John Lee preparing his heroin rig in an abandoned East Garfield Park home.
Month: January 2015
The Importance of Making Prints of Your Photographic Work
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Camera Talk: Nikon F2 – The Workingman’s Camera
Camera Talk: Nikon F2 – The Working Man’s Camera Please Contribute to My Heroin Prevention Project – http://www.gofundme.com/iq0tq4 Become a Grit Street Member and Gain Access to Exclusive Content. With each subscription you will receive access to the Grit Street…
Photography With A Focus: Jacob Riis, Bringing Darkness to Light
A common misconception that circulates among today’s photography communities, is the idea that Henri Cartier-Bresson is to be credited with the prestigious honor of having founded the crafts of photojournalism and street photography. However, long before Henri Cartier-Bresson pranced around…
Podcast: Light Metering Exposure Tips for Street Photography
I’ve received multiple requests to go over light metering tips when shooting street photography. In this video I give a quick review of the methods that I use when shooting both film and digital photography. This is the link to…
The Emotional Price of Social Documentary Photography
I was asked the following questions by a viewer. This is my attempt to answer these very important questions: “You really need to do a video on how you distance yourself from things like this. I am just getting into documentary…
East St Louis Urban Decay, 2015
An old black man with teeth as rotten as the crumbling buildings that fill his skyline, lit a small fire in a vacant lot to chase off the morning chill. I asked his permission to photograph this small circle of…
Essential Equipment for Social Documentary Photography
Here is a quick video on some of the essential equipment one will need for social documentary photography: