1- Are you a professional photographer? No
2- Why street photography? It's hard to get right and you are not in control so I'm stretched ever time I try to take a photo.
3- How would you describe your photography style? Rough and on a good day edgy.
4- What makes a good picture from your point of view? What do you look for in an image? The less obvious.
5- How do you educate yourself to take better photos? Look at other's work & try harder.
6- Where in the world would you most like to photograph? London
7- Who would you most like to photograph and what kind of pictures do you avoid to shoot? At the moment, and it will change every day, Mr D Trump would be fun to photograph. I can't remember having “Trump” & “fun” in the same sentence before..... And I want to avoid the obvious.
8- Have you been confronted by someone whose photo you took on the street? What would be your advices how to avoid confrontation when doing Street Photography? Smile and try to make friends. If that fails, smile again and walk away. There's going to be another opportunity around the next corner.
9- Your favourite street image of your own to date and why? The next one I take. I hope there's always going to be “the next one”.....
10- Your favourite piece of equipment? My eyes
11- What are your favorite settings (Aperture. Shutter Speed, ISO, White Balance, Focus, Manual/Auto, Image Format – RAW/JPEG) for Street Photography and why? f8 and be there works for me. I use a Leica M10D and I've got it set to M & f8, 250Th& 2m. ISO is on auto with a max of 12000, so it's almost “point & shoot”. My camera only takes RAW. I convert to B&W so W.B is on auto. I use a f5.6/28mm lens all the time.
12- Is photography art? Too bloody right it is.....
13- Black And White or Colour? B&W only.
14-What are your thoughts on editing? I shoot from the hip, well stomach in my case, so I need to straighten and crop most of the time. Also I covert to B&W. P/Shop works for me, although I don't scratch the surface as to what it can do but as long as I can do what I want I don't care about all the rest. If a photo needs more than 3 minutes of editing I know I should move on to the next “masterpiece” I've taken... Oh! and I hate Lightroom.
15- Why do you share to Progressive Street and who would you like to see showcased from Progressive Street? I love that it's not taking itself too seriously. As to showcase, I'm not taking sides. Anyone/Everyone in the gang needs a showcase. There again maybe as a new guy here I need to suck up to Ms Hardy..... Just joking, I think...