Two weeks ago I joined Instagram. Well, I know I missed out on the biggest Instagram boom and I guess I am light years behind everyone who is there, however better late than never, right? I’ve always thought that this is a useless social platform for people who want to promote themselves and show their perfect life.
What’s in my bag? I don’t have a bag. Well, I do have, but it is the size of my laptop. I see this question in 95% of interviews with street/urban photographers. Usually all of ‘ordinary’ photographers out there hope to read that famous street photographer X or Y uses cheap camera that you can buy for no more than 100 bucks on Amazon. The reality however is harsh.
Lately, I’ve been thinking that I am not happy about my shots. You know that feeling, right? I saw too many great photos from all around the world and it got me thinking – man, there must be something else in it. Yes – urban shots with silhouettes or people caught in the melancholy of today’s world – it still attracts me. I felt a need to develop, to learn, to workout, to do photographic push-ups. I wanted to get a little closer with people and since it was a problem for me as I am not people person. What did I have to loose?
Early afternoon in the mid 90’s. There’s a boy in front of the tv watching one of his childhood heroes – MacGyver. The main character resolves problems by making things out of nothing. Well, from ordinary objects, along with his ever-present Swiss Army knife. Of course he manages to solve every situation, no matter how miserable it may look. He doesn’t use a gun and completes his quests just seconds before something really bad is supposed to happen. That boy in front of the tv is me. So how this cheesy tv series relates to photography? I will try to convince you that it really does.
If it wasn’t for light, there wouldn’t be such thing as photography, right? Yes! For some – light is one of the most important ingredients of the photo. You can count me in. Definately, I am one of them. Please note that all my tips are based on my street/urban/fine art photos and most of them are evening and night shots. This is not an ultimate tutorial as this subject is wide as an ocean.
‘365 Days of Photos’, ‘One Photo a Day’, ‘One Shot, One Day’, ‘365 Days Challenge’ – do they sound familiar to you? Have you ever wanted to take at least one photo a day, every day… and I mean – every single day? Well I did. I read few interesting articles about it and I must say that I got so excited back then.
It’s been a while since I wrote my last post on my Blog so sorry for that. I’ve devoted not much time to photography as I used to so I will try to do my best and improve 😉 As […]
It’s sunday evening and an idea came to my mind. Why don’t I make a series of posts about chosen shots and how I took them.I got some feedback from you guys and few of you asked me about color […]
I am so thrilled that two of my shots were featured in the first issue of URBAN IDEAL MAGAZINE. As the Editor In-Chief Mark Cornick says: The Urban Ideal platform was created to showcase Urban Photography from around the world, and to interact […]
365 Days Project can get damn difficult, that’s for sure! Of course it gives a lot of pleasure, improves your photo skills, gets you motivated and what is the most important kicks you out of your warm, comfy house into […]
Ok, let’s be honest, how many of you use manual focus nowadays? I am using it, but not in a “traditional” way. About 16 years ago I had Old Russian Zenith PM4725 camera and the only focus setting was Manual […]
I am so excited that one of my shots was chosen to be feauterd in Amateur Photographer magazine.  This is the world’s oldest consumer weekly photographic magazine and I am thrilled that my shot called Shadow Play Under Surveillance was […]
So what can you do on Saturday evening after reading to your kid and watching ‘Burnt’? Well you can do what I am doing right now – write your first blog post ever. For starters – I apologize for my […]
