Dan Aragon on Street Photography and the OM-3 Camera

Filmmaker and photographer Dan Aragon discusses his approach to street photography in New York City using the OM SYSTEM OM-3 camera. Aragon, whose commercial work has appeared on HBO, WarnerMedia, Discovery, and Disney, emphasizes the importance of early mornings, invisibility, and planning. He woke at 5 AM to shoot the Brooklyn Bridge and ferry at sunrise, capturing sequences rather than isolated frames. Influenced by Sebastião Salgado, Emmanuel Lubezki, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Ingmar Bergman, Aragon thinks like a cinematographer, using color as narrative. He built custom color recipes using the OM-3's Creative Dial, switching between heavy saturation for blue skies and black-and-white for harsh midday light. The camera's Live ND mode and in-body stabilization allowed him to shoot without extra gear. Aragon avoids weekends and crowds, preferring quiet moments. He does not photograph children and respects subjects' privacy, sometimes choosing not to press the shutter. The article is sponsored content from OM SYSTEM.