street photography workshops
Bienvenue!
I’m Keith Pitts. I’m a professional photographer and I teach street photography workshops from my home in Paris.
“Street photography is my happy place. It's what I do to just to enjoy photography without concerning myself with the expectations of clients. It makes me feel more like I did when I just started understanding how photography worked. Everywhere is a discovery. There is possibility around every corner. I find beauty in things that few others see and then show it to them so they can see it too. The world is an art gallery and I have a forever pass to it. So do you”. Keith Pitts
Want to know what’s in my Camera Bag as a Street Photographer?
“Keith is amazingly open in regards to his work and I highly recommend to anyone who is ready to go to the next level of their work, to reach out to him & attend one of his workshops. Keith’s workshop teaches you to let go. To wait. To look at the world from a different perspective. ..showing me some of his tips & tricks (that I still find mind blowing). ”
— Katie Zehr-Peer, New York
Upcoming Street Workshops
Paris Dates
April 30th-May 4th, 2024
May 28th-June 1st, 2024 WAITING LIST
Fall Session: October 8th-12th, 2024
New Year’s / Winter: December 29th, 2024-January 2nd, 2025
Spring: April 29th - May 3rd, 2025
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Gain more confidence walking among strangers and documenting your surroundings, wherever you are.
Meet a new group of photographers that share many of the same interests whom you can now call friends. An interest in people is at the heart of street photography and now you can inspire and be inspired by people you now know.
See these cities in a new light. You’ll now see everywhere in a new light and be inspired to have a camera on you at all times. Even the grocery store (seriously, I do).
Have a wonderful experience, seeing, chatting, laughing, dining and drinking with others and learning the whole time. If only school had been this much fun.
The main goal of my street photography workshops is to learn or further expand your skills to create powerful photos telling a story of people and the places they live…
What can I expect from your workshops? You will…
100%
of workshop attendees would refer this workshop to a fellow photographer
[based on post workshop survey]
a little bit about Keith
I don’t really recall when my love of photography began. Long before I remember wanting to be a “photographer” I remember having cameras around, starting with my mother’s various Kodak snapshot cameras. Somewhere in the early 80’s I saved up and bought the camera my dad suggested, a Pentax MX. I loved that camera. It followed me through high school, the Navy and college. At no point during that time do I remember saying I was going to be a professional photographer but I seem to have been pretty attached to my camera.
Welcome, I’m Keith
Long story short, I became a professional photographer. I dropped out of college in my senior year with one class left for my eligibility to take the MCAT (the exam to get into medical school). I was addicted to photography and didn’t want to waste another day on something that would not further my goal.
Photography has since then been my source for the three F’s. Fame, fortune and fun.
Unfortunately you never seem to be able to get all three at the same time. Still, it’s a great life.
The fun part is high on my list. For a significant time in the middle of my career I forgot about that and I ended up with a job I liked a lot but I wasn’t having as much fun as I had when beginning.
Enter street photography. It became my escape. It was a way to not concern myself with anything but the camera in hand and the random moments that happened around me.
I found that as I looked at the photos together over time, they reflected how I see the world. It was (and still is) fascinating. It was and is cathartic.
Street photography was my version of fishing with three obvious differences, less beer, more exercise and nothing died or suffered at my hand. It began to inform a lot of my paid work and I became happier doing it.
A camera in hand seems to always make my mood lift in the rare occasions I’m a bit off. Whether or not its street or paid. I was meant to have a camera in hand.
Look around and enjoy the site. Contact me if you have questions. Bonne journée!”
Yoann, Workshop Attendee
(below is a sampling of his photos from the last evening’s slideshow)
“This street photography workshop helped me level up my composition and vision. The feedback from each shoot is really constructive and helped me see things I wasn’t able to see before. And last but not least, the patience and kindness of Keith helped me take photos I couldn’t even imagine before in this awesome location of Paris.”
FREE download
Looking to get more out of your street photography? Download this free pdf where Keith goes over the 5 Things (he has seen) most street photographers do wrong!
