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Photo essay / Aug 18, 2015

Kill Your Babies

Read this as a Google Doc or download a PDF. — I have a problem. I often get too attached to my photos, especially my bad photos. I look at all of my photos …

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Photo essay / Aug 12, 2015

Desire the Life You Already Have

“One should not spoil what is present by desiring what is absent. Rather, realize that what we have were among the things we might have prayed for.” – Epicurus (via the “Epicurus reader“) I’m …

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Photo essay / Aug 11, 2015

Should You Shoot if You Don’t Want To?

Dear friend, I want to share with you something that has been on my mind for a while: whether a photographer should take a photograph everyday, or only when he/she feels like it. I …

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Photo essay / Jul 31, 2015

Street Photography Quick Links: July 2015

Street Photography Quick Links is a compilation of Links, Projects, News, Videos, Events, or anything that is related to street photography or photography in particular that I have personally consumed. Perhaps these might interest …

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Photo essay / Jul 1, 2015

The Street Photography Composition Manual

Dear streettogs, you might have read it in my last update post from Paris, but I am excited to release my newest free (and “open source“) e-book: “The Street Photography Composition Manual.” The book …

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Photo essay / Jun 4, 2015

FREE EBOOK: Street Portrait Manual

Dear streettogs, I am excited to announce my new free book: “The Street Portrait Manual.” If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to build your confidence approaching strangers, how to direct your subjects, and …

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Photo essay / May 10, 2015

Be a Photography Shark: Keep Swimming or Die

In “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron, I came across this interesting idea: that creativity is like a shark. If sharks stop swimming, even for a minute, they will sink to the bottom of …

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Photo essay / May 7, 2015

Photos You Should vs Must Take

I just finished reading an excellent book on art, creativity, and following your passion titled: “The Crossroads of Should and Must” by Elle Luna. The original idea was written on Medium here, and then …

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Photo essay / May 5, 2015

Take at Least 1 Shitty Photograph Everyday

I am currently reading “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron— an interesting book that links creativity, spirituality, and overcoming your artistic self-censor. I know a lot of photographers who are perfectionists or have a …

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Photo essay / Apr 23, 2015

Instagram as a Vessel For Sharing Street Photography

(Editor’s Note: Words and Photographs by Ryan Tacay) In a world of instant-gratification and disposable media, it’s hard to take something like instagram as a serious way to share something artistic and long-lasting. Going past …

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Photo essay / Apr 22, 2015

The Role of the Artist and Photographer

Continuing my education with “Akademie x Lessons in Art + Life”, I wanted to share some thoughts I have gleaned from Piero Golia, one of the artists and “tutors” in the book. Here are …

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Photo essay / Apr 20, 2015

Free Presentation: Street Photography 101

I just gave a free street photography webinar, and here are some of the slides that I shared on practical tips, assignments, and “traits of great street photographers”. The video recording of the event …

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Photo essay / Apr 5, 2015

Street Photography Quick Links: March 2015

From here on out, Photography Quick Links will now be known as Street Photography Quick Links. Just like from last month, a compilation of interesting news, write-ups, videos, and other things about street photography …

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Photo essay / Mar 31, 2015

The Art of Learning Street Photography

I just re-read an excellent book titled: “The Art of Learning” by Josh Waitzkin. If you’ve ever watched the film “Searching for Bobby Fischer” (the movie about the kid chess prodigy)— that movie was …

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Photo essay / Mar 2, 2015

Photography Quick Links: February 2015

(A.g.’s note: Photography Quick Links is a new initiative I want to do here on the blog. These are links I have personally read and sifted through. This is by no means a definitive …

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Photo essay / Feb 23, 2015

Streettogs Academy No. 9

Here we go with another assignment over at streettogs academy. Cheers to Harry Fodor for bagging the editor’s choice for Assignment no. 8. In his email to me, he gave a pretty nice explanation/rationale …

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