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Street photography is growing more and more popular these days. Especially young people want to discover their creative abilities and choose street photography as a hobby.
However, street photography requires a certain knowledge just like every other hobby, so I create this list with 7 practical tips and techniques to improve your shooting skills.
Read on and learn how to make the first steps to awesome pictures. You can learn more about taking images on this website pixel321.com
1) Work The Scene
From my personal experience, the most common mistakes that newbies make is that they only take a handful photos of the scene and move to another location. That‘s a big mistake, because more photos increase the chance of a killer photo!
So the next time, when you take photos of a scene, stay there for at least 15 minutes. Often subtle gestures like a certain look can make the difference between a crappy image and a great photo.
2) Use Your Flash
You won‘t always shoot your photos in perfect light, so use the flash for indoor shootings, even if they are in the middle of the day.
People often won‘t even notice that you use your flash, if it‘s during the day rather in the night.
3) Make Eye Contact
Eye contact means emotions, which makes your image more memorable, so try the make the people that you photograph look into the camera.
And how do I do this?
Easy, just keep shooting pictures and get really close to them. They will notice you and look directly into the camera.
4) Capture Them Unguarded
Break rule number 3 and take a photo, when the person doesn‘t expect it. People often keep a certain posture, when they are being photographed, so capture them unguarded and get a real, authentic image.
5) Direct Your Subject
Confront your subject and ask them for permission to photograph them. Yeah, sure… that will affect authenticity, but sometimes it‘s interesting to create a own reality and influence the subject.
As an example: Ask them something about their hair or outfit. People will often react with unconscious hand gestures when you mention certain aspects of their look, which will create an unguarded image.
6) The Fishing Technique
One of the most popular techniques in street photography: Find an awesome background and wait for your subject to appear.
I think it‘s obvious why this technique is called „fishing technique“. It‘s the same as if you sit in a boat with a rod and try to catch a fish. It can take hours until you make a good image, but it‘s definitely worth it.
7) Shoot Head-on
Another typical amateur mistake is that they don‘t shoot head-on. Most newbies are to nervous and insecure to shoot from the front, so they focus on the side.
However, you lose a lot of energy, authenticity and emotions, when you don‘t confront your subject. Just position yourself on a crowded steet and wait for people to walk head-on towards you.
That‘s it! 7 awesome tips and techniques for street photography amateurs that are easy to follow and extremely powerful. I recommend you to read more about street photography on this article pixel321.com/blog/what-is-stre…