This week is a new Q&A and Photo Challenge episode. My guest co-host, Mel Rolleri and I answer listener questions, give the names of the winners of the last challenge and announce a new one!
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This week on Hit The Streets my good friend Karen Hutton is back and together we answer listener questions about rituals to get in the zone, why our obsession with photography, socks and more!
Sponsor
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My YouTube video of the WHCC labs
Guest Co-host
Karen Hutton is a professional light bender and storyteller. That’s shorthand for her style of fine art landscape photography, and the fact that she’s also a voiceover artist, online show host, writer, speaker and teacher. She has over 2 million followers on social media; with over 9 billion views of her photographic work. Karen, her photography and voice has been featured at Google and on Stuck in Customs, TWiP, Macphun Software, Forbes.com, The Grid with Scott Kelby, Rick Sammon’s DPE Podcast. She lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. You can find her at Karenhutton.com.
Q&A
Karen and Valerie answer the following questions sent by listeners:
Moshe Friedline: "Do you have any rituals that help you get in the zone when you start a street session? ...And more importantly, what are your favorite kind of socks for a long day on the streets?"
Mike Branch: "Hi Valerie: I know photography is a major passion in your life , but what do you think it is about photography that makes it such a magnificent obsession?"
Links
Dave Therrien for 'Boston at noon'
Both winners will receive one of Valerie's ebooks or one from our friends at www.rockynook.com
Next Photo Challenge: Street Dogs
Enter your best street dog pic in the comments below by September 14. One photo per person. Good luck!
Guest's book pick
Samples of street dogs from Valerie's collection
Hit The Streets 45: 27 Minutes with Valerie
In this episode Valerie talks about the Hit The Streets World Wide Photowalks and her upcoming books before answering a few listener questions.
Read MoreHit The Streets 42: Q&A and Photo Challenge
This week is a new Q&A and Photo challenge episode and I invited French Architectural photographer Michael Muraz.
Read MoreHit The Streets 41: Live From Out Of Chicago 2017
This week is a live recording of a panel discussion on street photography during the Out Of Chicago photo conference. The panel was composed of Marie Laigneau, James Maher, Steve Simon and Valerie Jardin.
Read MoreHit The Streets 36: Q&A and Photo Challenge
This week on Hit The Streets my guest co-host is Ryan Katsanes. Together we answer questions about our photographic influences, camera gadgets and how to get your street photography to the next level.
Read MoreHit The Streets 33: 33 Minutes with Valerie
This week I answer questions that you sent me via the FB group. It's a monologue and it happened to be 33 minutes long by chance on the 33rd episode!
The questions I answer are the following:
Andy Shields: "We all miss shots from time to time but I'm curious if there has been one that stuck with you? 'The one that got away', so to speak."
Till l'Espiègle - Nicolas: "Comment décidez-vous si vous utilisez votre X100 ou votre XPro 2 ? (voire votre X70 !) Chacun correspond-il à un type de photo particulier ? N'êtes-vous pas frustrée par votre X100 alors que vous avez le XPro 2 à disposition ? D'ailleurs, faites-vous aussi de la street photography avec ce XPro 2 ?"
Jens Krauer: "After years of street shooting, thousands of images and miles, how has your self expectation changed? How has your process of managing your expectations ahead of the travel changed over the years? Did you find your Zen state when it comes to producing results and self indicated pressure? And how do you deal with not matching your own expectations and pulling yourself up in case it does impacts you? And maybe to round this up: do you set yourself any goals before embarking into a week of shooting in any city, do you have shots that you absolutely want to get?"
Steve Cole: "It is quite evident you love what you do ... but do you ever take a break (couple days or perhaps a week) to "refresh the photographic side of your brain" by not having a camera and just walk about to absorb your surroundings without the intent to make photos?"
Link to the blog post about starting drawing lessons: Going Beyond The Stickman
Hit The Streets 31: Q&A and Photo Challenge
This week is a new Q&A and Photo challenge episode, Cannadian photographer Elizabeth Gray is my guest co-host.
Sponsor
This episode of Hit The Streets is brought to you by WHCC. I've trusted WHCC with all my printing needs for over 15 years and I couldn't be happier with their awesome service. Take a quick look at the video below of my visit at their lab when my exhibit stand outs were being produced.
See the WHCC quality for yourself and receive free prints when you open an account by clicking on the banner pic below.
Guest Bio
Elizabeth Gray Elizabeth Gray is a photographer located in Vancouver, British Columbia. While transferred to the southern United States for five years, she decided to combine her passion for teaching and love of photography. Elizabeth now teaches a variety of photography classes and workshops. Her photography covers a broad range of subjects including landscape, nature, architectural and urban images. Elizabeth is currently focusing on street photography and capturing unique perspectives on everyday life. You can see more of Elizabeth’s images and find out about her classes on her website, or follow her latest work on Instagram.
Website link: http://photographybyelizabethgray.com
IG link: https://www.instagram.com/photosbyelizabethgray/
Q&A
Together we answer questions about whether or not people need to be included in the frame to qualify as street photography, how to handle a confrontational subject on the streets and how to know if you are ready to make money with your photography. The questions were sent by Pierre Pichot, Marvin Girbig and Mark Everett Sanders.
Winners of the 'Eye Contact' photo challenge:
Both winners will receive a camera strap from our friends at SailorStrap and I thank them for their support of the show!
Next Photo Challenge:
The next street challenge is The IDEA OF PEOPLE/IMPLIED PEOPLE on the streets without people present in the shot. Listen to the episode to get some tips and enter your best shot in the comments below by May 18.
Guest Book Pick:
Hit The Streets 20: Q&A and Photo Challenge
This week is a new Q&A and Photo challenge episode and I invited the founder of CosySpeed and the acclaimed Camslinger camera bag Thomas Ludwig to co-host with me. We talk about the quest to design the perfect camera bag, the new Fujifilm X100F and more!
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