In today’s episode, I’m joined by Stefano Broli, a street photographer from London. We talk about his two books, how he fits street photography into his days, and how he handles the camera so as not to spend too much attention on it.
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The summary of this episode + links
00:00 – Introduction
00:30 – Who’s Stefano Broli?
02:30 – The working and hobby photographer combination
- Always carrying a camera
- Always looking around like a photographer
- Doing creative projects on the side
- One camera for everything → Leica Q2
10:00 – Moving from Rome to London
10:50 – His start in street photography
15:00 – Creating his own style
- Photos during Covid times
21:00 – About the selection process for his book
25:00 – On Instagram and the art form
32:00 – Threads for photography and community
33:30 – Printing photos
41:30 – Waiting for the right shot?
Prize winning photo
- Waiting almost an hour for this shot
44:10 – considering yourself a photographer
48:15 – Editing
- Preset of his own
- Kodachrome 70’s
- Little cropping
52:20 – Interacting with the people in the scenes
- Acknowledging the photo → sharing contact details
57:50 – Doing workshops and assisting for others
- Assisting: Eolo Perfido https://www.eoloperfido.com/
1:04:00 – About learning and finding good teachers
1:12:00 Using an ND filter as exposure control
- Darker shadows and good highlights
1:19:00 Bad encounters
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