In a time where disruption seems to be the order of the day in life, a city becomes chaotic. Recently, my antidote for chaos has been to find places where I can go slow, down my city living tools, and use my camera to capture more elegant and leisurely ideas. Landscapes loom up in my mind, […]
How Not to Take yet another Photo of That Berlin T.V. TowerWhen people get lost in a city, they tend to gravitate towards the nearest phallic symbol.
“Paris is always Paris and Berlin is never Berlin!” — Jack Lang There’s a Radio /T.V. tower in Berlin at Alexander Platz. It has been photographed about one billion times. People can’t resist its towering might and priapic pull. There are so many photos of it that the internet groans under the pixellated-weight of the […]
AI Images versus the Human Brain of the Artists
To feel for Art, is to Sense the Yearning and Mystery of the Human Heart. Recently, I’ve noticed lots of articles and images popping up on social media, here and there, showing examples of “art” created by AI technology. MidJourney, DALLE.E, are two machine names that lead you to a website where you can type […]
The Flaneur and The Twilight Photographer — Street Photography
Summer is prime time for photo shoots on the street — depending on what your intentions are. Yesterday evening drew in quickly, I was busy reading a good book, one eye ogling the changing light outside my kitchen window. A keen photographer will always have an excuse to get out and take photos. I wanted to catch […]
Simple Light and Colour Composition Tips to get the Best Photography Shots of your life
Photography is the experience of making love to the moment, savouring it, caressing it with the lens, a moment of pleasant awareness. Every photography admits that they have messed up a photo opportunity by fumbling, over reacting, and maybe attempting to manipulate the moment, when they should have been interacting with the moment. The more […]
Street Photography : Feelings of Fear and Risk when You Take Shots of Strangers on the Street
It’s not how a photographer looks at the world that is important. It’s their intimate relations with it. — Antoine D’Agata As a street photographer I think about “why?”, very often. It’s in our nature, we always want more. So, when I ask why do I take photos on the street, I already know the […]
Secrets Hidden away on the Outskirts of Berlin — Friedrichshagen
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. People go swimming in the Müggelsee lakes, they come down from the centre of Berlin to spend a relaxing day on the grassy banks. I planned to take a few photos around the lake. That didn’t […]
Could Street Photography Work as a Business?
Street photography as a career isn’t the best option. Mainly because street photography is a very personal thing. Personal ideas are the stuff of good business. On the other hand, any type of photography as a career move, seems to be tough to get into to. There are various opinions about why photography is difficult […]