{"id":22431,"date":"2015-02-01T02:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T10:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=22431"},"modified":"2015-01-28T16:24:20","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T00:24:20","slug":"video-how-to-use-a-leica-m-camera-for-street-photography-with-craig-semetko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/01\/video-how-to-use-a-leica-m-camera-for-street-photography-with-craig-semetko\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: How to Use a Leica M Camera for Street Photography with Craig Semetko"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/113387993?byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check out this new helpful video by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.semetko.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Craig Semetko<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(author of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/3832794204\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=3832794204&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=erikimstrpho-20&amp;linkId=4LGRUWG2PEXCC3UV\" target=\"_blank\">Unposed<\/a>&#8220;) on how to shoot street photography with a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.leica-camera.com\/Photography\/Leica-M\/Leica-M\" target=\"_blank\">Leica M camera<\/a>. Here are some of the tips he shares in the video:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Know the camera well enough to not think about it. Then pure seeing and personal vision takes over.<\/li>\n<li>Study the masters, in photography and painting, movies, literature, etc. Looking at Cartier-Bresson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s work never hurt anybody.<\/li>\n<li>Practice observing and spend a great deal of time roaming the street. You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need an assistant to start.<\/li>\n<li>Every situation is different. Work fast. Act like you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re looking elsewhere and don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know how to use the camera.<\/li>\n<li>A sense of humor is fundamental to me, as I believe it is for most people. In my opinion, a story without humor is not being truthful\u00e2\u20ac\u201cat any given moment, someone is laughing about something somewhere.<\/li>\n<li>Do what you are passionate about. The rest takes care of itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this new helpful video by Craig Semetko\u00c2\u00a0(author of &#8220;Unposed&#8220;) on how to shoot street photography with a Leica M camera. 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