Hit The Streets 142: "What The Hell Are You Doing on this Planet?" with Hendrik Lohmann

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

Sponsor

This episode is brought to you by PHOTOPLUS Expo, The Biggest Photography Event in North America. PHOTOPLUS was founded in 1983, and is the largest photography and imaging event in North America. The show features over 200 exhibitors and brands displaying thousands of the latest equipment, products, and services for you to touch, try, and compare. Visit photoplusexpo.com and use promo code STREETS to register now for free.

In this Episode…

My guest today is Hendrik Lohmann. His work was brought to my attention by you, the listeners. thank you for for that! He is German and has been working on a series titled “ What the hell are you doing on this planet?”.

photo by Morgaine la Rose

Hendrik’s Biography

Born 1965 in Germany, I spent my childhood in Germany, Denmark and Portugal. I have lived in Düsseldorf since 1990.

The Rhineland way of seeing life in a friendly and relaxed way, of not taking yourself too seriously, has infected me and I also live it in my photography, which I discovered about 10 years ago. People, urban structures and light are my passion.

Links to Hendrik’s Work

www.hendriklohmann.com

https://www.instagram.com/hendrik.lohmann/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lohmannfotografie/

Examples of Hendrik’s Work

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

Hit The Streets 141: Who are you? And what are you doing in my bed? with Fran Kaufman

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

Sponsor

This episode of Hit The Streets is brought to you by WHCC. I've trusted WHCC with all my printing needs for over 15 years and I couldn't be happier with their awesome service. 

See the WHCC quality for yourself and receive free prints when you open an account by clicking on the banner pic below.

In this Episode…

Valérie shares a special conversation with NYC photographer Fran Kaufman about her ongoing photography project of documenting her daily life with her husband who is struggling with dementia.

Fran’s Biography

More than 20 years ago, I retired from a long career at Children’s Television Workshop (Yes! I knew big Bird!) and picked up a camera. I’ve never looked back.  Since then, I combined my love of jazz music with my photography, and had a second career photographing musicians for magazines, record companies and for the pleasure of it.  I’m working on putting together a book of my jazz photos, with the title “Stolen Moments,” as my pleasure and specialty has been behind the scenes photos from rehearsals, sound checks, recording sessions.  I’m honored that the great, multi-Grammy-winning critic Dan Morgenstern has written an essay about my work to be included in the book. I’ve had numerous shows of this work in galleries and at two museums. I continue to be the photographer for a monthly jazz magazine that’s distributed in clubs around the country.

I thought I’d continue on this path forever.  But a few years ago, my personal life took a left turn when my husband began to show signs of dementia, just as the kids left home, the tuition loans were paid off and we thought life would be a picnic.

To my surprise, finding a way to deal with the feelings and the day-to-day reality of our situation has led to the current project, which has taken over my photographic life.   I’ve used this challenge as an opportunity to stretch my photographic muscles and venture sometimes into metaphoric territory.

This project, which certainly could also be called “Stolen Moments” is both a diary of domestic life and a hard look at how dementia robs not only the patient but also those who live with him. 

Links to Fran’s Work

Website is www.frankaufman.com

Instagram: Frankaufmanphoto

Facebook: Frankaufman

Examples of Fran’s Work

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

Hit The Streets 140: Case Study 7: A One-Way Ticket to Bangkok with Fernando Cortéz

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

Sponsor

This episode is made possible thanks to your support of my webinar series. Get quality education and support your favorite podcast at the same time, it's win-win. A new webinar is offered almost every month. Check the class of the month at on the webinar page.

In this Episode…

In this new case study segment, podcast listener Ferdando Cortéz describes his journey from a career as a scientist to pursuing his dream of becoming a full time travel photographer.

Fernando’s Biography

Fernando Cortés is a travel photographer from Madrid, Spain. In what, at times, feels almost like previous lives he was a scientist in academia and held several positions in the corporate world.

He has been working full-time as a photographer since early 2017, and since then, has been traveling almost non-stop across India, Southeast Asia and the Far East. His work is focused on creating images that convey a sense of place and provide insights into modern societies through exploration of their cultural roots.
Although still navigating the complexities of starting a new career, some of his images have been published by companies like Samsung and media outlets like the South China Morning Post.

Links to Fernando’s Work

Portfolio and travel photography galleries: www.thevisualtraveler.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bigfernowski

Examples of Fernando’s work

Hit The Streets 139: Leveraging the Power of Instagram with Pei Ketron

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

Sponsor

This episode is made possible thanks to your support of my webinar series. Get quality education and support your favorite podcast at the same time, it's win-win. A new webinar is offered almost every month. Check the class of the month at on the webinar page.

In this Episode…

This week on Hit The Streets, Valerie shares a conversation with Pei Ketron. Pei gives us lots of great tips on how to leverage the power of Instagram. How to better use Hashtags, Stories, we talk about the Instagramer Do & Don'ts and a lot more!

Pei’s Biography

Pei Ketron is a photographer and educator based in San Francisco who
spent a decade teaching special education in the public school system
before becoming a freelance travel and commercial photographer. She
recently joined the Lightroom team at Adobe, focusing on Lightroom
community. Pei regularly teaches photography and social media classes
privately and through companies and events such as Creative Live, The
Image Flow, the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, and Adobe MAX. In
addition to her experience with DSLR and medium-format film
photography, Pei is also an accomplished mobile photographer.

Links to Pei’s Work

https://www.instagram.com/pketron/

https://twitter.com/pketron

http://www.pketron.com/

Examples of Pei’s Work

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

Hit The Streets 138: Q&A & Photo Challenge

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

Sponsor

This episode of Hit The Streets is brought to you by WHCC. I've trusted WHCC with all my printing needs for over 15 years and I couldn't be happier with their awesome service. 

See the WHCC quality for yourself and receive free prints when you open an account by clicking on the banner pic below.

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 137: See the World in a New Way with Craig Strong

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

Sponsor

This episode is made possible thanks to your support of my webinar series. Get quality education and support your favorite podcast at the same time, it's win-win. A new webinar is offered almost every month. Check the class of the month at on the webinar page.

In this Episode…

Learn about the power of seeing the world in a new way and ditching the concept of perfection during this conversation with the creator of the Lensbaby creative lens system, Craig Strong.

Craig’s Biography

Craig Strong is a photojournalist turned product designer who co-founded Lensbaby, Inc. in 2003.

Craig switched from film to digital in 2000 and found the freedom his DSLR gave him to create unlimited photographs exhilarating. A natural tinkerer who had always explored what's possible, he started putting odd glass in front of his first digital SLR and found imperfect lenses often conveyed what he saw better than perfect glass could.

Inspiration for the Original Lensbaby lens came from joining an old Speed Graphic lens with a short piece of Shop-Vac hose to shoot selective focus images not otherwise possible with his dSLR. Since 2003, Craig has led the design and production of many lenses and accessories that offer photographers selective focus, flare, swirl, sweet spot and a handful of other photographic effects not readily available using modern camera lenses

Links to Craig’s Work

lensbaby.com

Twitter: @seeinanewway

Instagram: @seeinanewway

Examples of Craig’s Work

Hit The Streets 135: Shoot With A Local with Wendy de Boer

Sponsor

This episode is made possible thanks to your support of my webinar series. Get quality education and support your favorite podcast at the same time, it's win-win. A new webinar is offered almost every month. Check the class of the month at on the webinar page.Summary

In this Episode…

This week on Hit The Streets Valérie invites Dutch flight attendant and passionate photographer Wendy de Boer to talk about her on going project 'Shoot With A Local' and so much more!

Wendy’s Biography

Wendy has a boarder-less passion for traveling as well as photography. Her profession offers her the ultimate chance to combine those two. As a stewardess, Wendy de Boer flies all over the world and she spends most of her time abroad. There she meets local photographers and does “photo team ups” with them.

The local photographer and Wendy ‘hit the streets’ with their camera for one or two days. Wendy’s aim is to connect with local people all around the world and share her passion with likeminded people. Together they learn more about photography, culture and life. She funded an interesting project named; “Shoot with a local” and  she documents those meetings in short videos. Over her shoulder you can have a look on how she teams up with these photographers, she shows his or her personality in relation to his or her photography style and she literally takes us with her on a journey to many different countries with the photo results included.

There is a message in her work; it’s about humanity and respect for other people and our environment. She connects, she inspires and and with her extreme high energy and enthusiasm she takes you to another world! 

Many people have embraced her project “Shoot with a local” already. Photographers all over the world follow her on social media, support her, get inspired by her and are inviting her to do a photo team up with them as well. 

Wendy is working hard to take her project to the “next” level. She hopes to be able to improve the quality of the recordings and produce more video and audio episodes. She is still looking for sponsors to fund the project and volunteers to help her build it while protecting “the soul” and “value” of this “Non Profit” initiative.

For more info, find her on social media, her website or on YouTube!

Links to Wendy’s Work

Wendy’s Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/wendy_de_boer1/

Shoot with a Local Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/shootwithalocal/

Personal Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/wendy.deboer.79

Shoot with a Local Facebook page:

https://m.facebook.com/shootwithalocal

Website:

http://www.shootwithalocal.com

YouTube Channel: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcGeuX9Wfd5Mud0WLRo4f7w

Examples of Wendy’s Work

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

Hit The Streets 134: Blindsight with Bob Sacha

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

Sponsor

CreativeLive.com
$10 off your first class with code: STREETS10
$50 off the yearly subscription with code: STREETS50

In this Episode…

This week, Valérie shares a conversation with NYC award-winning photographer, documentary film maker and teacher Bob Sacha. They discuss his experience filming BlindSight, a short documentary film that examines the photographic imagination of the members of the Seeing With Photography Collective in New York City and much more.

Bob’s Biography

Bob Sacha is a director, cinematographer, editor, teacher, photographer and, above all, a collaborator on visual journalism projects. He has created video for projects that have won the Pulitzer Prize, a National Emmy for New Approaches to News and Documentary Programming,  a Webby and the first gold medal ever given by the Society for News Design. He was the director of photography for the New York Times series, Living City, about  New York’s infrastructure. BlindSight, a documentary short about a group of blind photographers that he directed and shot, had its world premiere at DOCNYC, the country’s largest documentary festival.

He was recently named an Associate Professor for Video Storytelling at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York, where for four years straight he received the Tow Foundation Grant for “teachers who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in their fields.”  Known for his innovative approach to visual storytelling and his engaging teaching style,  he received one of  the initial Journalism360 Grants for Immersive Storytelling to bring  360 video journalism to community media organizations in the NYC area.

He has lectured and taught workshops and classes at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, SVA, the International Center of Photography’s New Media Narratives, CAMERA, the Italian Center for Photography and around the world for National Geographic Expeditions. 

In the hazy past, he had a long career as a photojournalist, first for The Philadelphia Inquirer, magazines like LIFE and National Geographic, then he worked as an editor/producer at the multi-award winning MediaStorm. He is currently interested in looking deeper into 360 video and spatial audio and using his iPhone to capture the world around him every day.

Links to Bob’s Work

http://twitter.com/bobsacha

https://www.instagram.com/bobsacha/

http://bobsacha.com/edu/

Hit The Streets 133: Q&A & Street Challenge

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

---

***Hit The Streets will now air every other Thursday!***

---

Sponsor

This episode of Hit The Streets is brought to you by WHCC. I've trusted WHCC with all my printing needs for over 15 years and I couldn't be happier with their awesome service. 

See the WHCC quality for yourself and receive free prints when you open an account by clicking on the banner pic below.

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