Welcome to my book of weird; pairs of shoes waiting for their owners, a cat for sale in a shop window and chairs on walls. Street photography like you've never seen it before - or have you?
My dad always carried a camera under the seat of his car and was constantly taking pictures. I think that his example, together with poring over National Geographic magazines as a child fuelled my curiosity for the world around me.
I also do a good deal of street photography, which is my true passion. Having a slightly off-kilter sense of humour helps keep me looking for the unusual. I believe that mentoring is important so I enjoy any opportunity to encourage and train new photographers.
I've since published seven photo books and have had numerous images chosen by National Geographic as editor's favorites.
I think the title for Walk With Me by Debra Schoenberger speaks for itself, photographs taken on the fly. Expensive cameras are not required to save the moment for future enjoyment. I think most of us have a trusty cellphone with us.
I have been shooting photography for a long time and my camera has been with me longer than my Kindle, though both are now ‘a must have on me all the time’ companion.
I’m sure there is a photograph in Walk With Me that will make you smile, maybe create a frown, or provoke some heavy thinking.
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Walk With Me by Debra Schoenberger.
Walk With Me is a collection of around 300 photographs taken by the author in the streets of her hometown of Victoria, British Columbia, as well as during her overseas travels to places such as India and Italy. Most of the photos were taken with her cell phone, as this is the camera she always has with her. She seems to have a particular interest in dogs, cats, shoes, cars, trains, bicycles, doorways, shop windows, architectural details, children, and other people taking photographs. She also includes several self-portraits.
The photographer has the knack of framing the images just right. Through her eyes, we see familiar objects (such as milk crates) as works of art and ordinary people as anything but. Some images are in black and white, while others are in vivid color. Photographs are either featured individually or collected into groups of four, or even nine, photographs based on their theme, color, or shape, although some groupings appear quite random. Viewed on my iPad mini, some images are too small or close up to work out what they are. However, this book is only available commercially in paperback, dimensions 10 x 8 x 0.8 inches, so that shouldn't present any problems. Some of the images are duplicated in the book, while others have previously appeared in her earlier collection, India. I wish there were captions, especially for the photographs taken in other countries. I enjoyed the symmetry of the first and last images in the book (front and back covers).
This book would make a great gift for anybody who is interested in photography but doesn’t think they have anything worthwhile to photograph.
I received this book in return for an honest review.
This is a quick journey through several countries from the view of a street photographer. Debra Schoenberger has captured glimpses of moments, which range from curious to interesting, and combined them into a book which induces emotions and thoughts.
The photographer offers a few short words, where she explains the general background behind the collection as well as a brief explanation of her style. But she is a photographer and lets the pictures speak for themselves.
A world of color, human quirkiness, oddities and simple, every day emotions open up in the following pages. The locations where the photographs were taken hold as much variety as the subjects themselves. Everything from shoes to people to shops to animals are captured as unaware and natural as daily life alone can provide. The photographs are not organized in any recognizable fashion, but flow as unexpected as life itself. Some provoke thought and draw out emotions, while others leave a smirk and a smile.
Most of the pages hold four photographs, none related to the other. This supports the entire idea of seeing the unexpected and witnessing life's variety. There is something for everyone, and moments which will evoke different reactions in different people. The book is as living as its material. This, however, is not something that can be enjoyed in one sitting, but invites to be thumbed through time and again. And each visit is guaranteed to reveal something new.
I received a complimentary copy and found it interesting to gaze through so I wanted to leave my honest thoughts.
Debra Schoenberger is just that a journey along with the photographer as she explores not only her own city of Victoria, British Columbia, but places to which she's traveled. Her pictures range from the mundane moments of empty chairs in a restaurant to the pilled moisture on fruit. Her macro shots are detailed and well contrasted, and her close-ups of people illustrate the unbridled joy found in daily jaunts.
Schoenberger chooses to frame not only every day moments, but also colors that we often forget we see. Highlighting the rainbows present in our busy lives demonstrates to readers of her book that there is more to our life than those scheduled appointments and deadlines. We need to remember those colors, those giggles of children's laughter, and soft touch of petals on our skin. We can breathe in the scent of life to calm us and look at our neighborhoods to find the humor lost in large window displays.
Great look at average life from a street photographer.
I am a huge fan of Debra Schoenberger photography books. She takes some amazing photo's. Her photos are not staged which I love the most. She just walks down a street and pops off some photo's. I love taking pictures myself and have about 70,000 on my computer. A lot of my photo's are just like hers. Something caught my eye and I took a photo of it. I am sure we all have photo's like this.
Debra shares her photo's with all of us. Most of her books have a theme, like her book To Be a Child, is pictures of children, Her book India is sites taken in India of both people and places. This book, Walk With Me doesn't really have a theme. There are several pictures of shoes though. I think it is one of her best books yet. The photo's are pictures of everything you can imagine, people, places, and things. Some are even out of focus. The pictures are taken from all the places she has visited.
There is one photo in the book where she has taken a photo of a man taking a photo of a building in front of them. You can see the building through his camera lens. it is an awesome photo. There is another picture of a woman with a pigeon setting on her arm, she is taking a picture of another lady with her cell phone, and you can see the lady standing there and also through the cell phone screen.
I absolutely loved the photo of of a broken sidewalk with a puddle of water. In the puddle you see a large buildings reflection.
I could go on and on about the pictures in this book that spoke to me. Debra is amazing. Grab a copy of this book and see for yourself. I am sure at least one will bring a smile to your face.
I received this book from the Author Debra Schoenberger via iRead Book Tours to read and review.
Walk with Me is a welcome change of pace and diversion that is calming and doesn't have any expectations. Look at the pictures. Think about the pictures. Enjoy the pictures.
There are no words, and overall, not really a single theme that readers will necessarily recognize – though some groupings are themed. Each photo is intriguing, and the groupings really play off each other with the color palettes. Most of the photos are of the unnoticed life and objects that surround us but which we are all too hurried and harried to truly observe. Photographer Debra Schoenberger truly has they eye for capturing these shots.
My favorites were those with unexpected pops of color – like the stripes of a woman's dress on a dull subway ride -- or contrasts like a tired brick wall against a white marble one. I also enjoy looking at the curiosities -- a box full of fake hands, a row of wigs, not one but two hula girls, and shoes...lots of shoes. Walk with Me includes a lot of retro-feeling shots that feel as if the images can't be from modern times -- but they are.
Many of the photographs show the normal within the oddity and vice versa. It may seem like randomness but truly, it feels familiar. I’ve experienced times when some color, or texture, or combination of the two draws the eye, and I think, "cool" and snap a shot. But Schoenberger’s shots are infinitely cooler. Often, it's not the first impression image that has staying power; rather, it's the picture within. For example, in one image, it’s not the window that intrigues me, but the reflection in the window.
There is no fuss to this book: the pictures are mostly square, with the middle forty pages holding rectangular photos, and all are aligned on a white background. There are no frames or borders, no page numbers, and no commentary or explanations. Basically, there are no distractions. It's like the old days when you printed a roll of film and stuck the pictures in an album, intending to go back later and make notations. There are anywhere from one to nine images on a page, and not all pictures are crystal clear or even noteworthy upon first glance. But the images are there, so you slow down and study them to see what it was that drew the photographer's eye. The book forces you to slow down.
I had a PDF copy of Walk with Me, and though it was adequate, it wouldn't be my recommended format. These photos deserve to be held and flipped through like an old family album. (Though admittedly, it was nice to load the PDF on my laptop and make the pictures huge on my screen!) This full review and other features on Hall Ways Blog https://kristinehallways.blogspot.com
Thank you to iRead Book Tours and the author for sharing this book with me and providing a copy in exchange or my honest opinion – the only kind I give.
These days many of us stare at screens rather than the world around us. We go through the motions of life without really pausing to listen to the noises we hear or look around at all the beautiful people and places that we pass daily. We go through life without really paying much attention to the external world at all.
Now imagine someone handed you a camera and asked you to take photographs of the images that passed before you.
What would you want to capture? Is it the look of the children boarding the bus, the reflection of yourself standing in front of a large store window, the way the light bounces off the window in an old coffee shop or the way your brightly colored shoes look in contrast to the dull, grey pavement? As you move throughout the day, walking from place to place, what do you see?
When you handed back the camera at the end of the day what would you want to show the person that gave it to you? What would you want to share with them? What would you want them to see that you had already seen?
“walk with me” is a quirky little book that captures the interesting moments that passed before the photographers eyes. What caught her attention as she walked down the street? Sometimes it appears to be bright colors other times it’s the reflection of light around her. Glancing through this book I was reminded of all the little things we see throughout our day. All the little things that we so often ignore or go unnoticed. This book reminded me to take a moment to reflect on the beauty around me.
This is an amazing book for those who love to look at greta photos, and for those starting out in photography, to teach them to see an unique photo in ANY moment!. I've reviewed Debra's books before, and the one thing that has ALWAYS caught my eye, is how she can take something simple, that you pass by every day, and find the right angle/lighting/height to suddently make it look magic, or to keep you looking. I like to call it the chldren's wisdom moment. Sometimes Miss Grace will take a photo of something that I would not have, yet she captures an unique pattern/wave/moment, because her perspective was different than mine- she is curious about everything, and it shows in her photos!
This book is a compilation of those moments, take Debra has taken, both in her native Montreal and abroad. It showcases how yes, you CAN take a great photo with your cell phone, IF you understand the perspective and framing, for making the object pop. By showing photo examples of this Debra subtly teachers the reader about what to look for, without actually telling them. It's a book that you will flip through, then come back to time and again, for more inspiration.
Add it to an Easter basket, or give it as an Easter basket to the Art student/budding photographer and you will watch their creativity bloom, as they realize the mundane can be ordinary!
This is the second book by Debra that I have "read". While there aren't any words to read, but there are beautiful and noteworthy photos that each tell their own story.
In this book, she traveled the globe and shares photos she takes with her cell phone. I think my favorites are the ones that include dogs as there is something about a dog and their laid-back attitude. The people that are caught in the images span a wide variety of backgrounds and situations. There is even a photo of two of someone else taking a photo with their cell phone.
Each page of photos brought me into Debra's adventures and capturing the everyday life of the places she was visiting. The colors of the town, the quirkiness of the shops or people, the various animals (the pigeon is particularly funny!), and the peace captured in these photographs. These photos are all of normal people/places/things and not staged to be used for commercial purposes, but that is the attraction. I always hear about towns and countries where you look past the touristy areas and meet the locals. I feel that is what Debra has done with her second street photography book.
If this book doesn't inspire you to break out your camera (even if it is on your cell phone) and take photos of things around you, I don't know what will!
Walk With Me is blogger/photographer Debra Schoenberger's fourth photography book. With such a captivating title we are invited to see street photography through Schoenberger's lens, capturing scenes and objects to which most of us might not pay more than a cursory glance. Once again, I found Schoenberger's photography to be unique and sometimes quirky.
I loved her pics of flowers, nature, architectural structures and lone figures perched up within a building's window or balcony. Her black and white pics are poignant. I also recognized street pics of my city Montreal. She includes pics of her worldwide travels, among them India. Some of the pics were hard to figure out, almost like a puzzle and they intrigued me, like the close up of a reflection of a building through the water of a puddle.
Debra has an affinity for shoes, bikes, subway stations and barber shops that come through in her photography. She catches images at different angles, making use of shadow, reflections, and motion. Once again, her signature style is evident in this fourth photography book. If you like street photography that is real and true to life, look into Debra Schoenberger's work.
Walk With Me is a photography collection taken by Debra Schoenberger on her travels around the world. What makes Walk With Me special is that these are not the stunning photographs that make you stop and stare, but rather a showcase of the minutiae of everyday life. Most of these photographs are taken with her cellphone and show everyday things about life around the world. From footwear to food, subway rides to scenery, flowers to fashion, these pictures are the little details of the world. Since there is not a lot of context to the pictures, for me the pictures showed the things that bring us together as well as what makes us all unique. Another accomplishment is to show that you do not have to be a trained photographer or have a fancy camera to take meaningful pictures, as Debra said, the best camera is the one you have on you. Overall, an interesting collection of photography that encourages exploration, adventure and looking at the world differently.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
I love photography - with a simple photo so many feelings can be expressed. We can guess at the emotion, the weather, the smells and the taste. A great photo draws you in and leaves you imaging exactly what is behind the image.
Debra is an incredible photographer - her images express so much meaning and thought. This book shows photos of the simple every day to the beauty of nature and architecture. You wonder at the meaning behind the expressions of the individuals on the bus and street - where are they going, what are they feeling? The images of the streets - you can almost hear the noise, smell the smells and feel the vibration of energy. Her images come alive in this book.
Walk with Me is a beautiful display of Debra's travels and the incredible experiences she has had. She captures raw and real moments, moments of laughter, hope and sometimes I feel of sadness. It reminded me to always stop and take in the beauty of each moment, as there is beauty in everything.
Walk With Me is yet another inspiring group of photos from Debra Schoenberger.
Encompassed under the theme "street photography", Walk With Me includes photos of daily life. From cats in windows to stolen moments at the hairdresser to a varied collection of shoes, we get a glimpse into the habits of everyday people.
My favourite layout commonly found in the book is four square photos on a page, all linked in some way and styled -- either by colouring or theme -- to evoke a common mood. I'm not sure how she does it sometimes because I don't immediately see the connections, but it works. It's compelling and draws you into the scene she's created.
Schoenberger's creative style and the photos she has chosen for this collection beg so many questions that I never tire of flipping through this (or any of her) books.
Note: I received this book free of charge from the author.
Just like the author, I loved photography as well. I usually bring my camera with me if not my cell phone whereever I go. I love to take photos of my family especially my kids and my dogs. I also love the nature like sunrise and sunset. Recently, I am interested to take photos of the moon. I took a photo of the crescent moon last night with my regular Canon camera.
Photographs will make a lasting memories. I still have to develop photos from my Philippines vacation three months ago. I have to get develops the photos very soon.
Ms. Debra Schoenberger photographs are beautiful and candid shots. I have few of my favorite shots of her. I adored the beach, shadows and streets photographs.
This book is beautiful and gives you ideas on what scenes to photograph. Life is too short that we need to capture that special moment with our cameras.
I chose to read this book after receiving a free e-copy. All opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased. I had read To Be a Child and India by Debra Schoenberger so I was looking forward to reading this book also.
Walk with Me is full of amazing photos taken by Debra. This collection is a mixture of different photos from different times and places. I wish I could see things like she sees them through the lens. She notices details that most of us never even see. I can look through this book over and over and notice new things every time.
This would make a good coffee table book. It’s a book to pick up over and over to look at the photos again and again. It is a book for all ages to enjoy.
Debra captures life all around her. Everything from flowers, to people, to nick-nacks, to food to scenery, to life. I would have loved to have wondered the world with Debra as she captured everything all around her. She sees the details that we all seem to overlook.
I really enjoyed the book and the pictures have so much detail and clarity in them. I too love having a camera with me and taking odd shots of what I see as I go about life. Of course, my photos only get pasted into a journal that I keep!