Methods and shooting skills of street shooting

Lead: Street shooting is a good practice subject, but many people are at a loss when shooting strangers in public. Photographers not only have to face the questioning eyes of passers-by, but also take the risk of fierce verbal or physical attacks. In the face of complex and simple street shooting scenes, it is worth discussing how photographers grasp the scale and take the photos they want in front of passers-by.

Methods and shooting skills of street shooting With people's attention and understanding of privacy and portrait rights, street shooting is not so easy now. First, people are more wary of street shooting, fearing that their portraits will be made public by websites or media that violate their privacy; Secondly, street photographers need to combine randomness and concealment quite well because of their self-protection consciousness in public places.

The choice of street shooting equipment:? Small? Cameras are easy to let people relax their vigilance.

If you ask 100 people about the video equipment they want to carry in street shooting, there may be 100 answers, but one thing is common, that is, it should be light and easy to carry. Go out and shoot, no one wants to bring it? Heavy artillery? Street shooting has lost the fun of light photography. Big? The camera will also attract the attention of the subject when you shoot in the street, exposing your identity will also reduce the success rate of shooting, and the resistance of the subject will also rise.

mobile phone

In recent years, mobile phone photography has seized the market of small cameras with aggressive advantages. First, because its own photography configuration is becoming more and more powerful, it is completely enough to compete with the level of digital cameras with small sensor size; Second, as a necessity, mobile phones are portable digital products that everyone will buy. With high occupancy rate and high frequency of use, it is the first choice for street shooting.

In the Flickr website's 20 16 most popular device selection, iPhone greatly exceeded the number of camera users using Canon/Nikon/Sony (about 47%).

Small portable camera (fixed lens digital camera, single battery)

Small portable cameras here refer to advanced digital cameras or portable single-camera cameras, which not only have the characteristics of miniaturization and hidden shooting, but also have functions different from mobile phones such as high-speed focusing and quick snapshot, which is helpful to improve the success rate of snapshot.

1 inch sensor black card advanced digital camera? The camera and the artistic Fuji X- 100 series are represented by Sony Black Card? Powerful high-speed focusing and continuous shooting ability can achieve more street shooting tasks than mobile phones. Fuji X- 100 looks retro, and the operation has more texture and attitude. Single battery has many advantages in street shooting. First of all, it is superior to ordinary digital cameras and mobile phones in image quality, which is enough to cope with complex shooting scenes. The cost performance and portability are also better. In the choice of lens, as well as the special performance of touch screen and flip screen, it can reduce the photographer's attention and facilitate the shooting of special framing and composition.

SLR camera+fixed focus (28mm, 35mm, 50mm)

If you have higher requirements for image quality, you should turn to mid-to high-end SLR cameras. Generally speaking, SLR cameras are bulky and slightly invasive. In order not to disturb the state of the subject and reduce the photographer's carrying burden, most of our conventional lenses are small and portable 28mm, 35mm and 50mm fixed focus.

At the same time, it has concealment, and the imaging quality is better than that of the same price zoom lens. Moreover, the wide-angle focal length is also helpful for photographers to integrate into the environment while shooting characters, which is suitable for sketching themes or human snapshots.

How to communicate? To understand the law, respect is the premise.

After choosing suitable and relatively hidden shooting equipment, you need to face the shooting scene directly. Generally speaking, most street photographers don't say hello to the subject in advance, but why are some photographers able to cope, while others are asked to delete photos or even apologize afterwards because they infringe on the rights and interests of the subject?

Not only is there a problem of grasping the scale of a street photographer, but he also needs to have enough moral constraints and communication skills to deal with shooting in public places. Before discussing, let's first understand the privacy and portrait rights involved in street shooting.

1, copyright of portrait works

According to Article 2 of the current Copyright Law, works of China citizens, legal persons or other organizations, whether published or not, enjoy copyright in accordance with this Law? Article 6 of the Regulations for the Implementation of the Copyright Law: Copyright comes into being as of the date when the creation of the work is completed? .

Therefore, whether asked or found, individual photographers have the copyright to their portraits.

2. The portrait right of passers-by.

According to article 100 of the General Principles of Civil Law, citizens have the right to portrait, and their portraits shall not be used for profit without their consent? . Use, including but not limited to exhibition, publication, reproduction and sales.

Therefore, passers-by have the right to paint themselves.

3. The right conflict of street portrait works.

In the portrait works produced by street shooting, there are actually three rights. One is the photographer's copyright, the other is the portrait right of passers-by, and the third is the ownership of the owner of portrait works. The ownership of portrait works belongs to the photographer himself. What if there is a conflict between the photographer's copyright and the portrait right of passers-by? It is generally believed that the exercise of the photographer's copyright and ownership should be subordinated to the portrait rights of passers-by.

Situation 1: No violation of privacy and portrait rights.

According to the above, in order to avoid street shooting infringement, we should make clear whether our shooting will be used for profit before shooting. If it is a non-profit behavior for the purpose of practice and technical exchange, we can shoot boldly, as long as your shooting behavior does not interfere with the normal life of others and does not cause resentment, shooting is allowed.

However, with the right to shoot in public, how to grasp the scale and overcome the fear is another difficult problem. Generally speaking, due to the instantaneity and natural requirements of street shooting, in order to avoid destroying the atmosphere in advance, the way of shooting first and then explaining the purpose is usually adopted.

If you are ashamed to shoot in front of strangers at first, can you try? Camouflage shooting? And then what? Wait for him? Street shooting. Camouflage means pretending to shoot other subjects around the shooting target. When the subjects relax their vigilance and present a natural state, you seize the opportunity to press the shutter. Or find a good shooting position on the street first (photographers usually don't pay much attention to you at this time), while relaxing, wait for the right light and passers-by, and quickly press the shutter to capture the scene when the time and light and shadow are right.

If, after the shooting, the subject finds that you are taking pictures and has doubts about you, remember to use the greatest goodwill and patience to resolve his concerns. Because usually they are just worried that if you smile the first time and explain your purpose and the purpose of taking pictures, they will be happy to be photographed most of the time.

Situation 2: When used for commercial or economic street shooting.

What if it is a street shot that may be used for profit or a photo that needs to be widely spread because of people? Photographers need to communicate with the subject in advance before street shooting, and try to get permission. Commercial shooting generally needs to prepare a written authorization for the use of portrait rights to protect the legitimate rights and interests of portrait rights, but this is generally a commercial shooting.

If the street shooting scene is not a street view, but a portrait photo with people as the main body, out of respect, you should greet the photographer after shooting and explain the influence of the photo to the photographer according to the use requirements. Photographers can shoot freely in the street under the constraints of law and morality, but they can't make profits from unauthorized portrait photos. Sending photos online without the photographer's consent can easily constitute infringement.

No matter whether your photos are posted on the website or in other public places, the photographer has the right to ask the photographer to delete the photos if he thinks it is inappropriate after posting. At this time, the photographer should also follow the wishes of the subject.

Summary: Therefore, for street shooting, the most basic foundation and bottom line should be to shoot reasonably and legally with fast and light movements, without disturbing each other and infringing on personal dignity; If it involves profit-making and publication, it is necessary to ask the subjects' wishes in advance. Communicating with passers-by quickly is nothing more than respecting each other and letting them know that you are not malicious.