Issue 002 - A photo that didn't work, a photo that accidentally did..

Here’s a moody landscape instead of a street photo. I want to share more photos that I’ve actually taken since the last newsletter and with the dark and moody February, I’ve gotten a lot more environmental photos that I love than street photos.

In this issue

• An interview on eestitanavafoto.ee

• 3 things I’ve found interesting

• A photo that didn’t work

• A photo that accidentally worked

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My thoughts on street photography on the Estonian street photography blog.

Andra at eestitanavafoto.ee (Estonian street photography) just published an interview with me. You can read about how I got to shooting streets, how it is different to shoot in the US vs Estonia, how I approach street photography etc. It’s only in Estonian, but it comes with a bunch of my photos.

Read the interview here →

Also, check out other interviews with local photographers there. A lot of them are also translated into English.

3 things worth checking out

1. The Paradox of ‘Timelessness’ in Street Photography
   What makes photos timeless? Does it even matter? Even though the article is a few years old, it's a great read by Simon King that touches on a subject that comes up again and again in street photography.

2. Faizal Westcott’s Street Study Ep. 01 - Harry Gruyaert
   A Boston-based street photographer and YouTuber Faizal Westcott started a new series also reviewing photobooks. His first one is about Harry Gruyaert whose work I was unfamiliar with but immediately fell in love with.

3. Standalone by Jill Freedman
   Eyeshot is publishing a book by Jill Freedman, a documentary and street photographer from New York, and I’m pretty excited about it. You can still preorder it on their website.

A photo that didn’t work

I’ve been thinking a lot about this newsletter format and what type of photos to share here. I want to share more recent photos and give a better sense of the behind-the-scenes stuff. Looking back at my recent photo walks I noticed there have been more not-so-perfect shots and I thought it might make a cool section here.

Last week we finally had some really nice sunlight here in Tallinn and I immediately went for a walk with my camera. I already noticed these 2 red jackets coming my way and as they crossed the street they lined up perfectly with 1 extra red jacket popping up. In the one shot where I got them lined up, I also got my own shadow stuck in the middle and not in a good way.

A photo that accidentally worked

I always start my editing process by deleting all the shots that have no potential. This one was one of the “accidentally blurry” ones and I really didn’t make anything of it. For some reason, I decided to click the black-and-white button before deleting it and I was really surprised at how much it changed. Now some days later going through the photos I actually like this one the most from that shoot.

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Thanks for reading!
Shoot me a message if you liked it and still want to get another one :)

Cheers,
Mikk