Simple 15 Ways to Open the Street and Take a New World

Why? Because the deeper you go, the more likely you are to produce good work. Background changes, eye contact, even if it's a different gesture, make subtle differences in detail. Or you can make an analogy with batting. The more you swing, the more likely you are to hit home runs.

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A common mistake is to see many street photographers take one or two of them in the scene and walk away, whether they are shy, afraid or impatient. In other words, you should shoot more than one scene. 10-20 photos are not excessive.

Why? Because the deeper you go, the more likely you are to produce good work. Background changes, eye contact, even if it's a different gesture, make subtle differences in detail. Or you can make an analogy with batting. The more you swing, the more likely you are to hit home runs.

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If you're a bit lazy and can't always shoot in good light conditions (after sunrise and before sunset), use flash to "highlight" your subject in the background at noon, in big backlights, or indoors where the light is bad. So when the light is strong, you just shoot in the backlight, or stay in the low-light room and turn the fuselage on. But it's still recommended to use flash during the day (people don't take it too seriously) and avoid it at night (blindness and frightening).

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They all say that "eyes are the windows of the soul", which can be reflected in the photographs of eye contact and communication, and the audience will feel stronger contact with the photographs, just as the characters in the picture and the audience directly look at each other. Generally speaking, the deeper eye contact, the stronger emotional transmission, the more impressive.

But do you know how to get good eye gaze in the shooting? It is advisable to keep shooting close to the characters until they find you, eye contact with the camera, they look at you directly, and your shutter won't miss.

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Many people are accustomed to waiting for the flat angle shooting, the shortcomings are also obvious, and the observation angle is the same as usual, it seems dull and ordinary. So lower the angle to break the rule. Crouching on the knees to get a low-angle elevation shot, the characters look larger than usual, the background content at the edge of the screen, because perspective will be more exaggerated, the perspective will be more impact.

And squatting makes you look shorter and less offensive.

36 choose one.

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Say "decisive moments" all day long to record interesting pictures, but capture people's "unprepared" moments - when their attention shifts from you to somewhere else and they don't realize that you're still shooting, when you put down your defense - when shooting has more unexpected effects. Like to consult before shooting, but want to avoid the parties have been staring at you, can only put V hand, how can we take a moment of unprepared?

You can start by saying, "What are you going to do today? Where are you from?" When people start the "nagging mode", you're likely to cross the POSE and get a real look.

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If you can get people's permission to shoot, remember that you can also guide them in shooting. Usually let them move to a more concise background, try to let them with interesting gestures. How to guide? Talk about their styling accessories, such as sunglasses, hairstyles, watches, and then ask them where to buy them. When they open the chat box, they will naturally take hand movements. Then you should take a picture. You can even do some physical contact, put down your guard in the interaction, and find better shooting opportunities.

Do you think it is contrary to the "realistic" attribute in street photography? But street photography should be about creating your unique vision, not just being objective (leave it to journalists and documentary photographers).

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Sometimes, you observe some interesting gestures, movements or motions but fail to capture them in the first place. You can ask politely and generously, "Can you do that again just now?" For example, when the man was photographed, his girlfriend just wiped his sweat. The action was very interesting. She went up to him and asked, "Can you do it again?" She took the picture and made the ideal picture.

Pay attention to polite inquiry, unwilling and not difficult to force others.

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It can be said to be one of the most classic street shooting techniques: to find the potential background, in front of the main body to enter the viewfinder. Trap-like pre-composition, volunteers go fishing. Selected backgrounds (such as curtain walls, billboards, etc.) are kept parallel to it, waiting for people or other suitable subjects to pass through the middle.

Why call it "fishing" technology, thinking that it's the same as fishing - it's possible to wait for an hour without harvesting, but it's also possible to catch a lot. Never guess. The only secret is patience.

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Another misunderstanding is that many filmmakers do not go or do not want to shoot the front of the characters. They prefer to shoot from the side. But if you want to make the core of the work more attractive and powerful - don't hesitate, shoot in the front. You're likely to bump into people during the shooting, but especially with wide-angle banners, it's more necessary. Wide-angle front, so that the audience more generative, just like in person. On the premise of safety and traffic, stand in the middle of the road on the pedestrian street, wait for the crowd to come to you, take a face-to-face photograph, and then change position to continue the next face-to-face encounter.

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To make photos more content, depth and interesting, try to organize foreground elements. It is suggested to select the focus manually, control the distance, focus on the background in advance, and then bring in the elements of characters and objects in space to make the foreground, mid-range and background levels.

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Interest is not in photography, you can try to play concept street photography, focus on lines, styles, materials. In the theme of "city scenery", you can play to your heart's content, aiming at old buildings and old areas to find elements, so that your works have more emotional characteristics.

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Sometimes it's good to start with minimalism. The use of white space in photographs provides breathing space for the theme and also allows the audience to focus on a single subject. When should I use blank space? Very intuitive, as long as the picture is crowded, use the view to strive for blank space. On this basis, we can actually add more forms of change to the blank area, such as shadows as the constituent elements of the blank. For example, when shooting sunrise and sunset, control the exposure to moderate underexposure, increase the proportion of the dark part of the picture, the use of the sun and illuminated scenery is more prominent.

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This is a near-level technique, in contrast to the above mentioned use of shadow as a blank, here is the main body close to the light source, after measuring the light, do 1-3 gear of light reduction treatment, control of the illuminated part. In the strong contrast between light and shade, the subject is highlighted as if illuminated by a spotlight.

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Line elements can be seen everywhere, indoors and outdoors, streets and lanes, light fences, Park avenues. In conjunction with the previous "fishing" shooting method, we can find the right angle in front of the background of the line elements and wait for the subject to enter the mirror.

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Last point: Deciding what to move out of the viewfinder is more critical than deciding what to put in the viewfinder. When shooting, the brain should be conscious: what is superfluous in the picture, and what is interfering in it? What should I stay and what should I go? Remove elements in the viewfinder until they are irreducible, leaving the soul of your photo.

A good film is not a good film at a time, nor is it a rule to make more films, try more, break the rules, open the streets and shoot a new world.