Brain Duffy

Brian Duffy

1933 - 2003.
Brian Duffy is an English photographer best known for his work shooting fashion in the 1960′s and 1970′s.

Later in life, Duffy lost his interest in photography and even burned more than half of his entire portfolio of negatives in a fire.  Fortunately, some of the photos were saved from the flames and remain on exhibit today.  One year before Duffy died, he began taking photos again.

What you i learn from Brian Duffy: People are prone to rash decisions when they feel stuck in a rut.  Duffy lost a tremendous part of his life by burning his photos, but he came back later and regained his interest for the art.  If you find yourself bored with photography, leave all the gear at home and simply go on a few photowalks in places where you have never been.  Fall in love with photography again.

Robert Capa

Robert Capa

War time picture  

Robert Capa is best known for his war-time photography.  He worked tirelessly to cover five different wars, including World War II.  Capa was one of the co-founders, along with Cartier-Bresson, of Magnum Photos.

Not only was Capa a great photographer, he was also a fantastic business man.  His name is actually Endre Friedman.  He and an associate decided to form a partnership in which he would take the pictures and do the dark room work, the associate would do the marketing and sales, and they would credit “Robert Capa” as being the photographer.  They found that they could get a much higher price in selling the pictures to the newspaper if they sold the photos under the made-up name “Robert Capa” and inventing the story that he was a rich man. Fraudulent?  Probably.  Did it work?  Definitely.  You can see Capa’s photography here.

What you can learn from famous photographer Robert Capa: Capa is frequently quoted as saying, ”If your picture isn’t good enough, you’re not close enough.”  This was significant because he was a combat photographer!  He was known for literally getting down in the trenches with the soldiers to take photos, rather than taking photos from a distance as was the common practice.  So, if i get close to the action and my photos will improve.

 Short Depth of Field pictures

Beans

Beans

Streets of London

The Streets of London
2012
By Noreen Butt

Views of Venice

Views of Venice  in May2012
By Noreen Butt

Street Photography In Manchester

Inspirational Street Photography in Manchester City Centre.

October 2012

On this post are some of my favourite Photographs i took in the streets of Manchester