I'm Nicki-Fitzgerald and you are watching Adorama TV.
Today we're hitting the streets and I'm going to be showing you some tips and
tricks on how to create some great candid photographs
of interesting people in some great locations.
Adorama TV presents iPhoneography with Nicki-Fitzgerald.
The iPhone camera is absolutely perfect for street photography
in capturing those discreet and candid moments. It’s small,
it’s unobtrusive, like a big camera where it’s really obvious you're taking a picture.
Now the street photography is all about capturing the human condition, it's all about capturing
those emotions.
And it’s those unguarded, those unveiled moments that make street photography,
candid photography much more interesting than the regular posed shot.
One of the great things about using the iPhone for iPhone photography
is the amount of flexibility you have on taking a picture.
Now one way you can
take a picture is using the Pro Camera app
and on the Pro Camera app all you have to do is touch the screen once it’s open,
to take that shot and the other way is to use
the big button at the bottom in the middle and that’s the shoot button, just press that
and you can take a picture.
In the Apple built-in camera, just like the Pro Camera app
you can use the shoot button as normal down the bottom
and you can also use the physical volume buttons
at the side of the iPhone to take your shot. You can use the top one or the bottom one.
And the next great thing which is actually fantastic
is using your earbuds, your earphones that come with your camera,
with your iPhone camera and you simply plug them in
as you normally would when you're listening to music
and you use the volume buttons, the plus or minus buttons again
to activate your camera, so it acts as a remote shutter release.
Now this is brilliant because when you have your camera to the side here and you are
taking a picture,
you don’t have to actually physically touch the camera, your
fingers stay away, which means there's less blur, there's less camera shake.
So you could be just walking along minding your own business, click
the shutter button here and this will take your picture. Absolutely
perfect for street candid photography and getting those discrete photographs.
So this is a great day for street photography, we’ve got a nice light coming down,
we’ve got a big crowd here, so I’m just going to walk into the crowd, I'm going to blend right in
with my phone.
I’m just going to be looking around, looking at the sides, looking at my phone.
I’m going to put my headphones in and I’m going to pretend to be busy with my headphones.
What I’m actually going to be doing is going to be looking out for people that interest me.
Could be an interesting place, could be an interesting dress, it could be someone on
a skateboard whizzing past.
Another way to get great street candid photography
is instead of just walking around, you can actually just stay put where you are.
You could be sitting here enjoying the sunshine just waiting for the right
person to come along.
In fact here comes someone right now. So let’s get this.
I’m just busy with my phone,
maybe I'm texting someone, I could hear them behind me, noise is always a good one.
So I'm just looking around now, I’m just pointing my camera
and then looking and then just, just taking the photograph.
It’s as simple as that. The other great thing about sitting still and staying put is that your more, your less
likely to get camera blur,
because your not moving your phone so much, your in a still position.
So it's a great way to get Street candid photography.
Ok so we’ve looked at lot’s of moving subjects
and how we can get great candid shots of them.
But another interesting approach is to actually find someone, maybe they are
sitting at Café,
you know a static subject. So we’ll move around the subject, maybe they're
doing a repetitive
action, yeah, maybe like chopping some food or something, so we can try to
anticipate
a really really good shot. Well like I said the light is important here,
move around, see you know, when there might be
an intent, or an emotion in someones face, there about to buy something, there about
to do something.
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Another interesting approach
is actually to choose a background, you know, choose something that’s interesting, maybe a
bit urban, or this, like this fantastic background we've got here.
And what we are doing is we’re setting the scene. And we are waiting
for our figure to walk in. Basically when they walk into your background, Ok just
swing round,
so focus the shot, get your exposure right,
and then click on the, click the bottom there and just get them and then
you've got
that nice contrast of the people in the dark clothes there
walking past that lovely graphic background. Now I think we’ve got a good shot there.
Let’s have a look.
Now my advice to any budding photographer regardless of the camera
they have is being well-prepared,
a little bit a planning can really go a long way. So here are my tips.
Top tip number 1: well it's all about angles. The iPhone is so light you can get
it up really high and you can drop it down low to get some fantastic angles.
Now the iPhone camera lense is right on the edge
of the camera, so this means when you place it on the floor
the camera is really really close to the floor which means the
angle shots you can get are absolutely superb. So this is what this little phone is
about.
It’s creative, it’s diverse, it's really flexible.
So just use it and explore it's potential and you can take some amazing shots with just
a little bit of information.
Top tip 2: is taking photographs with your iPhone buttons
at the side, the actual physical volume button, buttons.
Now you can actually do this in the iPhone app only, Ok, so make sure that's the one
you’re using.
And it's great for getting shots that are just behind you, discreetly.
Top tip 3: is quick access, you can quickly
access your Apple iPhone camera from the lock screen
simply by pressing the Home button, swiping upwards
from the little camera icon on the bottom right hand corner and you're ready to
shoot. Easy.
Top tip 4: is using the Pro Camera app.
This is worth a special mention because you can actually separate
the exposure tool and the focus control which gives you a lot more control
over your image.
And finally while you’re out there, have fun with your phone.
You know practice and practice, but experiment, find interesting angles.
But at the end of the day, you know, photography is all about your own unique
vision,
and you'll find that just learning a little bit of knowledge, you'll find that you'll
start to create photographs
instead of just taking photographs.
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