From: Adam Tan
RE: Street Photography Master Class
Street photography is about making photograph in public places. To capture the random incidents, the candid moments, or anything that’s pleasing to the eyes and fascinating to you—with an attempt to instil an emotion, convey a message, or interpret a story with what our eyes see and what our hearts visualise.
In addition, Street photography makes traveling more purposeful and significant. It makes us see the world with a broader perspective and greater interest. It also makes us see the familiar everyday surroundings with a fresh new eye.
Some would say it’s challenging, as it requires patience, quick and intuitive responses and the failing rate can be high. And it’s not easy to make the composition pleasing to the eyes, and certainly not easy to incorporate the narrative component to the images in that split second.
As a matter of fact, it does require something more. That’s what this Master Class is all about, I felt compelled to guide those who wish to acquire a deeper understanding in this area.
I’d immersed in this genre of photography for more than 14 years now, and I’d earned many honours in photo competitions in Street photography category. One of my most unforgettable moments and greatest honours was winning the National Geographic Photography Contest in 2013.
And I’m extremely glad to see many of my students participated in contests and earned awards and mentions from all over the world time and again.
In this master class I will teach you first the very foundation of photography: understanding the clue, or so-called formula of what constitutes a good photograph, and how to develop our seeing eye in photography.
And we will progress to explore Street Photography in detail.
On a step-by-step basis, I’ll teach you which gears to use, how to do the camera setting correctly in different situations, how to find the right elements and integrate them in the chosen frame of the camera.
And I’ll teach you the various creative approaches to Street photography: what’s suitable for colour photography, what’s suitable for B&W and etc.. How to deal with different weather condition, whether it’s rainy or sunny and still produce good results; whether it’s flat lighting, or lowlight. I will guide you on how we could fully utilise each and every situation.
What you will find in the class is a complete guide of all I know about Street photography: from the technical aspects to the artistry aspects, what kind of preparation we should make, how to deal with different circumstances, what are the common mistakes we make and how to rectify them, how to make good and artistic composition, and how to seek out the storytelling, the narrative component.
There are post-processing lessons, in both Color & B&W.
My tutorial is about simplify the complex, training in the habit of seeing & observation, with many inspiring & creative lessons and assignments for you to work on. It is designed to make learning fun and engaging.
At the end of the course, I believe you will find you have acquired a clear understanding and creative mindset, and able to produce aesthetically pleasing and good storytelling street images—more than you could ever imagine.
Love the sessions conducted by Mr Adam and his son Vitas- great tutorial and have learned much 👍🏻
I am 52 years old. I am a full time housewife for 23 years, the spark came when I saw your works and immediately decided to study with you. I can relate to your photography ... like there’s a soul in your photography. Under your guidances, I am taking photos which I never dream I could. Thanks Adam.
Thank you very much for a simplified and detailed training in photography.
Adam has an ability to discern the special, the significant out of the ordinary with his unique seeing eye. And capture it through a well crafted composition & strong narration. And he shares his techniques unreservedly. He is such a great photographer & teacher and can inspire others to excel.
Sincerely thank you teacher Adam Tan and Vitas for the teaching, patience and the information. Patience, care, information and the in-depth know how in the art of photography.
Everybody buys the cameras they want for a reason. Some care about the price, some care about the weight, some prefer certain brand or look.
It really doesn’t matter. All digital cameras work quite the same. Even if they look different, the features are basically the same. If you already had a camera, you could continue to use it for the course.
In the tutorial we will guide you how to use the DSLR & Mirrorless cameras. We will show you the access to all the important settings with demonstration, even illustration to ensure you will not miss a thing.
Not to worry about this. It is very much up to you. The pace is completely set by you yourself. You could read back the same lesson over & over if you wish to do revision.
What we wish to emphasise most is after every lesson, try to follow up with a hands on assignment before the next one. To put yourself into practise will definitely help you to improve. Our goal is to ensure you will eventually achieve what you want, disregard the span of time you spend.
The main different is probably we care about the creatively, the artistic aspect of photography art.
What we want from you at the end of the course is not only acquired the knowledge on how to handle a camera, but a creative mindset in seeing the aesthetic & storytelling. Means able to make good images.
And for the technical aspect, I simplifying the complex in theoretical & technical aspect of photography, and make technical aspect in photography a breeze and a pleasure to learn and use.
My teaching is a combination of art & technical studies designed to make learning fun & engaging. And I designed many exercises on different topics to help you with your hands on, the practical training. As I believe theoretical knowledge needs to be supported by practical knowledge.