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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
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Tagged "street photography", experimental, fashion, flash, fluorescent lights, night, shop window displays, slow shutter
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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
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Tagged "street photography", Bruce Gilden, collective noun, Oxford Street, Zdenek Lesovsky
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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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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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Spectator Sport – The Royal Wedding
I thought that April 29 would have been the big day but as it turns out the snap and crackle do come before the pop. Thursday 28 was actually my best day’s shooting. The scene outside Buckingham Palace on Wednesday … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, PG Tips monkeys, Royal Wedding, spectators, TV presenter
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The photographs in my head
Today has been a very Eckhart Tolle sort of day. Everything just seems to be in the right place. I feel like I took some kind of chill pill. I had this lovely bus ride which I wanted to last … Continue reading
Breaking through the barrier
I guess it’s a bit like breaking through the sound barrier. You look around and the world out of the window actually looks pretty much the same as before. But your toes do tingle and you actually feel quite good … Continue reading
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Tagged "Hardcore Street Photography", "street photography", Color Street, curated, curation, HCSP, Oxford Street, selected, selection, success
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Road Kill
I would love to take a great picture. A thrilling picture, or something deeply moving or conveying mystic or intrigue, or poised in a euphoric moment. In street photography it’s always just around the corner. It’s a moment away, it’s … Continue reading
