Dotan Saguy - Street & documentary photography, Leica cameras, career, skills, breaking rules & more

Hello fellow photographers. In this episode I am talking with Dotan Saguy about his photography journey, photography projects, published books, Leica cameras and much more. Thank you so much for joing me/us on this episode. Make sure you are subscribed if you want to be notified when I post a new episode. And also there is one thing I would love you to do. I would be very thankful if you could go and give this podcast five star rating and the review. If you like this content and you think other people might enjoy it as well Feel free to take a screenshot and through it out on your instagram story or share it with your friends. Dotan was also very kind and made a special discount code for his Street Photography Masterclass for our viewers: "ABOUT20" The info and sign-up for the class are at http://courses.dotansaguy.com Follow Dotan: Website: https://www.dotansaguy.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dotansaguy/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dotan In case YOUR Podcast Directory is missing, please let me know in the comments bellow and I will add that. Thank you! If you want to follow me on social media SoundCould: https://soundcloud.com/user-228441570 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aboutphotographyblog/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aboutphotographyblog Twitter: https://twitter.com/aboutphoto_blog Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/aboutphotographyblog/ You can find this content and more on https://aboutphotography.blog Get the Artlist Music: http://bit.ly/ArtlistAboutPhotography (get 2 extra months) Get the Artgrid Videos: http://bit.ly/ArtgridAboutPhotography (get 2 extra months) Index: 0:00:00 - Hello there! 0:01:28 - Introduction 0:01:58 - Photography career - Ideas VS reality 0:03:24 - Is photography career doable if you don’t already have another successful career? 0:08:37 - Is it worth it to study photography in school or university? 0:11:19 - The most and least impactful investments for improving photography skill 0:15:32 - What do you do to improve your photography 0:22:56 - different methods of working the scene 0:23:36 - Following a character in street photography 0:28:08 - Dotan’s system 0:33:02 - Types of street photography 0:37:09 - What are the subject you avoid 0:40:16 - How to correctly break the photography rules? 0:49:14 - What is your camera settings 0:55:08 - Do you have a schedule? 0:57:19 - How many shots do you need for a book 0:58:31 - What is your process after you come back from photoshoot 1:01:03 - Is black and white your style? 1:03:50 - Do you only take horizontal pictures? 1:06:10 - Changing aspect ration VS staying consistent 1:08:46 - Cooperating with a lot of people 1:10:27 - The hardest part of publishing a book 1:14:48 - How difficult it is to adapt new environment ? 1:17:31 - When do you create a shot list? 1:21:45 - Schedule during the project with the subject 1:27:28 - Awkward moments in the bus? 1:29:03 - Dream photography project 1:30:25 - How to get deep in your photography project 1:31:15 - Is it better to have a project in mind? 1:34:07 - Photography goals? 1:35:50 - How profitable it is to publish photography book 1:36:58 - How to find your price when you start selling prints? 1:39:33 - Do you need signed consent or permission when selling your street photographs? Things you can NOT do.. 1:43:53 - Self publishing or using a publisher. What is more profitable? 1:45:25 - Relationship with Leica 1:47:03 - Why is Leica worth it? 1:50:59 - Is Leica M Monochrom better than your normal camera set to black and white? 1:56:35 - Advice for someone who is thinking about starting a professional photography career