Guide – Page 3 – Chris Athanasiadis

Production Is The Cheat Code

Candid Spontaneous Moments Only

No heavy post processing. No AI. No staged moments. No “willing the photo into existence”. Candid and spontaneous are the only photos I’ve managed to continue making without boredom.

Mamba Mentality In Street Photography

Bragging About Post Processing

“I spent two hours editing that photo” seems like a massive waste of time to me. A properly exposed photo should only take a few minutes to post process. Propaganda by editing software tells us we need more useless software.

8 Megapixels Is All You Need

Embrace Modern Camera Tech

Shooting For The Character

You’ll only be happy until you move to New York where eventually you’ll realize that shooting only characters gets boring as well. Make the best of where you are and expand beyond the character shot.

Small JPEGs and Crop Modes

If you can wrap your head around using the small JPEG size on your GR, you’ll use crop modes more. Your photos will all have the same amount of pixels. 7.5MP or 3360 × 2240 pixels. It’s a liberating approach once you’ve accepted shooting in a smaller size. Now you can freely shoot in cropContinue reading “Small JPEGs and Crop Modes”

5% Keeper Rate

In the past I’d return from a trip and have so many “keeper” photos. Most were not keepers and better deleted. But I’d save them because “maybe I can make them better in post” or other rationale. Now I’ve streamlined my workflow that I might come back from a weekend adventure with only 50 photosContinue reading “5% Keeper Rate”

Harness Your Inner Mama Bear On The Street

Be more like the mama bear when faced with adversity on the street. By adversity I mean assessing a threat. I realize it’s a bit odd to be talking so dramatically about a threat on the street. But if you are walking around public streets in a major US city, you’re likely faced with dailyContinue reading “Harness Your Inner Mama Bear On The Street”