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Mindfulness
Daily on Facebook someone asks on one of a hundred forums whether lens “A” is a better choice for street photography than lens “B”. Facebook is nortorious for these sort of questions from new photographers. It’s all about the myth that better equipment will equal better photography and while equipment is important it’s much less…
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I’m New! Now What?
So you’re new to photography. Maybe you’ve got a new digital camera or an old film cameras or maybe a cellphone with a camera? (This group shot take a few weeks ago was from the 200-plus CineFilm Toronto photo walk.) Doesn’t matter what camera you have. What matters is like any tool you’ve got to…
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Travel Gear
Different trips call for different amounts and even types of gear. Case in point was our almost month-long trip through Amsterdam, Germany and Austria. Along with our large two checked-in bags Marion and I were both hauling a carry-on bag for the flight plus two camera bags. In the camera bags we each had an…
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DACHAU
I would think it likely some people will find the images in my Dachau gallery upsetting. Some might even question the posting of these images. Some may ask why? But I would reply more than saying “why not” I would say it’s essential. Our amazing tour guide who has been guiding tour groups through the…
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Amsterdam
Thanks to the potential of an Air Canada pilots strike we moved our vacation start date back five days giving us four days in Amsterdam. Amsterdam is one of Europe’s great cities and one everybody should visit for three or four days. It’s a small city and clearly there are ten times more bicycles than…
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We’re Back
Yes it’s been almost one month of travelling through Amsterdam, Germany and Austria shooting almost 7,500 images and drinking almost as much wonderful German beer. Over the next few weeks as I slowly grade, pick, edit and post images here and on our online shooting gallery at www.streetshooters.ca we’ll talk about travel photography and travel…
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Don’t Shoot Boring Photos
For Marion’s birthday I bought her David Gibson’s excellent book “The Street Photographer’s Manual”. (Thanks to Amazon it arrived overnight and at a slight discount from retail.) It’s not because Marion shoots boring photos. To the contrary Marion was born with the gift of being able to “see” a photo in front of her. As…
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How To Shoot Street Events
Events like parades, festivals and even street protests happen on our local streets all the time. For street photographers they offer opportunities for really creative images. For new photographers these sort of events can be quite intimidating but with a little preparation you shouldn’t be concerned if you take care to be non-threatening and understand…
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Walk The Walk
That’s Bill Smith (center). This image was taken last winter (check the touqe) during one of the monthly walks with the Toronto Film Shooters group. Bill is an interesting guy and one of Toronto’s better photographers and film photography advocates. If you haven’t started following him on social media it’s time to start. Here’s why.…
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Shooting the Park Bench Wino
FaceBook is crammed full of opinionated people who love to dump all of their projections and discomfort and hate with the world on street photographers who shoot what’s called “poverty porn”. A guy who calls himself Suitcase Joe is a LA street photographer who just might change your mind about shooting street people, the less…
