Valérie Jardin - Street Photography: Creative Vision Behind the Lens

With both training and preparation, a street photographer needs to make rapid decisions; there may be only a fraction of a second to immortalize a moment in time that has never happened before and will never happen again. This is where Street Photography: Creative Vision Behind the Lenscomes in.

Follow Valrie Jardin on an inspiring photo walk around the world. After an overview of the practical and technical aspects of street photography, Valrie takes you along on a personal photographic journey as she hits the streets of her favorite urban haunts. She shows you the art of storytelling through her photographs, from envisioning the image to actually capturing it in the camera. Learn about the technical and compositional choices she makes and the thought processes that spur the click of the shutter.

Perfect for both new photographers excited to capture the world around them and experienced street photographers wishing to improve their techniques and images, Street Photographyrequires no special equipment, just a passion for seeing and capturing the extraordinary in the ordinary.

After working as a commercial photographer, Valrie Jardinnow dedicates her time and passion to educating others. Since 2012, Valrie has taken her camera all over the world, teaching students the art of storytelling in places where the people and streets abound: Paris, New York, Rome, Amsterdam, Melbourne, and San Francisco, just to name a few.

Apart from teaching, Valrie is the author of two e-books, has written nearly one hundred articles for various publications, writes her own blog, and records her own photography podcast called Hit the Streets with Valrie Jardin. She regularly speaks at conferences worldwide, contributes to numerous podcasts, sells fine art prints, and exhibits her work in various galleries. Valries talent as a photographer and skill as a business owner caught the eye of Fujifilm USA, and in 2015 she became an official Fujifilm X-Photographer.

( facing page ) Mirror, Mirror on the Wall. Rome, Italy. Fujifilm X70 18.5mm ISO 1600 F/5.6 1/500 Sec.

In of this book, I take you on a photo walk. You will travel to Paris, Rome, New York and more and witness slices of everyday life through my lens. For each photograph featured, I invite you to learn about my personal approach, from seeing to capturing each story in a frame. I hope you enjoy these special moments on the streets.

Three Suits at Lunch

I never actively look for interconnections on the streets. I see them, and I react to them. Sometimes they are so big that I wonder how people can walk by without noticing them. This was one of those days. I was walking through Palais Royal gardens during lunchtime when I saw these men wearing black suits siting on a bench, each with identical lunch bags by their feet. They were inside a smaller enclosure within the large garden.