Category: Video
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Beverly Hills Street Photography POV Video with Leica M6 and GoPro
I have recently been working on a project in Beverly Hills that explores the following themes: wealth, disparity, happiness, image, and gloom. In my last POV video in Downtown LA many of you asked me to edit in the shots, and I did! Note that not every shot is fantastic- but wanted to include the…
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Street Photography POV Video in Downtown LA with Leica M6 and GoPro HD Camera
Just out shooting the streets of the fashion district in Downtown LA with my film Leica M6 and recorded with a GoPro HD Hero 960 mounted on top of my hotshoe. LA Streettogs (featured in the video) Joel Sheiner: http://www.flickr.com/photos/65951850@N08/ Dana Barsuhn: http://www.danabarsuhn.com/ Rinzi Ruiz: http://www.rinziruizphotography.com/
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A Personal Reflection on the Last 6 Months of My Life
Today I turn 24, and by chance it also happens to be around the 6-month mark since I last got laid off my previous job and decided to pursue street photography full-time. I thought it might be a good opportunity for me to thank you guys personally for all your support and faith, and take…
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Kip Praslowicz Shooting Medium and Large-format Street Photography [Video]
Kip Praslowicz, a very active street photographer in the community, recently got filmed by PBS on his street photography and portraiture work. Check out the video to find out more about Kip’s approach and thoughts behind street photography and portraiture (and his love for medium-format and large-format film). Check out more of Kip’s work at: http://www.kpraslowicz.com/
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Street Photography POV with a Leica M9 and GoPro in Tokyo with (two cute dogs)
Shooting with (two cute dogs) in Tokyo with my Leica M9 and GoPro in Shibuya, Tokyo. Make sure to follow tcd on Flickr and Twitter
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Video Recap of the YOU ARE HERE Street Photography Exhibition with the ThinkTank Gallery and Leica Camera
Info: Huge thanks to Leica for making this show and our gallery opening possible. http://www.leica-camera.com And congratulations to Jordan Dunn for his VLUX-30 winning “Best of Show” piece: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=265956166775812&set=a.245493168822… YOU ARE HERE was curated by Neema Sadeghi and Eric Kim http://www.neemasadeghi.com http://www.erickimphotography.com Video Directed by Neema Sadeghi http://www.neemasadeghi.com Video Edited by Lonnie Francisco http://cargocollective.com/lonniefrancisco Video…
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One-Minute Masterclass Advice from Steve McCurry: Be Humorous
When you are out traveling and shooting street photography, remember to connect with the local people and treat them as “equals”. Don’t see them as objects, but use humor to get more comfortable with them and see them as a “fellow human being”. Stay tuned with these great One-Minute Masterclass series from Phaidon, as they…
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15+ Inspirational Street Photography Videos You Must Watch
Whenever I am feeling in a street photography slump, looking for inspiration or knowledge, I have found these online street photography videos to be incredibly helpful and useful. These are just a few of my favorites. If you have the time, later tonight– kick back, relax, and watch some of these videos! In-Public: In-Sight Street…
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How 6 Minutes Changed Everything by Liam McHenry
Liam McHenry, a street photographer from Australia (and one of my private online street photography students), put together this insightful video about an encounter he had with a teenage boy shooting in a suburb. To sum up the video, Liam shot a boy who got really upset about Liam taking the shot. The boy started…
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Photojournalism Behind the Scenes: Staged Conflict Photography
Italian photographer Ruben Salvadori recently put together a documentary recording the behind-the-scenes of conflict photography. Although not all conflict journalism is like this, it is still a very eye-opening documentary about the pressures that many conflict photographers face, and the influence they have on the people they photograph. Your thoughts? Share them below and please…
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Watch In-Public’s “In-Sight” Documentary Film on Street Photography
Nick Turpin recently put up the full 38 min version of in-public’s ‘in-sight’ documentary film which shows them shooting on the streets of New York, London, Melbourne and Rotterdam. Each street photographer had an HD camera mounted on their camera hotshoe to show them in action. Each photographer also discusses their motivation and approach to street photography.…
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Two Cute Dogs – A Documentary
I am pleased to announce that Adrian Storey (aka Uchujin) has just put up the documentary of two cute dogs. Having met him in Paris for the Leica Magnum Event, I would say it captures his eclectic personality quite well. He is quite the character and an awesome guy to hang around with. He takes street photography very…
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Christmas Came Early! Hands-on with the Leica M9
The day has finally come that I got my Leica M9 and 35mm 1.4 Summilux in the mail! I have always wanted one, and with the generous support of my loving mother paying for half of it, I am now a proud owner! I just wanted to thank everyone for my street photography journey and…
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How Not to Do Street Photography: My Thoughts
Today I saw this video of a guy named Fabio Pires doing some very aggressive street photography in London via PetaPixel. Many people mentioned the link to me and asked me what my thoughts were, considering I received a negative response with the video I shot with flash in Hollywood. Here are some of my…
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Chinese Street Photographer ERIC Hitting the Streets of Hong Kong and Mainland China with a Mamiya 7II and Metz Flash
Looks like other street photographers (also named Eric) are shooting up-close and personal with a flash. Except the difference is that he is shooting with a medium-format Mamiya 7II and a large Metz flash. No idea how much it costs to develop all that film, but he makes fantastic photos and the process of him…
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The Worst Street Photography Excuses
A while back Thomas Leuthard (85mm) put up a blog post on 500px titled “The Best Excuses On the Street.” He came up with a hilarious list of mostly bad (some good) excuses to use when people ask what you are doing. I was inspired by the list and thought I’d take a stab at…
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Junku Nishimura: Japanese Street Photographer Shooting the Streets of Singapore
Recently my colleague and fellow streettog Kevin WY Lee put together a 15-minute documentary for Japanese street photographer Junku Nishimura. The film shows Junku shooting the streets of Singapore with his Leica, and you can even see fun clips of him pop-locking (he is also a DJ and breakdancer). It is quite insightful and well…
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Response to My Hollywood and Flash Street Photography Video
Yesterday I put up a video of me shooting flash street photography in Hollywood as a tool to help people understand how I get close to people and shoot them with a flash. My original intention of the video was to help others build their courage, rather than offend people. In the video above I…
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Shooting Street Photography With a Flash in Hollywood
During my Los Angeles Street Photography Workshop, Rinzi Ruiz followed me around and recorded me shooting street photography with my Canon 5D, 24mm f/2.8, YN 560 Flash, and CSLR C-loop and Glidestrap. I enjoyed the experience and this time aimed my flash aiming upwards from a low angle (while crouching down). As you can see…
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LA Street Photography Workshop: Day 0 (Getting Prepared)
Tomorrow is the day I am teaching my street photography workshop in LA and I wanted to let everyone know thanks so much for the help, support, and love you have given me. If it weren’t for you guys, I wouldn’t have been able to spread the news and made this workshop a success (at…
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Street Photography POV at Venice Beach with a GoPro HD
Many of you guys loved watching my Leica M9 POV video as well as my Leica M9 Viewfinder video so I decided to make another one (this time editing in shots!) I also tried adding in a soundtrack (RJD2 Ghostwriter) to make the video more upbeat and fun. Sorry if my voice is a bit…
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The Reality of Being a Full-Time Street Photographer
It was 4 days ago when I announced that I got laid-off my previous job and decided to pursue street photography full-time. The last few days have been pretty hectic, with me working 15 hour days (from 8am-midnight) everyday. Some of the things that have kept me busy is writing blog posts, recording videos of…
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Leica M9 POV Through the Viewfinder with a 35mm Summilux
Another fun video of me shooting with the Leica M9 and the 35mm f/1.4 Summilux in Santa Monica’s 3rd street promenade. To record this video, I put my HTC EVO 4G Smartphone’s camera through the viewfinder and walked around and shot. Didn’t include the photos I took during the video because most of them came…
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Shooting Street Photography With a Leica M9 and Flash in Los Angeles at Night [First Impressions]
With my Leica M9 set up with my Canon Speedlite 430EX, I experimented street photography with a flash for the first time in Los Angeles (3rd Street Promenade). Despite what people say, I didn’t get punched in the face or my camera broken (although I did get shoved once hard in the back). Overall, it…
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How Thomas Leuthard Shoots Candid Portraits
Watch Thomas Leuthard (85mm) in action shooting his candid portraits in his first video! Also you can read more about his street photography portrait technique here.
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Street Photography With the Leica M9 and GoPro HD 960 in Los Angeles
Many of you have asked me to record videos of myself shooting street photography. After a trip to Best Buy and picking up a GoPro HD 960 Videocamera, I rigged up an interesting POV camera to my Leica M9. Check out the video and let me know what you think. Read more to see some…
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A Decisive Moment in Paris: Leica Camera & Magnum Photos [Video]
A video recap of the Leica Magnum Paris event last Tuesday. Guess who you see 30 seconds in ;)
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Paris Day 3: Street Photography with the Leica M9 and Tough Parisians
For day 3 in Paris, I had another grand day shooting street photography with the Leica M9 and 35mm f/1.4 Summilux. Unfortunately I woke up super late (at 2:00PM in the afternoon) but still had a great day for shooting. The weather was a bit overcast and gloomy, but it was perfect in terms of…
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Paris Day 2: Street Photography with the Leica M9 and 35mm f/1.4 Summilux with Yaniel
I just had my first full day of shooting street photography with the Leica M9 and the 35mm f/1.4 Summilux in Paris. The streets here are truly amazing, and the Leica M9 was definitely a great partner to help me capture memorable moments. I am proud to say that I had a very great crop of…
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Paris Day 1: Street Photography with a Leica M9 and Flash with Charlie Kirk and Damien Rayuela
I just arrived safely in Paris and spent an entire doing street photography with my Leica M9 and 35mm f/1.4 Summilux with Charlie Kirk and my host Damien Rayuela. We had a ton of fun, and Charlie even taught me how to shoot street photography with his off-shoe flash, and I got some pretty interesting…
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Heading to Paris for the Leica + Magnum “Past.Present.Future” Event
I am excited to announce that I am heading to Paris tonight to attend Leica + Magnum’s “Past.Present.Future” event. I am busy packing up my things as we speak, and I made a quick video to describe what I’m bringing and my thoughts about the trip. Packing List: Leica M9 16gb SD Card (2) 8gb…
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Leica M9 and 35mm f/1.4 Summilux Unboxing and First Impressions
You guys may have heard that Leica has generously sent me a Leica M9 and 35mm f/1.4 Summilux to test out and review. Here is a quick and dirty video I put together unboxing the work of art, and giving my first impressions. I have already taken a ton of great images, and have many…
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Need Some Inspiration? Try Early Morning Street Photography
Kai and the guys over at DigitalRevTV put together a great video about shooting street photography when the streets aren’t so hectic– at 4:00AM in the morning. In the video Kai wakes him (and his camera crew up) at a ungodly time and hits the streets of Hong Kong. Although I do not advise on…
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Eric Kim Talks about Street Photography Tips with Jacob Patterson
Recently I had the great pleasure of meeting up with Samsung and Jacob Patterson, an internationally renowned street artist living in Downtown Los Angeles. He has done some amazing We hit the streets with their new Samsung SH100 point and shoot, and got some pretty cool street shots. Jacob sat me down in their studio,…
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Henri Cartier-Bresson Talks About “The Decisive Moment”
Recently I was cruising around Petapixel and found this wonderful gem of a video– Henri Cartier-Bresson himself talking about street photography and “The Decisive Moment”. It is a bit of a long video (20 minutes) but worth every minute hearing the grandfather of street photography discuss his thoughts and share some of his most iconic…
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Finding Inspiration from Edward Hopper’s Paintings for Street Photography
Recently my mother sent me a video released by the National Gallery of Art with paintings from Edward Hopper. His paintings truly show images of life from urban New York, raw and colorful. After watching the video, I saw many wonderful compositions which can inspire any street photographer. Spend the 8 minutes to watch the…
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An Introduction to Street Photography with Eric Kim
Hey guys, My wonderful girlfriend/manager Cindy Nguyen is at it again–producing another interview video about myself and an introduction to street photography. I hope you all enjoy it and share it with your friends! See the video on Vimeo.
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A Video Interview with Street Photographer Craig Semetko
Today I was on Twitter and saw two tweets about this video, one from Jonathan Murray and one from RooshPhotog. It is a wonderful video which shows you Craig Semetko, a street photographer in action. He has been featured in countless exhibitions, and has even had his work side-by-side to street photography master Henri Cartier-Bresson.…
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KOREA GOT SEOUL – Black and White Street Photography from Korea
Hey fotog friends, Hope you guys all had a wonderful Labor-Day weekend! I just got back from the Bay Area (my hometown) after hanging out and visiting friends and family I haven’t seen for quite a while. Was planning on doing some street photography in San Francisco, but catching a cold over the weekend prevented…