Author: Marco Larousse

Category: Street. Photograph: “Hanging in the balance” by Lauri Novak (username “Lauri Novak” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image:  Street photography is a broad genre of photography. And while it is often perceived that a human element has to be present in a street photo, that does not have…

Category: Street. Photograph: “Untitled” by Aton Endaya (username “Aton Endaya” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image:  Anton captured a great artistic street photo with this image. By choosing a 1/4 of a second exposure time, the motion blur and camera shake transformed a street scene into a piece of surreal art. When…

Category: Street. Photograph: “Untitled” by Dean Holland (username “Dean Holland” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image:  Dean managed to find an impressive location for a street photo. The interwoven circles shaped by the cobblestones and the table tennis plates would make for a great image just by themselves.…

Scott and Marco discuss these new products and mirrorless topics on this episode of the Photofocus #Mirrorless Show: Panasonic announced the price and availability of the Lumix DC-GH5. It will be available for US-$1999 at the end of March 2017 and Scott has ordered one to compare it to His Olympus OM-D EM 1 II. Panasonic has also announced…

Category: Street. Photograph: “Captain Hook” by Sven Conquest (username “Sven Conquest” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image:  This image is called “Captain Hook” and was captured in 1980 in Leipzig, East Germany (former GDR – German Democratic Republic). This image is a documentary street portrait that gives us a…

Category: Street. Photograph: “IMG_0913-3” by Andrea Fucà (username “Andrea Fucà” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image:  I love everyday street scenes that are captured and composed well. And Andrea did a great job with the composition, B&W tonality and the depth of field in this image. But an…

Scott and Marco discuss these topics on this #Inspiration episode of the Photofocus podcast: Get to know an inspirational photographer: This month Marco introduces you to the American street, portrait and landscape photographer Joel Meyerowitz (born 1938 in NY). After quitting his job as an art director, Joel started in the 1960’s to shoot the streets of NY with 35mm…

Category: Street. Photograph: “The Thinker” by Luis Alvarez Marra (username “Luis Alvarez Marra” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image:  This image is a fantastic example of great composition, symmetry and the addition of a human element to a street photo. On static street photos like this, you have…

Category: Street. Photograph: “Manchaster, 2016” by Keith Hodgkinson (username “Keith Hodgkinson” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image:  Keith took this silhouette shot against a bright background that turned into a good subject separation. The man looking at his smartphone symbolizes most of us in our daily routine. Therefore…

Scott and Marco have a special last #Mirrorless show of 2016 for you. Marco had the chance to interview Zack Arias for our mirrorless show at the Gulf Photo Plus Berlin event. Zack is a highly regarded and internationally famous commercial and portrait photographer based in Atlanta, Georgia. In the discussion Zack shares his thoughts and opinions on…