hi my name is kieran i work at mpb
berlin and i'm going to talk to you
today about street stuff
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so what is street photography street
photography is a form of photography
that consists of documenting life in a
public pace that can be
seen as street portraits that can be
seen as still life of in public but it's
more so just the art of documenting life
in public
i'm going to be giving you five tips on
how to simply start
getting out on the streets and taking
photos
the first one i would say is camera and
focal length so it's really important
about what gear you're going to be using
when it comes to lenses i think it
really matters when it comes to your
photos but when it comes to the camera
it doesn't really matter the best camera
to use on the streets is the one you own
you don't need the most expensive piece
of gear to be
out shooting and capturing life is it's
more about being having the tools to
just simply photograph and when it comes
down to the
lenses you're going to be using i think
it's really important to have kind of a
wide or smaller focal range so 35
millimeter for example or 50 millimeter
they're the two i tend to gravitate
towards number two i think it's really
important to understand your camera i
think it needs to be an extension of
yourself something that you can easily
just pick up and go with every day have
with you on yourself and if there's
something
that you see you need to be able to
capture it instantly so it's really
important to be able to understand each
mode and what each mode can offer you i
tend to swap between
program modes shutter priority and
average priority but it really is just
trial and error you need to go out there
go between those three different modes i
would say to start off with and then
just see which works best for you number
three i think it's really important to
just simply always be looking like i
said before have your camera on you at
all times and really
just look for
photographic opportunities
really like understand your environment
you may not always get the perfect photo
but it's always good to try and get a
photo at least like if you don't at
least try you're never gonna succeed i
i don't go out and say to myself i'm
gonna take a good photo today i go out
with my camera and i know that i will
have it there in case of an opportunity
comes up and i can also go out take 100
photos and come back and with maybe one
or two that are good but it's the fact
that you're always looking you're always
wanting to see and you always want to
see those opportunities
and it's sometimes the unexpected you
may come across something super
interesting and
really like
be fortunate to have your camera on you
the worst is when you don't have your
camera on you and you see a moment you
really like so number four i think is be
open um have a smile on your face don't
wear sunglasses don't have headphones in
your head hood up
you're going to be taking photos of the
environment and sometimes people will be
in those photos or may walk across those
images so it's important to be able to
communicate with people who are walking
about
it's always good to be able to talk to
people and engage with your environment
at the end of the day you are the
photographer but you still are part of
that environment and the final tip i'm
going to go with is be critical
i think it's so important to
fail really it's very difficult to
really get a good photo there's so many
photographers out there will say it
takes thousands of images to be able to
get that one good image so if you're
thinking of i want to make a career out
of it i think it's important to do it
for the sake of the art for the sake of
photography in that sense and
if you get good at it if you really love
it the rest will follow in that sense
it's a passion at the end of the day and
i think you really need to be driven to
be able to do this and want to do this
it's not something that anyone can pick
up or anyone can do so it really takes a
lot of
skill a lot of effort and a lot of time
to be able to
do it and eventually you'll take some
really great photos
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