Today, I’m joined by Bart Azare, aka Bartdoetdestraat, on Instagram. We’ll (probably) get into how his work changed over the past 20 years of doing photography and his seeming love for metropolitan cities.
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- Website: https://bartazarephotography.com/
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The summary of this episode with Bart Azare + links
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:35 Bart introduces himself
00:01:40 Doing street portraits
00:03:45 Setting goals in street photography (for the year or the day)
00:05:10 Differentiation between daytime and nighttime
00:08:00 Interaction with the people you photograph
- Simon Ogden’s episode about interacting with people
- Iris.straatfoto’s episode about not interacting with people
00:15:35 Getting on Instagram
00:18:30 Getting into street photography
00:23:00 Dip in interest for street photography
00:29:15 How I got into street photography
00:35:35 Photographing with other photographers
- Blogpost by Bart we discuss: https://bartazarephotography.com/recent/london-street-photography-with-the-ricoh-griii-3
- Photobook by Mr Whisper – London After Dark
- Photobook: Found, not Lost by Elliot Erwitt
00:42:00 Photographing intuitively
00:47:00 Expecting things from yourself
00:53:00 Coming home and selecting
00:56:00 ICM and checking sharpness
00:57:00 Curating your work
01:04:30 Revisiting your old work
01:13:00 Printing your own work
01:18:00 Talking gear and the motivating element it can have
01:21:30 Hunter vs Fisher
01:26:30 Using public events to practice your street photography
01:28:20 Metropolitan cities or smaller ones?
01:33:40 Dream destinations
01:35:45 Outro
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