What are the practical skills of street shooting?

If a photographer wants to capture good photos in street shooting, it is definitely unreasonable to carry too many lenses and lights with him. These devices may be a little heavy, which will distract your observation invisibly, and you can't move quickly with good dynamic moments. Numbers, side shafts, cameras with rotating screens, and even mobile phones are all sharp tools for sweeping the street and taking pictures.

2. Choose the scene of revival and activation

When shooting in the street, don't just go to places like tourist attractions to find subjects. Although there are many people there, it is easy for people to get up the courage to raise their cameras at strangers, but they should also try to find more real scenes hidden under the surface. For example, start with your life and familiar environment.

3. Learn to predict the decisive moment

Learn to predict the picture that will appear, prepare the camera in advance, press your shutter and take a decisive moment.

4. Try color photography more.

Street shooting is mostly documentary. At this time, black and white photos will make the facts appear more powerful and formal, especially when news photography is shooting emergencies. However, some street shooting themes are very suitable for color photography, such as expressing a pleasant mood or objectively describing the street scene environment, and the restored colors will be more vivid, real and pleasing to the eye.

5. Discover the visual symbols on the street

Visual symbols such as billboards, signboards and graffiti on the street, if used as the background, may make your photos more street-like and different, and can also be used as the theme when there is no eye-catching shooting theme.

6. Street shooting can be very experimental.

Try diagonal composition to break the limitation of horizontal and vertical composition. Either diagonal graphics appear in the picture or tilt your camera. Street shooting is very casual, blind shooting. Shake it, zoom in and out, and let your photos experiment.