Category: Photography

Organizing images for book publication By grade The first step in my image selection process is separating the junk photos from the best-of-the-best and the transitional photos. Storytelling through a photo essay involves multiple images in a sequence. While all…

It’s interesting spending time looking at all the new YouTube photography content creators after a solid ten years of NOT viewing a single photography video. There are very few YouTube photographers still around from when I had a channel some…

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 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…