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The Top 3 Winners of “The Decisive Moment” Street Photography Contest

Street Photography Contest - Decisive Moment

Sorry for the delay, but finally chose the Top-3 Winners of my first international “Decisive Moment” street photography contest! Many of you voted on your favorite submissions to make it to the top 10, and I chose the top three which I felt captured Henri Cartier-Bresson’s aesthetic of what he would have believed to be the “The Decisive Moment”. Congratulations to everyone who submitted and the winners will be awarded Lens Bracelets of their choice!

Stay updated as I have lots of other new street photography contests coming up! Keep reading to see all the amazing images and the stories behind them!

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The Top 20 “Decisive Moment” Street Photography Contest Finalists

Rinzi Ruiz

(“Leaving” by Rinzi Ruiz)

I am excited to announce that I have chosen the Top 20 “Decisive Moment” Street Photography Contest Finalists. Find the images on Facebook, and vote on your favorite images by “Liking” them! You will have between September 6-14th to vote on the images.

The 10 final images with the most “Like’s” will advance, and I will judge the Top 3 images.

See more details from the contest here.

9 Tips for Aspiring Street Photographers

"Silo and Smoke" - Markus Hartel
"Silo and Smoke" - Markus Hartel
"Silo and Smoke" - Markus Hartel

Recently I asked on my Facebook fan page I asked the members of the community what tips they had for aspiring street photographers. They gave some quite insightful/fun answers that I would love to share with you.

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25 Ways How to be a Bad Street Photographer

Street Photo Fail

Note: I love making lists, as I feel that they are fun ways to learn and gain more insight about street photography. Please do not be offended by this list, as they are some of my own personal opinions about street photography. However I feel that these “rules” are broad enough to apply to most street photographers. If you don’t agree with any of the points below, leave a comment and tell me otherwise!

  1. Never carry your camera with you
  2. Be “too lazy” to go out and take photos
  3. Only keep your batteries charged half-way before you go out and shoot
  4. Take photos of your subjects a mile away
  5. Make excuses that “your camera is not good enough” for street photography
  6. Be afraid of taking photos of people in public
  7. Try to imitate the styles of other street photographers, instead of nurturing your own
  8. Spend more time on internet forums than on the streets
  9. Never share your photos with anybody else
  10. Miss “The Decisive Moment“
  11. Always follow tourists when looking for photo opportunities
  12. Stop taking photos in a public space when confronted by police
  13. Only take photos during the day
  14. Never experiment with your shots
  15. Be unwilling to accept constructive criticism of your photos
  16. Don’t backup your photos
  17. Be suspicious in public
  18. Look at your LCD more than you look at the street
  19. Stick out like a sore thumb
  20. Shoot before you think
  21. Only take photos of peoples’ backs
  22. Walk around in public with a massive telephoto lens
  23. Never travel to new places to take photos
  24. Run away from your subjects after taking photos of them
  25. Only capture extraordinary subjects/scenes, not the mundane
Street Photo Fail
Don't be like her

Like this list? Make sure to also check out my other popular lists, 101 Things I Have Learned about Street Photography as well as 100 Things I Have Learned About Photography.

The Top 4 Street Photography Techniques

"Skating" - Paris, France.

When it comes to street photography, everybody has their own style and techniques. What interests one street photographer may not necessarily catch the eye of another street photographer. However in order for you to get a better grasp of what kind of styles there are in street photography, I have compiled a few elements that street photographers like to use to their advantage when constructing their images.

Play with Juxtaposition

"Skating" - Paris, France.
"Skating" - Paris, France.

Juxtaposition is a big and fancy word that artists love to use. If you are not familiar with the word, it simply means drawing a stark contrast between two elements in an image. One could use juxtaposition in his or her favor by creating an image that is interesting, ironic, or just plain uncanny.

For example, if you were to see a sign that says “get fit” and you see a woman eating an ice cream, that makes for an image with great juxtaposition. Or you can see a sign that says “get big” with a small person standing next to it.

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