How Playing Video Games Can Help You Become a Better Street Photographer

 

(Above photograph by Jun Shen Chia from his “Tokyo” series)

Eric’s Note: This article is written my good friend, fellow street photographer, and gamer Jun Shen Chia. I met him in Singapore, and marveled at how he was able to shoot so quickly on the streets. I also found out he was a total nerd when it came to video games- and asked him to write this fun article! Enjoy it.

Jun Shen: People ask me, “Jun Shen, how do you shoot so fast on the streets?!?”   I’m like a ninja, whipping out my camera, shooting it, and putting it away so quickly that my subjects don’t know what hit them.  They walk away whispering to themselves, “What was that?  Did he take our photo?

It’s thanks to video games, folks.  Read on to find out why.