The Ultimate Guide to Street Photography

In this extensive article from Digital Photo School, it will help you understand more about street photography, how to do it, and all the things you need to think about including equipment, ethics, and even legalities. This is the ultimate guide to street photography to help get you started in this genre of photography.

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OUTLINE

1. What is street photography?
2. Ethics and overcoming your fear.
3. The law and street photography.
4. A few of the most important tips to get you started.
5. Equipment.
6. Camera settings.
7. Composition and light.
8. Advanced tips.
9. Content and concepts of street photography.
10. Editing.
11. Master street photographer research.

1. WHAT IS STREET PHOTOGRAPHY?

Street photography is an inherently clunky term, and because of this, there are many street photographers that dislike it. They consider themselves photographers, plain and simple.

The first image that typically comes to mind for the term street photography, is an image of a stranger just walking down the street in a city like New York, London, or Tokyo. This is a huge part of street photography of course, but it is only one part, and it can cause confusion over the true meaning of what street photography really is all about, and how it can be done.

Street photography is candid photography of life and human nature. It is a way for us to show our surroundings, and how we as photographers relate to them. We are filtering what we see, to find the moments that intrigue us, and to then share them with others. It’s like daydreaming with a camera.

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