Hit The Streets 191: Have a Great Summer!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Hit The Streets is taking the summer off!

The next episode will be released on September 2.

Have a great Summer!

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In this episode

Valerie and guest co-host David Julian answer listener questions.

Links

David’s website

Photographing Harvest in the Palouse

The Art of Travel & Street Photography (online)

Social media Facebook & Instagram

Book picks

Hit The Streets 156: Q&A & Photo Challenge

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In this Episode…

Valérie and guest co-host Simon King answer a listener’s question:

From Steve Brokaw : "Fujifilm apparently dropped one of their X Series Ambassadors due to negative feedback on a video highlighting his controversial in your face, brash style of street photography. His style often crossed a cultural norm of respecting one's personal space in his home country of Japan. With this in mind, what is the best way to learn about local customs/laws for street photography around the world or even cultural differences in cities in your own country?"
This refers to Tatsuo Suzuki's video. The video was deleted: here is a video of his work: 

Guest Co-Host Simon King

Simon King is a London based photographer and photojournalist, currently working on a number of long-term documentary and street photography projects. His work is defined by its surrealism, humour, insightfulness, and emotive themes. Simon also teaches the Street Photography short course at the University of the Arts London.

Links to Simon’s Work

www.instagram.com/simonking_v 

streetdances.wordpress.com

And the Winner Is…

Simon's selected this photo by Adrien Jean as the winner of the last photo challenge, Humor.

Valérie selected this photo by Mindaugas Vasiliauskas as the winner of the last photo challenge, Humor.

New Photo Challenge

LAYERS in street photography. Listen to the tips in this episode on how to achieve layering in your composition and submit your entry in the comments below before April 16.

Book Pick

Hit The Streets 147: Q&A with Doug Kaye

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Sponsor

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In this Episode…

In this new Q&A segment, Valerie invites Doug Kaye to help answer a listener questions about their workflow, rate of keepers and workshop expectations. They announce the winners of the latest photo challenge and announce a new one.

Guest Co-Host Doug Kaye

Beginning his visual explorations in his father's wet darkroom, Doug earned a degree in theatrical lighting design at U.C. Berkeley in the '60s and studied cinematography at NYU's Graduate Institute of Film and Television in the '70s. In the '80s he began a two-decade hiatus from still photography, then got into digital in 2008. A trip to Kenya convinced him nature photography wasn't for him, and Iceland cured him of his interest in landscape. For the past four years, Doug has focused almost exclusively on street photography, including shooting film (even medium and large format) much of the time. Doug teaches photography locally in San Francisco and online. He leads street-photography workshops in Cuba, which he has visited eight times, and locally in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the co-host and producer of the CameraLabs Cafe gear-review podcast with Gordon Laing.

Links to Doug’s Work

DougKaye.com

Facebook

Flickr

Instagram

And the Winner Is…

The winner of the BACK contest is Michael Assmann and Chris. They will receive ebook of their choice from our friends are RockyNook!

Doug's fave: a picture by Michael Assmann
instagram @michaelassmannphotography

Valerie's fave: a picture by Chris

Next Photo Challenge

Environmental portrait with a short story

To participate upload 1 photo in the comment section below by December 12th.

Guest book pic

Magnum Contact Sheets

By Kristen Lubben

Hit The Streets 138: Q&A & Photo Challenge

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In this Episode…

Valérie invites German photographer Martin Waltz to guest co-host. Together they answer questions about the locations/situations they like to shoot the most, and the least. They also delve into the subject of photo exhibits.

Guest Co-Host: Martin Waltz

Martin is a  photographer, writer and educator in Berlin, Germany.

He is the editor of the German street photography site and the curator of the German street photography festival.

He has written and co-authored several books on street photography. He is a passionate photography teacher and offers photography coaching and photography workshops in Berlin. 

His work has been shown at exhibitions in New York, London, Paris, Dublin, Rome, Budapest, Bucharest and Berlin and has won numerous international awards.

Links to Martin’s Work

Website https://streetberlin.net/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/martinuwaltz/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photographyandberlin/

And the Winners Are…

The theme was LOVE. Martin picked a photo by Kai Behrmann

Congratulations Kai, you will receive a camera strap by Lucida Straps

©Kai Behrmann

Next Photo Challenge: Through The Window

Listen to the tips in the episode and enter your best shot before August 8th.

The Prize…

A beautiful Soft Release Button of your choice by or friends at AF Shoot

Martin’s Book Pick

Hit The Streets 133: Q&A & Street Challenge

Take a listen here or on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, etc.

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In this Episode…

In this new Q&A episode, Valerie invites the founder of the 24h project, Renzo Grande, to co-host with her. Together they answer questions from podcast listeners Valerie Vaillant and Chantal Mougel about showing your street photography to a traditional photo club and capturing silhouettes in a high contrast situation. They also give the names of the winners of the last street challenge and announce a new one.

Guest Co-Host: Renzo Grande

Renzo Grande is a photographer who focuses his passion and sensitivity to document daily street stories with a sense of perpetual iconic emotions.

Originally from Lima – Peru and currently based in New York City he started his visual documentation in 2010.

His work has been featured in Photo France, Los Angeles Times, Serie Oro Italia, Efsyn News Greece, United Nations UNDP Humanum, among others.

Renzo’s photos have been exhibited in Germany, Iran, Finland, Italy, Venezuela, Peru, United States and Mexico. He is also the founder of the 24HourProject, a worldwide documentary of the Human Condition through street photography.

Links

@renzogrande www.renzogrande.com The 24HourProject is on May 25 2019 and photographers can register free in the website: www.24hourproject.org and view @24hourproject 

And the Winners are…

Renzo picked photo by Andy Fisher
Valerie picked a photo by Pia Parolin

Congrats to both winners who will receive an ebook of their choice from our friends at www.rockynook.com

©Pia Parolin

©Andy Fisher

Next Photo Challenge: LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!

Listen to the tips on the show and enter your STREET LOVE photograph in the comments section for a change to win a beautiful camera strap by https://www.lucidastraps.com/en/ to enter the next contest. Contest deadline is MAY 30th

Renzo’s Book Pick

Hit The Streets 122: Q&A and Street challenge

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In this Episode…

Valerie and guest co-host Chris Foley answer listener questions about lens choices and photographing in crowded locations. They announce the winners of the latest photo challenge and announce a new one.

Guest Co-host: Chris Foley

Chris Foley is a designer, developer, software instructor, and intrepid traveler who harbors a voracious hunger for visual storytelling.  

Reared in a home whose bathroom doubled as a darkroom on weekends, he was restoring vintage rangefinder film cameras at 8 years old. His love for photography has been an ingrained and constant thing throughout the decades. 

As The Ambulant Photographer, he hosts regular group photowalks in Los Angeles and San Francisco. He currently resides in Santa Barbara, California with his wife and two ridiculous little dogs. His latest eBook “Moving Beyond Snapshot” is available now for free download at his website: www.ambulant.photo

Links

Website: https://ambulant.photo/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ambulant.photo/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ambulant.photo/

And the Winners Are…

©Robin Chun

Robin Chun will receive the grand prize, a bag by Evermore. This all purpose bag makes a great camera bag for small cameras.

©Wayne Richards

The runner up, Wayne Richards, will receive an Ebook by RockyNook.

Next Photo Challenge

SHADOWS Please listen to the episode and enter one picture in the comments below. Deadline Feb 14.

Book Pick

Hit The Streets 117: Q&A and Photo Challenge

Take a listen here or on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, etc.

Sponsor

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In this Episode…

Valerie and guest co-host Jens Krauer answer listener questions about going beyond the comfort zone and weekend shooting. They announce the winners of the latest photo challenge and announce a new one.

Guest co-host: Jens Krauer

Jens Krauer is a passionate street and documentary photographer based in Zürich Switzerland. Official Fujifilm X-Photographer, workshop leader and vinyl collector with a strong background in urban culture and street art.

Links

 www.urbanframes.net

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011468868019

http://valeriejardinphotography.com/podcast/2017/1/11/hit-the-streets-17-six-weeks-in-new-york-with-jens-krauer

 And the winners are...

Congrats to Joan Lyons and Marc Täuber. Their entries won the LINES challenge. They will receive an ebook from our friends at Rocky Nook

©Joan Lyons

©Marc Täuber

The Next Photo Challenge

Prize for the best self portrait entry from our friends at Evermore Gear

Next challenge: CREATIVE SELF PORTRAIT. Deadline: January 10 Enter in show notes below.

One winner will receive a bag by Evermore. This all purpose bag makes a great camera bag for small cameras.

For inspiration check out the self portrait work of Cindy Sherman, Trish Morrissey Richard Avedon, Vivian Maier, Man Ray and many more!

Book Pick

Hit The Streets 113: Q&A and Photo Challenge

Take a listen here or on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, etc.

Sponsor

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Summary

This week on Hit The Streets, Valérie invites Marco Larousse to co-host. Together they answer listener questions, announce the winner of the last photo challenge and much, much more.

Links to Marco Larousse’s Work

Web: www.MarcoLarousse.com - Twitter: @HamburgCam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marco.larousse/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarcoLarousse1

Links to PPN:
Web: www.PhotoPodcasts.com
Twitter: @Photopodcasts
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photopodcasts/

Q&A

Sent via email from Mike Branch: “If you could have a small dinner party with a group of photographers, living or dead, who would be on your short list?”

Here are the photograph Marco and Valérie would have at their dinner party:

Mary Ellen Mark - Elliott Erwitt - Sebastião Salgado - Gerda Taro - Robert Doisneau - Lewis Hine - Robert Capa - Vivian Maier

Book by Doisneau mentioned by Valérie during the Q&A:

And the Winner is…

Roel Ebbinge wins the Chief Mate camera strap for this photograph taken in Harleem, NL.

Congrats Roel! Visit his website and Instagram

Winning photographs of the Film Noir challenge by ©Roel Ebbinge

Next Photo Challenge

Theme: Using LINES in Street Photography

Listen to the tips in the show and enter on or before Dec. 6th in the comment section of this episode.

Book Pick

Announcements

PODCAST

PLEASE SEND YOUR LISTS, SUGGESTIONS, CASE STUDIES, ETC. HERE

1. The weirdest things that have happened to you on the streets

2. Best non-photo accessories for street photographers

3. Case Studies: Want to be a guest on the show and discuss a topic that can be helpful to the community? 

WORKSHOPS

Paris, Berlin, NYC, and many more… List of Valérie’s upcoming workshops here

Valérie will speak at Looking Glass in Berkley at 10 am on Dec. 2.

Valérie is joining David Julian in Havana in December.

Hit The Streets 98: Q&A and Photo Challenge

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Summary

In this episode of Hit The Streets, Valerie is joined by Angelo Fernandes to answer listener questions.

Guest Co-host Biography

My name is Angelo and I am a street photographer, Fuji X shooter and proud owner of afshoot.com/shop, an online shop for premium camera straps and accessories.

My first contact with photography was back in 2009. I haven't stopped since then and my life made a 180-degree turn.

Before I really got into photography, I was a product manager and worked with a number of different suppliers, including leather and therefore have always had a love of beautifully crafted products. Having a passion for photography and all accessories, I wanted the perfect luxurious leather strap.  I started my own collection of straps and I’m the developer and designer of the MUFLON camera straps.

I also teach street photography locally in Lisbon.  These two activities allow me to live from photography and dedicate myself 100% to the street genre.

My passion for photography began in the streets, and nowadays the techniques that I developed in this environment is reflected in all my work. I always carry my camera with me. Taking photos every day gives me the necessary training and mental vision to see and capture the right moment.

Links to Angelo's Work

www.afshoot.com

www.afshoot.com/shop 

www.instagram.com/angelofernandes68 

www.instagram.com/afshoot 

Q&A

Christian Kocinski via email
"Hi Valerie: Do you ever go out shooting, and all the photos on the tiny screen look so great, you feel so inspired, and then when you get home it seems like there’s nothing but garbage?

I shot photos like a madman yesterday. I was at a summer festival trying to capture interesting people. When I looked through my photos at home they all looked out of focus or had distracting motion blur.

I’ve been shooting photos for years, but only started focusing on street photography in the last year. I don’t think I’m doing anything wrong, just don’t want to get discouraged either."

and

@photoankan via Instagram
"Hi Valerie: I like your pictures and love street photography. But I see that you and many others put pictures of children on Instagram. Do you ask for parents' permission?"

And The Winner Is...

©Norman Scobbie

Angelo picked a photograph by Norman Scobbie as the winner of the 'Rain' photo challenge. Congratulations Norman!

Next Photo Challenge

The next photo challenge is: 'When it's all about color on the streets'. The deadline for the next challenge is August 30th. Enter in the comment section. One winner will receive this leather camera strap:  https://www.afshoot.com/shop/product/muflon-the-nebraska-strap/

Book Pick