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7 Street Photography Assignment Ideas

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1. Hands

Now with COVID, people might not want you to get that close to their face. Instead, ask to photograph their hands. Hands show much character, soul and character. Bonus points if they have hand tattoos!

2. Food truck

We all love food trucks. Perhaps during COVID, you can try your best to visit as many food trucks as you can, and photograph the truck, the details and more importantly … the people inside it!

3. Go back and re-explore your old photos

How easy it is for us to quickly forget our old photos. To re-discover old photos you’ve shot at the past is equivalent to shooting a new photo.

4. Street photos without people in it

I believe it takes more skill to make an interesting street photography *without* people in it. Look for surreal things, interesting things, random things, and arrangements of reality which seem odd to you.

5. Cars

Some of the most interesting street photos I’ve made involve cars. Perhaps best to photograph street photographs with cars in it.

6. Intentionally shoot from a distance

Socially distant street photography assignment. Perhaps to combat the Robert Capa quote (If your photos aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough), you can do the opposite:

If your photos aren’t far enough, they’re not good enough.

In some ways, perhaps it takes more skill to make interesting street photos from a very far distance, than from a close one?

7. Selfie street photography assignemnt

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Shoot selfies of yourself in interesting and unique arrangements in the street; this is also street photography!

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