Street photography advice I wish I knew sooner

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[jamiewindsor]

Some good advice here. Thanks for the shoutout too.

[stephangauthier]

Photography is the expression of your art, of your soul and the way you see and feel the world at that peticular moment. Shy away from the "street photography must be done this way" mentality is the best advice I could give to my younger self.

About 1 in 4-5 keepers I get have people in it, for example.

[nesswelham]

Love your channel…quite right though😀you get a few fairly cool street shots that fit the bill and then..photographers block or self delusion, I have a fuji x100v. Congrats on your book. You are headed for great things…your work resonates with me. At 83 this old granny cannot take a chance of falling in a Montreal winter, but I do series “From The Car”. Roll on warmer weather.
Happy Christmas!

[ImagesbyAsh]

Great video, Mike. All the advise shared and discussed is invaluable for everyone interested in photography.
The key takeaways for me were, looking outside social media for inspiration and knowledge. Photobook, zines and Blogs are as important if not more than scrolling through social media.
Getting together with other photographers to get inspiration and share views and opinions is a great way to learn and finally, shoot, shoot, shoot and then shoot some more.
For street photography, the number of steps walked is directly proportional to the chances of getting images that you will want to keep.

[marycarron]

Some great 'real world' advice. Very helpful. Thanks as always Mike. Your photography is going from strength to strength. Looking forward to what the next year brings.

[andyxfilms]

I’m just starting my street photography channel, it’s been fun. I come from sports, so it’s definitely an adjustment. Good luck!

[timjamiesonphotos]

Nice one mate, great advice in the whole video 👌🏻

[nick.pphotos]

Great video Mike, really good questions, I've learnt a lot from this.
As a new photographer and new to street photography Im buying photo books, yours being one of them (great book BTW 😊)and getting so much inspiration from them.

[GeorgeHolden]

Enjoyed this thoroughly, amazing insights mate!

[slothsarecool]

Most people have pretty generic photography, almost everyone, I think it’s important to just enjoy it for your own reasons and memories etc

[lukepalms_]

Really enjoyed this! Appreciate the shoutout, awesome to hear your thoughts on our replies.

[billmartin]

Go wide and get close . . . unless your name is Leiter . . . or Cartier-Bresson . . . or . . . I love a good 23mm or 28mm focal length image, but MOST of the great images I love, after I do the research, I find are made at "normal" or telephoto lengths.

[RS-Amsterdam]

Wise words by a wise man
Be yourself, shoot for yourself.
Learn the rules then break the rules
Good video .
Thanks for sharing

[pwood]

I bought a camera as recommended for street photography. I then tried to use it to photograph a landscape, a birthday party and a black n white portrait, the camera shutter button just would NOT work. The camera just locked up …. How did it know i wasn’t in a street ?

[GavinThomas-pix]

I come from a different angle to derive satisfaction from photography. This social media is totally new to me and I follow less than 10 and am followed by less than 10, hence I treat my street/urban/tribal photography as a personal journey. I engage with my subjects to try a build a story and hence deeper memory of the image, so showing that image on social media does not tell my story. I live in an area with massively high murder, rape, GBH, assault figures so vigilance is an important factor on the street but getting the story to me is more important than the final shot, no social media image in isolation can tell that story. I can look at a 40 year old image and still remember the story to compensate for my ordinary image.

[adrianbeese]

Agree with everything you say but I am 72 yrs old and may not have the time. Saying that I have had 40 odd yrs of the fun and heartache of photography. I just wish I could remember all the thing I learnt.

[gregdunlop]

Great video and very helpful! I’m curious to know though how you would suggest getting constructive feedback. I have taken a few workshops and have joined numerous forums etc, but have not found a way of receiving constructive feedback on any of my work. I don’t have friends who are photographers and have tried to expand my circle with Flickr, Twitter, attempted an instagram page, and posted on numerous forums under threads solely based for critiquing, but never get any feedback (good or bad😅)

[brianhinesley]

i have to disagree with matt Stuart and say that's horrible advice, to simply ignore what you find interesting and only do what someone else tells you to do is destroying that persons own creativity and maybe they will create/catch something in that moment that he finds to be wonderful. It's one thing for him to simply not be interested in it, but i think it would have been more helpful to critique what he/she could have done better to make that message come across clearer or POP or add humor. I don't love martin parrs work but i know he finds humor in his images.

[Nitidus]

7:45 Ah come on, from 3 to 5 years is not even one stop of light ;)

[belaacs]

I wish I had known sooner. Upgrade my vision before I upgrade my gear. Try not to take too many meaningless or pointless images.