Pictures are sometimes criticized for having too much "negative space"-large areas of the frame with no "content:' But negative space is an important compositional tool in street photography and we should embrace it. ...
Despite the explosive advances in digital technology, film is still with us and it has made a comeback in recent years. Suddenly, people are interested in film once again and labs are dusting down their enlargers, community darkrooms are popping up, and film sales are rising. ...
Dogs have featured in street photography for years and can make terrific subjects. They don't object to having their picture taken (usually!), they will look you in the eye, and they often look cute. However, just walking around taking random pictures of random dogs probably isn't enough to hold anyone's attention for long-and it isn't exactly street photography. ...
Street photography is often about making connections. Everywhere you look you should be looking for connections between your subjects and their surroundings. The connection can be obvious or subtle, literal or abstract, tenuous or direct; it just needs to be there. ...
How many times have you seen someone interesting coming towards you, only to react too slowly and miss the moment? Well, there's no need to kick yourself and abandon the situation. We all know that "stalking" can have unpleasant connotations, but in the world of the street photographer it is a useful tool at our disposal....
Like other forms of photography, street photography has trends that come and go, but we perhaps most closely associate street photography with monochrome images shot in the 1 940s, 50s, or 60s. There is something about pictures from that era that we find fascinating, and when you mention "street photography" to most people, these are the images they think of first. ...
Broadly speaking, there are two approaches to street photography: you can "capture" an image (the spontaneous, reactive approach) or you can "create" one. When you create an image, you are in control of how the image comes together, maybe selecting the background and deciding what elements we need to come into play to make it work. ...
When people think of street photography they often think of juxtaposition-artistic contrasts where we have two elements in an image which are opposed to each other. This has always been a big part of street photography-so much so that it's perhaps in danger of becoming a cliche. ...
Street photography is often thought of as being whimsical, playful, or just plain funny. While you shouldn't rely solely on these "moments;' they are always memorable, so when you're patrolling the streets with your camera, turn your observation dial up to the max. ...