Welcome to the Slices of Time Street Photography podcast. Today, I’m joined by Archie Worth, a street photographer from Edinburgh. His work speaks to me because of his strong contrast black and white images.
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Timestamps of this episode with Archie Worth
00:00 Introduction to Street Photography and Archie Wirth
05:04 The Influence of Robert Blomfield
08:00 Archie’s Evolution in Street Photography
11:00 Balancing Aesthetics and Moments in Photography
13:58 Experimenting with Different Lenses
16:58 The Importance of Consistency in Practice
19:52 Anticipating Moments in Street Photography
22:47 The Aesthetic of Tilted Shots
29:36 The Art of Composition
31:29 Shooting in Black and White
34:31 Influences and Personal Style
35:43 The Impact of Photowalks
37:41 Favorite Locations and Flow State
39:27 The Observer’s Perspective
40:57 Camera Choices and Preferences
43:25 The Gear Debate
45:02 Learning Over Gear
49:33 Capturing Complex Scenes
52:52 The Meaning Behind the Image
55:42 Titling Photos and Self-Reflection
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Podcast Transcript
Frederic Paulussen (00:01.831)
Welcome to the Slice of Time Street Photography Podcast. Today I’m joined by Archie Worth, a street photographer from Edinburgh. His work speaks to me because of his strong contrast, black and white images. So, hey Archie, hope you’re doing well. Could you introduce yourself for a second there?
Archie (00:19.358)
Hi Fred and thanks for having me on. Yeah so about me, I’m Archie Worth, 24 years of age and I’ve been living in Edinburgh since 2019 when I came for uni and stayed ever since and basically found street photography through bit of an accident really. Basically I had a nice camera that I bought on for a holiday.
and I found it was just sitting in my room not doing much. So I thought I’ve got to make use of this. And yeah, decided to just walk around Edinburgh and capture what I could find. And the university had an exhibition for a photographer called Robert Blomfield. Don’t know whether you’ve heard of Robert Blomfield, but he was an Edinburgh photographer that his work.
Frederic Paulussen (01:12.955)
Not yet,
Archie (01:18.286)
really inspired me and it showed what was sort of possible within Edinburgh specifically. And so I think my work is sort of a bit of a copy of him really because that’s who I was trying to aspire to be like. And so that was the main inspiration for me finding the niche of street photography. Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (01:42.639)
Okay, so that was before you started going out with your camera or after?
Archie (01:47.448)
sort of after I was going out with my camera and getting the sort of standard shots of Edinburgh Castle from different angles and you know, there were probably more tourist, tourist like shots probably at the start and then it was ever since going to that exhibit, that art exhibit at the university and I was like wow that’s, that’s something about it sort of spoke to me and that’s what I tried to emulate and then obviously since then
discovering that it’s discovering street photography as a genre and the different photographers sort of it went from there really. So yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (02:26.717)
that’s cool yeah and so like was it so it was inspiring you said like you copy his work but it’s like copying in like an aesthetic way or like more in the way of how he looks at things or
Archie (02:35.382)
Yes, yes, yeah Robert Bonfield’s photography is very much, it’s all high contrast stuff and obviously it was quite a few years ago so it was all film, all film photography but yeah, all a lot of silhouettes which is sort of, I don’t know how you’d say it really but that’s very prevalent within my work is silhouettes and high contrast work so.
Frederic Paulussen (03:01.117)
Yeah, correct.
Archie (03:05.451)
Yeah, that was the main thing that stood out to me from his stuff.
Frederic Paulussen (03:09.743)
Okay, cool. And so did you like buy a book and went deep dive into his work that way? Or is it more like from memory from seeing his work?
Archie (03:17.774)
More from memory, must have gone to that exhibit probably four or five times whilst it was open because it was probably there for about a month and so I went three or four times and then obviously did a deep dive on the internet and discovered more of his work.
Frederic Paulussen (03:23.008)
really, okay.
Frederic Paulussen (03:39.951)
And have you had that before that you visited exhibitions that often or did you really like it really clicked for you?
Archie (03:46.2)
Probably not, I mean was definitely bored, that’s probably why I to it in the first place. yeah, exactly, yeah. So I was bored and went along and that was it really. Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (03:50.301)
Okay, that’s honest.
Frederic Paulussen (03:59.012)
Okay, it’s amazing that that like how boredom can be so inspirational, but that’s cool. Yeah. And now you, you try to focus on Edinburgh as well or?
Archie (04:11.458)
Yeah, I I live in Edinburgh, so that’s my home now. And so I love to capture Edinburgh, but obviously if I go on holiday and things like that, it’s all the same. I’ve always wanted to go out with the camera on the streets and take photos there. But I’ve yet to get bored of Edinburgh as a city, which surprises quite a few people when I say that, because it…
Have you ever been to Edinburgh?
Frederic Paulussen (04:43.005)
It’s been like when I was 16, so it’s been like 16 years probably, yeah. So it’s been a while.
Archie (04:46.998)
Right, okay. But you might be able to remember it’s actually a very small city.
Frederic Paulussen (04:53.885)
Yeah, I mean, I’ve looked it up population wise, it’s similar to the city. mean, maybe slightly bigger. it’s yeah, it’s not too big, but it’s yeah, it’s definitely not a London or a Paris. Yeah.
Archie (05:04.108)
Yeah, and everywhere is walkable. And so it’s not, you know, it’s not like London where there’s so many different areas and districts, you can get lost in each of them for quite a while. There’s very few main streets in Edinburgh. And so it’s quite limited in that way, but I find that a bit of a benefit, really, because it means that I tend to walk the same…
streets and the same kind of route when I’m my my photo walks and so it has to force you to look at things differently because it’s the same over and over again.
Frederic Paulussen (05:47.006)
Yeah true, yeah light changes changes the weather changes about the weather actually I noticed in a lot of your photos it was like very sunny but I know Edinburgh is not a sunny city so
Archie (05:54.05)
Yes.
Archie (05:59.266)
Yeah, erm, I know, that’s funny you say that actually because I’ve not really thought of that before. Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (06:06.481)
Yeah, I mean, it’s not in every photo, I noticed after a while, there’s very, lot of, of course it has to do with the high contrast, but there’s a lot of, or it helps with the high contrast, but there’s a lot of, yeah, like direct sun or harsh sunlight, which I don’t find synonym to Edinburgh. Yeah.
Archie (06:31.746)
You don’t associate with Edinburgh, that’s… yeah. No, that’s true. Yes, I’ve never really thought of that before. It must be that it’s sort of… it’s always quite bright. It’s not necessarily sunny in Edinburgh, but I feel like it’s always quite bright. And so often the sun will break through the clouds and that’s where you get that little bit of sun. But the one thing about Edinburgh which probably relate to that is the weather changes…
Frederic Paulussen (06:48.145)
Okay.
Archie (07:01.13)
every hour so even if you go out and it’s pouring down with rain in the first hour that you’re out and about with your camera it’s guaranteed within two hours that it’s going to be bright as sunlight so that’s quite nice having that sort of variety really.
Frederic Paulussen (07:16.986)
That’s very nice, yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (07:23.473)
That’s cool, yeah. Yeah, I like it because yeah, for me it’s like if it rains it’s like two weeks of non-stop rain. So that’s Belgium. So, but yeah, and then how long did you, are you doing street photography now then?
Archie (07:38.798)
Do you mean sort of weekly, how many days a week kind of thing or?
Frederic Paulussen (07:42.533)
I mean, like since the moment you saw that exhibition, let’s say.
Archie (07:45.902)
Right, okay. So, when it comes to Edinburgh 2019, and then it would have been…
I would say probably 2021 actually. would be able to check because I keep every single photo I’ve ever taken on a hard drive. It’s all dumped in a big Edinburgh file by date. Yeah, of course. Yeah. But I would be able to tell you the first street photo that I took, which
Frederic Paulussen (08:00.687)
Okay, so that’s four years now, yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (08:08.285)
Do you have like a system for it?
Frederic Paulussen (08:14.051)
Okay. Okay, my dear, yeah, there’s, yeah, that’s, that’s, that’s a system. So yeah.
Archie (08:26.222)
Yeah, if I had to guess it would probably be 2021. So yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (08:29.893)
Okay, so four years, that’s cool. Yeah, because I mean your work is very, very strong. I really enjoy it. And that’s for me in four years is quite fast, I think. And so like, because you did the quotation marks on street photography earlier for the first photos, like what did you immediately saw your work as street photography? Or was it like at first, like just copying?
Archie (08:35.182)
Thank you.
Archie (08:58.742)
No, I think it’s probably the same as most street photographers sort of entry into the genre. It’s, I don’t know, you might start off taking a photo of a person passing into a certain frame that you’ve set up or something or an interesting character. For me, was my first attempt at it, if you know what I mean.
Frederic Paulussen (08:59.217)
Archie (09:29.39)
So yeah, was a lot of that in the early days, a lot of interesting characters and then frames which I’d had in mind, gone to and waited for somebody to walk through it and that was sort of street for me. But there’s only so far that I found that that can take you, especially sort of creatively. only, you know, it’s very formulaic, isn’t it? That kind of stuff. Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (09:43.388)
Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (09:57.064)
To a degree, yes.
Archie (09:58.946)
I mean there’s still merit in it and there’s people that do it exceptionally well but for me personally I found it very… there was nothing particularly creative about it.
Frederic Paulussen (10:09.725)
Now I can imagine what you’re trying to say. So you decided to switch it up then?
Archie (10:18.506)
I don’t think it was a sort conscious decision to say, right, I’m going to try and capture other things. was probably more…
It was more me being dissatisfied with what I was taking and therefore just trying everything else to see what would work. And then obviously once you know, once you know of other street photographers, can, you’re aware of different styles and different things that you can take photos of. And that opened it up a bit for me because you’ve got photographers that do a lot of sort of…
Frederic Paulussen (10:40.955)
Yeah.
Archie (10:59.854)
specific detailed kind of shots like you know your your hands and I don’t know watches and you know what I mean like very very close-up specific things so that opened it up for me I did quite a bit of that sort of stuff but I try to think what how I would describe my work now is probably it’s tough because I’ve never had I’ve never had to describe my work
Frederic Paulussen (11:09.339)
Yeah!
Archie (11:29.742)
thought but yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (11:30.194)
No, I get that. For me, I made a note, I’m looking where it is. It’s like you have a great balance between moments and aesthetics. like, as you said, the silhouettes before, it’s more like, to me, it’s more like an aesthetical street photography direction. It’s pleasing to look at, but it’s not really anything documenting or…
Archie (11:47.736)
Mm-hmm.
Archie (11:56.93)
Yes, yeah, yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (11:57.702)
or telling a thing about the city or the person. But at same time, like you have also the moments kind of shots, which can be like very interesting, but aesthetically they’re not great, but it’s like, it tells a story about something happening. And you’re like in the middle, like your shots are well composed, nicely exposed, very interesting to look at. But at same time, there’s like great moments in it. Like there’s some examples I have to see.
Archie (12:12.013)
Yes.
Frederic Paulussen (12:28.477)
There’s like, I’m having a look, like for example, you have like the skateboarder on your profile, on your Instagram page who’s like in the sky, which is like a very interesting composition. Also like the kids coming down from the statue. We’ve called it like rule breakers. It’s like, it’s like.
Archie (12:37.464)
Mm-hmm.
Archie (12:46.339)
Yes.
Frederic Paulussen (12:50.597)
The composition is good and it’s a good moment. It’s not just like, you know, like a silhouette somewhere. It’s like there’s an actual story behind it. Like you see the kids coming down, but it’s also like well composed. So it’s not just like a snapshot of the moment. So that’s what I, what I very much like in your, in your work.
Archie (13:04.643)
Yeah.
Archie (13:08.974)
Yeah I I sometimes dabble in the sort of more documentary style so I tend to shoot on 50 mil really. That’s my go-to that’s without fail if I had to pick one that’s me 100%. I did recently pick up a 28 and was sort of dabbled with it and
Frederic Paulussen (13:22.139)
all the time or…
Archie (13:36.822)
I find that you just get that.
I don’t think I’ve mastered it yet, which is no surprise really because I’ve only just got it, but it provides a completely different kind of image really. I find it very hard to capture the same type of thing that I do with a 50.
Frederic Paulussen (13:53.681)
Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (13:58.834)
No, I get that. me, because I’ve done the same evolution, so I used to be on 50 millimeters a lot and I now I’ve moved to the 28 millimeters and I kind of like it like, but it’s funny how a lens has to click with you. Like you have to try it out and at a certain point you get it and then it all makes sense to how it’s used, but it’s, there’s like this awkward.
phase where you have to go to for like understanding the lens because as you said like 28 and 50 millimeters is such a such a big difference in what you see in your shots so that’s but it’s cool that you’re trying to experiment with it and do you notice it gives like a difference in your style or
Archie (14:31.182)
Yeah.
Archie (14:41.998)
Yeah, when I’m taking 28, it’s definitely more… I’m trying to think of documentaries as the right phrase for it really, right description. It probably is. It’s more scenes and it’s less moments. It’s more your sort of…
Frederic Paulussen (14:58.525)
Okay.
Archie (15:02.158)
you like your classic New York kind of street photography where everything’s really, you’re very close to your subject and everything’s sort of, it’s quite busy. It’s quite busy. Whereas I find that the shots that I’m most proud of are quite simple really. They’re not cluttered compositions. They’re quite, yeah, they’re just very simple and it’s silhouettes and it’s high contrast and it’s.
Frederic Paulussen (15:10.587)
Yeah.
Yeah.
Archie (15:31.426)
With the 28 I find everything’s just… I struggle to do that, the same type of thing really, but I suppose that’s only natural.
Frederic Paulussen (15:36.286)
No, I get that. Like, it’s like, keep trying it because I know it will work out eventually. But at same time, like if you really don’t like it, just drop it because it’s not worth it. But it’s like, it’s you never know until you try. That’s also why I have this podcast because it’s like an inspiration to me, but also to other people like.
There’s no right or wrong lens. It’s just like try it out. Keep on trying it out and listen to other photographers. Like for example, you’re doing this 50 millimeter to, well, it’s not really a switch, but it’s like a test at least. Yeah. And it can be really inspiring to do so. And it’s like, or the other way around. You can go from a 28 to a 50 millimeters as well. And it’s like, it’s a cool, cool thing to try out. I’m happy that you do.
Archie (16:05.23)
Mm-hmm.
Archie (16:13.454)
Try ing it out, yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (16:31.751)
do try it out. And so like most of you, like how recently have you started with the 28th?
Archie (16:41.518)
I would have got it maybe three months ago, something like that. Yeah, so very recent really.
Frederic Paulussen (16:44.783)
Okay, yeah. Okay. And is it like a conscious decision to go out like today I’m going to do 20 millimeters, 28 millimeters or do you like carry both and switch it up?
Archie (16:58.444)
Yeah, it’s funny, I used to make it a conscious decision, just take the 28 out, so I was forced to do it. And I found that that definitely rendered better results because I couldn’t just fall back, fall back on the 50. But I went out a number of times and just got, just got nothing with it. And so I just started carrying both and then always resorted back to the 50 and started getting stuff again. So.
Frederic Paulussen (17:26.901)
Okay.
Archie (17:28.14)
Yeah, I’ve not decided on it yet, but we’ll see.
Frederic Paulussen (17:32.219)
Yeah, if you’re going to keep it even. And like how often do you go out and…
Archie (17:39.694)
Yeah, so work full time. So on the two days off a week that I get, so for example, this week I’ve got tomorrow and Sunday off. That’s what I’ll be doing on those two days. And it’s pretty much, pretty much the same every week, really. Get up early, go for a run usually, clear the head and then head out from.
Frederic Paulussen (17:57.006)
Okay.
Archie (18:10.4)
I would say 10 till maybe 1 and then I’d come home for lunch and go back out again until maybe 4. So it’s really full days on the days off really.
Frederic Paulussen (18:15.686)
Okay, I’m…
Frederic Paulussen (18:24.188)
Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (18:30.895)
Okay, it’s like no matter the weather or…
Archie (18:33.74)
No matter the weather, always out. And I think that’s why… I think that’s why I’m happy with some of the photos that I’ve made is…
because it’s all that effort that you’ve put in, it’s all that time that you’re investing into something, that you’re actually getting that reward back. Because I did stints where I was only out for a couple hours and I’d get nothing and it’s… Street photography is one of those sort of areas where unless you’re out for long periods of time quite regularly, I don’t think you can…
Frederic Paulussen (18:56.349)
Hmm.
Archie (19:22.188)
you can get those shots repeatedly.
Frederic Paulussen (19:24.869)
Yeah, I mean you really have to put in the work to get enough opportunities to get those shots. Yeah, it’s like the more you go out the more chance you have at taking good shots. it makes total sense. Do you have like a warm up period or do you get straight into it?
Archie (19:31.554)
Yes. Yeah.
Archie (19:42.99)
tend to get straight into it really.
Frederic Paulussen (19:46.833)
Like you can go out and make like a great shot within like five minutes or.
Archie (19:51.63)
Sometimes, yeah, sometimes, especially because, you know, my settings and my lens is so familiar that I don’t need to adjust anything really. know distances and all that. So it feels second nature in that sense.
Frederic Paulussen (19:52.827)
Yeah, cool.
Frederic Paulussen (20:09.041)
You do zone focusing then? Or like manual? Okay, okay.
Archie (20:11.694)
No, all two.
But in terms of framing and, you know, yeah, in terms of compositional distance and stuff. Yeah, I forgot your question actually.
Frederic Paulussen (20:17.677)
Okay, yeah, like that. Okay, sure. Yeah, makes sense.
Frederic Paulussen (20:27.581)
Do you like if you have like a warm-up period like some crappy shots that you have to get through and then…
Archie (20:31.074)
Yes, sorry, warm up.
No, but I’ve only found it out quite recently, I suppose, in the last couple of months that as long as I start off and I just am not afraid to click the shutter, because you know what it’s like when you’re doing street, for some reason, even though you do it every week for hours on end, there’s times where you don’t press it because you’re nervous or you think somebody’s looking. So I find as long as I start off the day just…
Frederic Paulussen (20:59.782)
Yeah.
Archie (21:05.518)
firing freely. The rest of the day is usually quite a success and I’ll come home with 10 or so images that I’m reasonably happy with.
Frederic Paulussen (21:18.885)
Yeah, so there’s like a kind of like getting into photographing people that I assume like getting close to them and taking their like more or less close but or do I misunderstand?
Archie (21:31.574)
Yeah and also focusing on taking photos. There’s a number of times when you go out and you’re not particularly feeling it or you’re listening to music and you’re just sort of on a walk. Whereas I find you’ve got to be, like I always carry my camera right here because I’m trying to be poised, ready and focused and looking and whereas when I’ve, because I’ve got it on the strap, when you’ve got it by your hip.
Frederic Paulussen (21:51.942)
Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (21:57.693)
Yeah.
Archie (22:02.144)
often times you’ll miss something because you’re just walking around. you, me personally, if I’ve got it up there, I’m focused and I’m ready and I’m looking for the photo rather than sort of walking around and maybe something interests me.
Frederic Paulussen (22:07.729)
Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (22:17.657)
Okay, fair enough. Yeah, I’m more of the… I call it my purse sometimes because it’s just like hanging over my shoulder and walking around. I’m… But I should try it out like you said, like to have it more primed maybe. So that’s already a useful tip for me personally then. Because I do sometimes notice that I’m slow or too slow. So…
Archie (22:23.683)
Yeah.
Archie (22:43.758)
Mm-hmm.
Frederic Paulussen (22:47.997)
like the because there are some great moments I noticed in your photos there’s like there’s one of a lady in a wheelchair passing by a dog in well it’s not a wheelchair but it’s like a similar thing happening and and she’s like smiling to the dog but also also this one photo of like it’s a guy doing his shoelaces and there’s like a baby hanging out so to me it kind of looked like it was a baby doing the
Archie (23:15.682)
Yes, I know the one you’re on about,
Frederic Paulussen (23:18.309)
So do you see the things happening like seconds in advance and anticipate to get close enough or how do you go about those moments? it like just like lucky?
Archie (23:29.516)
Yeah, so for those two, yeah, those two in particular, I don’t know whether about you, but I can remember taking every single one of my photos. Are you the same or not? Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (23:41.63)
yeah. To a degree, like I have some shots that I’m… There’s some photos that I… Like, I know I was there, that I took the photos, but afterwards I was like, I didn’t remember really like clicking the… It was like, I was in that moment, I saw what happened, but I can’t remember like clicking the button, but I have the photos, so I did, so…
Archie (24:05.87)
Yeah, it’s funny, like I…
I see, I don’t know why, seem to just always remember that like second before taking it and that sort of light bulb moment going, there’s a photo. Yeah, so for those two, the lady and the dog and what was the other one? The other one was the baby, the baby guy. Yeah, so lady and the dog, I think was more initially just the root.
Frederic Paulussen (24:18.609)
Sometimes, yeah, yeah, I get those as well.
Frederic Paulussen (24:28.175)
the baby and the shoelaces,
Archie (24:38.67)
the reaction of the lady made me sort of look for the shot and then saw, you know, was obviously a sort of strange scenario with the dog in particular. And then the guy tying his shoe with the baby on his back, but it looks like the baby’s tying the shoe. I was actually out with my friend on a sort of photo walk and I’d moved round to sort of…
Frederic Paulussen (24:43.111)
Hmm.
Archie (25:05.889)
get a sort of detailed shot of the guy taking a shoot just to take a photo. was one of those… Yeah, yeah, was sort of… was, like you said before, was a bit of a warm-up exercise. Just take a photo of a guy tying a shoe, whatever. And then as I moved round to get a better composition of the guy, it then came into view how the baby’s head was sort of falling. So that’s when that clicked for me.
Frederic Paulussen (25:10.999)
without the baby you mean like just like a close-up of yeah yeah
Frederic Paulussen (25:33.521)
Yeah.
Archie (25:35.982)
In terms of anticipating shots though, I think you have to have an element of that to do street photography. I wouldn’t say I do it for all of my shots. A lot of them just feel quite instinctual and I just take it and then realise when I get home that I’ve got something good. That’s quite often the way it works. But yeah, for…
Frederic Paulussen (25:37.149)
Because I think that’s absolute great shot
Frederic Paulussen (26:01.564)
Yeah.
Archie (26:05.356)
definitely some of them you do have a sense of what might happen and so you’re always ready for what might happen or what that person might do and that’s where you should be you know poised and ready to take that.
Frederic Paulussen (26:22.397)
Sure, yeah. But like for example the guy with the shoelaces and I understand you that you had like several seconds maybe even a minute to like get the right angle on him or…
Archie (26:31.756)
Yeah, that was quite a… That one was lucky. That was a slow one. I had time to move on that one. But yeah, obviously most had gone by that time.
Frederic Paulussen (26:43.409)
Yeah, exactly. Sometimes second moments are just like a few seconds. I really like that photo stood out for me because I was really confused for a second there. So it was very nice to see. Another thing that I noticed is like you very often like tilt your photos. Like there’s one very obvious. Well, it’s an obvious tilt, but I think it’s a great photo of like the…
just had it here now I lost it of like the electrical stairways I forgot the name like from a metro stop
Archie (27:17.324)
yep. Yep. Yes, yeah. I’ve got it up, yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (27:23.226)
But there’s like several other photos as well where you have like a…
Archie (27:27.372)
I have a right hand tilt on quite a few of them, yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (27:31.225)
Yeah, there’s like one with like fences and a guy smoking a cigarette, I think. And it’s like a very like a recurring thing. Is that something like you do instinctively? Is it something you picked up somewhere or is it even like…
Archie (27:49.196)
It’s funny, like, I’ve realised I did it.
and was trying to figure out why I did it and there’s only a couple reasons. So one is I find for whatever reason it’s just more interesting and looks more like an action snapshot than a head on sort of leveled shot if you will. Obviously some photos call, yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (28:14.663)
Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (28:22.961)
Yeah, that makes a lot of sense, yeah.
Archie (28:26.414)
Obviously some photos call for that level shot but for your more spontaneous ones as an artistic choice if you will I find it slightly more intriguing. And then the second reason is because I use quite a short strap.
on my camera. So if I do have it by my hip and I’m quickly going up to take the photo, it just happens that often my camera is more of a right tilt on it.
Frederic Paulussen (28:52.699)
Okay.
Frederic Paulussen (29:04.357)
Okay, that’s actually funny. it’s like a it’s kind of like a practical problem that became like a very nice looking aesthetic. That’s cool. Okay. Yeah, I wouldn’t I wouldn’t have guessed the second reason.
Archie (29:09.283)
Yeah.
Archie (29:13.186)
Yes, yeah.
Archie (29:19.938)
Yeah, but I definitely do it consciously now. Even when I didn’t realise that I was doing it before, sometimes when even if I do have the time and a free hand, will tilt it a bit for whatever reason.
Frederic Paulussen (29:36.763)
Yeah, that’s great. And so like you have a very strong sense for composition, find. Is it something like you studied, you looked a lot through books or how did you get that skill?
Archie (29:49.794)
Like.
Archie (29:53.614)
To be honest with you, I don’t have an answer for that. I’ve looked through books, I’ve got quite a few books, mostly black and white as well. But in terms of composition, I wouldn’t have an answer as to how or why I compose the images the way they do. I just do what feels…
Frederic Paulussen (29:56.784)
Okay, yeah, that’s fine. That’s totally fine.
Frederic Paulussen (30:08.742)
Okay.
Frederic Paulussen (30:21.041)
You’re so lucky.
Archie (30:23.308)
you know, fairly natural within the frame.
Frederic Paulussen (30:24.711)
Yeah.
I think that’s very normal to do, Like sometimes you have like a very, some people can have a very analytical look at their compositions. For me as well, it’s more…
Archie (30:40.184)
You just know what looks right, don’t you, at the end of the day? Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (30:41.757)
intuitively yeah yeah and if you you look at to plenty of books or plenty of whatever you’ll get a sense of it eventually so but that’s that’s i find that a very honest and interesting answer that’s what it’s a i like that i just had a question but i lost it
Archie (31:09.998)
About black and white maybe? About black and white maybe?
Frederic Paulussen (31:10.395)
Yeah, yeah, is it sorry
Yeah, exactly. Do you like, because I assume you shoot like raw or do you… And then you like, do some shots get to stay or be in color eventually or do you like, don’t pick those shots even?
Archie (31:36.93)
I shoot in black and white raw, so if I use my screen on the camera, it’s in black and white. I found that was a big help, because I didn’t do that for quite a while. And then I changed it and I thought it was a huge help.
Frederic Paulussen (31:39.291)
Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (31:43.515)
It’s black and white already, yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (31:52.678)
Yeah, if you know you’re going to use the photos in black and white it helps pre-visualize because sometimes yes, tones can be different,
Archie (31:57.571)
Yeah.
Archie (32:01.518)
And I think that’s another thing is I There’s a couple reasons. So first reason why I shoot black and white is
Archie (32:14.102)
like you just said, it’s for the consistency. So when I’m out shooting, I’m not thinking, is this going to be a color image or is this going to be a black and white image? I don’t even have to ask that question. It’s just, it’s black and white. So I know what I’m looking for. I know I’m looking for light and I know I’m looking for shadow and I’m looking for backlighting specifically. Whereas if you were, if you were shooting color, you’d want
more front-facing light, sort of, stereotypically. So I find that just, it gets rid of any hesitation there. So it’s, I know what I’m shooting and I know what I’m looking for, so there’s no questions that need to be asked, I’m just doing that. And then also, just from, just from looking at sort of the,
Frederic Paulussen (32:46.717)
Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (32:57.053)
K.
Archie (33:12.782)
street photography greats really. like Elliot Irwitt is one of my favorites and a lot of his great images are in black and white. And I find it diluted sort of not dilutes, that’s the wrong word. It concentrates an image to it sort of simpler form.
Frederic Paulussen (33:21.201)
Okay.
Frederic Paulussen (33:40.349)
To a degree yeah that’s true, yeah.
Archie (33:41.568)
Yeah, so if you’ve got an image in black and white I feel like the moment or the person or the story you’re telling in that photo has to be fairly obvious because there’s not the colour to explain it if you know what I mean. I don’t know whether that makes any sense but…
Frederic Paulussen (34:04.465)
Yeah, No, no, I get what you’re trying to say. It’s like your subject has to be stronger because you don’t have the extra support of color. Kind of.
Archie (34:16.226)
Yeah, or I’m just trying to make simple photos that you look at and you just understand straight away. Yeah, that’s probably it.
Frederic Paulussen (34:26.811)
Yeah, sure. Makes sense. And yeah, you mentioned earlier, are you like very influenced by a lot of photographers or is more like you kind of find interesting in
Archie (34:40.078)
I wouldn’t say I’m particularly, as I said at the start, Robert Blomfield is main influence and I think that’s quite clear in quite a few of the…
Frederic Paulussen (34:51.783)
And that’s still happening or? Okay.
Archie (34:55.564)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I’d recommend having a look at his stuff because it’s really good. But I think that’s that’s the only big influence, I would say. Like some of Elliot’s work, you wouldn’t be able to, you know, replicate or try and duplicate really, because it’s on that sort of upper level. So now I think I’ve found my
Frederic Paulussen (34:59.579)
Yeah, I’m gonna, I’m gonna, yeah.
Archie (35:26.859)
I’d like to say I’ve found a fairly, or a style that’s unique to me.
That’s the goal really.
Frederic Paulussen (35:35.707)
Yeah.
Okay and do you like because you mentioned going out with friends on Photowalks earlier does that like influence you as well like seeing other people at work or is it more like or are you both in the same style?
Archie (35:53.806)
No, both got very different styles. I don’t think that tends to influence me either really. I’m always…
Archie (36:03.864)
Yeah, I always know the type of image that I can produce. And so whenever I’m out with a camera, of whether I’m with people or not, tend it’s, yeah, it tends not to be influenced by anything, I would say. Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (36:25.093)
Okay. Okay. And you, I’ve heard a lot of photographers talk about it already. Do you have like, do you notice like less, I’m going to call it productivity. I don’t like the word because it’s kind of ugly, like less productivity in your shots when you go out with a friend and alone, because most people like see that they shoot more shots. I have more keepers as well. If they like just go solo.
Of course, going with a friend can be fun. So it’s like…
Archie (36:56.78)
Yeah, I mean I don’t shoot with friends very regularly. when I have… Like that one on the escalator that you pulled up earlier. That one was when I was with my friends. it doesn’t tend to distract me. I can still get a good photo. But yeah, definitely solo. Solo I would get a wider…
Frederic Paulussen (37:10.514)
Yeah.
Archie (37:26.828)
or a larger amount of photos for sure. Yeah. Yeah, definitely. Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (37:28.955)
Yeah, because it’s easier to lock in. think, yeah. Okay. And so, because I’m curious to it, like a lot of people, like you mentioned Edinburgh is not that big. think it’s, I don’t think it’s small either, but definitely it’s, it’s, there’s a lot of bigger cities. Like, do you have like, and you mentioned like going, going around and doing the same tours. there like,
particular spots you enjoy the most and do you notice that you go back to them more often or is it like very spread out?
Archie (38:03.468)
Yes, it’s annoying actually because I took it off my pinned top three but there’s one photo and it’s sort of on the corner from Waverley station and the start of Princes Street so Edinburgh’s most famous street really and in that little area from the
The Balmoral Hotel, the station on Princess Street. I’ve spent a couple full days not moving from that sort of 200 yard circle. Yeah. So that’s definitely the favourite for me.
Frederic Paulussen (38:45.082)
really?
Frederic Paulussen (38:50.299)
And so like not moving meant like really staying in that square for like the entire day or?
Archie (38:55.904)
I mean, I’ve only had it a few, and you’ve definitely had it, is you know when you’re in that sort of flow state and it feels like every time you click the shutter you’ve got like a really solid image. I’ve probably had that, yes it happens but you’re right it’s very rare. I’ve probably had it three times in the past four years but
Frederic Paulussen (39:11.627)
Too rarely, but it happened, yeah.
Archie (39:22.626)
Two out of the three times where that’s happened has been where I’ve not moved from in a sort 300 yard radius and I’ve just walked circles for like three hours. Which people in coffee shops looking around must be rather worried for me, but I enjoy it.
Frederic Paulussen (39:28.208)
Okay.
Frederic Paulussen (39:41.341)
I mean, do they notice? That’s always a question. Like to me, street photography really taught me how less people, how little…
Archie (39:44.204)
I don’t, well, if you see a guy walk past this window for the 20th time, you’re probably thinking something, but, you know.
Frederic Paulussen (39:53.014)
But then you see the camera and you’re like okay, makes sense. Maybe the tourist was lost. But for me it was amazing how little people notice things happening around them. They don’t see you sitting somewhere in a weird spot.
Archie (39:55.886)
Yeah.
Yeah, that’s probably it actually.
Frederic Paulussen (40:18.551)
me because I seem to be always aware of everything around me like in a hyper like vigilant state and through street photography I discovered that’s not the average of people apparently. So to me
Archie (40:36.13)
No, I’m always shocked at how few people realise that you’ve taken a photo of them.
Frederic Paulussen (40:42.011)
Yeah, exactly, That you’re even there.
Archie (40:43.532)
Like I’ll be, yeah, I’ll be right in front of them and I’ll flash the camera up and take it and put it down again. And they’ve not even clocked and they sort of…
Frederic Paulussen (40:53.733)
No, exactly. Yeah. So that’s, that’s, that’s to me was an eye opener in street photography. And so like, just, just, I don’t really like talking here too much because I find it, it’s not too interesting, but like, do you have like a silent camera? Is it like a mirrorless or?
Archie (41:10.638)
No, I shoot on Nikon, which I know is frowned upon amongst the street photography. You do as well? Yeah, there we go. I knew I liked you. Yeah, so I shoot on Nikon. It’s a DSLR, but has a sort of mirrorless, it’s sort of a hybrid really.
Frederic Paulussen (41:18.511)
Nikon as well, I’m not, yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (41:38.481)
Hmm, okay.
Archie (41:39.982)
Yeah, it’s a D780, so it’s got a good mirrorless screen sort of function as well. Yes, exactly,
Frederic Paulussen (41:46.757)
Yeah, yeah, like the live view thing, Yeah, okay. Yeah, I’m now on the Z7 and Z8, but…
Archie (41:55.756)
Right, so you’re full nervous.
Frederic Paulussen (41:59.344)
since a year yeah it used to be the the 850s but it’s they’re loud and they’re heavy they’re so annoying it’s like
Archie (42:06.702)
Yeah.
Archie (42:10.188)
Yeah, well I bought it before I knew that street photography was my sort passion really. So it’s more of a, I don’t know how you’d describe it really, but it’s more of your standard DSLR for maybe commercial work or something of that nature. And it’s more that I just moulded it to fit what I do now and it’s great camera.
Frederic Paulussen (42:32.026)
Exactly,
Archie (42:40.012)
Love it. Absolutely love it.
Frederic Paulussen (42:40.621)
Yeah, but I just think like a camera has just has a video like you can I know Bart Azare was in episodes I have to take a quick peek 8 He uses like a Ricoh GRIII which is like a very small camera and it’s and some people like I know like Mania de Praeter she uses like a 24-70mm lens which is like huge
Archie (42:59.576)
Yes, yeah, yeah,
Frederic Paulussen (43:09.309)
So it just has to work for you, there’s no right or wrong in gear. I think, of course I’d love to get a Leica, I’m not gonna pay for a Leica, I would love to get one. yeah, I’m not gonna buy one. Because I can buy two Nikons for the same price.
Archie (43:23.448)
Yeah, it has to be a gifted one. Yes. Yeah, won’t we all?
Frederic Paulussen (43:38.781)
or like several lenses, whatever. But it’s like, it has to work for you. And for some people, of course, the Leica, I get the allure, like it does look good. It does make great photos, but it’s not the camera, I think, because it just like…
Archie (43:56.278)
No, I think it’s a bit of aesthetic choice. I’m not saying I wouldn’t want one, but it’s definitely an aesthetic choice. Yes, exactly. You look like a proper street photographer if you’ve got one.
Frederic Paulussen (43:59.996)
Yeah, it looks good. Like exactly like you’d feel like an Elliott Erwitt Like you wouldn’t reproduce the same photos. it’s like the camera is probably the same quality as your Nikon. But it like if it feels good for you, then it’s right as well. But yeah, yeah.
Archie (44:19.97)
Yeah.
Well was having this discussion with a mate a few weeks ago and it was like, it was all about the gear and the sort of weird gear shaming that there is. And it sort of, give me any camera and I’ll be able to take a good photo with it. And give somebody else a Leica and give whoever sort of…
bog-standard entry-level cannon or nacon and I know I’d probably be able to take a photo that I was pleased with and is better than that. Yeah, so it’s all about what you see and what you’re anticipating to see.
Frederic Paulussen (44:58.716)
Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (45:06.589)
No, that’s exactly it. It’s true, yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (45:16.389)
Yeah, and like it’s best to put money in your education of photography rather than your gear photography because like learning about composition, learning about moments, learning about whatever is worth more than any camera. it’s like books are books are more a better investment than cameras. And so like you
Did you start out with the 50mm or was it like a kit lens or…
Archie (45:52.664)
Got them here, so my first, I started with the kit lens.
Frederic Paulussen (45:59.386)
yeah.
Archie (46:00.11)
This was a, this is a 24 to 120.
Frederic Paulussen (46:05.123)
right, that’s a, yeah, okay yeah
Archie (46:07.126)
So it’s a beef, yeah, it was a beefy thing and it was heavy and it was cumbersome and it was awful. And then moved to the 50 and haven’t looked back since. So I think 50 is like everybody’s first sort of prime lens really, isn’t it?
Frederic Paulussen (46:09.938)
Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (46:25.757)
Yeah, it was mine. I think you have prime and also like less than like, I’m not sure what maybe F4 or whatever. Like it was definitely my first one point eight Lens. And it feels so, so like, it’s funny. Like to me, it felt so mighty to be able to do like the bokeh and stuff. then
Now I’m learning to stop doing it and use f5.6, f8, f11, f16 sometimes even. Because it’s fun to have the very sharp focus with a low depth of field.
Archie (46:54.926)
Yeah.
Archie (47:08.472)
Mm-hmm.
Frederic Paulussen (47:09.775)
I’m learning that it’s more interesting to show more and have a good composite composed photo than a blurry background. Is it something like your settings? it something you twiddle with often? are you more like you set your settings and it’s more focused on composition then or?
Archie (47:16.653)
Yes.
Archie (47:34.222)
yeah i’ll go out and i’ll set my settings i’ll set my
Yeah, to be honest, I tend to only fiddle with shutter.
and ISO obviously. Yeah, yeah I quite often shoot in shots priority just because that’s the only thing that would make the greatest difference to me in terms of the type of shot that I would like.
Frederic Paulussen (47:48.911)
Okay, so you like a shutter priority? Okay.
Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (48:06.909)
Yeah, I can see that. Yeah, I’m an aperture priority person, but I can totally see what you’re telling. Yeah.
Archie (48:08.572)
yeah.
Archie (48:16.172)
Yeah, because quite often I like to experiment with slightly draggy or blurry shots. Not that they’re ever particularly my favourite, but there’s times when I want to try the panning shot and I want to a slow shutter stuff. shutter priority for me is, yeah, it’s quickest way of making the biggest difference in an image, I think.
Frederic Paulussen (48:42.781)
Yeah, definitely, for sure. It’s also like if there’s movement like the playing kids or the skateboarder, then it’s important that it’s really sharp. like you have to… I’m not sure what you did with the skater, but it’s at least one 400 probably. So it goes in different ways. It’s not only the long exposure, but also the short exposure. But to me it’s interesting because like settings, they are important to a degree, but at the same time…
It’s better to just have the shot than to have a perfectly sharp photo on the exact perfect shutter speed.
Frederic Paulussen (49:31.358)
And so like I will be wrapping up quickly, but also wanted to ask you there’s like there’s some like shots that are more complex like I have to
Archie (49:37.774)
Okay.
Frederic Paulussen (49:51.966)
have a look at which ones I mean. It’s like, I think it’s what you said earlier, like it’s not a moment but it’s like a scene. So there’s like, there’s this one, I’m having a look, well it’s 55 weeks ago so maybe you don’t remind it. But ah, like the, you have it pinned on your profile with like the people crossing the street, like the woman with the stroller and the kid and then you have like, it’s like…
Archie (50:14.637)
Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (50:17.967)
slightly more complex scenes like how do you decide like I can imagine you have like composition in mind you wait for the right persons to to go like to find their their place in the stage and then you you click but it’s it’s is there like a long wait for you or is it like something you
Archie (50:38.35)
So that photo particularly, the one that’s the sort of first pinned one is my favourite photo that I’ve taken. Which is strange because it’s not really the most… It’s not filled with action and it’s not maybe the most… It’s not a technically great image I think.
It’s all about the composition on the image. And I remember taking it and the light was coming down this road. And this was an area of the city which I very rarely go down as well. So that was another reason why it was so special was because I decided to sort of walk off the beat track a bit and go to a sort of less, like this area is not very busy at all.
Frederic Paulussen (51:21.127)
Okay.
Frederic Paulussen (51:29.031)
Yeah.
Archie (51:36.32)
And yeah, the light was great. And then I saw the lady with the… It was actually the old lady on the right hand side, which I spotted first. I remember this. And I was thinking, hey, that’s quite a nice photo. Even without the other people, would be quite a nice photo. And then as I took the first image of the lady sort of rounding the corner, these three other people started coming in to shot. And it was one of those where you’re just waiting until…
Frederic Paulussen (51:46.011)
Going around the corner, yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (51:51.419)
Hmm, for sure, yeah.
Archie (52:06.486)
Each person is separate from the other in the image and then it was like… and then it was fine, yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (52:11.741)
Yeah, are you like a one-shot person or do you like use a…
Archie (52:18.572)
This one would have been a few, but definitely not like a burst. It would have been a… Yeah. Now, I tend not to do that, because I find it a bit robotic, really. Because you can just… Yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (52:21.681)
Yeah, yeah, you don’t have like the yeah, it’s not automatic like takes then shots when you click.
Like I’m… Yeah, no, I get it. I didn’t do it as well and I’m… Like this past week I’ve been trying it out and I do see using it like sometimes. Like in this scenario, you know, like you take like four or five shots in a row from like just before and just after and then… But yeah, to me it’s…
Archie (52:57.219)
Yes.
Frederic Paulussen (52:58.373)
It’s not a reflex as well, like I still have to learn that it’s like high, you call it high speed. So for me, it’s like I take a photo usually and I take several. So for me, it’s yeah, the instinct isn’t there yet, but I, yeah.
Archie (53:01.389)
Yeah.
Archie (53:10.424)
Yeah. And then on this particular image, it was only then after through editing it that I sort of found the interesting part about it was how everybody, that’s why I called it different walks of life, was that everybody in the image is of a, you you’ve got your old woman on the right and you’ve got your young kid and mother with a pram.
Frederic Paulussen (53:27.963)
Yeah,
Archie (53:40.45)
and then you’ve got the woman and the man there. it’s like every single stage of life is shown in that one. I know you tend to overanalyze your own work and think it has a deeper meaning, but it’s…
Frederic Paulussen (53:45.572)
Okay.
Frederic Paulussen (53:53.457)
Do you, because you,
Frederic Paulussen (53:59.582)
No, it’s funny. I was gonna ask if you do that because for me it’s like, it’s a photo. Yeah. And sometimes I do like, okay, this could mean, but it’s like one in every hundred shots that I like finalized that I think like for something about it. So it’s funny that you have like, because I see these titles for a lot of your photos. Is it something you’re like…
Archie (54:09.25)
Yes, of course,
Frederic Paulussen (54:23.867)
Like some are obvious, of course, like the kids with the statue called Rule Breakers. Like it’s a good title, but it’s like, I mean, it’s, it’s, but for example, the walks of life of different walks of life. It didn’t click until you, you just mentioned it. Is it something you’re like intentional with? Like is it really something like you take time to title your photos?
Archie (54:45.144)
Well, just touching on something you just said there about sort of like seeing the deeper meaning in stuff. I’m very much like you in that I would take a photo and the vast majority of them, they are a photo but there’s no… I like to think they’re a good photo but there’s not necessarily any meaning behind them. I think you only get those once in a while.
Frederic Paulussen (55:05.084)
Yeah.
Archie (55:13.814)
and you’re lucky when you do. That’s what makes it a great photo rather than like a good photo. Perhaps, yeah. So yeah, there’s only a few photos of mine that I would put in that category of like, hey, there’s something behind those images which means something a bit more. But in terms of captioning them.
Frederic Paulussen (55:18.535)
Perhaps, yeah, true.
Archie (55:39.534)
I am… I’m probably just…
delving into the pretentious photographer style if you know what I mean. If I was being honest I’m like hey I’m gonna name this I’m gonna name this something short and sweet and put a dot at the end so it’s cool. That’s me yeah.
Frederic Paulussen (56:01.051)
Yeah, okay. No, that’s yeah, that’s I like how honest you are in those things. That’s really great. No, yeah, I mean, I can imagine. It’s to me, like I wouldn’t dare to do it because like as you said, it might feel pretentious, but at same time, I think it really works. And you’re really clever with your titles. And yeah, I mean.
Archie (56:25.282)
I think it only, if it does work, and I’m not sure it does, but if it does work, I think it only works because I’m self-aware that it’s stereotypical photography stuff. Do know what I mean?
Frederic Paulussen (56:43.409)
Yeah, perhaps. Like I’m thinking, yeah. Because there’s one here also like open door with the guy in like the black wall with the square. Like, I mean, it’s a great title for the photo, yeah. And I mean, then you have like Waverley Bridge, which is obvious, like it’s location. Yeah, but it’s, mean, sometimes it’s, that’s plenty.
Archie (57:02.668)
Yeah, I was uninspired that day.
Frederic Paulussen (57:11.683)
So, no, to me, I’ve never delved into the titling of photos yet. So for me, if there’s ever an exhibition of my work, will all be like untitled, untitled, untitled. So, but I think that’s, I think it’s maybe, maybe, I think it’s a good, maybe I should get into the practice of finding titles for my photos as well.
Archie (57:12.95)
Exactly. Less is more. Less is more.
Archie (57:25.678)
Well that’s pretty pretentious.
Frederic Paulussen (57:39.549)
So I think it’s a great thing that you do.
Frederic Paulussen (57:46.567)
Definitely some great photos that deserve a title anyway. it’s yeah. Okay, so we’re nearing an hour. So let’s wrap it up before I get any more angry messages that the episodes are too long. So yeah, of course I’m gonna put all your contact information, mainly your Instagram and your website in the show notes and the description. Is there anything else people might need to know about you or just to follow you on Instagram?
Archie (58:16.121)
Yeah, just follow me on Instagram. I do have a photo book. Yeah, I’ve got a photo book of a lot of my sort of best images from Edinburgh. They’re all of Edinburgh. There’s not any sort of link to buy that. That would just be like a DM if anybody’s interested. that’s probably the only thing I’ve got at the moment.
Frederic Paulussen (58:20.816)
really? Okay.
Archie (58:45.518)
And yeah, thank you very much. Really enjoyed it.
Frederic Paulussen (58:49.373)
Cool, yeah. So I’ll put the link for the website and Instagram in the description and people can send you an email or DM for your book. cool. Yeah, thanks for being here.
Archie (58:54.146)
Yeah, that’d be great.
Absolutely.
Archie (59:01.692)
Thank you