How to shoot a street shot

2> natural light source. As long as it is not the light taken by the photographer, whatever light is in the original scene is natural light. 3> Description of natural scenery and environment.

3> Expressions, actions and shapes of natural characters.

4>'s innate creativity and skills.

What is the decisive moment?

Connotation is the essence of street photography, composition is its form packaging, and the fusion of connotation and form is the decisive moment. The decisive moment emphasized by Bresson refers to the moment when the integration of form and connotation reaches the highest emotion. Although there is more than one style of street shooting, the decisive moment is still the mainstream of street shooting. The composition concept of street sketch So how should street photography be composed? The composition of modern realistic photos must be combined with connotation. We don't need to be as neat as the painting school. It doesn't matter whether it's chaotic or not, as long as it can help the theme tell stories, then it's no problem. This is probably the biggest difference between photography and painting. Photography has two characteristics, documentary and instant. If you still hold the composition and ideas that imitate the traditional painting style when shooting, and give up the characteristics of photography, it is better to paint more directly.

The theme of street photography

As mentioned above, the photos of street photography are either encountered or waiting, taking nature as the warp and the moment of decision as the latitude, so street photography works are obviously composed of "sudden" and "accessible" conditions, so we can use the skills of snapshot, sneak shot, preview and waiting to complete the works ("communication" is also an important skill, but it is not suitable for street photography. Street photography is mainly to shoot the dynamic subject of "people". We have two methods:

1 & gt； Take the initiative to approach the subject, and make a composition with the subject as the theme (snap shot, sneak shot).

2> Make a composition first, and then wait for the subject to enter the position we reserved for it (expectation and waiting).

So I divide the sources of street photography into three types:

1 & gt； We take the initiative like hunting.

2> Luckily, I met him.

3> wait.

Although street photography is either encountering or waiting, it is actually not as simple as imagined. It requires high shooting skills and personal cultivation, and it also needs to be very familiar with the equipment. A street photographer once said modestly that his work was a "gift from God", but his success was not accidental. If he lacks skill and self-restraint, he will be at a loss even if the shutter opportunity comes.