madscphoto

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by madscphoto 4y ago
I am generally what I would call a travel and landscape photographer. A lot of my work gets done on the road and I find that most of my great subjects are found by chance while traveling. I am fascinated by people and culture, and so I am a
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Ask HN: What do you take pictures of
2 points by madscphoto 4y ago|2 comments
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by madscphoto 4y ago
Being midways through a 8 month trip through Latinamerica, and having been on similarly sized travels earlier, I can say that it is definitely the people you remember. I don't remember much of the landmarks etc., but I still remember a
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by madscphoto 4y ago
Which accounts and subreddits are your favorite, them? :-)
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by madscphoto 4y ago
The fashion and portraits genre is not one which I am very well versed in, and I haven't really seen that many photos from it as I haven't been seeking it, but they do make some nice images!
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by madscphoto 4y ago
I think he is a talented photographer but he is unfortunately getting swept up in all the trends of Instagram in his photography, which makes his photos less authentic and interesting. His new obsession with REALLY dark and moody editing is
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by madscphoto 4y ago
Definitely! Insane that she went unnoticed until after her death.
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by madscphoto 4y ago
Wow, imagine having to do street work with a giant Speed Graphic camera like Weegee. Normally I try to be as stealthy as possible when photographing street, but that would be impossible with a camera of that size :-). Both are very good, an
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by madscphoto 4y ago
Yann Arthus-Berthrand's "The earth from above" is amazing! Thank you for sharing it. It reminds me a lot of George Steinmetz's work whom I also shared in my own comment. I've seen Peter Menzel's photos before t
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by madscphoto 4y ago
True, Ansel Adams really was a master of his craft. I have to study his work more, he has some amazing photographs! The black and white really does something for the picture, I always thought that the contrast it is able to bring out withou
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by madscphoto 4y ago
I used to watch Sean's videos all the time! I find street a bit hard as a genre because I feel that most photos I see are basically just random snapshots without any real story or anything that makes it special. Of course there are som
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by madscphoto 4y ago
Personally I find the documentary and travel genre most interesting. I think it's quite a hard genre to get right, though. When one thinks travel photography the mind immediately goes to the saturated, contrasty, increasingly dark (for
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Ask HN: Which photographers do you admire?
18 points by madscphoto 4y ago|35 comments
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by madscphoto 4y ago
I have been looking for this forever! I couldn't for the life of me remember the name.
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by madscphoto 4y ago
I generally only photograph a lot when I am traveling, and as I am in the middle of a 8 month-ish trip through Latin America at the moment, that means pictures of the various countries such as Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Pana
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Ask HN: What do you take pictures of and show your best photographic work
1 points by madscphoto 4y ago|1 comments
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by madscphoto 4y ago
The capture clip is also something I'm eyeing. Have you used it with a larger lense like a 24-70 or 70-200?
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by madscphoto 4y ago
At the moment I don't pay for anything from Adobe. WordPress you have to pay for as well, right? At least for the hosting.
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by madscphoto 4y ago
Thank you very much :-). As I wrote to t0bia_s a website is in the works
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by madscphoto 4y ago
I am actually in the process of creating a website on Squarespace, but the price per month is the only thing holding me back at the moment with no income while traveling :-(
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by madscphoto 4y ago
I am working on actually beginning doing something with my photography. It has been a hobby/passion of mine for 7+ years, but so far I do not really do much with the final images. I put them on my private Flickr as a backup and upload
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by madscphoto 4y ago
To actually begin doing something with my photography. It has been a hobby/passion of mine for 7+ years, but so far I do not really do much with the final images. I put them on my private Flickr as a backup and upload the highlights to