Optic 2017 Travel Show June 4-7, 2017 New York City

Children persevere against the wind and through a rainstorm after school, near Maseru, Lesotho.

I am proud to be a part of OPTIC 2017 in New York City: four days of presentations, gear tradeshow, live demonstrations, portfolio reviews, gallery exhibitions, a cocktail party, a sunset photo cruise and a New York Botanical Garden Photo Walk. Put on by B&H photo and happening @ New Yorker Hotel Grand Ballroom & Sutton Place Suite –481 8th Ave Between 35th and 34th St New York, NY there is a great line-up of speakers that I’m planning on seeing and I will be there on Tuesday 11am: Master The Street & Raise Your Game– as well as doing portfolio reviews on either June 6 or 7, still TBD…

The Speakers:

Alison Wright, Art Wolfe, Charles Glitzer, Cristina Mittermeier, Eric Wehrmeister, Erick Kraszewski, Jeff Maurinnen, Jill and Kyla from Our Wild Abandon, Jonathan Irish, Kara Mercer, Lucas Gilman, Mike Corrado, Ralph Lee Hopkins, Roman Kurywczak, Ruddy Roye, Rudy Winston, Sam Abell, Steve Simon, Vivienne Gucwa, William Innes.

OPTIC trade show and lectures are open and free to the public, however we request each attendee register to attend either in-person, or for the Livestream (you will receive an email notification with the link at the start of the Livestream).

You can register for my lecture and any other happening on Day 2 (June 5) here.

Master The Street & Raise Your Game: Travel photography is an exercise in the art of observation: paying attention to the theater in the streets and capturing moments that tell stories. Steve will share his street-shooting philosophies gleaned from a lifetime of wandering urban places with his camera. Steve will encourage you to find your own unique vision and street style getting past photographic fears and clichés to capturing lyrical, poetic and decisive moments that communicate the energy in the places you travel to. He will talk about approaching strangers for street portraits along with gear choices and shooting techniques and elaborate on his process and offer strategies for improving your response time, maximizing sharpness and nailing the shot. OPTIC Special Presenter.

For more information on this great event click here.