Street Shots Photography Podcast

A Herzog Appreciation

(Midway Gamblers, Calgary, 2019 ©Ward Rosin)
 
I'm joined by Ward Rosin on this episode as we dive into Fred Herzog's "Modern Color" book. Not a review, per se, but more of an appreciation. Herzog is one of those "colorist" street photographers from the late 50s and 60s, photographing mainly in the city of Vancouver, Canada. Ward and I skim through some of the more thought provoking images in the book as well as discuss the controversy of a 2012 interview with Herzog. Also, stay tuned until the end where I make a much anticipated announcement.
 
Show Links:
The Estate of Fred Herzog
 
 
Saul Leiter
Ernst Haas
Walker Evans
Eugène Atget
Bart Busschots
Ward Rosin's Website, Instagram feed and Facebook page.
Ornis Photo Website 
 
 

Dispatches from Green-Wood 11

 
After a rather long enforced absence due to Covid 19 AND joblessness, I'm back with a rambling walk in my favorite outdoor podcasting location, Green-Wood. Also, I'm making an announcement about an announcement, if that makes any sense. 
 
 
 

Lens Hangover

 
For this first show of 2021, I have the pleasure of chatting with my buddy Ward Rosin again. This episode we're going on about my lens-buying binge during the past ten months and just lenses in general. Also, Ward tells us about his new lens "lemonade" stand. It's a bit of a long show and you'll prove your fandom if you listen to the whole thing. So grab your beverage of choice...
 
Show Links:
Ward Rosin's Website, Instagram feed and Facebook page.
Ornis Photo Website 
Click here to see Ward's pix using the 7Artisan's 35mm lens

"Computer, Enhance!" A Chat with Bryan Minear

(image courtesy of ©Bryan Minear)
 
This last episode of 2020 (and my 3rd of December!) I chat with my friend Bryan Minear about processing. I was inspired to talk with Bryan after he posted a video he made of himself processing images in Capture One. I wanted to discuss this question that popped into my head: Has processing given us a solution for a problem that wasn’t there? While we don't fully answer this, I believe this is a beginning of a longer discussion about processing our photographs using apps like Capture One and the new artificial intelligence features of apps like Photoshop and Luminar AI. Processing is integral for many photographers (Bryan and myself included) whose visual voice is completed when they take their images into the digital darkroom, but is it possible to lose control over our creativity?
 
Show Links:
Bryan Minear: Website & Twitter
Bryan's Video
Luminar AI
Photoshop AI features
 
 
 

Dispatches from Green-Wood 10

Another jaunt to Green-Wood because it's one of the places I can gather my thoughts. This time I'm talking a little bit about my new lens and a lot bit about what it takes to judge a photo competition. Also, my thoughts (and a suggestion) about self critique.
 
Show links:
Sean Tucker's video "How to get Good Feedback on your Photography (Reviews, Mentors and Travel Companions)"
See more photos here:
http://streetshots.photography/2020/12/14/street-shots-podcast-ep-128-dispatched-from-green-wood-10-judge/
 

Dispatches from Green-Wood 9

Yet another Dispatch from Green-Wood. What's new? During this walk I post a small challenge to myself and the rest of you. Also chat a little about my foray into bird photography. You can view more images here: http://streetshots.photography/2020/12/01/street-shots-podcast-ep-127-dispatches-from-green-wood-no-9-whats-new/
 
Some of the hawks I photographed:
 
Basquiat's grave marker:

Dispatches from Green-Wood 8

Another walk and talk through Green-Wood Cemetery today. This time I'm talking mostly about my addiction to buying lenses during the pandemic and I dive into a couple old stories. It's what I do. :-) Look for the photos I mention in the show here: 
 

Dispatches from Green-Wood, No. 7

 
Well, I think I've done enough shows from Green-Wood Cemetery to now officially name these segments "Dispatches from Green-Wood." This is dispatch number seven (who knows if I've done six previous ones). So, these are my thoughts about pinhole lenses and how I try to keep my foot in the photography world every day. 
Show Links:
Brooks Jenson Lenswork
 
Images shot with Thingyfy Pinhole Lenses
 
 
 
 

Chat with Dan Bailey

 
This episode I had the great honor of speaking with adventure photographer Dan Bailey. Lately I've been binging his YouTube videos and after I saw enough I realized I needed to talk to this guy. His photography is incredibly compelling and his desire to share his knowledge (through workshops, books and his videos) and inspiring outlook on life is equally so. I had a great time talking to Dan and expect him back on the show sometime in the near future. 
 
Links:
 
Dan Bailey Photography
Dan's You Tube
X Series Unlimited eBook
 
 
Dan's photos:
 
 
 
 
 
 

For The Trees

Things have quieted down a little allowing me some mental space to record a new episode. This show I'm talking about how our relationship with equipment, lenses, apps are quite symbiotic when it comes to sharing our vision with the world. Does the equipment drive us to see the world differently or does it make what we see clearer? Good question, I think. 

Kids and Chairs

Been a while since the last show and I'm taking a walk around Green-Wood again to explain what's going on. Also, a bit of a special treat as some great fourth graders were tasked with writing (very) short stories about a couple of my images, included below. A wonderful treat to have one's images the subject of budding imaginations. So wonderful.
 

Book Day

 
I've got my buddy Ward Rosin on the show again. We're catching up on what we're doing during lockdown, including going through our back catalog of images and books we're recommending. 
 
This episode's links:
Masters of Street Photography
The Phone Book
Long Story Short
Full Moon
Mexico: Between Life and Death
Ward Rosin's Website, Instagram feed and Facebook page.

Droning On

Me again, droning on about what I'm doing.
Check out my YouTube Channel here.
 

Cooped Up

Like you, I'm cooped up at home with not much to do. Been working at my remote job and that's been keeping me busy. Busy enough to delay publishing this episode. Well, here it is. I hope I can keep you company for a short while.
 
Sample Gigapixel AI image:
original
original on left, upsampled on right
 
original on left, upsampled on right
 
Upsampled final (downsampled for post)
 
Links:
Topax Gigipixel
 

The New Yorker

Paying a small tribute to my late friend and photographer, Robert Herman. I recorded this as a YouTube video as well.
If you’re thinking of suicide or know someone who is, please call The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255
Links:
Robert's sites: https://robertherman.com/
https://robertherman.com/instagram
Remembering Robert Herman:http://lenscratch.com/2020/03/remembering-robert-herman/
"The New Yorkers" (currently unavailable)
"The Phone Book"
Zack Arias's Channel:
Intro and outro music produced by:https://phyllisaudio.com/

Dispatches from Green-Wood

 
Well, we've officially entered the Twilight Zone. Because of this, I needed to clear my head a little so I decided to do the show during one of my photo strolls through Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. I'm going to be working on my own YouTube channel and in this episode I share what I have planned. Also, just some of my personal thoughts about the current world situation.
 
Links:
ShutterTime Podcast

Shiny Stuff and Lartigue

 
Another busy freelance week means I'm rebroadcasting a show from last April, with me and Ward Rosin doing a deep dive on Jacques-Henri Lartigue. Also, a quick update on some future plans and shiny objects that are distracting me. 
 
Bryan Minear's X-T4 Preview
 
Here are the notes from Episode 96 regarding Lartigue:
 
In this episode, I'm joined by my buddy Ward Rosin and we do a deep dive into the photographer Jacques-Henri Lartigue. 
Ward and I touch on many aspects of Lartigue's work including his love of speed and his use of one of the first color photography processes called "Autochrome." We make some interesting discoveries during our chat and I'm sure you will too as you listen to us both talk about a photographer we've admired for a long time.
This is the first of what will be a regular feature on Street Shots. The idea of talking about interesting and exceptional photographers with a buddy has been something I've wanted to do on the show for a while now. Any feedback is appreciated. 
Show Links:
Ward Rosin's Website, Instagram feed and Facebook page.
Ted Forbes “TheArt of Photography” - "The Color Photography of Jacques-Henri Lartigue"
Ted Forbes “TheArt of Photography” - "Lartigue"
Autochrome Process
Explanation of the distortion in the racing image.
Guardian article on Lartigue
Boyhood photos of J.H. Lartigue
Book - Lartigue: Life in Color

What the Camera Saw

This episode started as a riff on the title but evolves (or devolves) into just a chat about photography. Does the camera see more than we do when we are shooting? The camera: does it work for us or do we work for it? My buddy Ward joins me in hashing out some of these questions.
 
Here are some shots of our bookshelves:
 
 
 
A couple of Ward's shots of steam trains:
 
 
Ward Rosin's Website, Instagram feed and Facebook page.
TED Talk - Finding a Visual Identity in the Digital Age | Ralph Gibson
Ibarionex's The Candid Frame #500 - Joel Meyerowitz
Street Shots Patreon Page
 

By The Numbers

Numbers, numbers, numbers. Did you ever notice how many numbers were involved in this thing we call “photography?” Well, I just did. Well, no, not really but an experience with some students got me thinking about all the numbers we have to deal with just to create an image. Also, I eulogize a recent “passing.

Continuum

Sorry for the rerun. Was told I uploaded wrong audio for this episode. I deleted the previous post and am sending a new one. Apologies for the mixup. This is the correct episode.
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After having been to a recent family event where a slide show was presented, I ponder some of the meaning of these shows and how will we be making these in the future. How will future generations be able to create these shows for family events if there is no shoebox full of old prints and slides to scan? Also, I bitch a little about Epson printers and praise Blurb bookmakers. 

Insomnia

In this last episode of the year (and the decade), Mark Reierson and I discuss the idea of "photographic insomnia." Yeah, don't ask me to explain it. Just listen to Mark and I work out this idea, describe what we think it is and how we can work through it.
Links:
The Unusual Collective Home Page
Mark Reierson's Website and Instagram feed
Patreon Page
Shuttertime Podcast
Adventures in Creativity Podcast
We the Creators Podcast

Why Again?

Slept late and didn't have a topic other than what I did these past couple of weeks in photography and a rerun of episode #70 from March 2018, called "The Why." Here's the description of that show: 
In this 70th episode, Antonio ponders the "why" in photography. Why do we care about taking pictures? Why do we want to share our photos in social media? Why do we care? Why, why, why? We all would like to know the "why" when we take pictures and why we want to show them and why we keep them. and why we photograph what we photograph. This is more a stream of consciousness than any really defined subject of photography.  Join Antonio on this wondering journey, as he begins this discussion which is sure to continue well past the end of this show. 
 
Show Links:
Why do we take pictures? – Sushicam
Overexposed? Camera Phones Could Be Washing Out Our Memories : NPR
“Mirrors With Memories”: Why Did Victorians Take Pictures of Dead People? | Mental Floss
This Photographer Deleted His Social Media with 1.5 Million Followers
The Unusual Collective Home Page
Patreon Page
Shuttertime Podcast
Adventures in Creativity Podcast
We the Creators Podcast
 
 
 

Creative Oasis Redux

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday and my usual hectic schedule, I'm repeating episode 86 from last year's end-of-November show called "Creative Oasis." I'll work on having some fresh content for mid-December but until then, if you haven't already heard this episode, I hope you'll enjoy it. It was a great discussion about creativity and what we can do to spark it in ourselves. Here are the notes from that show: 
When the world around us is too overwhelming, where do we go to find respite? A "creative oasis" perhaps? The definition of an oasis is "something that provides refuge, relief, or pleasant contrast." How can we find these oases? Join me and my buddy Mark Reierson in an intimate discussion of exploration as we try to figure out together where these oases exist and what we can do when we find them. This show comes from an idea I had after being on the ShutterTime podcast with Mac and we explored a subject together while recording the show. It's a slightly new format which I'd like to try again. I hope you find the chat with Mark as fascinating as I did. 
Links:
The Unusual Collective Home Page
Mark Reierson's Website and Instagram feed
Patreon Page
Shuttertime Podcast
Adventures in Creativity Podcast
We the Creators Podcast

You Press the Button

This episode, I’ve been inspired by my buddy Bart Busschots podcast where he talks about computational photography and whether or not it actually is photography. My experiences with new iPhone 11 got me thinking about this as well and I thought I’d share my feelings about this subject. 
Photos taken with Focos App:
 
 
 
Links:
Let’s Talk Photography
Patreon Page
Shuttertime Podcast
Adventures in Creativity Podcast
We the Creators Podcast
The Unusual Collective