In my last ‘Street Photograph of the Day’ I talked a bit about including advertisements in street photography, specifically how difficult it is. So when I went out to shoot the other day, and came across these garish Beyoncé H&M advertisements, I knew I wanted to create a follow-up post.… Read More.
Street Photograph of the Day | Bushwick | Brooklyn, NY
Street Photograph of the Day | Bushwick | Brooklyn, NY
E-M5 – OLYMPUS M.17mm F1.8 – f/8 – 1/750 – ISO 400
I think including advertisements in street photography is one of the hardest things to do well in the genre.… Read More.
Street Photograph of the Day | 7th Avenue | Manhattan, NY
Street Photograph of the Day | 7th Avenue | Manhattan, NY
E-M5 – OLYMPUS M.17mm F1.8 – f/8 – 1/750 – ISO 1600
I think most photographers are guilty of trying to bring balance to chaos, order to disharmony. It is a long-standing photographic trope that an image and must be ‘well composed’ and the edges of each individual element must be independent and separated from the elements behind it.… Read More.
Street Photograph of the Day | 34th Street | Manhattan, NY
Street Photograph of the Day | 34th Street | Manhattan, NY
E-M5 – OLYMPUS M.17mm F1.8 – f/8 – 1/750 – ISO 800
I have written about it before, but you have to be careful about taking photos of children that you do not know.… Read More.
Street Photograph of the Day | 7th Avenue | Manhattan, NY
Street Photograph of the Day | 7th Avenue | Manhattan, NY
E-M5 – OLYMPUS M.17mm F1.8 – f/8 – 1/750 – ISO 400
Sometimes you see a detail or a piece of something that attracts you and you take a photo of it, or at least try to.… Read More.
Street Photograph of the Day | Fashion District | Manhattan, NY
Street Photograph of the Day | Fashion District | Manhattan, NY
E-M5 – OLYMPUS M.17mm F1.8 – f/8 – 1/1000 – ISO 1250
There are many days that I am torn about whether or not I want to go shoot ‘street’.… Read More.
Street Photograph of the Day | 34th Street & 7th Avenue | Manhattan, NY
Street Photograph of the Day | 34th Street & 7th Avenue | Manhattan, NY
E-M5 – OLYMPUS M.17mm F1.8 – f/8 – 1/750 – ISO 640
I saw this character around the corner from where I took my last street photo of the day.… Read More.
Street Photograph of the Day | 34th Street & 7th Avenue | Manhattan, NY
Street Photograph of the Day | 34th Street & 7th Avenue | Manhattan, NY
E-M5 – OLYMPUS M.17mm F1.8 – f/8 – 1/750 – ISO 250
My favorite corner in Manhattan is under construction.
I go into Manhattan less than I used to – as the last few years I have lived in Brooklyn and before that Queens.… Read More.
WTF does Jackson Pollock have to with Street Photography?
Jackson Pollock, Number 8, 1949 (detail)
Often, I look to other genres of art to find inspiration for my Street photography. Sometimes getting out of the realm of photography grants clarity of reflection on one’s process and results. So, you might be asking yourself: what does Jackson Pollock – the abstract expressionist from the 1950s – have to do with street photography?… Read More.
Street Photograph of the Day | The Bowery | Manhattan, NY
Street Photograph of the Day | The Bowery | Manhattan, NY
E-M5 – OLYMPUS M.17mm F1.8 – f/8 – 1/750 – ISO 800
After taking one bad photo after another for the entire afternoon, I saw her down the street while walking toward the train.… Read More.