CRADOC BAGSHAW
LEICA STORIES
GEAR AND TECHNIQUE
Techniques, ideas and confessions of a minimalist photographer. This site is a combination of technique, gear and stories about how photos are made, mostly using Leica cameras.
THE ART OF STICKING AROUND
I lived in Paris in 2001. The Shakespeare & Co. Bookstore announced a visit by Lawrence Ferlinghetti the legendary beat…
LEICA VS PHONE
The Leica M is my main street shooting camera. I can shoot while staying nearly invisible to my subjects. Nearly…
LEICA M10-D ALMOST ANALOG
The Leica M10-D is essentially an analog camera with a digital sensor. There is no viewing screen and the camera…
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT
Strategies and exercises for photographing strangers in the street.The key to all people photography is access. A street photography skill…
NEGATIVE THOUGHTS
This photo got me thinking about negatives. I made the shot in Indiana when I was a teenager. We’d moved…
WORTH THE WAIT
Street shooting requires an instantaneous reaction to what you are seeing. It’s this need to react immediately to whatever is…
GOING MANUAL
See these lessons from the days of film photography that will make you a better digital shooter.I grew up shooting…
WORKING INSIDE
Shooting on the inside – Working your way in.One of the advantages of Leicas over bigger and noisier cameras is…
IN THE BAG
I have the perfect Leica camera bag. Because it hasn’t been made for twenty years, out of paranoia the bag…
TRAVELING LIGHT
I really love being there. I almost always hate getting there.I like air travel because it gets me where I…
BLACK & WHITE HYBRID WORKFLOW
Leica M6 film camera[/captioThis isn’t a post about the ongoing battle between film and digital. I shoot both depending on…
HOPI-NAVAJO LAND DISPUTE
In early 1975, a mutual acquaintance sent anthropologist, Harry King, to me for some advice. Harry had a grant to…
PARIS PRINTERS
I love to photograph, just don’t bother me with the details that follow; like the processing and printing. I’ll get…