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  • Street Photo Tip: Stick With an Interesting Subject

    Street Photo Tip: Stick With an Interesting Subject

    We see them a lot on the street, don’t we? Interesting subjects. Not just interesting subjects, but a continuing series of interesting moments and interactions between those interesting subjects. Normally, we take a quick photo, perhaps pausing a bit to get the right moment, and...

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  • An Exercise in Composition

    An Exercise in Composition

    We left Taipei by train at 7AM, arriving at the Hualien station at 10:00 and the Farglory hotel 30 minutes later. Once at the hotel, we discovered that we couldn’t check-in until after 3PM. My wife, her sister, and the kids unanimously decided to leave...

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  • How To Make a Pinhole Camera

    How To Make a Pinhole Camera

    I love pinhole photography. At the least, it’s the most hands-on from start to finish form of photography that you can participate in and, as an artistic tool, is a great addition to your photographic toolkit. At most, it is literally the oldest form of...

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  • Same Person, Different Perspectives

    Same Person, Different Perspectives

    Perspective, in terms of photography, is the spacial relationship between the lens and subject. Put simply, it is “Where is the camera?” versus “Where is the subject?”. Although technicaly focal length is not part of photographic perspective, many people will lump it into the definition...

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  • Composition Aids: Opposites Attract

    Composition Aids: Opposites Attract

        In a way, this is a continuation of the main point from my non-guide to street photography: learn how to read a room. I thought that I would write a couple of articles on the things I look for and what I pay...

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  • This is Not a Street Photography Guide

    This is Not a Street Photography Guide

    A couple weeks ago, almost off-handedly, one of the administrators at the yard said that I should write an article on how I shoot street. Apparently, he thought that there are people out there who might find value in such a thing. “Give me a...

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