Street Photo Tip: Stick With an Interesting Subject

By On August 16, 2010 · 2 Comments

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 move on. How often do we stick with a particular [...]

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An Exercise in Composition

By On August 13, 2010 · 3 Comments

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 the bags with me and hop the next shuttle bus [...]

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5 Tips for Better Street Photography

By On August 10, 2010 · 6 Comments


A couple of weeks ago, Craig Ferguson invited me to write a guest post on his blog. It was something I felt somewhat honored to do since I both find him to be an excellent photographer and his blog to be incredibly useful. I’ve cobbled together this short pieceon street photography in [...]

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Commercial Outlets for Street Photographers

By On September 23, 2009 · 1 Comment

Let’s face it. In the broad world of photographic pursuits, street photography isn’t renowned as a money-making endeavor. In small part, this is due to the general perception of “what is art” and, more importantly, what is “hang on your wall” art. While the fact that street photography is an art is rarely contested [...]

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How To Make a Pinhole Camera

By On July 7, 2009 · 12 Comments

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 photography.

And you can still do it.

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Same Person, Different Perspectives

By On April 9, 2009 · 4 Comments

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 because photographers will often change their position in relation [...]

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