​10 practical street photography tips to get a successful work

10 practical street photography tips to get a successful work

Street photography is to record daily social, the nature of practice opportunities are everywhere in the street, and canvas prints is the best choice to display your street photography artwork. The following are ten street photography tips,

1 / select the right lens

Decided to lens is one of the important factors for street photography, you might want to use the telephoto lens, but actually the telephoto lens does more harm than good. I think no one wants to walk in the street to see a stranger in the distance with "artillery" aimed at you nearby. Therefore carrying equipment "populist" better, a lot of street photographer will instead take free, advantage is small and light.

2 / camera Settings

The simplest is to set the camera into a mode, select the aperture and ISO, so that in case of need to quickly take useful, if wrong exposure can also add and subtract. But, of course, if you have a lot of time to adjust the value, can also be replaced by manual. (Add to today's technology, auto ISO is a very convenient choice)

3 / close to your subject

Using a wide-angle lens is a good choice, so you can be closer to your subject, many successful street photos, actually is subject only a few meters, sometimes only a few centimeters away.

4 / carrying a camera

The material of street photography is waiting for no man, this is not a need to elaborate project, but you have to be out with my camera. This is the so-called "decisive moment", precious canvas prints images just miss a second will have no, of course, no camera, cell phone is no problem.

5 / against the uneasiness of the heart, from the way of comfort

Some people are afraid on the streets, because of fear of capture someone, or the other will be angry at you, to make matters worse, call the police. These are all common fear, the photographer said some Suggestions, you can find a interesting/comfortable place to sit down, like a photographer has a lot of time sitting in a coffee shop and restaurant, also with a camera in my hand/on the table, watch passes by or near the scenery, such not only can let the nearby people habit you exist, can also relax yourself.

6 / try to blind

If you can put eyes carefully composition is very good, of course, every machine immediately taken quickly, but sometimes can capture the image of a more natural frankness.

7 / take pictures at night

City at night is a good chance to practice street photography, it is not as simple as being shot during the day: you need to write down the shutter speed to avoid vague, make good use of ISO and aperture, to make up for the insufficient light. Can also take the tripod go out for a walk?

8 / outside of the box, different themes

A lot of people think that street photography must be a stranger, headshot, or the interaction of people, actually not only in this way, you can capture interesting parallel graphics or objects, and then let the different people or things into the composition of a picture. Photographer in Vietnam spent a lot of time to hang out in the street, take photos bike, and finally become a series of pictures.

9 / quality is not everything

Which is photography or one of key points, in the same way to use on the street photography, pictures don't too care about what had much noise, taken as long as you want canvas prints images.

10 / the most important thing is having fun

People can enjoy photography each genre, it is important to find something you like, do things you enjoy, rather than others expected to see street photography. Photographers like to photograph street, because it can let him get into the street meet interesting people, find new perspective from everyday life. Street photography requires practice, you go out, and the more your confidence will grow. Of perception and intuition is also need time to train.