Artist Challenge - Thomas Leuthard

[alta]

Firstly - I'd like to thank everyone who voted for my "Toy Truck" photo as the winner of the last challenge - I am overwhelmed with happiness that I went to find the boy in the photo to treat him some lunch.

The next Artist Challenge is ...... Thomas Leuthard. Let me introduce him:

Thomas Leuthard is a street photographer from Switzerland who travels to the big cities of this world to witness and document on the street. He works with a discrete Micro Four Third camera to capture the interesting essence of the ordinary life happening in public. For him, street photography is not only about catching the soul of strangers, it’s also about experiencing life in places around the world and to make new friends. One of his main goals is to bring together passionate photographers from all over the world, no matter of race, culture, color or any other attribute. (taken from his website (http://thomas.leuthard.photography/info/)

He has published free e-books on the tricks and tips of capturing candid photos. It pretty much sums up everything you need to know about street photography and it is available for downloads here: (http://thomas.leuthard.photography/ebooks/)

My favorites of his e-books which I consider pure genius are:


Collecting Souls
http://thomas.leuthard.photography/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/CollectingSouls.pdf


Going Candid
http://www.thomasleuthard.com/Book/GoingCandid.pdf


Street Faces
http://thomas.leuthard.photography/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/StreetFaces.pdf

These are available for free download and will serve as your ready guide as you explore your streets for this challenge.

For more information about Thomas Leuthard and his works:
Porfolio: http://thomas.leuthard.photography/
Flicker: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasleuthard/

I will leave you this quote to spark some inspiration:

"It's neither our culture nor our race which
interconnects us. It's Street Photography."
-Thomas Leuthard-



Tag - artistchallenge-Leuthard

Start - Monday, 14 April 2014
Finish - Monday, 28 April 2014 (midnight GMT)*

[brianarmoured]

I really love his quote..."the shorter your focal lens is the bigger your balls have to be"

[summerfield]

great going, kiddo. i shall try to have a go with this.

[Lisa]

@altadc wow! Thanks for the info & links!

[Brigette]

great choice.. new to me - but really interesting and something for everyone in there!!

[zab coloma]

@altadc thank you for sharing :)

[alta]

@stevej @zabcoloma @brigette @lisatown @summerfield @brianarmoured Thank you. Hope to see your entries for this challenge.

[alta]

Tagging those who expressed interest in Artist Challenges. Hope to see your entries.

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[Sara R]

Oooh, thanks for this, love his work! I will definitely give this one a try :)

[Laura]

Thanks for this - I will give it a go even though it has been a while since I did another one.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@altadc Thanks for keeping me up to date Alta and for doing such a fine job in introducing us to Leuthard! I will do my best to come up with something for you- although I must admit street photography has not been an interest in general. However the books look really good, so maybe I'll download one and see if it gets me motivated.

[alta]

@polarvrtx @la_photographic Thank you. Hoping to see your entries for this challenge.

@olivetreeann Thanks Anne, I will look forward to what you come up with.

[Debbie Arcaro]

@altadc Thanks so much for all of the information and I hope to participate. I've only attempted this twice, but I find it so interesting.

[alta]

@hshdebbie Thanks Debbie. Looking forward to your entry.

[Ariel]

@altadc Hi alta, please could you take my name off this challenge for the future (maybe edit it out of the post with the list of names so it doesn't get copied on to the next one), as I'm not active on this site any longer? Thanks!

[Phil Howcroft]

@altadc I'm in Alta :) . Is there a limit on the no. of shots we can enter

[alta]

@phil_howcroft Thanks Paul. No limit at all! Enjoy the challenge! =)

[Andrew]

Wow I didnt realise this was happening, I have tagged my street shots I took this week, I hope no one minds.

[alta]

@andrewkru Thank you Andrew for your submissions.

[Sara R]

I loved his ebooks and really enjoy his work... but when I went out in the field to try it myself I totally fell flat in the guts department, LOL. I just uploaded my first two attempts. Clearly this is something that takes a lot of practice...