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A telephoto street shot along a seafront promenade at golden hour. Compressed perspective, shallow depth of field. Five figures in the sharp foreground plane, a soft crowd behind them, and a background of palm trunks, traffic lights and lit shopfronts …
Most of the arguments against fisheye lenses come from people shooting outdoors, where a bent horizon is an obvious mistake. Take one inside …
Two runners, a dog on a leash, a row of bike hoops, a road full of headlights. Shot handheld from behind and slightly above, on a public …
An ultra-wide lens does not create clutter. It just refuses to leave any out. Point a 15mm at a busy exhibition aisle and you get the …
Most street photography advice assumes you’re standing close with a 35mm, waiting for someone to walk into a doorway of light. That’s one …
A couple walking down a cobbled city street after dark, sharp from the cap on his head to the stitching on her coat, with a crowd of thirty …
Four dancers in saturated blue and red robes on a lit wooden stage, with everything below the stage edge falling away into an almost black …
Lyon, 15 July 2018, early evening, a few hours after France won the World Cup final. The frame was taken from inside a carriage rolling into …
A white service robot in a moulded gown stands on a red carpet at a hilltop terrace, holding a lit screen out at chest height. A ring light …
Behind every seamless documentary transition and every establishing shot that opens a news package, there is a crew standing on a balcony in …
