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 easilyContinue reading “Study Your Photos”
Category Archives: Street Photography
Nailing Exposure
On a HC black and white jpeg in some good lighting. What looks better?
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.
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.Continue reading “Santa Monica Training Wheels”
Street Photography As Self Service
Best to accept that your photos don’t matter to anyone but yourself and to practice as a form of meditation.
Staying Productive Is The Goal
If I went a week without a good photo I’d find a different hobby. No point if I’m not productive.
Proud Of Your Work
Not really. I’m pretty emotionally detached. I shoot so much that my keepers are quickly forgotten until I scroll through the archive.
Peak Energy In Santa Monica
I haven’t seen it this energized in a very long time.
Hours Post Processing
Seems like a waste of time.
Fast Workflow
Import JPEGs, make quick selections and I’m done. What’s used to take me hours to do now takes me five minutes.
Chris Athanasiadis 