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Black and white photography of New York. I have been working as a professional fine art photographer in New York for the last 10 years. Before that, it was an avocation. I made the switch from the darkroom and from film about 5 years ago and am happy I did. As of this writing, I use the Canon 40D and a modified (by LifePixel.com) Canon 450 for all my infrared photography. Output is from the ... [More]

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Street Photography Techniques
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Photography] When you're getting started the challenge is overcoming the fear of taking pictures of strangers. Since telephoto lenses are not normally used in street photography, how can you stand a few feet from your subject, put the camera to your eye, focus, and click the shutter without getting nervous? A good street photographer is not only fearful in the beginning (this is a good sign of being sensitive) but they also don't want to do anything which will change the how the subject is behaving.

Defining Street Photography
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Photography] In this article, I try to define street photography and describe why it is difficult to define. Nevertheless I believe I give some insight into why it is attractive to photographers, and how it is very different from other forms of photography.

Finding Your Photographic Style
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Photography] Many photographers, especially when they're first starting out, are advised to find their own personal photographic style. And even after you've been shooting for many years, it's one of the things you wonder about. Do you have a personal photographic style? If you do - can you define it?

Print on Demand Publishers (For Photographers)
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Photography] In looking for a good Print on Demand publisher for my black and white photography book(s) I kept track and tested the leading POD Photography Book publishers. This article is slanted towards black and white photographs which are much more difficult to reproduce properly than color images. These are the results.