Street Photography Tips I Learned From The Pros

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Street Photography is a category of photography that is really dear to my heart. It's the first category I tried to learn and master, and over the many years I've built up many different skills and spoke to many pro photographers about how to progress in the craft of Street Photography.

In this video, I go through 5 street photography tips and techniques that I've worked on, and feel that all pros will end up knowing or using at some stage.

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0:00 Intro
0:49 Street Photography Tip 1
4:48 Street Photography Tip 2
6:32 Street Photography Tip 3
9:02 Street Photography Tip 4
10:01 Street Photography Tip 5
11:02 Outro

[britishrose]

I've started using my 70-350mm for street photography, it gives me that anonymous feeling so I feel less scared taking people and it also nicely compresses backgrounds

[MF-welr]

Hello, I was recently in NY City. There I noticed the difference
Doing street photography in a small town in Germany (160, 000 people) or meeting in NY.
Everyone in New York is so relaxed and no one gets upset about it. And in Germany, most people look strange or ask straight away whether they have just been photographed...so I love New York. Greetings from Germany...great video!

[robhunt]

Great tips as always Pat. I particularly liked what you said about imperfect settings being okay if the story is there. I’m willing to bet that no-one has ever looked at a photo and thought “oh my god! Those settings are amazing!”. People notice the story in a photo above all else. If they’re noticing the settings first then either the settings are way off or the story isn’t engaging enough. Story first, always.

[danwildersaidso]

The part that hit me the most is accepting an imperfection in a shot because it ended up adding to the story I wanted to tell and sometimes telling a different story. This video was great! Thank you!

[teruyoshioka]

Thank you for sharing your experiences as it's been helpful, and we are fortunate. I'd personally appreciate if you could have the books you've read for leaning photography to share when you have time.

[CDGage]

Another thing that will help (apologies if someone already mentioned this) is to use auto ISO. Same concept with wildlife photography as your subject is always moving and if you’re facing one direction you wanna be able to do a quick 180 to a new subject without having to worry about changing ISO since most of the time it’ll happen so quick we won’t be able to do it manually

[neknkmw]

Really enjoyed this video and especially the strong logical and pragmatic bent that runs through all your tutorials. Something I struggle with is getting the balance between fast enough shutter speed and managing the iso on night street shots. Often I’m finding that I’m rarely below 800 iso and often at 1600 iso. I’ve learned that I can shoot 2-3 stops below the ‘optimum centre point’ on the light setting, but still would like to find out how best to get the higher iso settings at bay. (Shooting manual).

[generationbrand]

Mate, this made me miss and want to go back to Japan! Wishing I saw this before I went there to help with some of the shots I took. Thanks for the information and the comfortable, friendly delivery. Learning street on a Sony a6000, and struggling to get a refined picture, there’s always some level of noise I can’t figure out how to fix.

[karlrobertperl]

1) Accept imperfections
2) Story always matters most
Thats golden to justify my crappy settings

[katiecalkins]

You are a very 11:24 good teacher! It’s obvious you have a lot of knowledge which you present so clearly. I think street photography is my favorite genre, your images really motivated me to get back out there. I agree with what you said about spending time in a place, I think it was Minor White who said something to the effect of “I’m always mentally photographing everything I see as practice” I often like to just sit quietly and watch before I start shooting. It helps me notice the beauty in the environment, then when I pick up the camera I am very inspired and excited about what I see.

[ShawnaScott]

Lovely, helpful, and practical video as always—thank you! I’d love to see a video from you on the ethics of street photography and how you navigate the space between where laws end and where good taste end.

[trippwilsonphoto]

I'm about 2 years into my journey in photography. I found your channel recently and it's been really helpful! Thank you for what you're doing Pat :)

[TheChicoRios]

Great tips! Thanks for sharing! I believe my personal favourite is "accept mistakes". I believe it's part of any process, but it's always great to keep that in mind when going outside and taking photos

[chai]

Pat ur really the guy tht inspired with to pursue my career and dreams. Love ur content as always. It would be grateful to learn something in real life with you. Hope that the pandemic gets better. Stay safe pat.

[R_HeavyBones]

You are so humble and professional, keep inspiring people. I am sure one day you will be more!

[vishshsh]

Nothing like a new video from Pat with my morning coffee :D

[JD-CFD]

Thanks for the video, always a pleasure !
I’m constantly struggling on Lr post-processing, feeling I’m losing all balance and references, I end up wondering what is beautiful or ugly, what works or is to avoid, .. it’s a weird feeling of no longer seeing the right way once I’m working on Lr settings, although I know perfectly what each setting brings

[mattsatlas]

Pat Kay back with a banger. I really love to see it.

[Hichamelbanine]

I just want to say thank you so much for free lessons is my favourite person I like to watching

[relungdoniarifin]

One of my favorite Chanel that talking about skill, techniques and knowledge about photography that can improve Ability into another level .Thank you for sharing bless you