Sabryna Fisher

The most overlooked subjects are the ones that sell

Concrete walls in flat light. A closed shopfront at 2pm. The back of a bus shelter nobody's waiting at. I reckon the shots other photographers walk past as "too boring" are exactly the ones that conne…

Sean Tucker on what makes a portrait feel real

Sean Tucker's conversation with Svetlana Jovanovic is worth your time if you've ever struggled with the gap between a technically correct portrait and one that actually holds presence. The thing it do…

Do you actually stop down to the sweet spot, or shoot wide open anyway?

Most of my work lives in that f/1.8 to f/2.8 range. Rainy streets, low light through glass, fog rolling into a laneway. Wide open feels natural for the mood I'm after. But I've noticed something. When…

Does anyone outsource the full website build?

I can focus for hours waiting for the right light on a street corner, but sitting down to build a website makes my brain scatter in about five minutes. Technical setup, layout decisions, all of it. I'…

Getting past the dread of putting work out for strangers to see

Last month I printed a set of rainy street scenes from a Japan trip and brought them to a local market. Stood behind the table feeling like I'd left a journal open on a park bench. Every person who st…

Where to send new Instagram followers, site or DM?

When someone new follows me on Instagram I've been going back and forth on this. Do I message them a link straight to my website, or do I offer something right there in the DM, like a free download or…

Do you ever show the ones that didn't work?

I shot a laneway in Kyoto last year. Forty minutes in light rain, maybe sixty frames. One made the cut. The rest sit in a folder I never open. Sometimes I think about posting a few of those rejected s…

Handling negative comments when a reel takes off

Posted a reel recently of a rainy street scene, nothing controversial, just atmosphere. It picked up more views than usual and with that came a wave of negative comments. Some dismissive, some just ru…

Who's actually keeping you on track this week?

Working solo most days. Camera bag by the door, edit queue on the laptop, no one asking how either is going. Some weeks that silence is a gift. Other weeks it just means nothing moves forward. I've be…

Made in L.A. 2027 gets its curatorial team

The Hammer Museum and MOCA have announced that Michael Wellen and José Luis Blondet will co-curate the next Made in L.A. biennial in 2027. Wellen only moved to the city in April, while Blondet has bee…