I got the street photographers manifesto by Tanya Nagar a few days ago. The front cover is eye catching - big, bold font and a lot of angry red. After flicking quickly through a few pages I decided to buy it. It was a mistake...
Read MoreIf you've ever wondered what is the best street photograph ever I've got something for you. It's not the definite answer, it's rather a push in a right direction or a friendly advice.
Read MoreI was quite surprise to discover how many people steal work of others to boost their own portfolio... Whole websites are made up of stolen photos and plagiarized "About me" and descriptions. Lot's of work goes into cropping and retouching to remove the owner's watermarks with funny results sometimes.
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Someone asked me yesterday about the picture of Kenny - how was it taken, what settings, how did I approach Kenny etc...
Read MoreThis is a beginning of a long and fruitful career taken with her very first camera at the age of 18 (1968, Clark Air Force Base, Philippines) By “her” I mean one of the most successful and most recognizable photographers of the world: Annie Leibovitz.
Read MoreI’ll focus on just this one photo essay by
Bruce Gilden. He is a highly controversial photographer, pages after
pages could be written just about him.
This essay is known either as a “Picnic with a Gangster” or “Picnic with
Sergey”. As you can imagine Sergey is a (small time-time)gangster. He
‘s Russian who’s whole life has been shaped by Soviet Union. He’s
familiar to me a little, I am Polish and I’ve seen this type before a
few times.
The Afghan Girl is one of those unforgettable photographs. It speaks to everyone on one level or another, even to people who don't think highly of photography in general.
Read MoreSince I've started my love affair with photography I purchased a lot of cameras yet I am not a gear geek. My first proper camera was handmade matchbox pinhole camera. This is how it all started. When I wanted more control over my pictures I got a canon rangefinder from e bay. After a while my rangefinder wasn't enough and I got a Nikon FE (thanks to Ken Rockwell) than a second hand Nikon F90x and finally my personal film apex a Nikon F100 (new!)
Read MoreIf you want to be a better photographer you need to study the masters. Buy their books, look at their photographs, find out how they work and think. One of the masters for me is Trent Parke. I'll skip the bio note here. All the information can be found on the Magnum website (his photographs as well) My favorite work of his is the series of photos taken during a trip around Australia (Minutes to Midnight) which took more than 2 years to complete.
Read MoreI had to watch this short video twice. The first time was all about the pictures. I heard the words but was not registering them fully, images were my focus-the composition, lighting, people, emotions... and they are powerful enough.
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