I'm Keith Pitts, street photographer, educator and photography workshop host.
I’ve been shooting street photography for, probably more than 12 years. I started creating on the streets to bring the joy back to photography after what then was still a long time as a professional photographer. I needed to shoot only for myself. Now I want to share what I’ve learned over a long period online through my RU-vid channel, website and instagram and in person via my workshops and of course have a beer or coffee with fellow street photographers I meet around. Subscribe and check back to see what I have to say on a variety of street photo related topics. Thank you!
Keith
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Hello with the f-stops you have mentioned for zone focusing doesn’t this all have to correspond with available light? I like to shoot in the dark so hence need a wider f-stop has the only light available is artificial. Thanks
Yes. There has to be enough light to use the particular settings I demonstrated. The technique is the same for any adjustment, though. It just becomes much more limiting as the light gets significantly lower. Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment. I appreciate it.
So brutal but so needed. Huge respect to Richard. 15 years or so ago I was on the subway and it suddenly stopped and there was an announcement that someone had just committed suicide with the next train ahead of us so they were closing the whole line and everyone had to get off. I remember a few people around me were angry at the person for ruining their commute with their act. I wasn’t even near the scene, or saw anything, or knew anyone directly involved, but it still haunts me to this day. Especially the lack of empathy of those comments.
The lack of empathy in people is shocking at times. I recall the Tappan Zee Bridge was a place that would attract people that wanted to commit suicide, and you would have people complaining about it ruining their already tedious commute. Times change faster than people :( Thank you for watching and commenting.
Certainly. I'll use f8 again for clarity. Substitute whatever aperture you are shooting at for f8 if it's different. Look at the lens. There is a scale with aperture numbers that mirror each other on the left and right side. Assuming you are using f8, whatever distance is in between the f8's on the left and right are what is in acceptable focus. That's really it. If you want Hyper focus (out to infinity) then put the center of the infinity symbol (looks like a sideways figure 8) on the right side aperture number. Whatever falls between the left side aperture number and infinity is now in acceptable focus. I hope that helped.
@@streetphotographymentor hi there, i will tr to read and watch your video again till i can digest and understand it. I'm a slow learner but I am very keen to master this. I appreciate your patience
22:10 a brilliant statement starts here 😎 I visited Dublin in 2011 to attend a training course, and showed local attendees the photos I took. They were shocked I wasn't mugged, as the areas I photographed were not safe.
Agreed :) I appreciate how he illustrated the point that everyone views safety (and everything else for that matter) from their own perspective. If people, the world over, spent any time thinking about things from the viewpoint of others, then a few of the world's problems may get solved.
Great interview and was already following him, i have an English/Irish/Scottish background and for some reason quite drawn to his photos, its difficult isnt it what to do when family come along , i had to stop working in the darkroom wheni was pregnant with my second, then life became so busy and i never went back to it. But continued taking photos very sporadically, knowing that one day i would get back to it in some way.
Thank you, Christine! Sorry for the late reply :( It's so true. The things that de-rail us. I miss the darkroom so much. I carried my enlarger (a big Omega D2) around the country with my wife and family, thinking that one day I would set it back up and print again. It never happened. I did give it to a friend's son eventually. His dad, my friend, built him a darkroom. I am happy that it went to someone with a passion for it. I miss those early years, when everything was new to me. Now, other things are new, like podcasting and what not :)
The only place I've had an altercation while doing street photography was in the Paris subway. Ironically, the gentleman who got upset wasn't even in the photo. Fortunately, I didn't speak French at the time, so I started talking in Spanish and English. Other people on the subway jumped in to help deescalate the situation.
Really enjoyed this conversation and learned a lot. Being fairly new to documentary/street photography, it's helpful to hear people talk about the things and scenarios we all encounter with this type of photography. It can be very difficult at times, but I'm getting better at navigating the good and bad interactions I run into, or just the genre in general, the more I do it.
Thank you for watching and commenting. There is so much out there to watch and listen too. I appreciate you making this a part of that. It all gets easier the more you do it. Keep at it.
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Peter mckinnon is the name of that guy , i saw that video too😊, Canadian photographer with a huge following, hes entertaining to watch ,i would imagine hes across most of the AI stuff, according to meta AI it does use AI to analyse the content of the photo , and at the moment is detecting heavy manipulated or synthesised content, deep fakes - face swapping , manipulated facial expressions, significant removals and additions, and entirely AI generated images. It did say that minor edits by photoshop basic retouching,colour correction and so on wont trigger AI content detection , so i guess thats where it is for now but it could change as the whole thing evolves 😊. I think its good to play with it, you need to know what your up against . Also agree that it will become its own genre but it needs to be fully disclosed that its generated and stands apart separately as an artform , just my 2 cents 😊
Thank you both for a fantastic and inspiring journey into Geert's work. Keith, I very much appreciate getting to know all these wonderful, soulful photographers because of your efforts!
@@geertverstrepen2549 can you tell me which camera and lens you used for the photos on the beach with the horses and fishing nets because your black & white images look like they were taken with monochrome cameras?
Thank you both for this! The metaphorical discussion centering on under and over exposure is excellent and profound. Some of the ideas you cover remind me of Mark Twain's "Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to Heaven" where a cobbler who "has the soul of a poet in him won't have to make shoes here." Long live curiosity and exploration!
I think people need to learn photography history, and research darkroom techniques, then hopefully this straight out of camera nonsense would disappear. The camera just captures raw data , which needs adjusting . Whether that's film or digital 😊 printing is a whole other thing as well which is another edit.
