‘Most of us have a best friend. However, they generally are not with us when we are out shooting night street photography. This is actually a good thing because one, they will probably distract you; and two, your current best friend is about to be replaced with a new best friend - the streetlamp.’
Read MoreNight Street photography is not too difficult once you get to grips with the settings that you need to use regularly. In this blog post we are going to take a look at the approximate Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO settings that you need to select in your camera, after dark.
Read More‘ISO 1600 - 6400. Aperture f /2.8 - f /1/4. Shutter Speed 1/80 sec - 1/200 sec. Put simply, this is a great starting point for the settings on your camera for easily getting to grips with night street photography.’
Read More‘Rye in the UK, is a great place for street photography. With its cobbled and winding streets, ancient Tudor style buildings, its many pubs and eating establishments, there is ample opportunity to photograph tourists and locals wandering around, looking in shops and coming out of pubs, oh so slightly inebriated.’
Read MoreI know this from first-hand experience - it can be a minefield knowing what settings to use for your night street photography pursuits. That's why I've created this handy guide to the settings that I currently use, that hopefully, you can use too.
Read More‘Are you just getting started with street photography or do you simply want to get the most out of your night time street photography? Here are five simple tips for you to get cracking with right away.’
Read More‘Exposure Compensation is great when you want to reduce those highlights or reduce the brightness on that almost blown out sky, when shooting street photography. It is also great when things are looking a little too dark, even though the camera seems to think that it has a correct exposure.’
Read More‘When I first started on my photography journey, I watched a couple of YouTube videos on metering, then set my camera to evaluative metering, (which measures the whole scene) and never thought about metering again, up until I became a street photographer. Now all I do is think about metering! Well, that's not exactly true, but I sometimes have to adjust my metering mode depending upon the subject that I am shooting on the streets and the light conditions that they are in.’
Read More‘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.’
Read More‘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'.’
Read More‘The beauty of shooting in a seaside town, such as Hastings, is that you are not restricted to one style of photography. This is why I recommend that if you are just starting out on your photography journey, the coast is the perfect place to find out what style of outdoor photography you enjoy.’
Read More‘'Where are you going with this?' you might be thinking...
Well, if you take these landscape photography composition rules and apply them to your street photography, you will be creating urban landscape images.’
Read More‘Aperture is fundamental for Street Photography because you want your subject to be in focus, but at the same time, you also want the background to be in focus as it provides context for your image’
Read More‘Shops make for an interesting project as their individual charm can shine through in their facade, window displays and lighting.’
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