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 […]
Art Photography – Two Men and a Dog by the River
A good photo should have qualities of art in it. What do I mean? If you take photos and want others to enjoy your work, your own unique way of looking should be somewhere in the photo. That’s what I mean. It’s been a while since I thought seriously about colour photography. Today, I took […]
How to Photograph What Touches Your Heart
Photography is an exciting activity. Mostly for the person behind the camera, but we hope it will turn out to be an enjoyable and thoughtful moment for the person who looks at the photos. I live in the city. But I often have the urge to take landscape photos, so I travel to the nearby […]
Black & White Woodland Photography in Berlin’s Forests
Seven Black & White Photos of a Forest landscape in Berlin. Landscape photography is challenging – especially if you’ve spent a lot of time in a city environment, and been working on your street photography more often than looking at trees, and fields, and lakes. I live in Berlin. It’s a great city, the architecture […]
Canon Rebel 750 D – a Handy Camera that Helps a Street Photographer get into their Game
Street Photography is an easy access way for a beginner photographer to immediately start practising good photography. Looking for the best cheap camera for street photography? The street offers an ever changing range of ideas that keeps you on your feet. You need to focus and think quickly to finish a street photography session with […]
The Art of the Photographic Self Portrait
Some of the most iconic self-portraits is the work of painters who celebrated, in one way of another, their own individualism. The self portrait is a difficult work to get right. Who can really say how they look at any particular time in life? We take it for granted that we have the right to […]
Write for the Masses- but be Specific About It
Iris Murdoch said that good art, whatever its style, has the qualities of hardness, firmness, detachment, realism, clarity, justice, and truth. She also went on to mention that the above can only be the product of a mind that is free, unfettered, with an uncorrupted imagination. In all, that’s one statement. Often, when we look at […]