The Visual Draws
I was teaching the second day of a street photography workshop in Hollywood. I had planned to take the students to Downtown Los Angeles, but plans changed when I heard mention of a farmers’ market being held just blocks away. This provided us with just as much potential for photographic opportunities as a visit to Downtown and allowed more valuable time for critiques in the afternoon.
On our second day, I wanted my students to begin photographing people and I gave them a variety of exercises, one of which was to focus on a subject’s hands. I did not want the photographers to absently make photographs of passersby just to fulfill ...
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