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100 Lessons From the Masters of Street Photography
If you want to take your street photography to the next level, learn from the masters of street photography in these 100 practical lessons. Each chapter starts off with a concept from one of the masters of street photography, which practical insights, and assignments to help you break out of your creative bubble.
This book is also available free and open-source on the Eric Kim Photography Blog here: http://erickimphotography.com/blog/20...
This book is also available free and open-source on the Eric Kim Photography Blog here: http://erickimphotography.com/blog/20...
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403 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 31, 2016
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April 25, 2018
I found this book one of the most essential and best books to learn photography.
March 5, 2018
كتاب ممتع .. حلو جدا كبداية في التعرف علي تصوير الشارع
الحاجة اللي بحبها وببقي مستمتع بيها مهما صورت فيديو وافلام
الحاجة اللي بحبها وببقي مستمتع بيها مهما صورت فيديو وافلام
June 17, 2018
This is the second book by Eric Kim that I read, and in my view he is a good photography educator. This book has 100 chapters, each dealing with some aspect of street photography. In parts Kim talks about his own experience of photography, but also about how famous photographers deal with their craft, what they have said, how they have worked, and so on.
Kim is a good writer, and he seems to be passionate about his craft, something which I feel shows through his writing. I’m not a street photographer. I think I’ve take less then 10 photos that could be called street photography, at least if we consider people essential in that genre. My photographic experience has mostly been in landscape, and nature photography, but even so, this book has an infectious energy about it, making me want to go out with my camera to photograph people in the street. That’s a good thing.
There is one minor problem with this book, and that is that it hasn’t been edited enough times. There is a bit of repetitions which could have been cut to make for a stronger writing voice. Mostly it is just repeating of ideas, or phrases, but in one instance, chapters 33 and 34, an entire chapter has been repeated. This is of course a flaw, but it has to be remembered that this is a free book, as is the case with most of Kim’s books.
The fact that Eric Kim has so much of his books free on his website, as well as a very good collection of articles (many of which have links to them in this book) seems to show how passionate he is about what he does. They are not free because he couldn’t sell them. They are better than that. I think this shows his dedication to photographic education, and I admire him for that.
As a photographer I think he has got some very good photos. For example I really like the colorful photo on page 13, the stark b&w photo on 69, and the photo on 138 which is stronger than it looks to begin with, to name just three photos. I could have mentioned a whole lot more, but let’s leave it at this. From the looks of his photos some of them may turn into larger in scale, and more interesting projects than single images, but I still think at this moment he is a more of an educator than a photographer. Perhaps he is also still a photography student as well. What I’m quite sure of is that I’m interested in seeing where he will go on in his photography.
Kim is a good writer, and he seems to be passionate about his craft, something which I feel shows through his writing. I’m not a street photographer. I think I’ve take less then 10 photos that could be called street photography, at least if we consider people essential in that genre. My photographic experience has mostly been in landscape, and nature photography, but even so, this book has an infectious energy about it, making me want to go out with my camera to photograph people in the street. That’s a good thing.
There is one minor problem with this book, and that is that it hasn’t been edited enough times. There is a bit of repetitions which could have been cut to make for a stronger writing voice. Mostly it is just repeating of ideas, or phrases, but in one instance, chapters 33 and 34, an entire chapter has been repeated. This is of course a flaw, but it has to be remembered that this is a free book, as is the case with most of Kim’s books.
The fact that Eric Kim has so much of his books free on his website, as well as a very good collection of articles (many of which have links to them in this book) seems to show how passionate he is about what he does. They are not free because he couldn’t sell them. They are better than that. I think this shows his dedication to photographic education, and I admire him for that.
As a photographer I think he has got some very good photos. For example I really like the colorful photo on page 13, the stark b&w photo on 69, and the photo on 138 which is stronger than it looks to begin with, to name just three photos. I could have mentioned a whole lot more, but let’s leave it at this. From the looks of his photos some of them may turn into larger in scale, and more interesting projects than single images, but I still think at this moment he is a more of an educator than a photographer. Perhaps he is also still a photography student as well. What I’m quite sure of is that I’m interested in seeing where he will go on in his photography.
April 26, 2020
To all the Street photographers out there!
January 4, 2021
It was really useful. I enjoyed it.
August 1, 2021
I found lots of practical tips in this book for all types of photography. An excellent book to learn from.
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