Episode 24: Photographing Strangers with Valérie Jardin
Valérie Jardin pulls no punches when talking about photographing strangers, and she’s made a career out of helping people capture the world around them with respect, kindness and audacity. In this episode we explore our apprehension around taking photos of strangers and Valerie steps in to offer some of her tips, tricks and even a few secrets. If you want to truly experience a place, even your home town, you need to get out there and make photos of strangers. If you’re like us, that sounds daunting; but with Valerie’s gentle prodding, enthusiastic coaching and inspirational images you’ll leave this episode ready to hit the streets.
Valérie Jardin by gingersnapsbackphotography.
Some of Valérie’s Incredible Images:
Paris 2021 by Valérie Jardin
Normandy 2022 by Valérie Jardin
Normandy 2022 by Valérie Jardin
Normandy 2021 by Valérie Jardin
NYC 2022 by Valérie Jardin
Copenhagen 2022 by Valérie Jardin
Paris 2021 by Valérie Jardin
Rome 2022 by Valérie Jardin
Copenhagen 2022 by Valérie Jardin
For more of Valérie’s images, along with information about her incredible workshops and books, visit her website.
A couple of Mason’s street images:
Copenhagen 2019 by Mason Marsh
Copenhagen 2019 by Mason Marsh
Copenhagen 2019 by Mason Marsh
A couple of Jeff’s street images:
by Jeff Carlson
by Jeff Carlson
by Jeff Carlson
Some things must be seen to be believed.
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