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Peek Inside The Mind Of Master Street Photographer John Free: Subjects Are Everywhere

Aug 9, 2015 by Udi Tirosh 2 Comments
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Street photography has a special trait to it -You stage nothing. So how come when staging nothing good photos are taken?

This 14 minutes clip follows master street photographer (or social documenter) John Free. It almost seems as John creates good subjects out of nowhere. Aside his very keen eye, John is just loaded with confidence and conviction in his ability to create a good photo from any scene.

John takes away any excuses for not taking a photo. Instead of sneaking into his subjects, John, combines high loads of confidence which he hides as being a little nutty and one of warmest people around.

In John’s words, he is “everybody’s friend’s” or a “professional stranger”, and one of his biggest strength is the way he carries himself around, and giving a big emphasis on being a non-threat.

P.S. John does it all on film, so he takes that excuse too…

[John Free Goes Shooting “What a Joy of Life” Street Photography Tips via reddit]

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What’s Your Stand On Photography Schools? John Free Offers Some Hard To Digest Advice

Jan 30, 2014 by Udi Tirosh 9 Comments
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Have you ever went to photography school? Are you considering one? Photographer John Free shares his stand on photography school in this in-your-face video.

John shares that the schools that we went to had pompous instructors with no real body of work other than the time they spent in the photography school system. He also accuses them of having no interest other than to suck money of students. John also shares the one thing that he loved about his photo school. Lastly, John suggests some hard truth: that in the end, getting good at photography is all about hard work and practice, no matter how big your certificate is.

What’s your stand on photography schools?[Read More…]

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