by David Ryan | Aug 6, 2014 | Black and white, history, People, photography, Portraits
In my early days as a photographer my very very first business card described me as an “itinerant photographer”, or “fotógrafo ambulante” for my Spanish speaking clientele. (It doesn’t quite have the same meaning, but it was close...
by David Ryan | Jun 13, 2014 | Bulgaria, Hungary, Idaho, India, People, Philippines, photography, Portraits
Because I was bringing home from my travels so many strong and interesting photos of faces, I once fancied myself a “people photographer”. Unfortunately that it is a particularly low-paying type of photography. Once again I had chosen something that had...
by David Ryan | Jun 6, 2014 | history, Mexico, photography, Portraits, travel
On the Art of the Grabbed Portrait When I picked up my first camera (a Pentax Spotmatic) some hundred years ago, I was a very shy guy when around people I didn’t know. Consequently, I just couldn’t bring myself to point my camera at someone and snap...
