Welcome to my Learning Center. This is how I want to call my one stop resource pool where you can find all my free tips, tutorials, inspirations and everything else that I want to give back to the community that gave me so much! This page will be constantly updated, so check back regularly! Have fun browsing!
Street Photography Quick Tips
My “Street Photography Quick Tips” is a very popular series that provides you with some short, easy to read and easy to use tips that I think could help you while shooting in the streets.
Street Photography Quick Tip 1 – A way to shoot inconspicuously
Street Photography Quick Tip 2 – Another way to shoot inconspicuously
Street Photography Quick Tip 3 – Practice shooting “blind”
Street Photography Quick Tip 4 – Shoot out of a moving car or bus
Street Photography Quick Tip 5 – Composition – the hidden subject
Street Photography Quick Tip 6 – Shoot in a station
Street Photography Quick Tip 7 – Work the Scene
Street Photography Quick Tip 8 – Capturing Gesture
Street Photography Quick Tip 9 – Motion Blur
Street Photography Quick Tip 10 – Using Photographic Obstacles
Street Photography Quick Tip 11 – Using Color Accents
Street Photography Quick Tip 12 – Shoot from a Gallery
Street Photography Quick Tip 13 – Shoot in a Coffee Shop
Street Photography Quick Tip 14 – Shoot upwards and tilted for more dynamic street portraits
Street Photography Quick Tip 15 – Get close for more intense street portraits
Street Photography Quick Tip 16 – Capture what captures attention
Street Photography Quick Tip 17 – Shoot with what the sun gives you
Street Photography Quick Tip 18 – Layered Faces
Instant Inspirations
“Instant Inspiration” is my series for you if you feel you suffer from “Photographer’s Block” or simply want to shoot something that you have never tried. Or at least not recently. Read the posts, become inspired, take your camera, head out and have fun!
Instant Inspiration (I) – Get Down Low
Instant Inspiration (2) – Motion Blur
Instant Inspiration (3) – Silhouettes
Instant Inspiration (4) – Juxtaposition
Instant Inspiration (5) – Puddle Shooting
Instant Inspiration (6) – Storefront Windows
Instant Inspiration (8) -Make a portrait of a stranger
Instant Inspiration (9) – Concert Photography
Instant Inspiration (10) – Nocturnal Skyline
Instant Inspiration (11) – Change of Perspective
Instant Inspiration (12) – Playfulness
Instant Inspiration (13)- Pictures in an Exhibition
Instant Inspiration (14) – Car Reflections
Instant Inspiration (15) – Long Exposure Waterscapes
Instant Inspiration (16) – Dusk at the Ocean
Instant Inspiration (17) – Flower Photography with Zoom
Instant Inspiration (18) – Alternative Portrait
Instant Inspiration (19) – Tell your day in two photos
Instant Inspiration (20) – Backlit Fountain
Instant Inspiration (21) – Shoot what attracts your eye
Instant Inspiration (22) – Variations on a Billboard
Instant Inspiration (23) – Hidden Street Portrait
Instant Inspiration (24) – Fine Art Wildlife
Instant Inspiration (25) – Foodporn
Instant Inspiration (26) – Shoot an optical illusion
Instant Inspiration (27) -Alternative Postcard Shot
Instant Inspiration (28) – Handholding slow shutter speeds
Instant Inspiration (29) – Frame your subject
Instant Inspiration (30) – Look for that different face
Instant Inspiration (31) – Go for contrast
Instant Inspiration (32) – Shoot an object you love
Portrait Photography
Off Topic – Studio Anywhere (2)
The Photographic Journey
Finding your photographic style
Gear and Settings
Gear & Camera Settings for Street Photography
My Photography Equipment Checklist
Gear Talk – Ring light on a budget
Building the Brand
A Street Photographer’s Business Card
Great books on photography
Buy books not gear (1) – Vivian Maier
Buy books not gear (2) – Elliott Erwitt – Snaps
Buy books not gear (3) – Linda McCartney – Life in Photographs
If you feel a post is missing from this page, please let me know!
Marcus