Let’s talk about dynamism in art. Two artist, the painter Franz Kline and the street photographer Daido Moriyama. What do they have in common? The black and white and the strong dynamism in their works. Franz Kline paints irregular lines and geometrical elements while Daido Moriyama tilts his camera to create movement and different point …
Try to stop a moment and think why you’re doing street photography. Is it for like on facebook and instagram? Is it only to take beautiful photos? Of course no. For me there is much more than this. First of all when I go out to make street photography I enjoy the air and the …
It was one of those days when it’s a minute away from snowing and there’s this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. Right?… …And this bag was just dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes… …That’s the day I realized that there was …
Street photography portraits no. 1 – Shooting street portraits is always exciting. Generally I ask for permission to photograph people. If you look like a tourist there are less problems, because tourists usually take pictures of places and local people, it’s a normal thing. Generally persons on the street are shy and suspicious if you …
Lights and shadows in street photography – Light is everything in photography. Basically pictures are made by contrasts of lights and shadows. Contrast attracts viewer’s eyes and allows to distinguish the various elements of the scene. This concept has been taken to the extreme in modern street photography. Infact, opening #streetphotography on Instagram we can see …
I was Sheriff of this county when I was 25 years old. Hard to believe. My grandfather was a lawman, father too. Me and him was sheriffs at the same time, him up in Plano and me out here. I think he’s pretty proud of that. I know I was… … Some of the old …
In this article top 10 quotes from the most famous masters of street photography. 1) Street photography quotes: Robert Capa If your photographs aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough. This though means that if you want take good street shots you have to be close to your subject (shooting with a wide-angle lens). This …
Second series about street shots taken, processed and edited on smartphone. Smartphone is an awesome “tool” for street photography: it is a small camera, always with you, fast in shooting, fast and funny in processing and editing. Here is the link for first series of street photography with smartphone in bw. As I said in my first …
Many people don’t know that Stanley Kubrick was a great street photographer before becoming a famous movie director. He directed masterpieces as 2001 A space odissey, Shining, Full Metal Jacket, A clockwork orange, Barry Lindon, Eyes wide shut and so on… Kubrick is absolutely one of my favourite director. I love his way of filming, …
First series of street photography images taken by me with smartphone in Rome. In such way smartphone is the better camera to do street photography: it isn’t invasive and is always with you in every place (work, church, street, home, gym)! Thanks to modern technology quality is good enough for street photography, moreover in this …