Nighty nine percent of the time, street photography is a fun past-time and generally devoid of any problems, other than the odd person who refuses to allow me to take their portrait. When people say no, I simply thank them for their time and move on, there’s always another opportunity around the next corner. Sometimes however, on occasion, someone will…
As a Calgary Street Photographer who spends most days walking around the streets of Calgary, I tend to notice things that most people either choose to ignore or just don’t pay any attention to. As a photographer, light is very important to me. Light can make the most mundane corner of a back alley, a building, everyday items or people…
One of the reasons I love street photography is meeting people, as you never quite know who you’re going to meet or what they have to share. I first came across Brad, sitting on the steps of a church in Calgarys downtown core. He caught my eye because he had a number of writing pads spread out across the floor…
Street photography can mean different things to different people. Some photographers are looking to capture the scene, others, the individual and some looking to create something that makes no sense out of the context of the image. That’s the beauty of street photography. There aren’t really any rules meaning each individual has the ability to show the streets from their…
Shooting stranger portraits Photographing a stranger is something that is intimidating to a lot of photographers, and that’s completely understandable. After all we are injecting ourselves into another persons life, and they might or might not be willing to let us photograph them. We might get turned down or forced to be in an awkward situation. But, this struggle is something that is really…
Unfortunately, for many veterans, homelessness is a sad reality It’s hard to imagine someone who served our country in the military living on the streets. Unfortunately, for many veterans, homelessness is a sad reality. Accurate data about the number of homeless veterans in Canada remains elusive, but various studies peg the number at between 3,000 and 5,000 people, about 10…