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35 years of photography from London to Edinburgh, Venice... Getty Images pro Marco Secchi shares the craft of the shot, the philosophy of seeing, and the art of the European flâneur. Two articles a week: Tuesday’s reflection and Thursday’s masterclass.
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What I Notice That Beginners Miss (opens the original)
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When I began, I thought the subject was everything.An interesting face. A beautiful building. Afternoon light on a wall. Find the thing, I believed, and the photograph follows. So I looked straight at whatever caught my eye and tried to take it before it vanished.The subject is only the beginning.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6LIS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fima
Zone Focusing Without the Mythology (opens the original)
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This is the sixth lesson in my eight-week series of shorter technical articles.Last Monday, we looked at aperture and why it is not simply a dial for making the background blurry. This week is about the opposite problem: making enough of the photograph sharp when more than one distance matters.<div class="image
Stop Collecting Strong Singles. Build a Story. (opens the original)
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Many photographers have portfolios filled with good individual pictures.There is an atmospheric street photograph from Venice, a portrait made in Budapest, a dramatic silhouette, an architectural detail and perhaps a photograph from a demonstration or public event. Each image may be technically accomplished. Some may be excellent.But together, they often say very little about the photographer.This is one of the most common weaknesses I see in portfolios. The problem is not necessarily the qualit
Aperture Is Not a Blur Dial (opens the original)
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This is the fifth lesson in my eight-week series of shorter technical articles. Last Monday we looked at the histogram and why the graph on the back of your camera is an interpretation of the RAW file rather than the RAW data itself.This week we move from exposure to another control that appears simpler than it really is: aperture.The familiar explanation goes like this. Use a wide aperture for a blurred background and a small aperture when you want everything sharp.<a class="image-link image2 i
What Through the Lens Has Become (opens the original)
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A note for current paid subscribers: The price changes announced below do not affect you. You will continue to pay the rate you joined at for as long as your subscription remains active!When I opened Through the Lens, the subscription cost €5 a month or €49 a year.At the time, I did not know whether anyone would pay to read what I wrote. Some of you did. You subscribed on trust, before there was an extensive archive and before the publication had developed into what it is today.There is consider
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