Label: reportage

7 Things You Can Learn From Great Photographers: World-renowned Wanderer Josef Koudelka

Take inspiration from the work of Josef Koudelka (born 1938), the only Czech photographer within the renowned photo agency Magnum Photos. His life has been shaped by a need for unlimited freedom and independence, and a need to travel alone and discover the world through photography. Tapping into a strong sense of aesthetics, Koudelka has created pictures that are doubtlessly among the best of all time. How can his life and work enrich your own work?

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How to Photograph Concerts

Concert photography is among the more demanding genres, but it’s also among the more rewarding ones. It takes a little practice, but bringing great photos back from a concert in addition to a great musical experience means twice the joy. And I want you to have that joy, so I’ll be showing you a few tricks for taking great concert photos.

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Reportage—The Way to Take Great Pictures of Children

Children can be bull-headed about doing only what they want to do… and posing for pictures usually isn’t what they want to do. So how can you ever get any worthwhile pictures of your kids?

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Use Your Phone for Street Photography

Street photography has seen a real boom in popularity lately. If you live in the big city, then you have an ideal opportunity to strengthen your street-photography chops every day. And you don’t always have to pick up a DSLR to do it. You carry a phone with you, so why not take pictures with it? You may think a phone camera has nothing but disadvantages, but that’s not true—read on to discover all the ways it can come in handy for street photography.

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Document Your Christmas. Focus on Emotions!

For many, Christmas is the most magical time of the year. The family is together, and it would be a shame not to document them together too. “Document” them? Yes—because Christmas photography can be about more than just children before the tree. How should you approach this task, and what equipment should you use? Read on to find out.

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Your Model Who Can’t Pose… Can!

Geniuses are made, not born. Math geniuses, soccer geniuses… even posing geniuses. So if your model looks awkward in every shot, on the one hand, it’s not your fault. On the other hand, you do need to get a good pose. And you can!

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Cities Are Photography Heaven

The city contains everything a keen-eyed photographer will ever need. You can make it a studio, a still life, or a landscape. It’s full of architecture, of course, but also great for reportage and documentary photography. You’ll even find macro! It really all just depends on your own photographic desires. In this article I’d like…

Reportage: Catching Humans in Time

Photographing people in the midst of events is a tempting challenge for just about everyone who takes photography seriously. Many enthusiastic photographers would love to become masters of the art of capturing “the decisive moment” for both their own pleasure and that of their audience viewing their pictures later on. For “live” photos like these,…