Street Photography
Today, we're going to learn about practical applications of other, less common lenses for street photography such as portrait lenses, ultra wide-angle landscape lenses, and special effect glass like mirror lenses and beyond. These are by no means the only unconventional lenses out there, but these should get your gears turning and inspire you to start experimenting.
Portrait Lenses
Portrait lenses are known for their unparalleled sharpness and eye-catching, subject isolating qualities. This is thanks to their simple design, top-of-the-line
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It takes a lot of guts to engage with a stranger on the street, ask probing questions about their struggles, and come away with a portrait and a story as a record of the human connection that was made. Now, imagine repeating this process countless times over 15 years under the moniker Humans of New York (HONY) and watching what started as a passion project take the world by storm.
Above Photograph © Brandon Stanton
In today’s show, we’re privileged to chat with this 21st
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Sam breaks down why the Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S II Lens allows for versatility, improves upon its predecessor, and how it affects your workflow. Portrait, wedding, and street photographers, as well as filmmakers, could all do with a 24-70mm f/2.8 lens in their kits, and you'll learn how this zoom lens from Nikon provides great image quality and makes your life easier.
0:00 - Intro
0:29 - Portraiture (Bokeh)
1:30 - Videography (Internal Zoom & VCM Autofocus)
2:44 - Street Photography (Weight, Buttons, Switches, Control Rings)
4:27
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Discover your unique voice behind the lens as you grow as both an artist and as a person. Street photographer Derek Fahsbender talks about finding yourself and reconnecting with why you create—and where you want your photography to take you.
0:00 - Intro
4:30 - Change the way you see
7:00 - Know all there is to know
9:55 - Set a direction, not a destination
14:25 - Always moving to the goalpost
16:35 - Be unapologetic yourself
25:55 - Seek feedback from those you respect
30:47 - Fall in love with your own work
37:21 - Stay honest with
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How often do you think beyond the photos you make to consider the larger purpose they serve—both for yourself and, ideally, for a wider audience? In today’s show, we explore this idea while connecting the dots between picture making, process, and purpose. Our guides for this conversation are nature/landscape photographer and mountaineer Matt Payne, and street photographer, portraitist, and YouTube storyteller Sean Tucker. While Matt and Sean have widely different photographic specialties, they share much in common, from educational backgrounds
Street photography is the art of capturing candid, unmediated chance encounters and moments in everyday life. There are a number of approaches to this genre, from the fly on the wall to the Bruce Gilden style of getting in someone’s face with a camera and speedlight. Whatever your personal feelings on the matter, there’s no wrong way to do it. Of course, modern cities are quite different than the streets some of the greats walked.
The world is a very different place than the one many great photographers lived in. Cameras are a part of
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When it comes to his iconic street portraits, Jamel Shabazz is all about building relationships and spreading joy. Yet, beyond the rich tapestry created with both the neighbors and strangers, friends and rivals he’s encountered across New York’s five boroughs, Jamel’s most meaningful role might be that of a street teacher, touching the lives of the people in front of his lens and inviting them to mark their place in history.
Above Photograph © Jamel Shabazz
In today’s podcast, we learn from the master while tracing his career path, from early
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The OM-3 might just be your new street photography camera! Lotta walks you through various techniques for capturing dynamic street images, including long and double exposures. You'll learn how the OM SYSTEM OM-3 helps streamline your workflow so you never miss the shot!
0:00 - About the OM-3
0:48 - Grand Central Long Exposure
1:42 - In-Camera Noise Reduction
2:25 - Creative Modes
3:01 - Live ND & Car Trails
5:30 - Custom Buttons
6:22 - Double Exposures
8:32 - Final Thoughts
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The aesthetics of street photography has evolved greatly over the years. On one side of the spectrum, you have the more “natural” look championed by icons like Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Klein, and Vivian Maier: no added light, no post-processing, no cropping, etc. Elsewhere, you have the innovators, the iconoclasts—artists like Bruce Gilden and Dina Litovsky—who regularly eschew the natural aesthetic by utilizing a
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In today’s podcast, we sit down with Mark Leong, a fifth-generation Chinese-American photographer, for Picturing World Cultures.
Above photograph © Mark Leong
From his arrival in 1980s Beijing on a one-year travel fellowship, to his decision to live and work there long-term over the following decades, we follow Mark’s path from his ancestral village to the Beijing art scene, and beyond.
He walks us through his experiences in documenting the massive cultural shifts as Chinese society transitioned from uniformity and limited choice to a realm of
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The Beauty of Travel Series with photographer Jim Nix explores the planning, execution and post-production that goes into capturing stunning imagery in your travels.
In the final installment of this three-part series Jim takes us into the streets for a look at capturing life as it happens.
0:00 - Intro
2:30 - Gear
6:20 - Pro Tips
10:00 - Photo Review
28:16 - Editing in Luminar
1:07:33 - Final Thoughts
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Documenting a culture can be a daunting process, especially when it involves a history of conquest and colonialism. Synthesizing such a complex and traumatic past in a contemporary narrative is a formidable task, requiring extensive research and dedicated planning. This is the backstory to today’s podcast.
Above photograph © Juan Brenner
For the seventh chapter in our monthly series, Picturing World Cultures, we speak with Guatemalan photographer Juan Brenner about his recent projects in the country’s Western Highlands.
Our chat begins with
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Lotta teaches you how to tell a story when shooting portraits, whether in the studio or out on the street!
0:00 - Intro
0:18 - Shooting in Studio vs. on the Street
1:05 - How to Plan for the Unplanned
2:27 - Enhance Your Street Portraits
3:03 - Advantages of Street Photography
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In Part 5 of The Art of Photography series, Bobbi Lane and Lee Varis discuss the art of street photography. Lane and Varis discuss the images from their Neighborhoods of New York project, deconstructing each shot in constructive fashion.
0:00 - Introduction
1:58 - Neighborhoods of New York: Lane’s Images
27:51 - Neighborhoods of New York: Multiple Exposure Images
34:02 - Neighborhoods of New York: Varis’s Images
40:20 – The Best Lenses
45:37 - Recap
48:00 - Settings
53:28 - Editing
58:18 - Final thoughts
What street photography tips do you
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Bruce Gilden is a street-photography icon. With summer in full swing and International Street Photography Day (otherwise known as Henry Cartier-Bresson’s birthday) looming on the horizon, what better time to feature a lively chat with the master himself, recorded at B&H’s 2023 Depth of Field Conference, just before the Magnum photographer’s keynote lecture.
Gilden’s emotionally fraught depictions of real people up close are an