Don’t just stand there…shoot!

Being out on the street with your camera can seem daunting. Street photography is like that. You feel self conscious, you think people know that you’re photographing them, you feel exposed. I know. I have those feelings too. This can cause some difficulty in getting the shot. What if someone sees you? What if someone…

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The chaos in the box

Photography and in particular, Street Photography, is about finding order in chaos. There are so many variables, light, colour, timing, negative space and of course composition. I recently watched a video and the photographer spoke about making sense of the chaos. That is largely what we do as photographers. We make sense of a scene,…

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The Street…

It is an interesting thing to photograph on the streets of any city. I live in Vancouver BC and there are some places that I love shooting.   The beauty about a city is that it changes. Each day is different. This is certainly true in Vancouver. Street photography can feel strange though. Very often,…

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