{"id":65930,"date":"2017-09-18T17:47:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T00:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=65930"},"modified":"2017-09-18T18:20:18","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T01:20:18","slug":"simple-street-photography-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/18\/simple-street-photography-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Street Photography Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Simple street photography tips and techniques you can apply to your street pictures today!<\/p>\n

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1. Fishing technique<\/h2>\n
\"Woman
Woman walking by blue wall. Ginza, Tokyo 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Look for simple background, wait for your subject to enter the scene. Keep shooting the same spot for 10 minutes or so, and like a good fisherman\u00e2\u20ac\u201d wait for your fish to come to you.<\/p>\n

\"Street
Street picture with Akira Kurosawa movie poster in background. Tokyo, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2. Shoot from a high perspective looking down<\/h2>\n
\"High
High angle shot of red and green crosswalk. Shibuya, Tokyo 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Climb up stairs, or go high up on a concrete overpass. Shoot looking down. Tilt your camera. Look for nice shapes, forms, and graphical elements which you like.<\/p>\n

3. Shoot street photography at the mall<\/h2>\n

\"Woman<\/p>\n

Mall street photography: free air conditioning and lots of people, and lots of leading lines, diagonals, and graphical elements to shoot.<\/p>\n

\"Ginza<\/p>\n

Shoot while riding the escalator at the mall, when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going up or down. Juxtapose people against the advertisements in the mall. Pretend like you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re just a dumb tourist, going shopping.<\/p>\n

4. Avoid eye contact<\/h2>\n
\"Man
Man shot with flash in mall, with two people behind him, making triangle. Shibuya, Tokyo, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After you take a picture of someone, avoid eye contact. Pretend like you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re shooting something behind<\/em> your subject.<\/p>\n

5. Look up<\/h2>\n
\"Helicopter.
Helicopter. Omotesando, Tokyo 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re out and about, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget to look up.<\/p>\n

6. Crouch down very low<\/h2>\n
\"Child
Child in yellow, holding hands of parents, from low perspective. Ueno, Tokyo 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Effective when shooting children, to embrace their perspective. Makes the picture more intimate. Makes the subject look bigger, larger than life, and more powerful.<\/p>\n

7. Shoot layered flash picture<\/h2>\n
\"Flash
Flash street picture and layers. Ginza, Tokyo 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you see a big group of people at somewhere in the streets at night, try to capture layers<\/a> and shoot with a flash. Look for one primary subject to focus on. Take a few pictures, pretend like you were shooting something else (like a tourist with a flash) and keep on walking.<\/p>\n

8. Walk directly in front of people<\/h2>\n
\"Women
Women walking in Omotesando, Tokyo 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you see a group of people walking towards you, use a wide angle lens like a 28mm<\/a> and get very close to them, and interrupt their walking, by walking straight in-between them in front. This will make a more dynamic<\/a> picture.<\/p>\n

\"Man
Man and woman walking with umbrella. Shibuya, Tokyo 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

9. Take pictures in subway or public transportation<\/h2>\n
\"Subway
Subway street picture of man and advertisement. Tokyo, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you commute to work via public transit, there are lots of street photo opportunities. Get close to your subject (you can just use your phone<\/a>) and pretend like you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re shooting advertisements behind them. Direct your body language in a way that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t look like you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re taking a picture of your subject.<\/p>\n

TAKE YOUR STREET PHOTOGRAPHY TO THE NEXT LEVEL ><\/a><\/p>\n

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STREET PHOTOGRAPHY 101<\/a><\/h1>\n

\"Tokyo,<\/p>\n

If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re new to street photography, start here:<\/p>\n