Street Photography Tutorial - I

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StamatisGR

Published: May 14, 2012

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PART II

The series of 5 articles about Street Photography made by myraincheck and slightly edited by moi* continues with:

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY TUTORIAL - PART ONE

THE HUMAN SUBJECT

(article from photo4u.it - il portale italiano della fotografia translated and adapted to dA by myraincheck)

Let's close our eyes and imagine going out in the streets and looking for unusual things. What do we expect to find? People, first of all.
That's good, the HUMAN PRESENCE is a fundamental element of street photography.
If we want to use only this ingredient, we'll be able to realize a true street photo only if the person we capture will have something unusual or interesting or is doing something unusual or interesting. Otherwise we'll have a good portrait, an enviromental portrait, a wide portrait whatever, but not a street photo.

by Cristophe Agou

by Matt Stuart

by Melanie Einzig

by David Gibson

by Maciej Dakowicz

CONNECTIONS

Let's now introduce an essential ingredient in street phtography: CONNECTION
The first thing we can do is connecting two or more persons together. Similarity, opposition, symmetry, repetition of details, whatever. What matters is to HIGHLIGHT something special.

by Matt Stuart

by Nick Turpin
_{StamatisGR: When I first saw this picture I was left speechless! What are the chances? 2 pairs of men(similarity), 1 pair coming 1 going(opposition), both pairs dressed in the same way (repetition), one pair wears helmets the other is bald (similarity). The photo could be staged. But it's not! And this makes it a perfect street shot!}

by Adrian Fisk

by David Solomons

HUMAN SUBJECTS from dA street shooters

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HUMAN CONNECTIONS from dA street shooters

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_{StamatisGR: The art of looking and seeing 2 stars, 2 butterflies!! I love btw}

Stay tuned, 3 more articles to come

*_{StamatisGR made the CSS of the article and added few pictures}

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