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Mar,05


 
 

Conversations on Culture: Part 3 of 3

Brian Hirschy, Matt Brandon, & Craig Ferguson explore photographers relationship with culture


Today we wrap up our three part interview series on engaging cultures as photographers.  Craig, Matt, and myself cover topics such as having patiences as aphotographer, engaging a culture short term, accurate story telling, and the dangers of assumption making.

This is the last section of our interview series on engaging culture with Matt Brandon, Craig Ferguson and myself.  You can find the other two segments here and here.

Take a listen and tell us what you think.

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You can check out Both Matt and Craig’s websites by visiting the following links.

Matt Brandon – The Digital Trekker
Craig Ferguson – Craig Ferguson Images

 
Mar,03


 
 

Conversations on Culture: Part 2 of 3

Brian Hirschy, Matt Brandon, & Craig Ferguson explore photographers relationship with culture


“Engaging culture takes time, but see the problem is we don’t want to spend much time on this stuff. We want to get in, take our pictures, and then leave.” – Matt Brandon

Today we continue with a three part interview series on engaging cultures as photographers.  We jump into the meat of the conversation and cover a lot of ground on topics such as researching the areas you photograph, how to respect beggars, not making assumptions, and giving back just to name a few…

We’re all excited to post the second part of our interview series on engaging culture with Matt Brandon, Craig Ferguson and myself.

Take a listen and tell us what you think.

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You can check out Both Matt and Craig’s websites by visiting the following links.

Matt Brandon – The Digital Trekker
Craig Ferguson – Craig Ferguson Images

 
Mar,08


 
 

Opportunity and Giving back

And how a 6'5" giant(me) interacts with Tibetan Monk Ballers...


You might have seen this shot earlier in my post about “Do What You Want with What You Have.”  It’s a nice shot with lots of little compositional things I would have changed; some lighting changes, posing suggestions, framing the shot differently, etc.  However, that’s not the point of this post.

I’m actually really proud of this picture for a number of reasons.  This picture actually helped me nail down some thoughts I had been having for quiet a while about our roll as photographers – especially in another culture and how do we serve the community rather than take from it.  It was also a turning point for me to re-see the things that I saw the first time I came here that moved me.  So much happens around us that we are numb for so many different reasons.  Listed below are the things that, this shot, taught me.

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Brian Hirschy Photography