How to Shoot Street Portraits
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How to Shoot Street Portraits
Eric Kim, 2015
What is a “street portrait”?
What are you afraid of?
How to get over the fear of approaching strangers
Street Portrait Tips
1. Keep working the scene until they forget about you
2. Ask your subject to move to an interesting background
3. Ask to photograph their hands
4. Get one not looking / looking
5. Work the scene while looking at the edges
6. Ask your subject to look down
7. Provoke a response
8. Remember you will never see them ever again
9. Look for dramatic light
10. Ask your subject not to move
11. Ask for eye contact
12. Shoot different perspectives
13. Get really close (macro mode)
14. Talk to your subject while photographing them
15. Ask them not to smile
16. A posed photo can look candid
17. Capture the “unguarded moment”
18. Try shooting with and without flash
19. Capture hand-gestures
20. Get their hands close to their face
21. Shoot the same framing more than once
22. Capture the environment (take a step back)
Concluding thoughts on street portraits