Inside Santa Maria della Scala, Siena Italy ©2016 Gina Williams Portland Oregon based writer, Gina Williams, has been on a personal journey to reinvent yourself as a journalist and photographer. That journey has taken her to Europe three times in less than a year, most recently to attend the Siena international Photography Awards in Siena, Italy. I had an opportunity to speak with Gina after she returned from Italy where we talked about her experiences both in Siena and in Paris. She says her biggest take away from that trip is the fact that not only do you need to feed your body you need to feed your soul as well. Although that was only part of her conversation really struck home for me. It is why we use that as the title for this episode of the podcast. I also share my experiences attempting to photograph the super moon this week plus I take back some of the good things I said about Google Photos in a previous episode. Here are a few other photos from Gina Williams’ trip to Siena and Paris Copyright @2016 Gina Williams Siena Sunrise, Copyright @2016 Gina Williams Copyright @2016 Gina Williams Copyright @2016 Gina Williams

Cross by IvakOur Flickr group photo of the month . Let’s face it street photography in small towns can be a challenge on even the best days. Modern life is driven much of the foot traffic from the interior of small towns to big box stores and strip malls and outlying areas. Photos of people driving on the street are not particularly interesting. In today’s episode Ashley and I discuss some ways small-town Street photographers can find interesting subjects and projects to keep the juices flowing. This month were beginning a new feature which is our Flickr group photo of the month. Our winner this month is a photo titled Cross by Ivak.   we like this photo because of its simplicity and strong composition. Congratulations to Ivak who will receive a free one year’s subscription to the web version of Street Photography Magazine.  You can see more of  Ivak’s work on his Flickr Photostream and Instagram account. We also talk a little bit about Google’s new pixel phone with its highly reviewed camera as well as how you can use Google Photos to make easier to manage and find your images. Finally, be sure to check out the website and photographs of GMB Akash one of Ashley’s favorite photographers. You won’t be disappointed. Links From the Show Flickr Photo of the Month – Cross by Ivak Ivak on Instagram Google Photos SIPA Contest Winners GMB Akash Website GMB Akash Videos  

Do you ever feel like you’re not getting to shoot on the street as much as you would like and still want to exercise your street photography muscles?  Or do you wonder if there’s a way to make money doing street photography? A street photography style  can be used in many other types of photography to give  you a unique style or point of view.  Today Ashley and I speak with international street photographer Valerie Jardin about how to apply your street skills to other photography genres.  She tells us about how many  photographers are using the unique street approach in advertising, weddings and other events.   Links From the Show Valerie Jardin Photography Hit The Streets Podcast iTunes Link Street Photography: First Steps and Beyond by Valerie Jardin A Selection of Recent Street Photos by Valerie Click any image to open the gallery  

In this episode of the podcast Ashley and I discuss how you can find some resources to receive quality feedback about your street photographs. Street photography can be a pretty lonely artform, and if you do it alone and don’t seek constructive criticism from others, you’re less likely to improve your work. Fortunately there are many good forums in which to post your work for others to review and critique. But you won’t get help from others unless you participate and provide feedback on other photographers work. See the links below to visit the sites we discussed in the podcast. The September Issue of street photography magazine is now available and we spend a few minutes discussing some of the highlights of this month’s issue. In particular don’t miss my interview with documentary photographer Keith Danna Miller. He’s an American living in Mexico City who has a very interesting story to share. Links From the Show Keith Dannemiller Links Photosptiembre USA Lenscratch Mexico City Streets Blog Links for our Updates Send us your feedback and requests Robert Fisher’s Street Photography Series Ahsley’s Feedback Site Recommendations Grit and Grain Street Crit Street Snappers Street Critique Bob’s Feedback Site Recommendations Fred Miranda dot com City, Street & Architecture FujiX-Forum.com  Critique Forum Fickr – Critique Group  Flickr – Truly Constructive Criticism Group

In this episode of our podcast Ashley Hunsberger and I discuss some things you can do to help you feel more comfortable when photographing strangers on the street. This is the number one concern among street photographers. We also talk about a new workshop Harvey Stein has coming up in India, Len Speier’s gallery opening in Manhattan and Michael Ernest Sweet’s upcoming lecture at B&H Photo in New York about the making of a photography book. Our recommended photographer this week is Margarita Mavromichalis. It was my turn to pick so I was pleased to be able to talk about one of my very favorite street photographers in her very personal style. Here’s one of my favorite photos of hers:   Am I Dreaming by Margarita Mavromichalis   Stories Discussed Street Photography Magazine August Issue – Web Version Street Photography Magazine August Issue – iOS Version (click this in your iPhone or iPad) SPM Flickr Group Margarita Mavromichalis Lesvos Article in Street Photography Magazine – Web Version in Issue 32  Margarita Mavromichalis Lesvos Article in Street Photography Magazine – iOS Version in Issue 32 (click this in your iOS device) Interview with Margarita Mavromichalis – Issue 17 – Web Version Interview with Margarita Mavromichalis – Issue 17 – iOS Version Margarita Mavromichalis Website How to submit SPM Gallery photos through Flickr Harvey Stein Website Michael Ernest Sweet The Making of a Photography Book B&H Photo Event Space Seminars Brussels Street Photography Festival

Tomash with his Fuji XPro2 UPDATE:  We just learned that there was an audio problem with the Tomash interview in the original version of the podcast.  We were able to correct the problem and it now sounds very good.  Many thanks to our listener Jan for pointing it out. Hey street shooters! We’ve got a brand new podcast ready for your listening pleasure. This time Ashley Hunsberger (editor of SPM) joins me to talk about the latest in street photography events and what’s going on with Street Photography Magazine. We also interviewed Tomash of the FujiLove Magazine,  website and podcast – a really interesting guy. Listen in to hear about a special photowalk in Cleveland hosted by SPM, which was held during the Republican National Convention. You’ll also learn how you can get published in the magazine or have your work featured on our Instagram feed or blog. We’ll let you know about a few upcoming competitions, festivals and workshops and you’ll even get to know Nathan Goldenzweig – a street photographer you should definitely check out. Links From the Show FujiLove Website Tomash’s Personal Photography Website Street Photography Magazine Instagram Miami Street Photography Festival Nathan Goldenzweig EyeEM Awards  Shortlist Urban 2016 Photo Awards Lens Culture Street Photography Awards Street Photography Magazine – Covering Life on the Streets of the Republican National Convention  Street Photography Magazine – SPM Street Photo Gallery  Street Photography Magazine –  Tips for Creating Photo Project Articles   

Portland Oregon based photographer and journalist, Gina Williams, visited the London photo Expo in May and took some extra time to do some street shooting of her own in London and Paris. In the process Gina wrote an article about her experience which will appear in the June issue of street photography magazine. Gina took some time out of her busy schedule to talk to me about her experience at the show as well as her experience attending a street photo workshop with But to explain some more about her experience Gina spent some time with me discussing the Expo and her experience earlier this year while attending a street photography workshop in Paris with Valerie Jardin earlier this year. You can hear Gina’s interview on this edition of the Street Photography Magazine podcast. Don Mcullin at Photo London © 2016 Gina Williams   New Street Photography Gallery Featuring SPM Flickr Group Members This month we are starting a new monthly feature on our website called the SPM street photography gallery. Each month we will feature a number of images from members of our Flickr group that best represent a particular category of street photography. For example this month’s category is Lines. The first edition of SPM street photography gallery will be published next week, so keep an eye on the website. Join or visit the Street Photography Magazine Flickr group today. Republican National Convention Photo Walk On July 20 I will be hosting a street photography photo walk in Cleveland Ohio during the Republican national convention. Because this is the first time were doing this going to limit attendance to a maximum of five photographers. We will spend the day shooting on the streets around the city and convention venues.  Afterwards we’ll get together to discuss our favorite photos some of which will be selected to be used in a photo story about our experience which will be published in the magazine. I expect that it’s going to be total chaos on the North Coast (that’s what we call the Cleveland area) that week so this one is not for the faint of heart. If you are interested send an email to me and include “Republican National Convention” in the subject line. Space is limited to the first five people to submit their request.  Attendees will be contacted with the time and location. New Street Photography eBooks Valerie Jardin : Street Photography: First Steps and Beyond Daniel Hoffmann: Street Photography – A Day In New York

Harvey Stein has been shooting in the streets of New York for over 40 years. To borrow a quote from George Jones, Harvey was street photography when street photography wasn’t cool. In the process Harvey became an educator, curator and published author. In fact he’s published five books about street photography, including a trilogy about specific neighborhoods in New York. The first in the trilogy is Coney Island: 40 Years, 1970-2010 published in 2011, followed two years later by Harlem Street Portraits and rounded out this month by his latest book Briefly Seen which is an up close study of the busy and chaotic streets of New York’s business districts, Midtown and Downtown Manhattan. Harvey was kind enough to spend time with me to discuss his new book, the trilogy and everything else he’s up to (which is quite a lot) this year. We’ve also included a selection of photos from Briefly Seen which you can see in the gallery below. Click anywhere within the gallery block to view the images individually. A Selection of Images from Briefly Seen Click any image to open gallery. Show Notes and Links Harvey’s Website F-Stop Magazine Review of Briefly Seen New York Times article about Briefly Seen Brroklyn Museum of Art Coney Island Exhibit featuring Harvey’s work McNay Museum in San Antonio, Texas – the next stop for the Coney Island exhibit See Harvey’s photos at: Umbrella Arts June Bateman Fine Art

It was a real pleasure meet award winning photojournalist Lisa DeJong recently. She has been a local news photographer for the past 20 years has been on the staff at the Cleveland Plain Dealer for the last seven. Before that she worked for the Flint Journal in Flint, Michigan and the storied St. Petersburg Times. We’re very fortunate in the Cleveland market to have a staff of excellent photographers at our local newspaper. For years I’ve been following their work and in the process have learned so much about working with available light, composition and capturing the moment. As part of my daily ritual of catching up on the news I’ve admired Lisa’s work by seeing her publish one brilliant photograph after another. Yet she takes it in stride describing it as another day at work. Like most true professionals, she makes it look easy. It’s not. A local newspaper photographer has a very difficult job. They’re responsible for covering many stories every day. Not only do they have to deal with traffic, bad weather, uncooperative subjects and bad light, but they are under constant pressure to “get the shot” every time. They don’t have the luxury of coming back another day when the light is better…they have deadlines…every day. It doesn’t stop. But they’re artists too, and creativity on a time schedule, under pressure isn’t easy. Lisa is a perfect example of this. She tells us in order to be successful in her field you have to do the work every day with you feel like it or not. It’s important to be detached to become invisible and not be part of the story. To capture the story and not be part of it. Street photographers have much to learn from photojournalists. They work fast, in the moment, make the best use of available light and work in the moment. Many of Lisa’s photographs that we show in this article are not considered street photography. But we felt it was important to show the depth and breadth of Lisa’s work in the types of photographs she has to make every day. This is the first time that I had an opportunity to sit down with my interview subject face-to-face and have a real conversation. It was a true pleasure to meet one of my influences in person. I hope you enjoy it too. – Bob Patterson A Selection of Lisa’s Photos Beyond Rape: A survivor’s journey David Francis grew up in a violent home in crime-ridden Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, around the corner from this street scene. COURTESY THE PLAIN DEALER Phillip Francis weeps as he says that he doesn’t want to die in prison inside the sex offender jail in Massachusetts. He is the brother of David Francis. Date shot: Oct. 22, 2007. COURTESY THE PLAIN DEALER Pastor Anthony Singleton preaches at Emmanuel Christian Center in Cleveland, attended by Laura Wills, one of David Francis’ sisters. COURTESY THE PLAIN DEALER Page 1 of Beyond Rape: A Suvivor’s Journey – COURTESY THE PLAIN DEALER Pages 2-3 of Beyond Rape: A Survivor’s Journey – COURTESY THE PLAIN DEALER Page 16 of Beyond Rape: A Survivor’s Journey – COURTESY THE PLAIN DEALER To get the full impact of Lisa’s photos this story is best viewed on the original newsprint. Absent that the story can be read in it’s entirety on the Cleveland Plain Dealer website. Here’s a link to the article Feature Photos Stiltwalker Julia Pankhurst makes her way down Murray Hill Road, practicing her stilt walking. Pankhurst, who has walked on stilts for years, says that these particular stilts make her about ten feet tall. Pankhurst is seen often at local parades. COURTESY THE PLAIN DEALER Charris, left, and Boomer carry the front of their mother’s casket on nearly a mile journey through creeks and meadows on the way to Marilyn Myers’ final resting place. About 100 mourners formed a procession behind them singing songs from Carole King, James Taylor and Simon and Garfunkel. COURTESY ST. PETERSBURG TIMES “Obama! Obama! Obama!” shouts a star-struck Maria Alvares, 85, of Cleveland as she sees President Barack Obama for the very first first time as he walks on stage at Cleveland State University on Oct. 5, 2012. COURTESY THE PLAIN DEALER Zion Roberts, 10, of Flint, Michigan, gets a little help from a stool while practicing for the Junior Olympics at the Joe Byrd’s Boxing Academy on the north side of Flint, Michigan. COURTESY THE FLINT JOURNAL Family and friends gather hold a candle-light vigil where Latasha Jackson and her daughter Chaniya Wynn were murdered on E. 71Street near Union Avenue in Cleveland during a vigil. COURTESY THE PLAIN DEALER Mikaela Clark of Cleveland tests out her wings while inside her “Fire Bird Mystical Mirage” costume near the Cleveland Museum of Art just before she steps into the parade line-up for the twentieth annual Parade the Circle in University Circle. COURTESY THE PLAIN DEALER A secret service agent checks the plane stairs that will connect to Air Force One at Atlantic Aviation in Cleveland. The stairs were sitting on the tarmac awaiting the scheduled arrival of President Barack Obama. COURTESY THE PLAIN DEALER Ed Schmitt, 56, of Cleveland, takes his umbrella down that shaded his yet-to-be-named masterpiece on the huge grassy area of Mall C, on top of the Cleveland Convention Center, on Monday, May 19, 2014. COURTESY THE PLAIN DEALER “Buffy” the Pig weathers a lightning storm in Dixie County, Florida. Owner Jennifer Bellot is raising the pig as a part of the Future Farmers of America for the Suwannee River livestock Show in Dixie County. COURTESY ST. PETERSBURG TIMES Portraits Giovanni Zoppe paints his own face of make-up for every show as he performs as “Nino” the clown. Giovanni is a sixth-generation circus performer. COURTESY THE PLAIN DEALER Connie, who is legally blind, uses her white cane while walking near her home in rural southern Ohio with her 3-year-old grandson, Maddox. The shooting that destroyed her face stole most of her vision, too, making it impossible for her to read, drive or work. COURTESY THE PLAIN DEALER In the immortal words of Ethel Merman, there’s no business like show business – and no one like Danny Windsor, who’s spent the last 30 years imitating her in drag shows. COURTESY THE PLAIN DEALER “Don’t pull its legs off,” Arlene Burch says to her son Dusty, holding a grasshopper in his fingers. Inspecting the grasshopper’s bright yellow stripes, Dusty, 8, discovers that it is already missing a back leg. COURTESY THE PLAIN DEALER You may see Ryan Kurpik, 9, of Parma, jumping out from behind a tree wearing this vintage Russian gas mask at “The Haunted Yard” covering three back yards in Parma. COURTESY THE PLAIN DEALER Fading Middle Class (portrait series) Jonell Sayles, 54, has worked for Delphi Corp. for 36 years and is in danger of losing her pension. She is a third-generation union worker. COURTESY FLINT JOURNAL Dean Braid, 47, was employed as a mechanic and worked on this very site for Buick City. Buick City was torn down after being named one of the most efficient factories in the world. COURTESY THE FLINT JOURNAL Al Bodette, 90, who worked for GM for 44 years. He helped start the union when he lead co-workers through the historical sit-down strike of 1936 in Flint. COURTESY THE FLINT JOURNAL Lisa’s Influences Andrea Levy – Illustrator, Cleveland Plain Dealer Lynn Ischay- Photographer, Cleveland Plain Dealer Lisa’s Awards Ohio News Photographers Association 2008 Photographer of the Year- Ohio News Photographers Association 2010 Photographer of the Year 2011 Photographer of the Year 2007 Photographer of the Year – runner-up 2013 Photographer of the Year – runner-up Associated Press 2008 AP Photographer of the Year 2010 AP Photographer of the Year 2007 AP Photographer of the Year – second place Ohio Society of Professional Journalists 2008 Best Photographer – Ohio Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) 2009 Best Photographer – Ohio Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)-second place 2011 Best in Ohio: Body of Work – Press Club of Cleveland 2008 Best in Ohio: Body of Work – Press Club of Cleveland-second place Pictures of the Year International 2008 POYi ( 66th Annual-International) First – Feature Picture story (Survivor’s Journey, Beyond Rape) 2009 Picture Editing awards – Best of Photojournalism Newspaper Special Section – 2nd place- “Survivors Journey, Beyond Rape” 2009 Society of Newspaper Design- Photography/Multiple photo series category 2011 Society of Newspaper Design- Special New Topics: International-Award of Excellence Miscellaneous 2008 James R. Gordon Understanding Award 2009 Dart Award- ‘Beyond Rape’ 2009 Editor and Publisher Award- First Place 2010 Headliner Award- Third Place 2012 Clip Contest Winner – Ohio News Photographers Association Lisa’s Gear Canon 5D Mark III with 16-35mm f/2.8 lens Canon 1D Mark III  with 70-200mm f/2.8 IS lens

Glenn Capers is more than just an outstanding photographer, he’s a storyteller. Glenn has a personable way with his subjects that allows him to really get to know them and find out their story. Perhaps that is what makes his work special. Glenn is originally from New York, though he now calls Colorado home. In the past, Glenn was a professional photojournalist, cinema and landscape photographer, and he even took photographs for the Associated Press. Now, he spends much of his time traveling and teaching street photography and journalism around the world. Glenn believes that to be a good photographer, you need more than just the right techniques and a good camera. Instead, Glenn talks to his subjects. More importantly, he listens to them. He feels that when people are given the chance to tell their story, they validate their reason for living. For this noble reason, Glenn meets people, talks to them, visits their homes, and captures their moments. Connecting with people, and freezing those important moments in time to share a person’s story with the world is not just his goal, it’s his specialty. Glenn was kind enough to take some time to speak with us here at SPM. He shared some interesting experiences and stories, as well as some insight into his methods as a street photographer. Listen to our conversation with Glenn by clicking on the audio player at the top of the article A Selection of Glenn’s Photos Superman a Super Seamstress Healing Hanks Woman on a Pilgrimage Mango Blade Runner Why Men Like Women on Poles and Pink Cadillacs The Untaught Lessons of Life Workers of Bone Yard in Mumbai The Ritual Along the Palace Wall Immaculate Conception Encounters at the Sidewalk Cafe Don’t Miss Glenn’s Photo Projects A Day in the Life of Superman Holy Week Chronicale Healing Hands