Alex Casares spends most of his workday driving throughout his vast rural Arizona county. He loves it because it gives him the ability to take his camera to pursue his passion for street photography while he works. Because he visits open desert, small towns and urban areas through the day results in a an eclectic style making photos of a wide variety of subjects. In any single say he can make images of anything from broken down trucks, cactus, horses, street people and dog walkers. Alex
Lightmob – a new interactive way to learn street photography and more
I started publishing Street Photography Magazine almost by accident. For the past 10 years I’ve owned a web development business that specializes in creating online training websites. Back in 2013 I was researching some new iPad magazine technology that looked like a good application to be used for courses to be delivered over time. After purchasing a license to create a magazine app I had to create a magazine to learn how it worked. So I decided to make a magazine about my favorite genre
Lauren Welles discusses street photography in Seville
Last December I had the pleasure of finally meeting New York photographer Lauren Welles at the Miami Street Photography Festival. I've been a big fan of her work ever since we featured her in Street Photography Magazine in our January 2016 issue. It's one thing to meet someone through our virtual world and it's another sit down and bread bread with them. This week Lauren stopped by to catch up on what she's been doing photographically since her feature. And I must say, she's been very busy.
Finding Stories Anywhere with Maria Ricossa
As a long time actor, Maria Ricossa knows people. You could say she's an expert on human behavior. She has spent a considerable amount of time thinking about what makes different kinds of people and characters tick, and she uses this ability to her advantage when she hits the streets of Toronto where she now resides. Interestingly enough, Maria doesn't spend much of her time shooting Toronto's bustling city center. Instead, she stays a little closer to home and captures everyday stories she
Craig Strong – Reinventing Yourself
Craig Strong, photojournalist, commercial photographer, founder of Lensbaby and its Chief Creative Officer has mastered the art of reinventing himself over the years. Along the way he has pushed the envelope in both his businesss and personal creativity. As a wedding photographer in the early 2000s Craig create the original Lensbaby to give his photos a more organic look to the images created by sterile digital cameras. After making similar lenses for other photographers he and his partner
Interview with Meryl Meisler
Typically we publish our podcast every other Thursday, but I’m adding a special one this week because I am so take with the work of today’s guest Meryl Meisler who I had the pleasure of meeting in person at the Miami Street Photography Festival back in December. Meryl is a native of new York City is a photographer, teacher and author who has been recording her life and the world around her with a camera since the 1970’s. Inspired by masters Diane Arbus and Helen Levitt she has her own unique
Best of Street Shooters of the Month 2018
The Street Shooters of the Month feature has been going strong in Street Photography Magazine since our second issue, which was published in June of 2013. Our setup was a little different in those first few issues, but these days we get heaps of submissions through our website each month. So many of them come from such talented street photographers that it is often hard to choose which ones to publish. Speaking of difficult decisions, choosing our favorite street shooters images from 2018 was
Building a Cohesive Body of Work with Carmine Groe
Just this week, Bob and I had the pleasure of speaking with Carmine Groe, a Toronto based street photographer. Carmine is not only a talented street shooter with some wicked post processing skills, he's also become quite adept at YouTubing over the past couple of years. Carmine's YouTube channel is called Groe Photography and regarding his videos he says the goal is to communicate "all the wonders of photography and my process, as well as sharing my knowledge by providing insights and
Best of Street Photography Magazine 2018
While many people are saying "good riddance" to 2018, for Street Photography Magazine we're sad to see it go. 2018 was a great year for the magazine, which saw a spectacular line up of street photographers and images. In fact, I'd wager this year we had some of our best content to-date. In this episode of the Street Photography Magazine podcast, we look back on last year and talk about our favorite articles, featured photographers and lessons we learned from some of our guests. And not only
Best Practices for Your Online Portfolio
Earlier this month, Bob talked about Why it’s Important to Have Your Own Online Photography Portfolio on the podcast. He discussed some of the reasons why creating an online portfolio is vital if you want your work to be discovered and appreciated by others. While you may understand the reasons having an online portfolio is important, you may not feel equipped to take on the task. After all, for those of us who are not “techie” by nature (Ashley speaking here, obviously), setting up a website
Our Street Shooting Adventures in Cuba with Matt Jerrams
Growing up in the 50s and 60s I was taught to think of Cuba as an enemy state full of communists and Russians threatening our security and way of life. With no contact between our countries it remained an enigma to me most of my life. But I was also very curious about this place and was interested in seeing what it’s like for myself. Fast forward several years, it finally became possible for Americans to travel there easily, but not without a few hurdles. Photographers were among