Category: Stories
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Best Black and White Photography Tip I’ve Ever Heard | Street Photography in Monochrome
If you’re not learning, you’re not living. Forty years into my job, I still want tomorrow’s show to be better than today’s. Why would I stop learning when it comes to my photography, which I love just as much? Alan Schaller shoots black and white about as well as anybody alive, and he had a…
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Practice Makes Imperfect
I am a fan of flawed beauty. Imperfection. Because nothing you do is perfect and nothing ever will be perfect. I subscribe to practice makes imperfect. Practice makes you better every day, until you are good enough to see what you need to improve next time. But you will never be perfect. So embrace it.…
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There Is No Such Thing as Acceptable Light
I unfollowed a guy this week. Thirty five year veteran, big YouTube street photographer. His claim: the only acceptable light for street photography is backlit. If it is not backlit, it is not art. Let me tell you something, pal. I am out here in winter freezing my balls off. If you get light, shoot…
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The Exposure Triangle is Obsolete. And for Nerds | Top Photography Tip for Beginners
Bold statement time. I get paid for bold statements. My listeners call them idiotic statements, but here we are. The exposure triangle is obsolete. It is for nerds. ISO, and I say ISO, International Standards Organization, used to be ASA for the old heads, is the last thing you need to worry about on any…
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I Do Not Need a Medium Format X100
I do not need a medium format X100. I am saying it out loud so I believe it. Fujifilm, you are killing me, bro. I just said a ten megapixel camera is fine. And now I am getting the vapors over a hundred megapixel X100. What do I need a hundred megapixels for? I have…
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I Have a Camera Bag Problem
If you have got a camera, you have got a bag. If you have got multiple cameras, you have got multiple bags. If it can carry a camera, I bought a bag for it. I need help. The inventory: slings, fanny packs, 5.11 tactical bags, and why do I need a tactical bag, what cameras…
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Fujifilm X100VI vs Ricoh GR III: Monochrome Battle!
A commenter asked for this one, so blame him. In my Ricoh GR III monochrome video, somebody said, could you compare those GR III monochrome settings to the ones in your X100VI, which is probably sitting lonely on a shelf right now? He is not wrong. When a camera is in my hand, everything else…
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Remnants
This one is different. No gear talk. No camera settings. Just a love letter to the back roads of America. I have been working on a series called Remnants. US Highways, small towns, forgotten landscapes. The forgotten veins of America, where crumbling asphalt ribbons wind through tall grass. Back roads where wild roses climb through…
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Street Photography at the Mall
Time to challenge your perceptions of street photography. In this video I am pushing the boundaries and taking it somewhere you might not expect: the mall. Watch the video for the full walk. More from Marc Snaps Street Photography in Porto, Portugal | Ricoh GRIII Orange & White… in Black & White | Ricoh GR3…
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The Ricoh GR IV Monochrome. Don’t Waste Your Money.
Yes, the irony is noted. The man with the worst Gear Acquisition Syndrome in history is about to tell you not to buy a camera. Your Ricoh GR III, and the GR IV you may have just bought, already have an incredible range of monochrome settings. Plain black and white. High contrast. Soft. Hard. Four…
