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Candid street photography, or candid portraits, can be some of the most interesting photos captured in everyday places. Heading out into the crowd with a camera is exhilarating and intimidating at the same time. Great photographic scenes play out on the streets right before your very eyes, but people are quick to recognize the camera and ruin the opportunity. Being covert without being creepy — it’s all part of the game we call street photography.

I’ve been avoiding the Internet lately, but only because I’m fairly busy with a few other things. Mainly, I’m trying to get a few prints together for the upcoming San Diego Fair (you know, prints — those jpegs on that paper stuff). There’s a photo competition and all entries have to be submitted IN PRINT [...]

At the beginning of April, I announced a special offer to the readers of Epic Edits — A selection of silver-gelatin prints from my darkroom for $25 each. The results of this offer? I’m a bit embarrassed to say that I had a grand total of 4 takers. Don’t get me wrong — I completely [...]

42 selected photos from the Epic Edits PhotoDump Flickr pool. This week there are 18 new members, no new discussions, and 279 new photos in the group.

What are some of the photography things that you’ve been wanting to get?

Here’s a quick piece of advice taken from an old fable: Slow and steady wins the race. This moral, or saying, can be applied to many facets of photography (and everyday life).

30 selected photos from the Epic Edits PhotoDump Flickr pool. This week there are 18 new members, no new discussions, and 234 new photos in the group.

Links this week include tips on renting lenses, digital sepia toning, DIY lighting and mods, photo critiques, and a jargon dictionary.

I started shooting film right around April of 2008, and here we are a year later! Over time, I’ve come to be very selective about the films I use. Also in the last year, more and more people are getting into film and asking me which film to use. Of course, that kind of thing is dependent on many things. But if you’re completely new to film photography, it’s nice to have some advice to start with. So here are 11 of my favorite films after a year of shooting.

I managed to get my hands on some 120-format Kodak Ektar 100 before it was available to the general public, and I was given the opportunity to conduct an informal review of the film. I found the colors to be extremely natural and pleasing under daylight conditions. And the sharpness and grain are absolutely to die for. In general, the film has the best characteristics from both slide film and color negative film. Read on for my informal review.