This is the age of the ‘yearning for learning’ and photography workshops have never been more popular. From street photography to fashion, landscapes to astrophotography, weddings to boudoir - everyone wants to do a workshop – and there’s no shortage of people wanting to provide them. These tips  could help prevent you from making an expensive mistake. 

Mark Powell is an enthusiastic street photographer who I’ve known for a couple of years and I asked him to tell us a little about his street photography journey . . .

This month London photographer Barry Bottomley is in the hot seat. I was keen to interview Barry because I know that he’s put a lot of work into selling prints - something many of us aspire to do - and I thought you may find his perspective interesting . . .

In this article I explore some of the realities of street photography and dispel a few myths. Read on to find out more . . .

My latest zine was published last week and is called ‘I Divertimenti Carnevaleschi’, all about the craziness and the fun of the Venice carnival. 48 pages, 31 monochrome images, 148x148mm. Price is £7.50.

It’s a question that’s been debated a lot in street photography circles over the past few weeks, instigated by street photographer, Stephen Leslie, who’s claimed that too many people are out to copy the work of the great Alex Webb, resulting in the world being flooded with bland, meaningless silhouettes. What do you think?

In this regular feature I ask you, the street photographer, 10 questions. This month it’s Les Telford, from Kendal, in the hot seat.

I know that the observational style of street photography isn’t for everyone - but there is another way! There’s an interesting space where ‘street’ meets ‘urban landscape’, where the buildings, the structures, the light and the composition take precedence over the people.

I can thoroughly recommend subscribing to Bob Paterson’s Street Photography Magazine Podcast. It’s a very relaxed interview-style show featuring interesting or well-known street photographers - and this month I’m in the hot seat!

Welcome to the latest in the ‘Ask the Street Photographer’ series, where I ask an amateur street photographer 10 questions about their approach. This week it’s Chloe Sastry in the hot seat . . .

Join me in 2023 for a street photography workshop in Lisbon. I’m there in May and September for group workshops and can also arrange one-to-one workshops during these periods.

This is something we discuss at length on my workshops and I think it’s a really important facet of how we operate as street photographers. This is how I deal with it….

I’m often asked about social media and it’s relevance (or otherwise) to street photographers. Is it a force for good or evil? Is it worth all the effort or is it a waste of time? Does it attract the right or the wrong sort of followers? Does it provide us with inspiration or false hope? In this article we look at some of the key questions - and provide some answers.

Do you have any New Year’s resolutions for street photography? To read more street photography books perhaps: Here are my 8 resolutions - please share yours with us!

Wishing you all the best from Christmas and the new year from birth of us at StreetSnappers HQ!

Last Sunday’s workshop in Shoreditch took place on a bleak, grey and misty Sunday morning. As there were not many people around - and not much activity on the streets - we turned our attention to shooting some urban landscapes.

I’ve known John for a few years and he’s one of those street photographers you’re likely to bump into when you’re out shooting. What I like about John is his commitment to the cause and his passion for street photography. So I offered him this month’s ‘Guest Blogger’ spot. Here’s his article . . .

Chris Killip’s full-career retrospective is currently on view at London’s Photographers’ Gallery (close to Oxford Circus) and you can see it until 19th February. If you can’t make this but live in the North East you’re in luck - the exhibition tours to the Baltic Centre of Contemporary Art in 2023.

My street photography zine of the week features the work of Marco Sandner, from Cologne, who started his project during one of my street photography workshops!

Paul Wilkinson has been on a number of my street photography workshops and he’s adopted the ‘Saul Leiter’ style of shooting. Here he answers my usual 10 questions on the ‘Ask the Street Photographer’ series.