!
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Improvise in Street Photography
As a street photographer, you’re constantly improvising… like a good jazz musician.
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Reality vs. Perception in Photography
Reality: the world as it is. Perception: how you see and experience the world.
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Keep Sailing
I’m EK Not reppin the BK I’m a Queens boy
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Ethics in Street Photography
How do you become an “ethical” Street Photographer, and is there even such a thing?
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How to Be a Creative Photographer
To promote our new book, ‘CREATIVE EVERY DAY‘, I would like to share some thoughts with you on how you can be a (more) creative photographer– and do it all day, every day.
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New Book: CREATIVE EVERY DAY
YOU ARE AN ARTIST. Make, learn, play. Every day. CREATIVE EVERY DAY is your inspirational foundation to spread your creative wings and soar to the next level.
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My Experience Shooting Digital Medium Format in Street Photography
I recently shot a friend’s wedding on a digital medium-format Pentax 645Z, and wondered– what would it like to be to shoot street photography with it?
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Seek Emptiness
We are always trying to fill ourselves up. What if we sought emptiness? A cup is only useful when it is empty. A room is only useful to store things when it is empty. Your mind can only be creative, if your mind is empty, and you allow new ideas to enter. Create more space…
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Why I’m So Vain
Why am I so vain? To smother the self-doubt and the pain
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NYC Workshop Student Photos Oct 4-5, 2017
Best student photos from our two day New York City workshop October 4-5, 2017. Join us on the next workshop. A few spots remaining.
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What if The Opposite Were True?
A good way to innovate or come up with new ideas: always think to yourself, “What if the opposite were true?”
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Why Fear Street Photography?
What are we so afraid of in street photography, and why are we afraid?
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My Experience Shooting my Friend’s Wedding on Digital Medium Format
I just heard the good news– my two very good friends: Mark and Isi (Isi played violin at me and Cindy’s wedding) just got engaged.
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SEAN LOTMAN x HAPTIC: Postcards from the Darkroom III
Only 1 week left to pick up a copy of SUNLANDERS in the Haptic Shop, rated one of the best color photobooks in the last five years.
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Take Your Play Very Seriously.
A fun and deep idea I got from Nietzsche— be like a child, and take your play very seriously.
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What If We Lived Life Without Variety?
I love variety. I love variety in food, coffee, and travel.
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How to Find Inspiration
Dear friend, One of the hardest things in photography is always finding inspiration. How do we stay inspired throughout our entire lifetimes, and not give up photography like Henri Cartier-Bresson did?