EYE-Photo Magazine, Issue #01, January 2019

Recently, I stumbled upon a course where people paid money to learn how to properly breed a customer for
money. Lord, they teach that which usually remains secret. They sell what the photographer must study himself,
in the evenings and nights, while sorting out his camera, trying settings, playing with the light, learning science
the same way the Greats from the past did it.
For all the time of my communication with many teachers of photography, not from one person, never I have heard
a decent explanation on the need for saving time and shots, restraint in their impulses and alignment of actions.
I would really like everyone to try to study this magic art on their own. After all, this is the only way we get a
chance not only to touch the greatness but also to become part of it.
It is unlikely that I will be able to guarantee success in understanding this particular, metaphysical part of photographic
art, but I can tell you about four rules that I adhere to myself and maybe, for someone, they will become a
point of reference on the path to understanding this approach, and otherwise, these tips will be faithful assistants
in the Street Photography. So, I want, and with this intention, I present them to you. Be faithful to the traditions
of our art and most importantly - while living in the digital age, STAY ANALOGUE INSIDE.
Rule 1
36 frames.
Divide your entire
street hunt into 36
frames. For convenience,
buy 3 memory
cards of 16 gigabytes
(this will be
more than enough)
and take no more
than 36 pictures for
each one. Change the
card when shot all
the 36 frames. Such
a simulation of working
with a limited
number of frames on
a film will allow you
to cultivate a value
attitude to what you
are doing, to every
frame of yours and
will certainly increase
the level of awareness.
Rule 2
Forget about LCD.
Leica has already realized
this principle
and preparing to release
the first digital
camera without the
possibility of using an
LCD screen.
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