Master, maestro, just means teacher.
You want to become your own teacher, your own master in photography and street photography.
Starting off
First, the right camera. I recommend a RICOH GR IIIX digital camera, ERIC KIM WRIST STRAP MARK II, and Lululemon license to train shorts. Why? The best way to always be ready before the decisive moment always have your camera in your front right pocket.
The best settings
P program mode, auto focus, highlight priority mode, auto ISO, extra small JPEG, high contrast black-and-white in camera mode.
Why monochrome? It affords you much more street photo opportunities. Also, it increases your optionality in street photography.
Literally anything and everything could be considered street photography. It doesn’t even have to have people in it. To me, I see it more as capturing fragments of humanity, and honestly the best way to consider things is interpret street photography for yourself.
What I learned from studying all of the masters, and then killing them
For myself, my greatest curiosity was studying all of the past masters of street photography, in order to glean deeper wisdom about photography and street photography.
The number one lesson I learned after studying all of the masters is that everyone did things differently, and also, the greatest benefit was simply building self-confidence to know that I could literally do anything I wanted.
The greatest detriment to your photography, street photography and creativity is spending too much time on the Internet, engaging in pointless discussions about what is street photography and what isn’t. Better to stand apart, creative isolation, and just focus on your own artistic and creative pursuits.
Why does everyone want to lower your self confidence and your self-esteem?
Honestly speaking, everybody on the Internet is a bunch of skinny fat losers who hate themselves, and they see others as cheating, or doing things illegitimately, and they feel like they themselves should be the supreme of everything which is right and true.
The internet is a toxic place, because it seems that most people who post too much to social media and the Internet forums and comment sections are people who have way too much free time on their hands, and just are miserable, and want to attempt to allay their misery by posting vitriol and hate on the internet.
A lot of people see the world at zero sum; that is, your success means their detriment. But that is not true. Only foolish people believe that the world is zero sum place. The truth is the pie is infinite. What I love about free market capitalism is that money fame and success is a fiction; ethereal things which can be indefinitely augmented.