This article is a (tongue-in-cheek) description of the progression of your everyday street photographer — the 8 stages every street photographer will inevitably find themselves journeying through.
Enjoy! #1. The Brick Phase After watching the Vivian Maier documentary one day, you buy your first street photography camera. Your camera sits like a brick for a few months, […]. petapixel.com
Nighttime street and urban photography can actually be easy. Street lamps (your ready-made light sources), can effectively provide all the light you need for your photos. The illumination gives you compositional ideas and options for taking great shots. petapixel.com »
2021-07-26 19:48
If you shoot street photography, you probably know this already. But if you're a city dweller, you probably are desensitized to a lot that happens all around you. That's how I used to be. If you're really into street photography, though, you start to realize that the best images are of emotional moments. thephoblographer.com »
2021-06-12 01:00
On the surface, street photography may seem like a genre of disparate and random images based completely on chance. In reality, when done well, street photography can be turned into a cohesive art form that allows a photographer to show off a strong vision. petapixel.com »
2020-02-08 20:48
I started photography on perhaps the most popular focal length, 35mm, in the form of my RX1R, which I shot through my time at university. From there I moved to 50mm, which was a revolution to me in the way I saw and thought about my images. I now shoot the majority of my favorite […] petapixel.com »
2019-03-08 18:57
Street photography is certainly one of the genres that are challenging to get into, primarily because you need to adapt a certain mindset for it. Apart from that, you also need to get over your shyness (not introversion, as is the common misconception). thephoblographer.com »
2019-03-06 17:00
The next time you head to the streets for your usual photo walks, you might want to take things up a notch and get "Flash" in your shots. You don't need to be super fast, but you might need to brush up on your panning techniques first if you've been rusty! thephoblographer.com »
2018-09-23 13:00
An old tutor once told me “Street Photography is not about just one good element in the frame. It is about bringing several elements together, and creating stories that are not necessarily obvious to the everyday eye”. thephoblographer.com »
2018-02-27 08:00
Ever find yourself feeling like you are hitting your head against brick wall with your street work? Feeling deflated, leading to something that is meant to be a source of enjoyment, becoming a monotonous burden on your mind. thephoblographer.com »
2018-01-29 08:00
If your job is keeping you busy and away from dedicated street photography, you may still be able to exercise your creative muscles during your trip to and from the office. Here’s a 2-minute video by photographer Alan Ruic with a handful of street photos you can take while commuting to work. Your journey to work […] petapixel.com »
2017-12-21 19:45
One of the best tricks that street photographers up their sleeves for getting sharply focused snaps is the zone focusing system. If you've heard of the term hyperfocal focusing, it's essentially the same thing. thephoblographer.com »
2017-09-25 22:00
How many of you go out there and actively go ahead with asking strangers for street portraits? I'm sure not a whole lot of you. Whether you're new to photography or far along into the craft, it pays to challenge yourself every now and then to keep your skills sharp and your perspectives fresh. thephoblographer.com »
2017-08-22 10:00
Photographer Yasser Alaa Mobarak is a 24-year-old, award-winning Egyptian photographer based in Delhi, India--and he's not your typical street photographer. He's the one of the winners of the highly coveted Sony World Photography Awards. thephoblographer.com »
2017-07-21 13:00
Hey everyone, Within the next month, we’ve got a number of street photography workshops lined up. Join us in NYC and at your own computer. More details are after the jump! How to Become a Legitimate Street Photographer: Online March 29th – 31st This special workshop will take part in three online sessions. Session One thephoblographer.com »
2017-03-27 22:01
Just a reminder to everyone that we've got a two day food photography intensive workshop coming up this weekend in Brooklyn, NY. Attendees will be treated to a three course dinner, shooting photos for their own portfolio, a free camera bag and a critique session. thephoblographer.com »
2017-02-21 23:02
As of early 2017, my only camera has been the Ricoh GR II, which has a fixed-focal 28mm lens. I wanted to share my personal experiences shooting with a 28mm lens, after having shot with a 35mm lens for almost 6 years. digitalrev.com »
2017-02-17 03:00
On January 14-15th, we're throwing an exclusive two-day intensive photography workshop in Los Angeles. You'll learn a whole lot about approaching subjects, honing your reflexes, etc. You'll go from Hollywood to Downtown LA with the Phoblographer's very own Daniel Schaefer. thephoblographer.com »
2017-01-02 23:03
On January 14-15th, we're throwing an exclusive two-day intensive photography workshop in Los Angeles. You'll learn a whole lot about approaching subjects, honing your reflexes, etc. You'll go from Hollywood to Downtown LA with the Phoblographer's very own Daniel Schaefer. thephoblographer.com »
2017-01-02 23:03
Photography -- is it a lucrative and glamorous job filled with travel, a hobby with an eye-watering amount spent on unnecessary gear, or something in between? Photographer Niels de Kemp pokes fun at the different misconceptions people have about what photography is all about in this humorous 2.
I can’t think of any other profession outside of photography where the pros obsess about their tools quite as much as we do. I’ll pause for a moment so you can write your own joke. There is no logical reason to replace a perfectly good lens with another version of the same when the previous […]
German freelance photographer Samuel Lintaro Hopf made thus humorous 8-minute video that features a whole bunch of things you may hear coming out of a Leica photographer’s mouth. Founded as Ernst Leitz Wetzlar in 1869 by Ernst Leitz in Wetzlar, Germany, Leica is an iconic camera company that has produced cameras popular among photojournalists, documentary […]
You missed out on that big first wave of Instagram stardom, you jumped on YouTube too late and now your Facebook page’s dwindling audience lives exclusively in Murmansk. You feel like your landscape photography is as good as (or better than) all these big-name photographers and you just want a slice of the cake. How […]
The photographer’s “journey” is, generally speaking, a pretty predictable thing. We all go through certain “phases” as we pick up and learn this craft—some more gracefully than others—and so, in the spirit of lighthearted candor, photographer and YouTuber Evan Ranft has decided to share his take on the 8 major phases of being a photographer. […]
Need a chuckle? Photographer and filmmaker Caleb Knueven made this tongue-in-cheek short film titled “8×10 | My First Exposure. ” The 8-minute video tells the story of Knueven’s first experience in large-format photography in the excessively sentimental style often seen these days.