Travelling won’t make you a better photographer Just because you travel to a new country/city doesn’t mean you’ll walk away with awesome innovative photos! I believe that’s the perception for a lot of people (especially beginners) or giving yourself an excuse…”oh where I live isn’t interesting as New York or India, so I’ll just waitContinue reading “5 street photography myths we need to stop believing”
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Interview with London Street Photographer Sam Rodgers
Aloha Everyone, I am excited to share with you all my first street photography guest blog interviewee, Sam Rodgers! I met Sam at this past year’s StreetFoto San Francisco through mutual photography friends and got a chance to roam the streets and shoot together. Sam was a finalist at StreetFoto, I am amazed at hisContinue reading “Interview with London Street Photographer Sam Rodgers”
10 Female Street Photographers To Follow
Here are some female street photographers you should look to for inspiration. 1. Vivian Maier 2. Suzanne Stein 3. Lauren Welles 4. Jutharat Poupay 5. Graciela Magnoni 6. Valerie Jardin 7. Jill Freedman 8. Genevieve Hafner 9. Michelle Rick 10. Kathleen Bridget Austin
Tim Huynh Contact Sheet Volume II: Red
Aloha Everyone, One of my favorite photo’s from my own collection is RED. This series of photographs were taken in Tenderloin last year (2016) during Jack Simon‘s workshop in San Francisco. Tenderloin is not a particular area you would typically roam around for street photos but surprisingly there was a block party so we went aheadContinue reading “Tim Huynh Contact Sheet Volume II: Red”
How to Handle Criticism on your Street photography
Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots – Frank Clark Criticism is negative feedback and I’ve had a very small handful of them on my photography through peers and folks on social media. I’m human, sometimes it gets to me but I try my best notContinue reading “How to Handle Criticism on your Street photography”
Tim Huynh Contact Sheet Volume 1: Legs!
Aloha Everyone, I wanted to create a contact sheet to share with you folks on how I capture and process my images. This one titled “Legs” is one of three photos that will be published in this year’s World Street Photography 4 book (you can purchase book here). I saw this giant advertising board atContinue reading “Tim Huynh Contact Sheet Volume 1: Legs!”
Color vs Black and White Photography
When I first started shooting street photography I thought my images needed to be in black and white. I discovered street photography through Vivian Maier which a lot of her iconic images are in black and white and whenever I would google search the term “street photography” most of the time black and whiteContinue reading “Color vs Black and White Photography”
What I learned from the Jesse Marlow & Aaron Berger Leica Workshop
This past week I fortunate to spend 3 days in LA for the Jesse Marlow & Aaron Berger Leica workshop. Two very different styles and approaches to street photography, Jesse’s work in color, shapes, visualization, and leading lines, while Aaron’s work with “people happening”, character driven, action in the streets approach was great to watchContinue reading “What I learned from the Jesse Marlow & Aaron Berger Leica Workshop”
What I learned from Bruce Gilden
Met Bruce Gilden at this past year’s Streetfoto. Had the opportunity to hear him critique photos and give a lecture on his projects and experience of nearly 5 decades in photography. I also enjoyed hearing him chew out my photo from the Streetfoto Cagematch. Bruce has thatContinue reading “What I learned from Bruce Gilden”
10 Reasons Why I love Shooting Street Photography
1. Street Photography is a Challenge Street photography is always a challenge. It requires skills such as timing, reaction, awareness, being able to anticipate, visualizing a scene, being brave, being sly, a little luck, and so many more to make a photo. I always make the analogy that street photography is like fishing…some days you’llContinue reading “10 Reasons Why I love Shooting Street Photography”
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