Tag: street portrait

  • Seattle Street Portrait Photography POV with the Samsung Galaxy S6

    Seattle Street Portrait Photography POV with the Samsung Galaxy S6

    If you’ve been enjoying these POV videos, I got more of them for you! This is of a recent street portrait session I did in Seattle with this beautiful woman we met in the streets during a workshop. I recorded a video of me directing her on my Samsung Galaxy S6, and also shot while…

  • FREE EBOOK: Street Portrait Manual

    FREE EBOOK: Street Portrait Manual

    Dear streettogs, I am excited to announce my new free book: “The Street Portrait Manual.” If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to build your confidence approaching strangers, how to direct your subjects, and not make photos that look “posed” — I think you will enjoy this one! Download: You can download this book for…

  • Video Lecture: How to Shoot Street Portraits

    Video Lecture: How to Shoot Street Portraits

    Dear streettogs, if you want to learn more of how to shoot street portraits, I just put together a 47-minute video lecture for you! In this lecture I cover what “street portraits” are (and how they differ from “street photography”), how to approach strangers, how to overcome the fear of rejection, as well as practical…

  • How To Get People to Say Yes When Shooting Street Portraits

    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 try to get 5 people to say “yes”, and 5 people to say “no.” Sometimes students struggle to get all 5…

  • How Thomas Leuthard Shoots Candid Portraits

    Watch Thomas Leuthard (85mm) in action shooting his candid portraits in his first video! Also you can read more about his street photography portrait technique here.