Street photography is an interesting genre of photography. In some ways it sees quite simple – all you need is a camera lens and your own two feet to do it. Yet in other ways, it can be quite hard and complicated.
- How can you keep moving subjects in sharp focus?
- Do you even want to do that?
- How do you approach people to photograph them?
- What if you get in trouble?
- Do you need a model or another kind of release?
Trinidad, Cuba – bought some meringues from this lovely man just so I could take his photo.
Weekly Photography Challenge – Street Photography
If this is something you’ve struggled with, here are some dPS articles to help you out.
- 7 Steps to Improve Your Closeup Candid Street Photography
- How to Plan a Street Photography Shoot When Traveling
- How to Tell a Story With Your Street Photography
- The Ultimate Guide to Street Photography
- Tutorial – Easy Camera Settings for Street Photography
- 7 Tips for Overcoming Nerves When Doing Street Photography
- A Simple Way to Conquer Your Fear of Street Photography
- 10 Non-Technical Ways to Improve Your Street Photography
Two key tips I will give you myself are – find good light and shoot there AND find a good or interesting background and wait for a subject to enter your frame.
Be patient!
Here I saw this amazing late afternoon light on the stairs. So I waited for someone to descend and enter the light.
I was attracted by the symmetry of the arched windows but wanted someone to walk past between them. So I fired this frame when the two kids were walking through the scene and got a bonus silhouette in the foreground – which adds even more depth to the image. I waited about 5 minutes for this shot to happen.
Shadows make for dramatic photos. Find them and use them in your images,
Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer, upload them to your favorite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge. Sometimes it takes a while for an image to appear so be patient and try not to post the same image twice.
Share in the dPS Facebook Group
You can also share your images on the dPS Facebook group as the challenge is posted there each week as well.
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