Of all the concepts, terms, and phrases associated with photography, one of the most common is “the decisive moment.” Popularized by French photojournalist and street photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, the decisive moment is a concept that is essentially about perfect timing. You can press the shutter before something happens or after something happens, and in either […]
Street Photography Articles
People make a lot of assumptions about street photographers, most of which revolve around street photographers being boisterous, assertive, perhaps even aggressive individuals. However, introverts make good street photographers. It is often the case that some of the best-known street photographers have larger-than-life personalities; I suppose it’s not much of a leap to associate such a […]
Street photography is most of the time done during the daytime by most photographers because most of them shy away from low light or are quite hesitant and think that the opportunities for street photography at night are very low. Street photography at night can be a bit difficult to capture, but if you know how to use your camera well and understand the basics of how light works, you should be able to capture brilliant street photographs at night. In this article, we will discuss some techniques and ideas on how to photograph the streets at night.
City life is a rewarding but at the same time quite challenging type of photography as everything is fast and constantly changing. People and vehicles are constantly on the move and the photographer needs to be very quick sometimes and spend a lot of time observing the environment to get a neat and meaningful shot. In this article, we will look at a few ways to capture the life of a city through street photography.
Street photography can be made meaningful and powerful thorough the photographer’s observation and unique vision and it will remain as a documented evidence of things that happened or were seen at a particular place and time. The definition of street photography is not a fixed one because different people define it differently, but a simple definition may be documenting everyday life in the public candidly. You need to capture the story, emotion, environment in a street photograph and this can also be done without people in the frame.
Here are 9 useful tutorials that will help you to improve your skills as a street photographer!
Today we want to share with you a list of very helpful resources for street photographers. This is an excellent place to start if you are new to street photography. We have divided our list into 10 different categories, and each category has between two and five different resources. 1. Awards & Competitions If you […]
