Street Photography Tips I Learned From The Pros

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 :)

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).

"when it comes to shooting people"
"capture these people in the most effective way"
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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

This is some fantastic work and info!

I think all of them did the trick and I can't wait to get my gears and get out there so such experiences
Thanks Pat

Best video explanation I have seen! Thank you

Beautiful and helpful content✨. Could anyone recommend me not much expensive lenses for Nikon d750 dslr FF suitable for portraits and street ph. I have only 50 mm 1.8g. Do you think 85 mm 1.8 g will be suitable choice or any vario? Thnks.

So good

Afraid of people I think

Thank you

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!

how iso was AUTO?

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

If I may advise you a little with my humble self about video filming. You are recording material and I see a microphone in the foreground instead of you. You are the leader of the subject the microphone is just a tool. So in my opinion you should be in the foreground. Hide the microphone on top so the viewers can't see it. Of course sound is very important so set it up very well. Experiment with this and believe me your videos will look more interesting because you will be in the foreground, not the microphone. Remember also that there is such a thing as body language. It says a lot about a person. Gestures, facial expressions, gestures, emotions - this is how the viewer perceives the presenter... Good luck.

Interesting since most pros suggest to use zone focusing instead of any kind of auto focus.

Thank you!

Very good info Pat.

Hi may I have your advise on my sony a 6400 when taking walking video... it is really jittering

Street photography is what got me into photography! Great tips. Just earned a new sub!

The definition of street photography really hit me squarely. The tip of observing a scene and waiting for the right subject was my favorite. Please, how do you handle lights from signs not getting overexposed while also keeping your subject exposed properly and in focus?

My mistakes end up being my best photos.

how is that your image is still bright even if it is 1/1000? when i set my shutter speed too 1/500 i cant see a thing and i dont want to raise my iso that much

Excellent

I subbed... Your voice and Face is Pleasing ....The way you explain stuff works for me. THANK YOU

I been doing Landscape and Sunset then Birds. I try street but it feels so noisy . Edges bug me. But i will not give up . Cause i like it and the one guy that Only takes One Photo.

Great video. Thanks

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

Ask any accomplished and respected street photographer, and they'll tell you they shoot zone-focus 90% of the time.

Pat, just found your channel and it’s got some great content. I have just started to get serious about street photography and I’m now shooting on a Sony A7RIVa. Which G Master lenses would you recommend for the most versatile rotation for street? Subbed.

Great video! same for Facebook?

Nice video. I am new to photography as a past time, and appreciate your experience and candid thoughts.

Personnaly sometimes I forget to fix the shutter speed, working the scene.. Well every detail you've mentionned in this video helps a lot !! Much thanks i'd love to visit Japan for photography !!! I'm also a Budoka so it'd be great to enjoy training as well as photography !! :)

Greetings from Morocco

Great video! Thanks for sharing 🥰
My favourite part was that "The story always matters most"

Cool advices, that make fotographers life much easier. Thank you.

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).

Super valuable video, as always, I learn a lot thanks to you. Feeling highly grateful for your work, thanks for being that generous with us.

I always enjoy your post. Thanks for sharing. sam.and.street on insta

Helpful video, nicely presented. Thanks.

Is it considered street photography if there are no people in the image?

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!

A lot of people get trapped in this style of IG "street" photography. The composition/exposure/subject(s) is nailed and a "moody" tone preset makes it cool but that's it. I would recommend photo books to understand the essence of street photography, not what u see is cool on IG. Just my 2 cents.

I guess being able to quickly change settings would be a good reason to upgrade my camera. I have a Rebel t6 and I have to get out of live mode to change settings, and fiddle around with the menu. It's really time consuming. Maybe there's some shortcuts I'm missing, though.

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

Cool video, thank you for sharing!

When it comes to shooting ppl
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Love street Photography!! Thks this video worth a lot !

i am also in trouble when choosing what to use if its Aperture Priority, Manual, or P in streey photography. Just like what you said, you need to capture right away and you dont want to loose that moment while you are still twicking the settings.