Street photographers need to be aware that the laws relating to photography are not always the same in each and every country. Actually, the differences between the laws of one country and another can be quite surprising.

Click. You probably heard that sound (and spotted a couple of other inaccuracies concerning cameras and photography) more than you would have liked to in Closer. But if the stock Foley and factual errors don’t deter you from discussing the movie, welcome here. Let’s talk about the movie’s adulterous photographer Anna Cameron for a while.

The pretty face you see above is of American actress Jennifer Connelly playing the role of Maddy Bowen in the 2006 movie Blood Diamond. Blood Diamond explores the plight of Sierra Leoneans whose lives have been destroyed by wars financed through the dodgy diamond mining industry in their country’s war zones. It is a serious movie [...]

Modesty is such a lovely word. It has no negative denotation or connotation, and the world would be a nicer place if everybody practiced it more. For people who practice street photography, it can even mean the difference between making others feel comfortable around them and making others feel like running in the opposite direction [...]