Steam vents, suited businesspeople, the neon glow of the night, umbrellas on windy days, stray glances through bus windows, beachgoers in a boardwalk scene, or silhouetted figures dancing in the sunlight: as photographers, we want to capture things that give life and vivacity to the subjects of the streets.
We capture their spirit and do it in a visually interesting way.
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As far as my group of photographer friends is concerned, I am an oddity. Our studio operates 9-5, Monday through Friday, with no holidays and very little emotion involved. petapixel.com »
2022-10-05 21:36
We live in a time when our technology and camera gear usually work extremely well and reliably… Until it doesn’t. Randomly. And at the worst time. When that happens, you’re left feeling unprepared and stressed which is something that none of us enjoy. petapixel.com »
2021-04-13 21:17
Dina Belenko, a food photographer and 500px Ambassador, gives her behind-the-scenes tips for crafting the perfect narrative for your next shoot. The post 9 things every food photographer should know appeared first on 500px Blog. iso.500px.com »
2019-08-25 16:30
In one of her most famous quotes, the photographer Dorothea Lange said that "the camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera." [Read More]
I normally dismiss ultra-fast aperture lenses because they tend to be overly large, overly expensive, and overly excessive. I rarely want to have the shallowest depth of field possible, and an f/1.
When photographer Jordan Gale moved to Portland a few years back, Oregon had just passed Measure 110 -- the first-ever U.S. drug decriminalization law -- and he wanted to explore the topic with his camera. [Read More]
Late photographer Elliott Erwitt was perhaps best known for his humorous images of dogs taken on the streets of New York City but his body of work is an important documentation of the Big Apple. [Read More]
Wandering the empty streets of New York during the dark days of the COVID-19 pandemic, photographer Phil Penman captured the city at one of its lowest ebbs. [Read More]
An anonymous street photographer spent six months visiting hundreds of different areas in Los Angeles documenting raw and poignant images. [Read More]
The Leica M11 series now consists of three cameras. We have the original M11 which I very much enjoyed using on the streets of New York. Then, the M11 Monochrom was released and became an instant classic.