Street photography tip: Go hunting for a good photo!

Thursday 3 August 2023, 14:07 by Michiel Heijmans | 2,741 views | 0 comments

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In street photography, there are hunters and fishers. Hunting literally means going out in search of a good photo. The hunter is always on the move, and does 10,000 steps a day with two fingers up their nose.

London - f/2.0, 1/1400s, 160 ISO @ 35mm
Often, a hunter's photos are unsolicited street portraits. Photos taken from very close by, because they are shot as they pass. This can sometimes produce confrontational portraits, as if the subject of the photo is looking straight at you.

Because the hunter is moving, and often takes photos while moving, the photos can sometimes be out of focus.

A simple trick with most cameras is simply to use zone focus. This gives you a wide focus area for subjects walking towards you or away from you.

Another option, although it is not available on all cameras, is to focus at a fixed distance from your camera, one and a half or two metres away. This can be done with rangefinder cameras, for example from Leica. Ricoh's Snap Focus works in this way too.

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