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Shutter Priority is a Great Mode for Beginner Street Photographers

‘When you select Shutter Priority, it is important to know that, whilst you have full control over the Shutter Speed, the camera will pick the Aperture. What Aperture the camera chooses is dependent on how slow or fast the Shutter Speed that you have chosen is, and also how low or high your chosen ISO, is.’

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The Definitive Guide to Shutter Priority for Street Photographers

In my opinion, Shutter Speed is the most important element of street photography - you want to be able to freeze the action, freeze your subjects, or blur them, and shutter speed is the answer, giving you all the control you need to do so.

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The Street Photographers Guide to Aperture Priority

‘Aperture priority for beginners - this guide will help you if you want to go out and start shooting street photography today and want to have a fair amount of creative control over your camera settings and your images.’

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How to Use The Exposure Triangle For Street Photography

‘Ever wanted to know how the Exposure Triangle really works?

Once I understood and mastered how the Exposure Triangle worked, not only for Street Photography but for all genres of photography, I was able to make informed and creative choices when I took photos. I found that good exposure leads to less time trying to fix images in post-processing and more time out shooting and improving.’

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How To Choose The Right Shutter Speed For Night Street Photography

‘In order to get sharp shots at night, you will need a fairly fast Shutter Speed of around 1/125 sec - 1/200 sec. If you pick a slower value you risk the chance of getting blurry shots. If you go much faster, depending on your ISO value, you risk your exposure becoming underexposed.’

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The Street Photographer's Guide to Auto ISO

‘When you are shooting Street photography, you want every opportunity to capture your subjects in that special moment. When they walk into the correct portion of the frame that gives the composition balance; or when they are doing something humorous or out of the ordinary. As Henri Cartier-Bresson said, you want to capture that 'decisive moment'.’

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