Documenting the Human Experience
Creating An Affordable Film Photography Workflow While 35mm Film photography equipment has remained affordable, the price for film itself has dramatically increased in recent years. I want to shoot film for a documentary project that I’m currently working on, but…
Getting started in digital photography You don’t need to spend a ton of money getting started in digital photography. In fact, you could use the affordable camera equipment I’m about to recommend for your entire photography journey! Buying quality used…
Getting Serious About Street Photography: Understanding Universals If you are looking to communicate your worldview more effectively through imagery, I would HIGHLY recommend taking a long look at perception theory. Perception theory is a body of knowledge that shows us…
Next time you go out to shoot some street photography, try to connect two things together. Maybe one person is doing one thing while someone else is doing another. Look for expressions, postures, and gestures. Look for tension and contradiction.…
Beyond Transient Trends: Working on a Long-Term Street Photography Project I’m on SUBSTACK! I can’t tell you how good it feels to photograph a community of people for several years and to one day hold a completed book in your…
Getting Started in Chicago Street Photography Tip – Photographing Buskers (Street Musicians) Heading out into the streets with your camera to photograph strangers can be intimidating. People today generally do not like their photos being taken. One good way to…
Street photography should be about capturing the human experience in an urban setting. Today, it seems things have somehow been reversed; the urban environment is now the subject of the photo, with the human serving as little more than a…
What John Free taught me about “straight” photography Not just “street photography” but “straight photography.” John Free was a social documentary/street photographer who lived in Los Angeles. John and I spent time together photographing in Chicago. I first discovered John…