Simple tips to get the most out of "Street Photography"
September 1, 2008 16,837 views 5 Comments |
(Photography by Markus Hartel )
Sometimes, while we seek to put into practice techniques "hidden" we forget to keep in mind what are the basic rules of photography.
Here, for example, some "obvious" tips to remember when you're shooting in the streets of your city.
- Get up close. Very often the person you want to capture in the photograph, could be confused with the main room full of items at times hectic, typical of street photography. Get closer to your subject and try to make the primary element of the image
- Be good observers. The photograph on the street is fundamentally based on the observation of the people, their actions and reactions and their contextual placement. Keep your eyes constantly on the alert, as if you were on a battlefield.
- Take lots of pictures. Usually I tend to take pictures only when they are sure to have a good subject in my shot. While on the one hand this is a good practice, but it can make you lose many opportunities. Do not be afraid to take more photographs than it should especially not be afraid to delete the pictures "boring" and technically shoddy once brought the photographs on the computer.
- Do not bother with the exposure settings. In "Street Photograhy" Captain situations that tend to disappear very quickly. Do not waste time searching the best method for assessing exposure and concentrate on photography. If necessary, taken in automatic mode or shoot in RAW, so that you can correct the exposure of the photo later.
- Reduce the most of your equipment. Often people are afraid to see your Canon EOS 5D with 24-70mm lens and flash attached and tends to hide. Try to be discreet and seem "normal" amateur photographers (such as those with almond eyes that meet in the main cities of art in Italy).
- Use of wide angle lenses. Participate at the scene also means being very close to the same. Using a wide angle or short focal length can be inserted into your image, an appreciable number of element.
- Join the situation. Try to interact with the scene and, if possible you get the subjects to "play" for you, the old man in the chair, the newsboy selling newspapers, will be happy to pose for you if they see you as a friend rather that as someone who wants to steal their image and then flee.
- Taken in secret: In the opposite way from what is specified in the preceding paragraph, take advantage of some difficult situations for photography "in secret". For this purpose, arm yourself with telephoto lenses and try to look inconspicuous, taking a casual look. The best pictures I've taken on the beach, in costume, and confondendomi the crowd.
- Get to know your equipment: The "Street photography" is spontaneous and immediate, and at times will need to use your instruments quickly, so a thorough knowledge of these will help you in this direction
Of course the list of suggestions can extend for long, so if you think you have to provide more feel free to comment on the post.
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Hello, a very interesting post,
I would just ask you some information on Street Photography if I can. In particular, how it is regulated in Italy?
And 'lawful (or legal) take pictures of passers-by and republish them on the web, without the written informed consent, privacy and legal disclaimer for example?
Do you know anything?
In Italy it is regulated: if a person is recognizable in the photo and is the main subject of the same, this can not be used-publicly-(exhibitions, web, etc ...) without the consent of that person, in the case of an individual "not public". Where, however, the person is "already" famous, or portray a group of people (in which, therefore, an individual is not the main subject), then there must be consensus. The consensus, however, consists of a written resolution.
Everything seems to represent the "death", at least from a legal perspective, the street photography ... and indeed it is ... I can not imagine a photographer with a bunch of papers (to be signed) that looks just photographed people on the street ...
But what we fear? What a picture we steal your soul ..? And when we go out on the street might not give the "consent" to the fact that others observe us and we ballot ...?
Well ...
Hello, this tutorial to update with lots of love is really useful for people like me who loves photography but it's a newbie in all respects. I kindly ask you a question: how can I make that taking such a picture of a house persons who appear to be blurred while the lens is focusing only the house?
Thank you.
Well using a SLR camera is simple enough, you can manually control the fire, put the house on fire, use a large aperture and shoot your picture to obtain the desired depth of field.
If you want to know more about this topic I suggest you read this post on the "depth of field"
The "street" if it involves a fair amount of unscrupulousness that touches cynicism. But cynicism is often dictated by a high sensitivity, thus capturing a person in a certain attitude, perhaps painful, or even enthusiastic, not act of malice, but just a true act of love that expresses itself in silence through the photographer in respect the photographed subject as human as SIMILAR in sorrow and in joy.
I fotograto secretly hands depositivano flowers on the graves of their loved ones last minute of the day lying in the sun and pastors who delighted blessed their flocks. In both cases I did as an act of kindness and devotion to those who, with or without consent, belongs to me and I belong.
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