Common street shooting skills

Nowadays, street shooting is becoming more and more popular. Both stars and the public have crazy love for street shooting. The following are my common street shooting skills, please refer to them!

1, know your camera.

No matter what kind of camera you use, you should know enough about the equipment you use. The more skillfully you can operate the camera, quickly and accurately adjust the correct exposure index and keep your eyes away from the viewfinder, these skills need repeated contact to be easily mastered.

2. Be familiar with the shooting around you.

Street photography is not just shooting in the street. Anything you shoot in any public place is street photography. Watch the local news every day and list the events that happened around you. Choose a topic or activity that interests you and then go there. Street shooting also needs to be selective and purposeful, rather than sweeping around with a camera in public places.

3. Take action.

When we shoot in the street, the subject will not appear in front of the camera. We need to actively look for interesting actions or themes; If you sit in one place, the possibility is very small. Since it is a street shoot, we must act.

4. always be ready

Don't relax, always be ready to shoot with your camera. There will always be people passing by, so don't give up any chance to shoot.

5, close to the theme

Capa, a war photographer, once said, "If you don't shoot well enough, it's because you're not close enough." When we capture portraits, we can also quote this sentence to approach and capture detailed pictures.

Step 6 learn to respect

Be polite and respectful to the people in the street. If someone doesn't want to take pictures of them, give up and don't argue with them. If someone wants to see their photos in your camera, take them out and tell him why they took them, he should understand.

7. Selection of picture background

What happens behind the subject is really important. Many times, the background will add special attraction to your photos, but sometimes it will distract your attention, so choose the background wisely.

8. Be good at using natural light

Light is very important for all kinds of photography. Use natural light as much as possible-early morning and evening are the best time to shoot light.

9. Think twice before you act

Everyone can take pictures, and you can't just ask for quantity and ignore quality. When shooting every topic, you should conceive what to shoot in your mind instead of shooting blindly.

10, actively interact with the subject.

Talking with people is something that must be done often. It is a good choice to grab a moment suddenly in conversation. Interaction is really important sometimes, especially when taking portraits. You can choose to speak, sometimes a smile of thanks is enough.