Posted on February 26, 2009 by Rufus Mangrove
For many digital photographers, maintaining and editing their images is an important task. Unlike yesteryear where in a best case situation we kept negatives or color slides in boxes, most everyone in the digital age has some sort of program to organize and edit their work. For the purposes of this post, I’m going to [...]
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Posted on February 6, 2009 by Rufus Mangrove
What is street photography? That seems to be the age old question. I think the easiest way to describe it is to analogize it with pornography, in that you know it when you see it.
When someone asks me what street photography is, I say to look at the works of, among others:
-Garry Winograd
-Henri Cartier-Bresson
-Bruce Gilden
-Leonard [...]
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Posted on February 5, 2009 by Rufus Mangrove
Go to any forum about street photography and you’re bound to find some thread on “what the best lens for street photography is.” Let me just get this out of the way now when I say that the best lens for street photography depends on what you are trying to capture. Some street photographers like [...]
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Posted on February 4, 2009 by Rufus Mangrove
most cameras suck nowadays. to be sure, the new “prosumer” dlrs and digital point and shoots have advanced leap and bounds since first being introduced to the market. and, it’s hard not to like the “convenience” of digital technology, in that you don’t have to process the film.
but with this advancement of technology, you have to [...]
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Posted on February 4, 2009 by Rufus Mangrove
The most common questions street photographers get – apart from technique questions – are questions about gear. The first question usually revolves around “which camera do you use?” The answer to that is usually the one that I have in my hand. The next question is “what lenses do you use?”. I could give them [...]
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Posted on February 1, 2009 by Rufus Mangrove
jamison sarteschi, originally uploaded by Rufus Mangrove.
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Posted on February 1, 2009 by Rufus Mangrove
Posted on February 1, 2009 by Rufus Mangrove
jamison sarteschi #2, originally uploaded by Rufus Mangrove.
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Posted on February 1, 2009 by Rufus Mangrove
waiting for the b49 on ocean avenue, originally uploaded by Rufus Mangrove.
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Posted on February 1, 2009 by Rufus Mangrove
brooklyn public telephone , originally uploaded by Rufus Mangrove.
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