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“And finally, don’t forget that the biggest joy in photography is making pictures of those things in your own life. It doesn’t need to be a St. Patrick’s Day Parade with thousands of revelers to be important. Your friends, your family, your own life—that should be the first subject you work on. It’s a given your family will be tired of being photographed, but don’t give up. In another couple of decades, those are the pictures you will be glad to have.”
—The Online Photographer: Just Shoot, Shoot, Shoot: An Interview with David Burnett, Part II (via photographsonthebrain)
March 2012
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“I have never taken a picture for any other reason than that at that moment it made me happy to do so.”
—Jacques Henri Lartigue (via missfolly)
“Adobe just launched the free public beta of the Photoshop CS6 with a redesigned UI and loads of new features”
—Here is our breakdown of its Photography-related features (via dprblog)
7 Things Every Photographer Should Learn From Henri Cartier-Bresson →
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Henri Cartier-Bresson is one of the most famous photographers in history. In fact, we’ve written about him as a famous photographer before. Cartier-Bresson was the co-founder of Magnum (a photo agency of the day) who brilliantly captured the events and spirit of the 20th century. His life was packed with adventure and excitement, which he translated into the body of work that we all love.
But have you ever wondered what Cartier-Bresson could teach you, to help you reflect on your own work and become a better photographer? I was checking out a book of his images the other day and began wondering what some of these lessons might be. So I’ve put together a list of 7 things that I think we can all draw from Henri Cartier-Bresson’s life and work.
15 Tips How Street Photographers Can Better Edit Their Work →
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This certainly doesn’t apply to just street photography… Food for thought on what to and what not to show and how to show it..
“If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.”
—Eve Arnold (via missfolly)
85mm Street Photography →
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A free e-book on street photography.
My third eBook about Street Photography.
This time I wrote down everything you
need to know about candid street portraits.
This is a very close, direct and honest way
of shooting in the streets. It has been my
speciality for the last 3 years and there
were not many people who did it the same
way. There are also a lot of people who
don’t like this way of unasked approach.
For me it’s the interest in humanity which
lets me getting that close. In the end it’s
your personal decision, if you want to do
such photos yourself or not. The guideline
is here and there are a lot of sample photos
included. All you need to know how to get
closer, to shoot direct and fearless from a
very short distance.
“The photos, like memory, play the possible against the real, play at reviving as possibility what has been. And only revive grief.”
—Rosmarie Waldrop, Lavish Absence (via proustitute)
How to Add Watermarks to Your Photos in Lightroom 3 →
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I’d assume it would be the same for Lightroom 4…
Creative Filter Effects for the Indoor Photographer →
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Indoor photography scares the bajesus out of most photographers, and rightly so. On-camera flash, off-camera flash, ambient lighting and then throw people into the mix and it’s enough to make a grown man weak in the knees. Utilizing filters on lenses and flashes can change any photograph, using them specifically for indoor photography can be a life saver.
“Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.”
—Robert Frank (b.1924, Switzerland/USA)
