Photoshoot and Beyond
Category: Street. Photograph: “street talk, NYC” by THE MAN WITH A HAT (username “THE MAN WITH A HAT” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image: Street photography can be a documentary snapshot of the human condition. Besides the fashion of the time we get a historic documentation of how…
I know many photographers (pros and amateurs alike) who need a special occasion like a vacation, a wedding or a sports event to take their camera out in their free time. When I ask them “why only for big occasions?”, I often get the reply that every day life is not interesting enough… This is…
Category: Street. Photograph: “Face of Stranger” by Mohammad Rokonuzzaman khan (username “Mohammad Rokonuzzaman khan” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image: If you have followed my weekly curated street photography picks over the past months, you must have noticed that I have a stong attraction to street photography with…
Category: Street. Photograph: “Miroir d’Eau Pt. 2 – Sprint” by Verity Milligan (username “Verity Milligan” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image: When I saw this image for the first time, I had to pause and think if I knew the photographer behind it? It reminded me of an…
On this #Inspiration episode of the Photofocus podcast Marco invited two guests and discussed these topics: Get to know an inspirational photographer: This month our guest Monika Andrae introduces you to the award winning fine art and commercial photographer Susan Burnstine. Susan is represented in galleries across the world and has also written for several photography…
Category: Street. Photograph: “Stargazing” by Andre vd Meulen (username “Andre vd Meulen” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image: We don’t see a lot of long exposure photography in the street photography world. In general a long exposure in street photography would be below 1 second to add…
Category: Street. Photograph: “the emperor’s new clothes” by dizbin (username “dizbin” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image: This image shows an ordinary scene of a man walking on a sidewalk. But due to the framing, crop and timing it turns into an interesting image that can carry a…
On this episode of the Photofocus #Mirrorless Show Scott and Marco will discuss these new products and mirrorless topics: Scott found some info that Canon may actually step up their game in the mirrorles segment. Marco gives a fairly thorough hands on review of the new Fujifilm X70 compact camera that he has been working…
Category: Street. Photograph: “Hermit-Crab Impersonation” by Paul (username “Paul” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image: While this is probably a normal scene on the streets of some places in the world, images like these always catch my attention. Technically Paul did a good job here by panning…
Category: Street. Photograph: “Street cart. Udaipur, India” by Nicolas Winspeare (username “Nicolas Winspeare” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image: In street photography you can use existing physical objects to frame your subject. That can be a window, a door, a mirror, trees or an arch. Next time you…