Get the Photos Others Can't

by Michael Freeman

Overview

Getting the best possible photo is not a game of chance - there are proven methods and innovative approaches that the professional photographer uses to succeed. From Freeman's decades of reportage experience, he has developed proven methods for going beyond where tourists stop, and delivering the photographs that make the cover. Get the Photos Others Can't uses five 'nodes' or guiding principles, in various combinations, to elucidate each particular method of access:
Right Place, Right Time - train yourself in the art of anticipation
Hearts & Minds - understand the importance of people skills
Immersion - involve yourself fully in your subject
Deep Learning - research and reflect
Left Field - take an unexpected direction to find a new angle.

With examples from Freeman's own archive of images, as well as from iconic photographers including Weegee, Cindy Sherman, Guy Bourdin, W. Eugene Smith and Garry Winogrand, the secrets shared in this book will let you find your own modus operandi for overcoming the obstacles between you and the shot, so you can bring home your own world-class images.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781577899
Publisher:	Octopus
Publication date:	07/09/2020
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	931,015
File size:	37 MB
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About the Author

Michael Freeman, professional photographer and best-selling author, was born in England in 1945, took a Masters in Geography at Brasenose College, Oxford University, and then worked in advertising in London for six years. In 1971 he made the life-changing decision to travel up the Amazon with two secondhand cameras, and when Time-Life used many of the pictures he came back with, he embarked on a full-time photographic career.

Since then, working for clients that include all the world's major magazines, most notably the Smithsonian Magazine (for which he has shot more than 40 stories over 30 years), Freeman's reputation as one of the world's leading reportage photographers has been consolidated. Of his many books, which have sold over 4 million copies worldwide, more than 60 titles are on the practice of photography. For this photographic educational work he was awarded the Prix Louis Philippe Clerc by the French Ministry of Culture.

Freeman's books on photography have been translated into 27 languages.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

1 Right Place, Right Time 10

Advance notice 12

Boots on the ground 14

Do the math 18

Return 22

Expert guidance 26

Destination workshop 30

Follow the lead 32

2 Hearts & Minds 38

Home territory 40

Family life 44

Be invisible 46

Undercover 48

Straight talk 52

The permission avenue 56

Ask forgiveness 58

Make a connection 64

Diplomatic channels 68

The bridger 72

3 Immersion 76

Obsession 78

The outsider 82

Backyard 86

Long-term commitment 90

Join the cause 92

Inspiration is for amateurs 94

Swim with the fish 96

Embed 100

Extra sensory 104

Only if you mean it 106

4 Deep Learning 110

Esotcric knowledge 112

Invent your own 116

Genre skills 120

Adapt technology 124

Source material 126

Factory visits 130

5 Left Field 132

Forget perfect 134

Welcome ambiguity 138

Going to extremes 140

Bring your own 142

Invented worlds 144

Exploring identity 148

Reconstructed worlds 150

Frontline studio 154

Index 158

Picture Credits 160