Monday, August 5, 2013

Street Photography Shooting From the Hip

The Next Step

Common sense applies here and you'll be better off if you take your time and study the area for a few hours before you start shooting. This allows you to relax, but the more important it gives you the opportunity to spot any dangerous characters in the area

You need to be slightly street wise when you are working the streets as a photographer, you are working in a public place and the law states you are allowed to take photographs in a public place but unfortunately not everyone you come across will see it this way and some people get upset if they catch you taking their photograph

So if you come across this, Just apologise and show them you're deleting the image and move on to the next subject

By getting closer you will capture more emotion and more detail. The field of view changes so that your viewer feels that they are closer to the action. I've found that the perfect lens for this is the 50mm prim lens

Shooting from the hip is a very good technique to use when working in street photography, you simply hold your camera down by your hip in front of you and pointing it at you subject, take the shot at the same as you are looking in a different direction!

With some practice you will find this technique quite easy to do

Some of the settings I use

Working from the Hip

I always shoot in RAW and work in Manual Mode

My classic technique for street photography consists of using a 50mm prime lens on a full-frame camera body, setting the ISO to a moderate high speed 400 or 800

Setting the lens to auto focusing

Set the shutter speed to around 1/125 sec or higher, depending on available light

The higher the ISO setting will mean the smaller the aperture used, around f/11 works well

The smaller the aperture, the less critical it is to focus precisely on your subject, remember you're not looking through the viewfinder it's a case of point and shoot

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Some of my Street Photography Images

Most of my street photography is in Black and White i do think this works better than colour

Daydreaming


This image was captured sitting in a coffee shop, using my, Canon EOS 500D from the table

Greek Man resting with his coffee!


I managed to capture this street shot back in October 2011, walking past this man using my canon 5D from the hip, so it is a case of shoot and hope for the best

Haircut


Short back and sides, flat on the top please

Reflections of a hairdresser


Street Photography at the Hairdressers in Retford Town Centre, shooting into the mirror

Street Photography Disability


Street shot I'm British


The Big Issue


Yorkshire Wildlife Park Street Shot


Walking around the wildlife park and spotted these three park officials engaged in deep conversation talking about park business, as they walked towards me I raised my camera slightly and took the shot

Looking at the image top right, you can see the New Leopard observation tower and enclosure

I have a question


Body Art


Last of the mohicans




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