{"id":119935,"date":"2018-11-29T13:53:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T21:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=119935"},"modified":"2018-11-29T13:54:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T21:54:40","slug":"5-simple-phone-street-photography-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/29\/5-simple-phone-street-photography-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Simple Phone Street Photography Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

Practical street photography tips you can apply to the streets when you shoot:<\/p>\n

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1. Look for hand gestures<\/h2>\n

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When you see someone making an interesting hand gesture<\/a>, start shooting photographs!<\/p>\n

2. Shoot street photography anywhere<\/h2>\n

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Use any opportunity to shoot street photography.<\/p>\n

Street photography isn’t just on the public streets. You can shoot street photography indoors, and I believe in both “private” and public places.<\/p>\n

3. Don’t hesitate<\/h2>\n

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If you see a photograph you want to shoot,<\/p>\n

\n Just shoot it.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Too often when we hesitate, we don’t shoot the photo.<\/p>\n

Better to shoot before<\/em> thinking.<\/p>\n

Too often we overthink situations in street photography. Overcome this by starting to shoot before thinking about composition or anything.<\/p>\n

This is my tip:<\/p>\n

\n When you see a scene you’re interested in, just start shooting. Then while you start shooting, then<\/em> start to adjust your composition and framing.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

4. Shoot a lot, and select your photos afterwards<\/h2>\n

\"Barber<\/p>\n

Better to take 100 photos of a scene, then when you go home you select your best photograph.<\/p>\n

This is the biggest misunderstanding in photography and street photography, that you miraculously get a good photograph in just 1 shot.<\/p>\n

The truth is, the master photographers would often “work the scene<\/a>” and shoot many photos of the scene just to get 1 good one. And often, they would work scenes and take lots of photos of a certain scene, and get no good photos!<\/p>\n

For more understanding, study contact sheets<\/a> and debunk the myth of the “decisive moment”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

5. Zoom in<\/h2>\n
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Shot on phone. Mexico City, 2016. Processed with VSCO with a6 preset. Zoomed in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’m generally not a fan of telephoto, but you can make lots of interesting photographs if you zoom with your phone.<\/p>\n

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Shoot more<\/h2>\n

\"eric<\/p>\n

Shoot more with your phone.<\/p>\n

A lot of us are busy with our everyday lives, and for many of us, carrying our “real” cameras is too cumbersome.<\/p>\n

Thus, experiment shooting more street photography on your phone, and see how you like it!<\/p>\n

If you like night time street photography, I recommend Google Pixel 3<\/a>; especially the Night Sight<\/a> feature.<\/p>\n

Read my full Google Pixel 3 camera review ><\/a><\/p>\n

Shoot on,
\nERIC<\/p>\n

ERIC KIM STREET PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS ><\/a><\/p>\n

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STREET PHOTOGRAPHY 101 ><\/a><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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