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Ignore the Barking of Dogs
Dear friend, I wanted to give you some advice on bouncing back from negative and debilitating experiences when you’re shooting street photography.
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How To Get People to Say Yes When Shooting Street Portraits
In my street photography workshops, I often give the students a “5 yes/5 no†assignment. The concept is simple: you approach a bunch of strangers and ask permission to take their portrait. You intentionally…
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Presentation: Tips, Techniques, and Assignments to Conquer Your Fear of Street Photography
Hey streettogs, I just uploaded some slides for a free talk I did for Chase Toronto the other day on tips, techniques, and tricks to conquer your fear of shooting street photography. You can…
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The Golden Rule in Street Photography: Photograph Others How You Would Like to Be Photographed
One thing I notice when I’m teaching street photography workshops is that a lot of photographers don’t like having their own photograph taken. This is a huge problem. If you want to build up…
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Video Lecture: How to Be Invisible When Shooting Street Photography
In this video lecture above, I share some practical tips, thoughts, and philosophies about being “invisible when shooting street photography. You can check out the slides here. If you want to learn how to…
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How to Overcome Your Fear in Street Photography with “Rejection Exposure Therapy”
This morning on the way to the gym, I was listening to the newest podcast episode of “Invisibilia†(a new NPR podcast on cognitive and behavioral science) and they had an episode titled “Fearlessâ€.…
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Video Lecture: How to Overcome Your Fear of Shooting Street Photography
In an effort to be more helpful, I am going to start putting together more video lectures and features for YouTube. In this presentation, I give some practical advice how to overcome your fears…
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How to Harness Your Fear to Become a More Confident Street Photographer
Street photography is one of the most difficult forms of photography out there. Not only do you have to rapidly compose, frame, and approach strangers— but you have to do so with the risk…
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Streettogs Academy Assignment No. 5 “Fear” Results and Analysis
Our assignment no. 5 themed “Fear” came at an excellent timing. The Halloween period was ripe with opportunities on how to show our theme and it manifested well with the entries for this assignment.…
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How to Approach Strangers on the Street: Brandon Stanton from Humans of New York Shares His Technique
Brandon Stanton from Humans of New York shares some insightful tips on how to approach strangers on the street. If you’ve ever been nervous approaching strangers, this will be a great watch for you!…
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3 Tips To Conquer Your Fear of Shooting Street Portraits
Last November I shot a campaign for Samsung’s NX20 camera using a video camera strapped to my head to record the footage of me shooting street portraits in Chicago with permission. It was a…
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5 Tips How To Overcome Your Fear of Shooting in Public
One of the questions that I am asked quite often is, “How did you get over your fear of shooting in public?” To answer that question, I got over it by simply going out…