Street Photograpy is the type of photography that interprets scenes of stunning photos every day, capturing the essence of the people in the middle that is unfolding, observing their movement behavior, traffic ... capturing a moment of our daily lives. Is achieved with the charisma, simplicity, fitness, joy and feelings that people can pass through the lens.
Nex5n and 16mm
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Under the stairs,It's bad luck? by
Freddytto Robles, on Flickr
Henry Cartier Bresson, a photographer who I like too much his work,definitely shaped me as a photographer, he did some amazing pictures with his trusty Leica, capture at the right time to give a great story in each of his photographs.
When Henri Cartier-Bresson would talk about “The Decisive Moment” he said sometimes it would be spontaneous but others times he had to be patient and wait for it. Regardless he was very methodological when he would go out and shoot, and would only keep his images if every element of his image (people, background, framing, and composition) were perfect. I even read that he would cover his chrome Leica in black tape and even sometimes with a hankerchief to make it less noticeable when he was out shooting.
Be unobtrusive
Be unobtrusive. Many times people get nervous and there are moments that can feel offended, like violated their privacy, and don't blame them, because a lot of photographers o people used for sell, well, we have to be careful and if someone feels offended try to delete the photo and respect his descision. I have a technique, especially use the camera and bend the screen, at a height over the waist, like them mention it before, people think we have no interest in them.
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Untitled by
Freddytto Robles, on Flickr
What is street photography or urban? Photographing a city or town goes far beyond the typical capture and busiest places all captured in famous photographs, is to go beyond the architecture, unique buildings that characterize the place filling lines and spaces of different geometries.
Use a single shot lens, I use the 28mm( Industar 69 f2.8 ), and 50mm (Minolta rokkor f1.4/f1.7), some times the 18-55mm, very rare, prefer MF , but try to know very well what the lens will capture, I mean you will be able to see natural frame lines in your everyday life, and know exactly how your photos will appear when shooting from certain angles and distances, but
I believe with one focal length will help you solidify your artistic vision. If you are using interchangeable lenses is preferable that you use fixed focal length lenses ("primes") and avoid zoom,(you imagine walking down the street with a NEX and a long tele photo), sure you will scare people.
Industar 69 f2.8 28mm
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Sorpressa¡¡¡¡ by
Freddytto Robles, on Flickr
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Walking down in 7 Av by
Freddytto Robles, on Flickr
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Pizza by
Freddytto Robles, on Flickr
50mm F/1.4
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Untitled by
Freddytto Robles, on Flickr
The people who inhabit those architectures that enliven the space, giving it a special essence that doing different in each of the cities, so the atmosphere, the air that is created from the combination of both; people + architecture, characterized as unique, special, so these photographs are trying to talk about that place, of their daily life and convey much more information than a single written text. This field of photography has a great advantage. The advantage of having a single scenario in which every day, every minute takes a different scene. In the city nothing is ever the same, every moment there are thousands of things,many people then the street is full of unique and unrepeatable moments that we can hunt. When you are out shooting and you see fascinating scenes, wait for the right person to walk by to complete your image. Although you don’t want to camp out for hours on end to wait for the right moment to occur, practice a bit of
patience. You don’t always need to go out and hunt for photo-opportunities. Allow them to come to you.
anyway my tips are few and simple.
Be Simple; If you dress like a photographer, dress as you normally do, use a small package for your camera, ideally messenger bag
Do not worry too much about the light - focus on people, in gestures, in all. Use the Sunny 16 rule - f/16, ISO 400, 320th/segundos on a sunny day and your photos going to look great.
Don't take photos, take stories
Do not make excuses, get out there and take pictures
Do not make eye contact with people, try to be discreet
Less planning,you get better result.
hope this helps greetings to all ..
I hope to see very soon street photography
NEX-5N --- 0mm f/1.0 1/500s ISO 100
