madscphoto

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 sucker for persons in traditional clothes still upholding ancient traditions etc. I also really enjoy nature and the battery recharging capabilities of spending time there, so beautiful landscapes are another of my passions. I do feel like a lot of landscape photos fall into the either oversharpened, overblurred or just oversaturated category, so I try to keep it more subtle.

I share my work on https://www.madscphoto.com

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 lot of the conversations I've held with people. They made it special.

Which accounts and subreddits are your favorite, them? :-)

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!

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 a shame, in my opinion.

Definitely! Insane that she went unnoticed until after her death.

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, and shooting in the early to mid 1900's shot in black and white, which I really like.

What about you? Do you shoot color or b&w? Did you stick to street like Weegee and Smith or have you taken a different route?

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 they are very fascinating. Crazy idea to photograph entire families with either their belongings or what they eat in that way, but it totally works and nobody has done it before (as far as I know).

Do you take photos yourself?

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 without being too much is very pleasable to the eye.

I took a look at your photos - a lot of them are good! The ones with the same person multiple times in the frame kinda threw me for a loop. How did you achieve that?

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 some talented street photographers.

Vivian Maier took some excellent photos and was basically unknown until someone found a bunch of her film canisters at a yard sale and developed them.

https://www.vivianmaier.com/

Henri Cartier-Bresson also took some AMAZING photos in his time. Some of them you really wonder how he got somewhere at just the right time.

https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/henri-cartier-bres...

A lot of Magnum photographers are very skilled street photographers, I think.

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 some reason, what is this trend?) photos that are popular on Instagram, but the genre can be so much more interesting.

One photographer I really like is Mitchell Kanashkevich who photographs mostly people on his travels. He really has a way of developing relationships with them to allow him to take photos you don't often see.

https://www.mitchellk-photos.com/

Another fun photographer who is mostly taking aerials is George Steinmetz who photographs for National Geographic. His assignments and projects are mostly related to global problems such as feeding the world population and climate change. He has some beautiful photos, and his Instagram is also quite fun with each post being two halfs of an aerial for that panoramic feel.

https://www.georgesteinmetz.com/

Honestly, a lot of the National Geographic photographers take amazing photos.

Personally, I try to incorporate a bit of both's style in my own photography, but of course it takes years of practice. I do mostly travel, documentary and landscapes. You can check out my work below.

https://www.madscphoto.com/

I have been looking for this forever! I couldn't for the life of me remember the name.

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, Panama etc. I love to take documentary or candid pictures of interesting people, as well as of some of the beautiful nature I am traveling through.

One of my personal favorite photos I've taken came about by venturing into a smaller fruit and vegetable market in Copacabana, Bolivia just on the shore of Lake Titicaca. While browsing for avocados a little girl suddenly went running around with an empty box on her head and I managed to catch a moment where her bigger sister was observing her while she was next to the produce. (Please do tell if my Flickr links do not work)

https://flic.kr/p/2nYPmkC

A favorite newer landscape photo of mine was captured in the Puracé national park in Colombia. We were on a tour through the park and while observing the view at one point, the light poked selectively through the clouds to illuminate only certain parts of the green landscape.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/159459754@N07/c2i4Lr4K4n

I share my highlights on Instagram, and use Flickr primarily as a private backup. You can see more of my photos at the link below.

https://www.instagram.com/madscphoto/

The capture clip is also something I'm eyeing. Have you used it with a larger lense like a 24-70 or 70-200?

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.

Thank you very much :-). As I wrote to t0bia_s a website is in the works

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 :-(

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 the highlights to Instagram, but that's it.

I feel like Instagram is a hard medium because the photos that are trending are mostly the same overdone and oversaturated landscape or travel photos, and while I do take landscape and travel photos myself, I try to not fall into the "bright oversaturated"-look that so many seek.

In the end I guess I want to do more people photography, showcasing cultures etc., but it is a challenge to find good subjects for more serious work rather than just the occasional snapshot. I guess you have to go more all in while traveling and actually travel with the purpose of photography if you want it to become an occupation, rather than just taking pictures along the journey as I do now and not explicitly planning for it.

Has anyone had any experience in this field?

If you want to check out my work I post at https://instagram.com/madscphoto

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 Instagram, but that's it.

I feel like Instagram is a hard medium because the photos that are trending are mostly the same overdone and oversaturated landscape or travel photos, and while I do take landscape and travel photos myself, I try to not fall into the "bright oversaturated"-look that so many seek.

In the end I guess I want to do more people photography, showcasing cultures etc., but it is a challenge to find good subjects for more serious work rather than just the occasional snapshot. I guess you have to go more all in while traveling and actually travel with the purpose of photography if you want it to become an occupation, rather than just taking pictures along the journey as I do now and not explicitly planning for it.

Has anyone had any experience in this field?

If you want to check out my work I post at https://instagram.com/madscphoto