Michal Fanta | Photographer

Reading Not Only Photography Blogs More Productively

Michal Fanta — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:21:51 PDT

Couple weeks ago I was watching this wonderful and inspiring TED talk and been amazed as usual. But it also inspired me to start using Alex too. Do you usually find yourself so tired you can’t even read? Yeah… me neither. :) But I still want to read blog posts, ebooks, … to keep myself [...]

My Black and White 35mm Holga Photographs

Michal Fanta — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 09:08:44 PDT

This week I finally found time to get some of my exposed rolls of black and white film developed in a lab and to scan it at home yesterday. I love the excitement of shooting on film, not knowing what I am going to get and then being surprised as the photo appears on my [...]

Visual Acoustics – Documentary Film about Photography and Modernism

Michal Fanta — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 08:10:18 PDT

Recently I have discovered a wonderful film about modernism and architecture photography from 2008 so today I want to tell you about it. If you are a photographer or architecture enthusiast I recommend you to watch it, if you haven’t seen it already. It is a documentary film called Visual Acoustics and it celebrates life [...]

Photography and Playstation 3: Is Playing Games Useful for Photogs?

Michal Fanta — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 08:39:46 PST

If you are a photographer you are probably familiar with Henri Cartier-Bresson and his photography. If you are interested in street photography it is probably safe to say you studied his work, bought his books, watched his movies etc. And you probably also know how he trained his eye for being able to capture the [...]

The More Talented You Are The Less Stuff You Need

Michal Fanta — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:18:08 PST

If you’d tell me I should watch a movie which takes place in one room and is about two people having a conversation I probably wouldn’t expect it to be extraordinary. And yet a word ingenious came to mind right after I’ve seen it. I am talking about The Sunset Limited film which I had [...]

Why I Love Black and White Photography

Michal Fanta — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:17:29 PST

“I love black and white photography because it is a proof of the world not being just black or white.”

Black and White Street iPhoneography â€“ the photos #03

Michal Fanta — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 06:00:12 PST

Thank you very much everyone! I truly appreciate you stopping by and looking at the street photos made with my iPhone. Today is the last day (I ran out of photographs from the January 28th, 2011). But I will be posting some other photography stuff soon. :) That’s All My Friends… :) Thank you.

Black and White Street iPhoneography â€“ the photos #02

Michal Fanta — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:00:29 PST

Did you like the street iphone photos I posted yesterday? I hope so. As promised the black and white iphoneography saga continues… Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to look at the photography I will be posting more iphone b&w street photos tomorrow.

Black and White Street iPhoneography – the photos #01

Michal Fanta — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 06:00:34 PST

I hope you like the iphoneography slideshow featuring some of the street photos I made with my iPhone in the streets of Prague which I published yesterday. Here are the photos I promised. Enjoy! :) More photos coming tomorrow, same time, are you gonna be here? :)

Black and White Street iPhoneography – product of 40 hrs without sleep

Michal Fanta — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:00:25 PST

On Friday January 28th, 2011 I was watching the amazing “Life in a Day” film streamed live from Sundance via YouTube from about 2 till 5 AM. I could’t sleep after I was about to get up in 2 hours so I spend these two hours “thinking”. Then I decided to go to take some [...]