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Joe Redski - Behind the Camera (or how I stopped worrying and learned to love photography as a person with a disability)

Some might say that I was born disadvantaged. Yet I had a headstart and I jumped into the realm of Earth, early.

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How to Start Street Photography - A Definitive Guide for Beginners

‘Street photography is the kind of photographic genre that you can do without too much fuss. Unlike Landscape Photography, you seldom need to get up at the crack of dawn. Unlike Wildlife Photography you don't need to spend hours waiting in insect riddled grass waiting for your subject to walk into frame, and you don't need to ask people to pose in a certain way and fiddle around with bright lights, as you would with portrait photography.’

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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 Autofocus

‘Single Shot Autofocus is probably the easiest mode to get to grips with. The camera simply focuses on a subject and doesn't continue to focus, once you acquire focus. It will lock onto a subject and stay locked providing you are half-pressing the shutter button or pressing the focus button if you are using back-button focus.’

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Streetscape - How to shoot Street and Seascape Photography on a Cornwall Beach

‘I literally jumped from the frying pan into the fire when I first started my outdoor photography journey.

I fell into street photography by accident when I visited the beautiful beach of Perranporth, Cornwall. I was kind of amazed by how my images actually turned out, considering I was a complete novice photographer at the time.’

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How to Choose the Best ISO for Night Street Photography

‘If you're shooting Street Photography at night, depending on the amount of ambient light, you will want to use an ISO value of approximately 1600 - 6400’

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