The best way to improve your street photography is to get good constructive from other photographers. In this episode Ashley and Bob share some of their favorite websites and forums where you to get (and give) quality feedback.

If you feel uncomfortable photographing strangers on the street, you’re not alone. In this episode of our podcast Bob and Ashley discuss some ways to help you overcome your anxiety.

It was a real pleasure meet award winning photojournalist Lisa DeJong recently. She has been a local news photographer for the past 20 years has been on the staff at the Cleveland Plain Dealer for the last seven. Before that she worked for the Flint Journal in Flint, Michigan and the storied St. Petersburg Times.

We’re very fortunate in the Cleveland market to have a staff of excellent photographers at our local newspaper. For years I’ve been following their work and in the process have learned so much about working with available light, composition and capturing the moment.

As part of my daily ritual of catching up on the news I’ve admired Lisa’s work by seeing her publish one brilliant photograph after another. Yet she takes it in stride describing it as another day at work. Like most true professionals, she makes it look easy. It’s not.

A local newspaper photographer has a very difficult job. They’re responsible for covering many stories every day. Not only do they have to deal with traffic, bad weather, uncooperative subjects and bad light, but they are under constant pressure to “get the shot” every time. They don’t have the luxury of coming back another day when the light is better…they have deadlines…every day. It doesn’t stop. But they’re artists too, and creativity on a time schedule, under pressure isn’t easy.