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One of the most fascinating parts of my job is meeting people from all over the world. And with this, I get to see firsthand the perceptions that people have of New York. The trends, the thoughts, the questions. For instance, New York was remarkably safe during the 2010s, which somehow lead to a trend of photographers asking me if it was safe to photograph Harlem. ‘Yes, but I’m not sure the people living there would like hordes of tourists traveling there to photograph them as they’re being priced out of the neighborhood.’ I started to think about these questions more deeply when De Blasio b ..read more

All photographs from It Was All a Dream. Lately, I’ve been thinking about the ebbs and flows of inspiration during this pandemic, especially working with a variety of photographers and seeing the patterns of motivation. It’s been fascinating to watch. At the time, it’s summer here, many are traveling, making up for lost time, some are still fairly locked down, and everyone’s going a little bonkers. And I’ve heard a lot of people mention that they haven’t felt inspired to photograph. That’s what inspired this post. You might be feeling like you’re running around with your hair on fire and it ..read more

What is Street Photography? This article is going to explore the broad genre of Street Photography, show you the different sides of it, and then talk about how to do it. I’m also going to show you a variety of images to show this broadness. Examples of traditional black and white street photography.   It’s a sensibility Street photography at its essence means candid photography of humanity. A street photograph is a real moment. The genre is both about the photographer and their subject. Street Photographers filter the world to share what interests them and what they are fe ..read more

What is Street Photography? This article is going to explore the broad genre of Street Photography, show you the different sides of it, and then talk about how to do it. I’m also going to show you a variety of images to show the broadness of the genre. Examples of traditional black and white street photography.   It’s a sensibility Street photography at its essence means candid photography of humanity. A street photograph is a real moment. The genre is both about the photographer and their subject. Street Photographers filter the world to share what interests them and what ..read more

Portrait photography is both a difficult and complex genre, whether you are working with businesses, creative portraits, or families. You need to consider a range of technical issues, including location, lighting, time with subject, composition, and even color temperature.    Often you’ll be moving around and changing the lighting on the fly. There is lot of coordination and details to figure out and get right, both through planning and in the moment.   To further complicate things, you need to keep your subject comfortable throughout the entire session, while all the othe ..read more

Why Gesture and Emotion Are So Important in Street Photography I find a fascinating aspect of street photography is that it can be so difficult to figure out the reasons why one photograph may work while another doesn’t.   A successful photograph can be sharp or blurry, it can have soft and even light or harsh and contrasty light, it can be a busy scene with layers of objects and people or it can be a simple and quiet photograph. Then things get even more complicated when you think about mood, ideas, and feelings that you want to portray.     Despite all this uncertainty, there ..read more

How to Do Event Photography – Tips for Business, Conference, and Family Events Event Photography is a lesson in extremes – you might be capturing one day a gala with gorgeous lighting, beautiful clothing, and lots of energy. Then the next day you could photograph a 10-hour industry event in a dimly lit conference room, waiting patiently for someone to make a joke to get that rare smiling photograph. Despite the environment, you have to come back with good photographs. You need to be prepared for terrible lighting, awkward people, and long, sleepy speeches.   Here are some tips that I have ..read more

The Local by Nick Meyer How to Approach a Good Photobook The photobook is an artform inside the artform of photography. It transforms the individual photograph and can give it more power to tell a story, create an emotion, or push along a narrative. Whether creating a project or reading a photobook, you can see that a whole new set of parameters exist. How do you most effectively tell a story? What’s the right amount of photographs to use? Do you show a broad array of photography (portraits, closeups, wide environmental shots for instance), or do you keep the type of photography ..read more