Street photography

Street photography tip: Use your flip-out or tilting screen

Some cameras have a flip-out screen, so you can still look at your screen when shooting from the hip. When people see you looking down at your camera like that, they all think you’re adjusting your settings. Properly candid!

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Street photography tip: Shoot safely through glass

During a workshop by well-known street photographer Fokko Muller, one of the assignments was 'Photograph through a window'. A lovely assignment, because it brings you close to your subject while keeping you at a safe distance.

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Street photography tip: Photograph someone from very close up

It can be confronting and sometimes simply difficult to photograph passers-by from close up. What if they see you! It is very much 'in your face', and that stops many people from doing street photography. What a shame!

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Street photography tip: Always keep ethics in mind

Street photography has unwritten rules, but there is also such a thing as ethics. This has been the subject of heated discussions for years. Amnesty describes ethics as 'the collection of thoughts about the rules of conduct that people should observe towards each other'.

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Street photography tip for the brave: Use a flash

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Street photography tip: Use the worm's-eye view

I think I do a squat 20 times a day. Not because I'm much of a sportsman, far from it, but because I like using the worm's-eye view. With this perspective, you place your camera almost on the ground.

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Street photography tip: How to take photos without being noticed

In my book, I write about ethics and rules, but street photography is often a little bit secretive. We call this candid photography. You take photos without other people realising that you are photographing them. And it is easier than you think.

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Street photography tip: Filters can create unusual photos

In every case, a filter is really a kind of pair of sunglasses for your lens. Filters can remove glare, with a polarising filter, or allow longer shutter speeds, with ND filters.

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