Download - Street Photography
Why Street Photography?
You have a camera. You're here. It's what you see. It’s your life. It's what you want to remember. You should shoot it.
Let’s do it better!
QUESTIONS
What do you know about street photography?
What are some of your fears/ concerns?
What do you want out of this fieldtrip?
What is Street Photography?•Street Photography: Capturing the beauty in the mundane
• Typically of candid images of people interacting with their environments
• Storytelling
• Everyone has their own definition.
How will getting close help your street photography?
1. How to overcome the fear of shooting in the streets
Rewire your brain
Smile and say “Thank You”
Compliment people
Get close to your subjects
Be prepared how to react
Ask for permission
2.How to be invisible when shooting in the
streets
Pretend like you took a photo of “something
else”
Walk calm and relaxed
Use a wide-angle prime
5 Key Themes to Street Photography
Juxtaposition Interaction Emotion Surrealism Decisive Moment
Juxtaposition
Find contrasts, set up the scene, and wait.
Combines opposites and contrasts of objects, ideas and people, all combined in a
frame
Gary Winogrand
Matt Stuart
Brian Soko
Interaction
Interaction of people and place, concepts and ideas.
Joe Wigfall
Thomas Leuthard
Bruce Gilden
Brian Soko
Emotion
Emotion. Candid look. A snippet of life. Use the interactions of people and
place tocapture a sense of emotion and
feeling.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Brian Day
Brian Soko
Bruce Davidson: NYC subway
Surrealism
Surrealism. Extraordinary people or places.
Minimalism, maximalism. Shadows and
light. Lines. Symbols.
Brian day
Jason Martini
Brian Soko
Decisive Moment
A concept popularized by Henri Cartier-Bresson, it’s the
“creative fraction of a second” that makes an image memorable.
Gary Winogrand
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Brian Soko
How???
Take a lot of pictures
Learn how to use your camera. Learn the basic rules of photography , then learn how and when to discard them. Even if you’re not shooting, always
be looking.
Don’t worry about how good your camera is…
“The best camera is the oneyou have with you.” A better camera
doesn't take better pictures.
Light gear & open mind
One camera, one small bag.
Look like a person, not a photographer.
Move your body, not your lens
Keep an open eye and walk where your eye takes you.
Do not use a long lens. •Long lenses separate you from people,
are a crutch from getting you to interact, and will make you feel sneaky.
TEACHER NOTES:
•Homeless people are “cliché” for street photographers
•USE APERTURE PRIORITY
•Find the perfect lighting
•Hip-shots are key
•Wait on a corner
•ALWAYS ask permission unless you are doing a hip shot
•Pretend to photograph someone else
Wander and find interactions
Choose a place where people interact and with activity so as to capture the unexpected.
The best moments in life are usually those that often go unnoticed and with nothing to show for
them, but that can easily change.
Above all…
HAVE FUN!!!!
STREET PHOTOS FROM MS. SORTINO
aka Ninja Mouse
A-Priority:
SMALL DEPTH OF
FIELD
A-Priority:
SMALL DEPTH OF
FIELD
A-Priority:
MED DEPTH OF
FIELD
What is the juxtaposition here? What is the angle
of view?
Decisive Moment and Hip Shot.
Framing, Proportion,
Lighting
Simple backgrounds
Wait on a Street
Corner, Shallow
DOF, Hip Shot
Wait on a Street
Corner, Shallow
DOF, Hip Shot
Saw him coming
from across the
street, Shallow
DOF
A-Priority
Shallow DOF
Angle of View
Some people are suspicious, Repetition of
signage of car and cars in background