On Jan. 20, 2022, I got to rap about my creative journey with my newfound brethren. Jake Feinberg is a music journalist with an inexhaustible muse: what bonds the soul with tunes and who are the cats, as he’s dubbed them, that keep the fire blazing. 

We share a day job now and bonded immediately over the elements that grow iconoclasts and outliers. I’m not a musician, but my poetic output places me akin to the, “dreamers of the dreams.” 

This is the full rap session. Lots of topics and journeys and insights. More importantly, lots of love. Let’s get it! 

Until next time, I’ll see you in the streets.

Check out the Jake Feinberg Show here. 

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Snow in Tucson; and in March?! Dude, no way. But here we are. March 1, 2023 marked a wild and rare day of snow, which started around 10 p.m. MST. I knew it was a golden opportunity to make photos with blessed weather like this. And it was the perfect time to test out the iPhone 14 Pro. When you use the RAW camera option, your images will be rendered on a 48 MP sensor. That almost twice the size of the Sony A7 III sensor.  So let's explore the medium format options with a camera that fits in your back pocket.  Until next time, I'll see you in the streets.  Full review of the 14 Pro coming soon. Follow for more!

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What’s the difference between a success photographer and someone who misses the mark? I’d say the photography game, like any pursuit, is about suiting up. Show up for your art. That’s more than 90 percent of the resistance battle. Executing and making mistakes then taking your error lessons to the next project in order to secure a bigger win.  Isn’t funny how a sleepy early morning error can remind us what’s most important as a creative.  Make sure to let me know your cornerstone to your success and happiness.

You can check out my book and prints here!

How many award-winning photos can you produce in half a day, every hour on the nose? Well, on Saturday, March 4 you’ll get to see what I can pull off.

The Vancouver Street Photography Collective is hosting a community photog event — I can't wait. The Van-SPC outing is modeled around The 24 Hour Project, an annual affair where global photographers document their current locale to raise awareness for social and economic justice. My Vancouver peeps flipped the rules a bit, allowing shutterbugs to choose a 12-hour window to produce on the day of March 4th. This event requires a $5 donation registration and all proceeds earned from the occasion will fund the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, a non-profit organization that provides meals, counseling and advocacy to nurture and empower members. In anticipation of this phenomenal time on the streets it’s time to talk about speed. How fast can you make a body of work; what editing techniques and micro-content strategies are you using to increase production; are you investigating how to best use artificial intelligence to increase output and manage your time more efficiently?

Here's a link to register for the Van-SPC event.

See my latest AI generated art prints here. 

'If this photo habit of mine is not bringing in money, can I rationalize spending dozens of hours every week in search of the best frame my current city can offer?' This is a sample of my inner monologue, when I’m experiencing, 'resistance' defined as, 'any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term growth, health, or integrity. Or, expressed another way, any act that derives from our higher nature instead of our lower.' Steve Pressfield’s book ‘The War of Art’ brought the clearest definition of a phenomena all creative people feel and have to negotiate at some point in their careers.

And last week, the resistance I experienced, and thankfully conquered due to the support of my loving partner, was overpowering. Thus, it felt like an appropriate time to talk over impostor syndrome, highlighting three tips I have to escape the storm with grace.

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Speaking on Thrasher's ROUGH CUT videos. 

In October, I got a chance to sit down with Shout Out Arizona, an online magazine that features entrepreneurs working in the Grand Canyon State. Not only did I get to rap about my creative journey, I also shared some of my professional philosophy. So let’s get to it!

Sadly, the GoFundMe link to help support Taqueria Pico De Gallo is no longer available. But please visit this Old Pueblo mainstay when you come visit us. 

If you're interested in supporting my creative work, bookmark and cop something on my website. 

Until next time, I'll see you in the streets. 

Imagine being able to shake your own hand 20, 30 or 45 years ago. What's the most salient advice you'd implore you to take seriously? I've been thinking about time as the year starts off, especially as someone who stills Father Time on a daily basis. This isn't a regret mode I'm in. But knowing that we have wisdom as an older bloke that could have saved us some lumps along the way is an important reflexive exercise. What have we gained by chasing dreams; who would we have added/subtracted from our inner circle; when could we have put love first and stuffed our ego away? 

Until next time I'll see you in the streets. 

It’s been almost three years since I started pursuing street photography as a way to earn a living and grow my brand. I have zero regrets about making this artistic expression my cornerstone. Along the way I’ve met a tremendously talented and supportive group of creators across the globe, New York City to Tehran. My images of Tucson and Southern Arizona have seen more cities than I have, as my work continues to etch a space in galleries from Rome to Glasgow. With any professional voyage of discovery, as we develop what we want our legacy to look like we learn lessons. Via struggle and playfulness and consistency, I’ve grasped three salient rules that only an obsessive schedule of street image-making can provide.

Check out my website to support my work and see the big picture. 

It's a new year and it's time to improve. So what's your plan? I have habits to break and other routines that need bolstering. I'm reading James Clear's 'Atomic Habits' and wanted to start a convo about self development as 2023 arrives. You can expect more episodes based on the knowledge I'll gain, then share, as I shimmy through Clear's book. 

I'd like to thank every listener for your support in 2022. Thanks for being part of my journey. 

Until next time, I'll see you in the streets. 

If you're interested in purchasing my work, check out my website www.davidjdelgrande.com.

When you read the headlines recently, or since the NFT boon, this world is supposedly crumbling, far too risky and overrun by thieves. Sure, you’ll run into some creeps if you dive into the culture. However, the art/creative world outside of the pixels on your screen is no cakewalk either. While I’ve been buying and trading NFTs for about two years, I thought becoming part of this marketplace wasn’t a good fit until a month ago. I’m thrilled to have taken the plunge.

Until next time, I'll see you in the streets.

Here's a link to the short film I made in Douglas, Arizona.

Here's my website when you want to further support my art.