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Is the new wave a river?
I’ve been thinking about this for a while now and I’ve tried writing about it properly but I really struggle with writing. I tend to knock out ideas fairly easily on flickr threads, but they’re easy as they’re like chatting. … Continue reading
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Paying for it
I had one of those weeks this week, when I just had loads of drive and energy. I’ve been using a couple of street photography crit groups on Flickr recently, called Grit & Grain and a recent breakaway group Street … Continue reading
Valentines
Spotted a fluorescent light display on the King’s Road. In the window of a Calvin Klein underwear shop. I took about 400 photos over six sessions and the final session was the best (yesterday – Valentines Day!) I have about … Continue reading
Fever of flu fluorescents
Yeah, I was spelling it wrong for a long time. Florescent, flourescent. I stand corrected. So I’m currently concentrating on about four projects and one of them is looking at fluorescent displays. It actually started in February last year at … Continue reading
Ask Bruce Gilden the collective noun for Street Photographers
Bruce Gilden, the infamous Magnum street photographer from New York was shooting at the South Exit of Oxford Street tube station last week. So I suddenly came face-to-face with him on Monday as I turned out of the exit. Not … Continue reading
Nick Turpin street photography workshop – review
There was a discussion on HCSP a few weeks ago about the merits of street photography workshops. Is there any point in doing them? Are they worth the money? Marja one of the curators of the HCSP pool, wrote: “Even … Continue reading
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Tagged "street photography", learn, Nick Turpin, School of Life, workshop
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#riotcleanup
Feeling tired. Spent a lot of the day discussing the riots with colleagues and friends. It really triggers ‘fight or flight’ feelings and thoughts. Police advised shops and businesses to shut down after 2pm today. About 4pm I was on a … Continue reading
They were bored
With regards to my Royal Wedding photos, I don’t think other people have been quite as excited about them as I was. Surprise surprise. My sister admitted that she got bored about half way through and assumed that the set was … Continue reading
Instruction #32 Gallery
On Flickr.com you can create selections of other people’s work in groups of up to 18 photos. They’re labelled galleries (as opposed to sets and collections which you can use to organise and showcase your own work). Since I’ve enjoyed … Continue reading
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Tagged "Street Photography Now Project", gallery, new photographers, review, SPNP
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Gil Scott-Heron died
I only found out about him recently, but for nearly ten years I’d been playing his song/poem on the Blackalicious ‘Blazing Arrows’ album. And there was another spoken song on some random compilation. Each had exactly the same mesmerising effect. … Continue reading
