W O R K S H O P S
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE
IN MEXICO CITY
FULL DAY SESSION
8 Hours / Price: 699 US$
Spend a Day with me in Mexico City! This full day workshop experience includes a 8 hours one to one workshop, including feedback and tips to take your street photos to the next level. We will have many great opportunites to make street photography and I will guide you through a real street photographer day experience. This isn't a traditional workshop but rather an experience I want to provide that leaves you inspired and with a new awareness to continue your street photography journey.
What you get:
- Full Day (8 Hours) with me in Mexico City
- Practical tips and exercises to improve your Street Photography
- Lunch & Coffee breaks
- Exciting Photo Opportunities
- Feedback & Advice (Ask Me Anything)
- Tuition available in ENGLISH, SPANISH and ITALIAN LANGUAGE
HALF DAY SESSION
4 Hours / Price: 399 US$
Spend 4 hours with me in Mexico City! This workshop experience includes a 4 hours one to one workshop including feedback and tips to take your street photography to the next level. We will have many great opportunites to do some candid photography and I will guide you through my hometown. This isn't a traditional workshop but rather an experience I want to provide that leaves you motivated and inspired to continue your street photography journey.
What you get:
- 4 Hours with me in Mexico City
- Practical tips and exercises to improve your Street Photography
- Coffee breaks
- Exciting Photo Opportunities
- Feedback & Advice (Ask Me Anything)
- Tuition available in ENGLISH, SPANISH and ITALIAN LANGUAGE
Street photography, my dear friend, is the raw and unfiltered art of capturing the essence of life on the urban asphalt. It's a bold and daring pursuit, one that requires a keen eye and a fearless spirit to document the grit and grime of the concrete jungle.
To be a street photographer is to be a warrior of the lens, armed with a camera and an insatiable hunger for the human experience. It's a battle for authenticity, a constant struggle against the glossy veneer of commercialism and the polished perfection of staged photography.
In the streets, there are no rules, no scripts, and no second takes. You have to be quick on your feet, ready to seize the moment before it slips away. Whether it's a fleeting expression, a passing gesture, or a chance encounter, a street photographer must be alert and responsive to the world around them.
It's not for the faint of heart, my friend. To roam the streets with a camera is to venture into the unknown, to embrace the chaos and uncertainty of the urban landscape. But for those who dare, the rewards are immeasurable. The images captured on the streets tell stories that words cannot express, revealing the true soul of a city and its people.
So grab your camera, my friend, and join me on this wild and unpredictable journey into the heart of the street. Let's document the raw and unvarnished truth of the urban experience, and create art that will stand the test of time.
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Your Photo Coach
I am a Pro Street Photographer since 2011. As a street photographer I worked in Italy, USA and Mexico. As a Photo Coach I have had the privilege of having students from all over the world. Through photography classes I can share my experience with many people and it is something I love.
TESTIMONIALS
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Great to meet you and go out on the streets with you. The workshop was great for me, and it is continuing to affect the way I am thinking when I am taking pictures. It was great that we started by chatting over coffee about my answers to your questionnaire. It really helped that you had seen some of my work. I love shadows and sun, but it was cloudy the day of the workshop, so you asked me how I was going to approach shooting without sun and shadows. I thought about working in layers, and we talked about that approach. I loved the part of the workshop where we went to the transit stop and just watched the action for a while before making any pictures. It was fascinating to watch the scene change from moment to moment. I found that I was able to see complex layers in that area. I also appreciated that you encouraged me to work with reflections, to change up my angles, and to get more emotions in my work. Those are directions that I will continue working on. It was great at the end of the workshop when you looked through my photos on the camera. At first, I was nervous about letting you see all of my flawed pictures! But I’m very glad that I allowed you to look through the photos and allowed myself to be vulnerable. I listened to what you said very carefully about not cropping images. After the workshop, I found myself framing photos in camera with the intention of NOT cropping anything. The workshop has affected me for sure.
Carl Pfirman, Los Angeles
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Alex is a knowledgable and passionate teacher. His passion for street photography and for passing on his know-how really shows and has a great impact on whoever is willing to listed. Set in the magical streets of Mexico City, Alex will take you through steets and alleys in a workshop that is supposed to ignite the sparkle and make you fall in love with street photography and with Mexico. Although Alex is very clear about his artistic vision and workflow (as he explains in detail) he never pushes an agenda and is adamant that you should Be developing your own style and approach. Even as someone who mainly deals with landscape photography, I feel enriched by the experience and I strongly reccomend this to anyone!
Enrico Baldassari
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The workshop with Alex is a day to remember as he is an engaging person, enthusiastic about his work and above all very well prepared. After having done a workshop with him, she begins to think differently about photography and photographic vision. Definitely an educational experience. It is more a day in which a seed is transmitted that can make a plant grow in those who intend to cure it, rather than 10 useless workshops that promise to create photographers.
Gianni Ranuio, Saronno
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Unforgettable and highly constructive experience
Gian Luca Marino, Turin
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It was a" journey "full of emotions. I tried to do my best, and I learned a lot from your advice Alex Coghe.
Tatiana Biagini, Florence
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Fantastic experience, I hope to be able to repeat it
Michele Cernigliaro, Catania
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Alex Coghe's workshop, for example, of all those I've done, has this goal of creating something in the long run and even if I contribute little from abroad, it's the first that comes to mind as a post-workshop involvement and therefore what I would recommend at the moment. In addition to being the only one for whom I "came out" with the idea of taking photos for a project that is very important for those who start.
Iacopo Biondi, Milan
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Thanks to you Alex Coghe for the professionalism, humanity, enthusiasm and magic of photography that you managed to convey to me. It was truly a wonderful experience.
William Actis, Turin
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Many thanks for the wonderful time I had with you walking in the streets of Mexico city for two days. Your flexibility in making the workshop a pure shooting experience for me was fantastic. It was nice to see you in action and work through the various modes – shooting fast at times and then slowing down and concentrating on different com-positional elements. I liked the way you look at street photography as a sum total of urban architecture, elements, geometry, and people. Thanks again for workshop.”
Jag M., Washington DC
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Thanks for the two day individual workshop. I enjoyed it and learnt a lot. I found your presentations very knowledgeable and helpful. I particularly enjoyed being able to walk through the Centro Historico area of Mexico City and photograph the amazing street scenes together. Best wishes and keep in touch.
Mark Bassett, Canberra
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Thanks Alex Coghe 4 everything In The workshop, it was great, so happy to learn from you. The honor is 4 me you really are a Professional!!! Thanks!!! If I need to come to MX again to learn more from you I will do!!!!
José Marcelo Llobet, Costarica
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On Monday, I did a one-day street photography workshop with professional photographer Alex Coghe. It was a great experience and I learned things that immediately improved my photography. Alex, originally from Rome, has been in el D.F. for 5 years and his approach to photography really opened my eyes.I won’t divulge any of his secrets – you will have to take a workshop if you are in central Mexico – but I will say that I am now shooting almost exclusively in manual mode. I used to shoot mostly in aperture priority, but now I am going full manual with aperture, time, and focus, with only ISO on automatic. It has already helped me get sharper images when shooting street photos.
Jeff Bell, Alaska
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Hi Alex I want to thank you very much for the workshop, I took something to write for various reasons, wanted to be quiet, without the euphoria of all this visual maelstrom you showed me, taking several days to assimilate all the information and many others in processing, pass by several stages euphoria, frustration, anger, etc. etc. until I could and achieve it in pictures, I’ve been practicing with a point and shoot to shoulder and chest shots is difficult because these cameras are slow to definitely focus me urgently needs fuji I have also been looking at many images, many photographers, I have many styles of everything visual soaked I can, sometimes I go down the street and see some interesting scene then I hear anything you said, is not funny? I think there is a radical change in my pictures I can see the progress that I’m very excited and passionate when I made a good picture.
Marie Reyes, Mexico City
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Thank you, Alex! Great experience, intense, instructive, a huge punch, also a brilliant human encounter! What a weekend! Highly recommended!
Reuven Halevi, Rome
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The workshop with Alex was fantastic. It was clear that he is not only a skilled photographer but also an effective coach and teacher. I really enjoyed our time together and walked away several practical learnings and photos. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking to improve their craft.
M.I., Houston TX
FAQs
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Although my street photography courses are thought for people with a knowledge of the camera and an understanding of exposure triangle, I also teach those who start with photography, in the idea that there is not only one way to take pictures and you can take good photos even using the most automatic settings. The important thing is always and only the result and my teaching is less orthodox, without universal rules and I am a patient and understanding teacher. You may be new to the genre of street photograohy or you may be an experienced street photographer: my workshops are highly customized by creating a student profile.
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Walking is part of a street photographer's business. To walk is very necessary. On a full-day workshop, we usually walk around 10 km. Having said that, I know how to adjust to the student. I've had people in my 80s and I clearly don't expect the same kind of commitment.
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Anything from a good basic digital compact camera to a professional DSLR will be fine, even a smartphone is OK with me. I have also students using a film camera. Usually I recommend to avoid to bring a lot of gear: one camera, one lens is still the best option for me. My recommendation about the lens is anything between 24mm and 50mm FF equivalent. And yes, better the prime lens than zoom lenses.
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Just bring your cameraset-up, spare batteries, spare memory cardsand last but not least comfortable shoes.
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Mexico City is very quiet in this respect. Although it can also rain very heavily at certain times of the year, in any case it is not like other cities and it never rains all day. With that said, if it rains, it will be my guarantee to find places where we will allow the show to continue.
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After the payment I will send you all the instructions about our meeting point. this will change based on where you will be based in the city but mostly based on the type of workshop I have designed for you, according to your student profile.
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You can bring a friend to my street photography experience workshops just in case the person is accompanies us and cannot be considered a photographer or person interested in photography.
If your friend is another photographer is permitted for an additional 100 US$.
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In that case it would be a masterclass and the cost increases significantly. It must also be discussed together and my role would not be limited to that of a guide because I teach and I don't do the accompaniment. In the past they asked me to take them to Tepito or build wokshops even in more dangerous areas. Personal safety comes first.
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Mexico City is no more dangerous than other megacities. I've lived here for well over a decade and nothing really dangerous has ever happened to me. As a photo coach my main interest is that my students are not exposed to any unpleasant events and therefore I try to avoid going to places that could endanger their safety. Those who come with me must feel at ease throughout the experience.
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Once registered I will send a questionnaire that creates the student profile and this includes the request for information on eating preferences. The experience must be comfortable in all aspects for the student.
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