Sometimes I try to be a little “artsy”, just stepping out of my usual confines of trying to document life. I want to be able to just throw myself into a full creative mode, without any other thinking than what’s inside the frame. However, I have learned – about myself – that if there isn’t some direction in what I’m…
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Working Creatively with the Three Exposure Controls: ISO
Shot with ISO 3200 I will start this part a little different from the two previous parts, with a disclaimer and a little history. The disclaimer is in regards to the technical aspect of ISO, which I won’t delve into, since this is a basic introduction to ISO, and how to use it creatively as part of your photography, not…
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Working Creatively with the Three Exposure Controls: Aperture
The aperture is found in the lens, and helps control two aspects, a) how much light enters through the lens to the sensor (or the film for analog cameras), as well as the depht of the area in focus. The aperture is the actual hole, which size is controlled by the aperture blades. The size of the aperture is defined…
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Working Creatively with the Three Exposure Controls: Shutter Speed
The shutter speed control regulates how fast the shutter curtain will open and close. For most lower end cameras the shutter speed can be regulated in full stops of light from 1/4000 of a second to 15 seconds or even 30 seconds. However, higher end cameras have as fast as 1/8000 of a second, and mirrorless typically can go as…
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Working Creatively with the Three Exposure Controls – Introduction
I have been asked about how to get better at taking photos, or rather, how to handle the camera better. I love that question, because it allows people to improve the way they are thinking with their camera, instead of just taking snapshots of random moments. I always try to explain to people how to use the three exposure controls…
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Mirrorless or DSLR?
So, I switched from Canon to Fujifilm, now using Fujifilm’s X-T3 for my photography. This is a decision which can call for strong reactions, both positive and negative, depending on which brand-fanboy sees it. And it is a big decision, which has a lot of consequences. After all, while people are often trying to make analogies to cars, when explaining…
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This is the return….
So this blog has been left quiet, almost dead, for a long time. The last post I published was posted one and half a year ago. Not that I’ve been inactive for all this time, but I tried to start some other projects, and “Fotofying” didn’t exactly become what I wanted it to be, nor what I wanted to change…
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Street Portraits of Working People: The Tailor
A Jewish tailor working his sewing machine. I want to have more meaning in my photos. As I wrote recently, I want to think about what I want to do with my photography. And I had a thought, which was partly inspired by my portrait of Avraham Shein, a series I want to call “Portraits of the Streets”, which will…
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Street Portraits: Avraham Shein
Street portraits. That’s not something I often do. As a matter of fact, this is is the first time I have done it. It probably won’t be the last time, but I feel it takes some more effort than the normal “catching moments on the street”, for example including a story, or at least a name. I feel that if…
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Why Street Photography?
So, recently I’ve begun to question myself a little. I’m feeling stagnating, the shots are too similar, there is no clear agenda or goal to what I’m shooting. So I’ve been asking myself, why street photography? Or, that is not totally correct, the question have more been “what?” What do I want with my street photography. Do I want do…
