VSP Workshops Blog

Street photography is a pretty broad term to be honest. Nonetheless when photographers mention it, I think for the most part we all share a fairly united vision of what it refers to. Interestingly, over the years of running various ’street photography’ themed workshops with various teachers, there have been some very consistent messages by way of advice and teachings. (more…)

Image by Lars Lindholm

Well perhaps ’storm evading’ would be a more accurate description of what happened in Tuscany.  Every morning of the workshop, I’d hear somebody on CNN talking about the severe weather system currently pushing across Italy.  Given the forecasts, we were actually very fortunate with the weather.  From a photographer’s perspective, the one thing we hoped for on the workshop was dramatic weather.  Grey, flat light was a no-no, but if it had to be bad, we wanted storm clouds and drama – rather like a scene from Independence Day only without the Armageddon bit afterwards. (more…)