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  • Craving A City

    Every time I go to a city center, I feel at home in the chaos and endless possibilities. Walkability and culture. Maybe it isn’t time for the East Coast. Downtown Los Angeles has so much potential for street photography. It’s a grimy and rough place. For these reasons, it’s not well documented. There’s a few Read more

  • Study Your Photos

    Study your own photography, not the masters. The masters won’t help you tweak your style. Take the above photo for example. I like the bubble exploding against the crushed blacks. This is just an okay photo, but next time I’ll know to simplify the scene. I’d like to have less background clutter which can easily Read more

  • Nailing Exposure

    On a HC black and white jpeg in some good lighting. What looks better? Read more

  • The Hedonic Treadmill In Southern California

    Been reading up on this theory. That no matter your environment, if it’s nice weather year round or not, humans will always maintain an even level of happiness. Therefore no matter how great the weather is, people moods aren’t improved by it. You just keep walking and walking on the treadmill but never get anywhere. Read more

  • Who Is My Audience?

    Ideally it’s non photographers. People who have no clue what street photography is. I have zero desire for my photos to be judged by other photographers. To submit my work for review to my contemporaries. I don’t care about their opinions. A carpenter, teacher or burger flipper is my audience. Read more

  • Santa Monica Training Wheels

    Perfect place to practice street photography. Anyone I’ve shot with here says the same thing. The beach is hard to shoot at. I think it’s the lack of interesting light bouncing off tall buildings, everything is wide open. Compositions are more difficult. Backgrounds are messy. A lot of the time there’s isn’t much going on. Read more