Recent content by benc98

I think pictures should be made to be shared and talked about - it's a visual language / method of communication after all, but that's different to pandering to the crowds. I also think not all photos need to be shared with others, a good photographer is able to edit their own work, in fact very...

I wonder if you could look at his instagram - he might share students work and give some other insight into his masterclass. Spending that much money on a street photography workshop, I'd want an outer body experience. imo spend the money getting yourselfs to the Lisbon street photography...

Without access to teams, cyclists and prime locations, getting something unique to sell might be hard. If it were me, I'd try to create a photo essay - along the theme of 'The World Champs' comes to town, portraits of youngsters with their bikes, cycle fever in the town, local businesses...

I wouldn't be too bothered about hiring out kit as long as the insurance is watertight but, if I had that list of equipment to rent out and there was lots of requests, I'd start to feel like an employee of the renting company..

Well, nothing ventured, nothing gained and all that :oops: :$

Yep - and for example if you saw the same same portrait of a protester at a palestinian march in the daily mail, morning star and at an exhibition at the NPG. The captions and accompanying pictures and text would be different, editorial direction would be different... Someone posted in one of...

Context is everything

The camera isn't really a neutral recording device when operated by a human. I don't know much about the orange marches, so will use the recent far-right marches as an example.. I've seen photographers share pictures from those marches that make the protesters look stoic, patriotic, friendly...

It's the opposite of what you're after, but how about having no fixed route / destination and walk in a direction based on intuition. Learn into the idea of the derive..

Just get on with it. If anyone talks to you just show them what you're doing, e.g. show them the pictures

also tired of influencers who dish out advice when really they've not accomplished anything or taken their own advice

This is a big and interesting topic. Ai does have an aesthetic imo - and perhaps it's grounded in the same reference materials that you use for your improvement / development.

I guess it depends on the genre/style that I'm shooting, and if I'm using film or digital. With a lot of street photography, I'm shoot first and ask questions later, where possible I try not to analyse or think too hard when photographing. The time for think is before and after - so I tend to...

I wouldn't buy from that link - go via Affinity's website https://www.affinity.studio/page-layout-software

It might be possible to use or import PSD files