Tag / documentary photography
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The barista & the customer
When framing and a decisive moment intersect. The lighting, the framing and the conversion to black and white seem to just all work. I was waiting to order coffee at Archive Coffee & Bar in Salem, Oregon.
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Archive Coffee #2
The continued exploration of everyday life. While waiting for my coffee order at Archive Coffee & Bar in Salem, Oregon, I looked to my right and saw this image. Having a short telephoto lens attached, I snapped several variations of this image, but this one stood out the most to me. Having pre-visualized it as…
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Archive Coffee
Middle of 2019 I was in Salem, Oregon where I stopped by Archive Coffee & Bar for some quality coffee while out shooting some street photography. This moment happened as I was taking a sip and fortunately had my camera turned on with a medium telephoto attached. I was able to quietly snap two images. I previsualized this…
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Podcast – What is Photojournalism?
Documentary Photographer & Photojournalist Cliff Etzel discusses the misappropriation of the term “photojournalism” by those lacking experience in this particular skill craft and expounds upon what it means and requires to call ones self a photojournalist.
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Podcast – Can Brands Save Photojournalism and Documentary Photography?
Should photojournalists and documentary photographers partner with corporate brands? Documentary Photographer and show host Cliff Etzel talks about how and possibly why documentary photographers might want to consider partnering with corporate brands and what that looks like.
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Podcast – Being the witness to the full circle of the human experience
“Being the witness to the full circle of the human experience” discusses one of the most difficult forms of family documentary photography there is – that of End Of Life Documentary Photography
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Podcast – The Panacea of Social Media
Family Documentary Photographer and Host Cliff Etzel talks about how placing all your eggs in the Social Media platform basket is a recipe for business disaster and he provides some basic solutions that are shown to produce results better than social media.
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The Visual Storyteller Podcast Episode One – Welcome
So here I go dipping my toe into the waters of podcasting. The premise? A podcast dedicated to documenting the human experience of local communities and families from a visual storytelling perspective. I’m a visual storyteller, but the ability to impart information in other mediums has a place for visual content creators like myself. So…
