Many years ago, while I was a staff photographer at the Boston Globe, I was assigned to Cape Verde to cover a story on education. The resulting piece, a lengthy feature in the Sunday edition of the Boston Globe, included a front-page image that played a significant role in an incident that cemented my beliefs

The original photo on the left captures a scene in Havana during a light rain, viewed through a bus window on a sweltering afternoon. In contrast, the photo on the right was digitally altered using filters, resulting in an illustration that clearly deviates from reality. Despite my discomfort, I felt compelled to create and share

First of all, let’s be clear about this.  There are many different types of portraits. In this post, I am only going to refer to two kinds: Controlled- Setting portraits and Candid or “Found” Portraits. However, these categories could be subdivided into many other categories. So for the sake of simplicity, in this blog, I

Unbeknownst to my friend and fellow photographer David Marshak, who’s taken classes from me and has heard me talk in several occasions, he gave me the answer to this question. He recently sent me a link to a Vanity Fair video in which director Rian Johnson breaks down a  scene of his movie “The Glass

aljdf; NYC 050521 – NY High Lince Park, walking around . 2021.Essdras m Suarez)

A great technique to depict motion is panning because of its ability to combines camera movement and slow shutter it can produce extraordinary results. It is a tool best used to depict motion around a moving subject, which usually is moving horizontally and preferably parallel to the camera. However, this technique requires practice and a

Dubrovnik, Croatia LESSON: ON SILHOUETTES One of the key points when it comes to silhouettes is the separation between compositional elements. In other words, you want your silhouettes to be immediately recognized for what they are I.e. a person walking, a couple on a bench, people on the phone, all by a moored boat, etc. Quick

                      LESSON: When it comes to Street Photography looking for repeating patterns and paying attention to details while assessing the chaos of daily life can yield satisfying results… TECH STUFF: #nikonD5/  70-200mm 2.8  / ISO 250/  F 4.0  /  1/ 1,000th Herzeg Novi, Montenegro 10/07 2019

LESSON: Exposing for the highlights, one of my favorite techniques, will bring down the mid and dark tones; thus increasing contrast and color saturation. In other words, if the camera sensor told me this scene should’ve been photographed at 1/500th of a second- keeping all other variables the same- I usually override the camera reading and underexpose by a factor