Photography Lesson With John Free

The Art of Photography

Ted Forbes

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4.5 • 942 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2015

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Check out John Free: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/JohnFreePhtography Website: http://www.johnfreephotography.com/ This summer I had the honor of getting a private photography lesson with John Free. John is one of the great living street photographers of our generation. Steeped in the tradition of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank and W. Eugene Smith, Free takes the precedent set by these fine photographers and applies it to the modern world. This is my lesson with John Free. Music: Felix Mendelssohn :: String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80 Ludwig van Beethoven :: String Quartet No. 6 in B Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart :: String Quartet No. 19 In C, K 465 Musopen String Quartet Twitter: http://twitter.com/tedforbes Instagram: http://instagram.com/tedforbes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aop.podcast Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/tedforbes Website: http://theartofphotography.tv And get on our mailing list to stay up to date on photography news and the latest episodes: http://theartofphotography.tv/about/mailing-list/ Ted Forbes The Art of Photography 3100 Main St #135 Dallas, Texas 75226 Thanks for watching - if you like this video, remember to share it with your friends! My name is Ted Forbes and I make videos about photography. I’ve been making photographs most of my life and I have a tremendously deep passion for photography that I want to share with you on YouTube. The Art of Photography is my channel and I produce photography videos to provide a 360 degree look into the world of making images. We all want to get better so lets do this together! I make videos covering famous photographers, photography techniques, composition, the history of photography and much more. I also have a strong community of photographers who watch the show and we frequently do social media challenges for photographers to submit their own work. I feature the best and most interesting on the show when we do these so come check it out and get involved!

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0:00.0	The The John Free is one of the great street photographers of our generation.
0:34.0	This summer I decided to reach out to John and request a lesson.
0:38.0	I asked if he would be willing to share this lesson on my show to which he agreed,
0:42.0	so I packed my camera and headed out to
0:44.0	California to further my own education and learn something from a great
0:47.8	living master. This is my lesson with John Free. What can you give
0:52.4	photography today, Ted?
0:55.0	What can you give to yourself today?
0:57.8	Going through that golden door.
1:00.7	Morrison, standing on the threshold, waiting by the door.
1:04.0	You go through that door and you're on a tremendous high level because you've got it in your heart now, what you're trying to do.
1:10.0	No one knows what the product is.
1:12.0	Oh, it's a day, five, ten, friend, no, it's not. Oh, it's a day by 10 friend, now it's not.
1:14.0	Oh, it's in a dollar, now it's in a third.
1:16.0	No, no, no, no.
1:17.0	The product is a photograph powerful enough
1:20.0	to emotional effect or move the viewer in some way for having seen.
1:24.0	All day long you're sweating, working for that purpose.
1:28.0	That's what it is. Let's go to the law. Look at all the things you've got. People come from the way to
1:35.0	look at all the things you've got.
1:41.0	People come from way over there, the tracks, people going that way.
1:45.0	What's coming? Look at every single person that you see within range. It only takes a couple of seconds to scan.
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