{"id":85675,"date":"2018-05-06T22:37:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T05:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=85675"},"modified":"2018-05-06T23:37:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T06:37:18","slug":"eric-kim-street-photography-tips-and-technique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/06\/eric-kim-street-photography-tips-and-technique\/","title":{"rendered":"ERIC KIM Street Photography Tips and Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hanoi, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Practical street photography tips to get you going!<\/p>\n

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Find an interesting situation (like a “sad” looking person against a background where people look excited), and get close to fill the frame, and include both these elements in the frame.<\/p>\n

To do this, get close, and pretend like you’re shooting the background, and keep “working the scene”:<\/p>\n

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Get close\/use macro mode<\/h2>\n

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When shooting street portraits, get close, interact with your subjects, ask for permission, smile, and GET CLOSE \/\/ very close (if your camera has a macro function).<\/p>\n

For example, here are some photos I shot with the Lumix G9 pro and Leica 12mm f\/1.4 Lens<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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By getting super close, you can create more dynamic compositions. As a fun compositional technique in street photography, only include the eyes of your subject.<\/p>\n

If your camera doesn’t do close-focus, perhaps try to experiment using your phone, or getting a lens which has a close-up macro function.<\/p>\n

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Switch up your orientation between horizontal\/vertical<\/h2>\n

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You never know whether a vertical or horizontal orientation will work best in your photos. My suggestion: Shoot both orientations while you’re “working the scene”:<\/p>\n

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Then when you get home, you can choose your favorite photo.<\/p>\n

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Ask your subject to pose for you<\/h2>\n

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When you see an interesting subject, ask them to pose for you. For folks with tattoos, ask them to show more of their tattoos, and ask them to move around their hands in their face. For example, this surreal photo of the man with his kiss tattoo on his hand (covering his mouth): I thought it might be interesting, and I asked him to do it:<\/p>\n

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Kiss on mouth. Tokyo, 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You can see the different angles\/types of photos I shot of him (some not showing his face).<\/p>\n

Here is also the YouTube video of me shooting this man with the neck tattoo<\/a>:<\/p>\n