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Photo Walk Talk: Top 5 Markets of San Jose, Costa Rica

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A photo walk series that focuses on the photos. And learns through them.

I share insights from the photos taken and explore ways to critique and learn from your photos, while giving you a personal look at the city and walk.

This episode in San Jose, Costa Rica, instead of one walk, I cover 5 of the city’s best markets for street photography and varied interest. Spanning a wide area, from its oldest market to its largest farmers markets, from its trendy green market to its grittier flea market, I cover my thoughts on the different scenes of market life for photography, along with a selection of photos through each for the Photo Walk Talk exercise. 

Link to Video: Photo Walk Talk: Top 5 Markets of San Jose, Costa Rica

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Photo Walk Talk: Avenida Central (San Jose, Costa Rica)

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A photo walk series that focuses on the photos. And learns through them.

This episode in San Jose, Costa Rica, I cover a photo walk in the city center, along the city’s oldest street, and my personal favorite here for Street Photography. One of the longest pedestrian only streets I’ve been anywhere, Avenida Central provides you with nonstop life and activity along endless shops, restaurants, parks, and more. Combined with another parallel pedestrian street with mirrored life, you can photograph this loop going over a combined 20 blocks for hours of interest, along with some signature grit and character.

I share insights from the photos taken and explore ways to critique and learn from your photos, while giving you a personal look at the city and walk.

Link to Video: Photo Walk Talk: Avenida Central (San Jose, Costa Rica)

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In Contact #2: Sao Paulo Shadows – Learning Through Contact Sheets

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A new photography series that gets inside the contact sheet to learn through it.  

In this second installment, I cover an interesting scene of light and shadow in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where I try to see how much more I can make out of it with a mix of life, sharing different insights from its contact sheet and the information behind it.

Link to Video: In Contact #2: Sao Paulo Shadows

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Behind The Photo #4: Bukom Boxes

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Behind The Photo, where I discuss the When, Where, What, Why and How behind some of my most known work.   

This episode covers a photo I made in Accra, Ghana involving bright colors, life and connections in one of the city’s most interesting neighborhoods. Check it out to find all the untold details behind this image.

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Final Photography Thoughts: Yerevan, Armenia

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My final photography impressions and thoughts covering Minsk, Belarus. I share some of my favorite aspects of photographing the city, some of its challenges, a few highlights and favorite photography spots, along with a photo finish, where I share and talk about a small selection of photos from the city (saving a few of my best Minsk photos for later publication).

While I had completed my Major City Work, Minsk will now be added as Major City #107.

Link to Video: Final Photography Thoughts: Yerevan, Armenia

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Photo Walk Talk: Shengavit (Yerevan)

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A photo walk series that focuses on the photos. And learns through them.

This episode in Yerevan, Armenia, I cover a photo walk in Shengavit, the city’s second largest district, and my personal favorite for Street Photography. With a variety of unique local character, I cover my two favorite neighborhoods in Shengavit for a connected photo walk that takes you through local neighborhoods, Soviet era apartment complexes and courtyards, squares, parks, markets, metro stations, main streets and more. For authentic local character, this would be my favorite walk in Yerevan. I share insights from the photos taken and explore ways to critique and learn from your photos, while giving you a personal look at the city and walk.

Link to Video: Photo Walk Talk: Shengavit (Yerevan)

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Forrest

In Contact #1: Learning Through Contact Sheets – Sao Paulo Carnival

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A new photography series that gets inside the contact sheet to learn through them.

In this first installment, I first explain the old benefits of learning through contact sheets and seeing how you work the scene. Then, I cover a crowded and chaotic scene from Sao Paulo’s Carnival block parties, sharing different insights from its contact sheet and the information behind it.

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Forrest

Photo Inspiration: Yerevan, Armenia ft. Yousuf Karsh

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Before photographing a new city, I like to search for any quality photography and/or photographers I can find from each place for some inspiration and research. In this series, I share a selection of found work and photographers from Armenia before covering Yerevan.

Link to Video: Photo Inspiration: Yerevan, Armenia ft. Yousuf Karsh

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Forrest

Photo Walk Talk: GUM Walk (Yerevan)

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A photo walk series that focuses on the photos. And learns through them.

This episode in Yerevan, Armenia, I cover a photo walk I’m calling the GUM Walk, as it starts just outside of the center at the city’s GUM, the main department store of the Soviet era. My favorite market area in the city, the walk covers a variety of unique interest, also hitting Luna Park, an old amusement park, Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, and more. I share insights from the photos taken and explore ways to critique and learn from your photos, while giving you a personal look at the city and walk.

Link to Video: Photo Walk Talk: GUM Walk

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Forrest

PhotoSynthesis #1: The Frame is Your Canvas

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PhotoSynthesis, a new photography series where I take any thoughts, topics or requests and turn them into a video.   

This first installment covers how looking at the frame like a canvas can provide a helpful perspective in photography.   

Send me any specific topic or idea requests you’d like to see me make a video on and PhotoSynthesis will be the series to present any and all photography related thoughts and discussion.  

Link to Video: PhotoSynthesis #1: The Frame is Your Canvas

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Forrest