What do you look at first when encountering street photography?

There are many cities in our country, and there are also many beauties. Therefore, there are many street photography enthusiasts.

When taking street photos of a beautiful woman, you must first look at her appearance, whether her facial features are exquisite, whether her skin is fair, and whether her temperament is elegant. Secondly, whether she has a good figure. Thin does not mean slim, and fat does not mean plump. . The third is to see whether her clothing is harmonious, appropriate and beautiful.

Therefore, when you meet a beautiful woman photographed on the street, you should first look at her appearance, secondly her figure, and thirdly her clothing matching.

The so-called street photography, in layman’s terms, refers to photographing people on the streets, focusing on their clothing and movements. The environment you are in naturally ranks first. Different street shooting environments show different effects and temperaments. Whether walking in a crowded crowd, on a street, or under a high-rise building...

Secondly, clothing is more important. Different environments have suitable clothing styles and colors for street photography. If you want to focus on expressing the characters, you need to express something in the characters' clothing.

Secondly, clothing is more important. Different environments have suitable clothing styles and colors for street photography. If you want to focus on expressing the characters, you need to express something in the characters' clothing.

This range of randomness is relatively wide. I rarely take pictures of people because people are very sensitive to you taking pictures with a camera and mobile phone. Most of them are candid pictures. Sometimes I see beautiful clothes, beautiful expressions, and beautiful movements. , I also secretly take photos of beautiful people. Most of them are landscapes, buildings, flowers, and those I am interested in. This way I can feel free and bold to take photos as I please. I will take photos of everything that impresses me.

I know how to look at a model’s appearance. One beauty covers all the ugliness. No matter how you take the photo, it will be photogenic. If the appearance is not ideal, the overall aesthetics will be compromised, and the cameraman will try to make the shot more posed, and the model's stiff movements and unnatural expressions will appear on the page. If the color quality is bad, I will use filters and use the beauty function (many big stars use it). This is not alarmist.

What do you look at first when encountering street photography?

First, let us understand street photography.

What do you look at first when encountering street photography? Street photography? This range of randomness is relatively wide. I rarely take pictures of people because people are very sensitive to you taking pictures with a camera and mobile phone. Most of them are candid pictures. Sometimes I will also do it when I see beautiful clothes, beautiful expressions, beautiful movements, and beautiful people. I secretly take pictures, mostly landscapes, buildings, flowers, and those I am interested in. This way I can feel free and bold to take pictures as I please. I will take pictures of anything that impresses me.

The essence of street photography is to record people’s daily lives on the streets and reflect the contemporary social style. And its biggest advantage is that it doesn’t matter where you are. You can shoot anytime and anywhere, and you don’t have to travel far for the so-called “blockbuster” like travel photography.

As a category, street photography often involves snapshots - without obtaining other people's consent and pressing the shutter without the other person's consciousness. However, who says street photography can’t be staged? If you see someone who is really interesting, you can just walk up to them and ask for their opinion. The result is a photo that brings the subject closer to his or her surroundings.

The most outstanding feature of street photography is that the process is full of fun and can make you fall in love with this kind of life. But remember, street photography isn’t about shooting aimlessly, it’s about creating people—capturing their expressions, expressing their humanity and character. It may not be easy to take satisfactory photos, but good works will make you feel that it is worth the patience and practice.

1Choose the most suitable lens

2Camera settings

The fastest and most convenient camera setting is AV (aperture priority), manually adjust the aperture size and ISO value, the camera will automatically adjust the shutter speed. When the weather is fine, you can set the aperture size to f/16 and ISO200 to 400. If the shutter speed is above 1/200 second, you need to adjust it.

Note the shutter speed value and adjust the aperture size and ISO value accordingly. If the shutter speed is lower than 1/80 second, the photo may be blurred. Of course, another form of masterpiece may also be produced. To avoid the above situation, you need to increase the ISO value or (at the same time) increase the aperture. If you are a novice, P mode (program priority, automatic) is a good choice because the camera will automatically set it up. If you want to overexpose or underexpose, you can set the EV value.

3. Shoot at close range

Use a wide-angle lens to get closer to your target object.

Compared with the works shot by standing across the street holding a gun and cannon, the wide-angle lens not only has a good sense of inclusion, but also allows the author to blend into the surrounding crowd without appearing obtrusive at all.

4. No matter where you go, carry a camera with you

5. Ignore the voice in your heart

Some people have always wanted to start street photography, and some are afraid that the person being photographed will In anger, he beats people or even calls the police. These fears are unnecessary. Everyone has this worry, but as the number of street photography increases, this fear can be overcome. The following suggestions may help you:

Go and photograph interesting places. When I travel, I deliberately hang out in coffee shops and restaurants, and have my camera ready to take pictures. Find a position where you feel comfortable and wait. Compared to standing on the street playing with a camera, taking a photo in a cafe is less likely to attract attention.

When sweeping the streets with your camera, you can listen to music and create a world of its own. Music not only helps distract, but also helps relax and stimulate creativity. Although this doesn't make sense logically, it's really useful. If music helps you connect with your surroundings, it's worth it. (I don’t recommend you do this at night, especially in sparsely populated or unfamiliar places. Always be aware of your surroundings.)

6. Shoot at crotch height

Street One rule of thumb is to shoot from eye level. But in many cases it is unrealistic to lift the camera to take pictures, so placing the camera at crotch height is a good choice.

When I first started doing street photography, I always felt it was awkward to raise the camera to my eyes and point it at strangers, so I started to put the camera at hip height to capture the moment. Of course it was very rocky at the beginning, but as I became more familiar with the camera and the focal length, I captured a lot of great moments.

7 Night Photography

There are many special moments in city night scenes. Different from shooting during the day, you must always remember to use a slow shutter speed so as not to blur the photo, and make full use of the combination of ISO and aperture to adapt to low-light environments.

If you plan to take a long exposure, bring a tripod or a lens with a large aperture that is better suited to low-light environments. When shooting night scenes, it is best to shoot interesting lines, light and shadow contrasts or wonderful compositions. The pictures will have more visual impact. A silhouetted subject can add interest to a picture, and placing shadows in the foreground can add interest to the composition of the photo.

8. Break the shackles of borders

The thoughts and feelings expressed through concise composition can be more impactful. Many people fall into the misunderstanding that street photography is equal to portrait photography. Not so. People, parallel elements, crowds or numerous objects are not essential elements of street photography.

Street photography in bustling places is not easy, but walking along quiet alleys or side streets, you might be able to capture interesting moments. Regardless of whether there are people in it or not, the moment that makes you want to press the shutter is always overwhelming.

When I was in Vietnam, I was walking on the streets and wanted to take some photos related to bicycles. These photos later formed a group photo called "Traffic", which is very famous in the photography community. It's niche, but doing something different has allowed me to capture work that I would never have been able to capture otherwise.

9. Image quality is not everything

10. The most important thing is to have fun

As with all categories of photography, when doing street photography, you have to love what you do. Do, do what you love. If street photography is not your thing, then the works you produce will only be mediocre. Only with passion can you be creative. I like street photography because I get to get out of the house, walk around, see interesting people, and see everyday things from a new perspective. These are my sources of inspiration.

Conclusion

Street photography requires practice, and the more you practice, the sharper your eye will become and your confidence will increase. The threshold for street photography is much lower than other categories, requiring as little post-production as possible or even no need for post-production modifications at all. Even if there is post-production for my street photography works, they are all done using the built-in functions of the camera.

Perception and intuition are the two pillars of street photography. Perception comes from an eye that creatively discovers details and requires constant attention. Intuition comes quickly and requires no reason. Perception and intuition combine to create decisive moments that take your work to the next level.

Impactful street photography comes from simple expressions of profound thoughts and emotions. But ultimately it comes down to the perception that gets you out of the house and captures the decisive moment unfolding before your eyes.

Understand street photography

Street photography, the English name is Street Snap, where Street means street, representing what you walk through, what you see

A place that is free, surrounding, ordinary, and so familiar that people cannot notice it; and Snap, one of its original uses is an adjective, which refers to flash, hasty, sudden, simple, and a clicking sound, fast and Flexible movement, sudden shots. It is a culture originating from European and American countries. It originated from the needs of fashion magazines. They used cameras to capture fashion elements on the street and also convey popular information from the people. So the so-called "street show" came into being.

The photographic equipment used in street photography should generally be a digital camera that is relatively small in size and has strong performance. You can also use your mobile phone. Many handsome men and women wearing fashionable clothes cannot face strangers' cameras calmly on the street, and often refuse to take street photos, so that many street photos become "candid photos." Generally speaking, a professional street photography must capture the details, matching and brand of the subject's clothes.

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