street photography

Why Street Photography?

You have a camera. You're here. It's what you see. It’s your life. It's what you want to remember. You should shoot it.

Let’s do it better!

QUESTIONS

What do you know about street photography?

What are some of your fears/ concerns?

What do you want out of this fieldtrip?

What is Street Photography?•Street Photography: Capturing the beauty in the mundane

• Typically of candid images of people interacting with their environments

• Storytelling

• Everyone has their own definition.

How will getting close help your street photography?

1. How to overcome the fear of shooting in the streets

Rewire your brain

Smile and say “Thank You”

Compliment people

Get close to your subjects

Be prepared how to react

Ask for permission

2.How to be invisible when shooting in the

streets

Pretend like you took a photo of “something

else”

Walk calm and relaxed

Use a wide-angle prime

5 Key Themes to Street Photography

Juxtaposition Interaction Emotion Surrealism Decisive Moment

Juxtaposition

Find contrasts, set up the scene, and wait.

Combines opposites and contrasts of objects, ideas and people, all combined in a

frame

Gary Winogrand

Matt Stuart

Brian Soko

Interaction

Interaction of people and place, concepts and ideas.

Joe Wigfall

Thomas Leuthard

Bruce Gilden

Brian Soko

Emotion

Emotion. Candid look. A snippet of life. Use the interactions of people and

place tocapture a sense of emotion and

feeling.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Brian Day

Brian Soko

Bruce Davidson: NYC subway

Surrealism

Surrealism. Extraordinary people or places.

Minimalism, maximalism. Shadows and

light. Lines. Symbols.

Brian day

Jason Martini

Brian Soko

Decisive Moment

A concept popularized by Henri Cartier-Bresson, it’s the

“creative fraction of a second” that makes an image memorable.

Gary Winogrand

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Brian Soko

How???

Take a lot of pictures

Learn how to use your camera. Learn the basic rules of photography , then learn how and when to discard them. Even if you’re not shooting, always

be looking.

Don’t worry about how good your camera is…

“The best camera is the oneyou have with you.” A better camera

doesn't take better pictures.

Light gear & open mind

One camera, one small bag.

Look like a person, not a photographer.

Move your body, not your lens

Keep an open eye and walk where your eye takes you.

Do not use a long lens. •Long lenses separate you from people,

are a crutch from getting you to interact, and will make you feel sneaky.

TEACHER NOTES:

•Homeless people are “cliché” for street photographers

•USE APERTURE PRIORITY

•Find the perfect lighting

•Hip-shots are key

•Wait on a corner

•ALWAYS ask permission unless you are doing a hip shot

•Pretend to photograph someone else

Wander and find interactions

Choose a place where people interact and with activity so as to capture the unexpected.

The best moments in life are usually those that often go unnoticed and with nothing to show for

them, but that can easily change.

Above all…

HAVE FUN!!!!

STREET PHOTOS FROM MS. SORTINO

aka Ninja Mouse

A-Priority:

SMALL DEPTH OF

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A-Priority:

SMALL DEPTH OF

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What is the juxtaposition here? What is the angle

of view?

Decisive Moment and Hip Shot.

Framing, Proportion,

Lighting

Simple backgrounds

Wait on a Street

Corner, Shallow

DOF, Hip Shot

Wait on a Street

Corner, Shallow

DOF, Hip Shot

Saw him coming

from across the

street, Shallow

DOF

A-Priority

Shallow DOF

Angle of View

Some people are suspicious, Repetition of

signage of car and cars in background