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Chasing the Pink Unicorn: lessons from 15 years of street photography

A collection of street photography cliches was trying to talk to me. I was standing on a bridge in the centre of Bangkok, camera on a tripod in front of me. He was carrying a Leica M6 and a nice Billingham bag. He took frequent asides from our brief conversation to take photos of somethingContinue reading “Chasing the Pink Unicorn: lessons from 15 years of street photography”

Where the Camera Behind Citizen Kane Still Rolls

Steve Gainer’s Everything Cinematography YouTube, 5 episodes Social media suffers no shortage of lifeless movie channels. Yet, Steve Gainer’s Everything Cinematography is a welcome break from anonymous YouTubers endlessly reshuffling the same old talking points. The canon has long since settled. Refreshingly, Gainer focuses not on the movies but on the cameras and the operatorsContinue reading “Where the Camera Behind Citizen Kane Still Rolls”

American Cinematographer’s Photography Issue is Light on Story

The ASC give us trees. Lots of backlit trees.  Cinematographers know a thing or two about making movie scripts into the images on our screens. You’ve seen the initials ‘ASC’ after countless screen credits and probably don’t know it stands for the American Society of Cinematographers. The acronym signifies the bearer is an industry-recognised masterContinue reading “American Cinematographer’s Photography Issue is Light on Story”