Well said Craig, about the gear. I had a day's shooting street in Cambridge yesterday with my D750 and 35mm lens and had a blast. Really enjoyed myself and had many keepers too. Gear does not matter, I've used MFT, APSC and FF for street.
This is great. The hardest part of photography for me is the emotional, social side of it, dealing with people, their expectations, their feelings, not being too obvious to get good candid moments. Would be easier to just be invisible in some situations
Street Photography images can be very interesting, thought provoking, everyone loves a well taken candid photograph in an urban setting, but you can't say that using a telephoto lens to do so is creepy. If using a telephoto lens is creepy then so is using a standard lens in such a way as not to get noticed. Just because it takes more skill not to get caught doesn't change that.
Thank you very much for sharing! The saying "Smile and the world smiles with you", nails it (and is useful not only for street photographers). Good luck with your project.
Your vids always get me thinking of ways to expand my photography skills. Doing a 30 day project or shooting 1:1 format for example have helped to push me out of my comfort zone and see things in a new way. Thanks for sharing
Great video as usual and awesome images…I love your style…You really have an amazing eye…. Fantastic advice as usual. We will go out and only shoot 1/15th one day…or fixed focal length (those with zooms tape their lens to the agreed length). With regards to the manual focus and the lack of guides on the lenses, I find that focus peaking helps a lot…highlights the area in focus… Here in South Africa one now deals with people wanting money if they see you taking a shot in certain areas..smaller cameras definitely help for stealth..
Again excellent explanations & images from the probability „deepest analyst“ of photography. You way of seeing and turning this into images is brilliant - and the guidance you provide is as well. Thanks Much for sharing.
Some solid advice, however I would completely disagree with your comments about not using telephoto lenses. Saul Leiter, one of the greats, regularly used telephoto lenses and created beautiful street images with telephoto lenses. There are many others who successfully use telephoto lenses as well.
@@e6Vlogs I stumbled on your channel thinking about simplifying my photography (gear and technique). Thank you for putting in the effort to sharing your thoughts. Keeping on the journey and enjoying the path 👍
Hi Craig, some really good tips and techniques that will help my photography. You sure have a keen eye Craig and some great Compositions. I would say my Street photography style is a Hunter. Robert Plant now that's a great Album. Thanks Craig 😊
Great advice Craig and some very striking images. I admire your versatility - landscape, urban and street styles all in your repertoire. Have you got a favourite? Wildlife and portraiture genres await your expert eye, should you wish to diversify!
Well, I only really shoot things that don’t move, and if they do, I blur them! Hence my days as a portrait photographer was very short lived! I guess these days I would call myself an urban photographer who also does landscapes (it always used to be the other way around!)
Hi Criag, first time watching your videos here and glad I found you! Your tips there are excellent. But... ok background I've photographed for a long time, starting with a Zenit-E while still a young teenager. After many years of "a real job" I wanted/needed to get back into photography: a great decision but a process delayed by a massive stroke two years ago which paralysed most of my right side. Not really a problem I thought, figuring I could use a tripod ALWAYS with a remote shutter release. So, back to my "but", do you have any thoughts about your ideas - stealth etc - with camera always mounted on a tripod? Ha, perhaps it would make a great video based on the needs of (newly) disabled photographers? Perhaps one day I should set up a channel for that purpose - just not immediately! Great video.
Hi Tony. Well, i guess you could just try the ‘fishing’ approach. Set yourself up where there is good light etc and just wait for the right person to walk into the shot. You can be looking down at your camera as if changing a setting and just take shots with a cable release. Most people won’t even notice you.
@@e6Vlogs haha. That's what I figured, so I'm looking for a very light weight tripod with a not-so-wide footprint to help with this (my Mansotto from the late '80s is too heavy and too obvious). I suppose I'll have to try a body with good ibis at some point in case I can actually handhold some shots without trembling too much for sharp shots. Thanks a lot - consider my subscribed!
Hi Craig, great video and tips, but (you knew that was coming) I am always wary of rules and definitions in photography/art. There are two things that you said I’d like to explore, the first is lens length, every you tuber and blogger says you must use a range between 28-50mm. And I get why BUT somewhere out there is someone (not me) taking amazing street photography with a 200mm lens, most great art is about breaking the rules and conventions. Secondly is stealth Bruce Gilden would disagree, he is a great example of breaking rules. I have put on a florescent tabard, fake lanyard, and stood with a Bronica on a tripod in the middle of a busy footfall area, people seem to collectively ignore you hiding in plain sight. Just some thoughts #eschewthepretty
Perhaps I’ll give the hi-vis tabard a go and report back! Isn’t it true that if you sling a step ladder under your arm too you can get access to any building?! 🤔
Excellent. However please give your example pics more screen time. I'm still on steep part of the learning curve and need more time to study the pics to help your teaching sink in. Again Excellent and thank you!
I have enjoyed your videos, but I’m very disappointed that you would say that street photography is not for somebody that uses a telephoto lens. Even calling them creepy. So would you say that Saul Leiter is creepy or not a street photographer? He famously used 150 mm lens.
@@e6Vlogs yes I understand most paparazzi use long lenses, but their intent is completely different. Here we were talking about Street photography. Talking about art
Very good advice. i liked the descriptions hunting and fishing. I would say that I do both. I usually go out hunting but might see a place to catch a few "fish".
Would agree with most of it except the first 2. While people shouldn't let gear be a barrier to trying street photography there are some cameras that are far more suited to street than other. Phones mostly don't have screen articulation unless you count the relatively new offerings from Motorola and Samsung for example, but they largely don't have good ergonomics for street either. Larger more traditional DSLRs like a Nikon D850 for example, will take great pics but they are heavy and loud, you will bruise the scene. You probably will attract security guards too depending on the city you are in when shooting. The good news is cameras like any of the OMD EM5/10s, EPLs, Lumix GMs/GX series are available on the 2nd market mostly for good value...a fraction of what any iPhone released in the last 2 years would cost. If you don't like it you'll sell the camera for around what you bought it for maybe even a small profit. The other point is focal length. Saying 28-50mm is fine catch all range but it really depends on the environment you are in when shooting. For example I live in Metro Manila Philippines. There are lots of bridges, overpasses/underpasses that offer good vantage points/interesting light but due to the scale of some of these cities 28-50mm just wouldn't cut it unless you cropped significantly. So depending on where I'm going sometimes I'll take a 85mm, my max would be 135mm, to note at these telephoto ranges people are often in the shot to add scale to a nice scene and/or lighting.
I have to disagree about the camera a rangefinder style with 50 or 35mm lens is better than a DSLR with the same lenses. People are very aware of photographers these days so I think it’s best to be as unobtrusive as possible achieved with a smaller rangefinder.
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Well said Craig, about the gear. I had a day's shooting street in Cambridge yesterday with my D750 and 35mm lens and had a blast. Really enjoyed myself and had many keepers too. Gear does not matter, I've used MFT, APSC and FF for street.
This is great. The hardest part of photography for me is the emotional, social side of it, dealing with people, their expectations, their feelings, not being too obvious to get good candid moments. Would be easier to just be invisible in some situations
That is one of the most helpful videos I have seen about street photography. I will certainly be trying some of these techniques. Thank You!
Street Photography images can be very interesting, thought provoking, everyone loves a well taken candid photograph in an urban setting, but you can't say that using a telephoto lens to do so is creepy. If using a telephoto lens is creepy then so is using a standard lens in such a way as not to get noticed. Just because it takes more skill not to get caught doesn't change that.
Absolutely love your style of street photography Craig
Thank you very much for sharing! The saying "Smile and the world smiles with you", nails it (and is useful not only for street photographers). Good luck with your project.
Your vids always get me thinking of ways to expand my photography skills. Doing a 30 day project or shooting 1:1 format for example have helped to push me out of my comfort zone and see things in a new way. Thanks for sharing
Great video as usual and awesome images…I love your style…You really have an amazing eye….
Fantastic advice as usual. We will go out and only shoot 1/15th one day…or fixed focal length (those with zooms tape their lens to the agreed length).
With regards to the manual focus and the lack of guides on the lenses, I find that focus peaking helps a lot…highlights the area in focus…
Here in South Africa one now deals with people wanting money if they see you taking a shot in certain areas..smaller cameras definitely help for stealth..
Again excellent explanations & images from the probability „deepest analyst“ of photography. You way of seeing and turning this into images is brilliant - and the guidance you provide is as well.
Thanks Much for sharing.
Some solid advice, however I would completely disagree with your comments about not using telephoto lenses. Saul Leiter, one of the greats, regularly used telephoto lenses and created beautiful street images with telephoto lenses. There are many others who successfully use telephoto lenses as well.
Great video and tips! As always.
Best channel at this stage of my photography journey
Great, but what happens when you improve?! 😳
@@e6Vlogs I stumbled on your channel thinking about simplifying my photography (gear and technique).
Thank you for putting in the effort to sharing your thoughts.
Keeping on the journey and enjoying the path 👍
Hi Craig, some really good tips and techniques that will help my photography. You sure have a keen eye Craig and some great Compositions. I would say my Street photography style is a Hunter. Robert Plant now that's a great Album. Thanks Craig 😊
Thanks Craig 😊
Love YOUR videos mate. Keep 📸
Great advice Craig and some very striking images. I admire your versatility - landscape, urban and street styles all in your repertoire. Have you got a favourite? Wildlife and portraiture genres await your expert eye, should you wish to diversify!
Well, I only really shoot things that don’t move, and if they do, I blur them! Hence my days as a portrait photographer was very short lived! I guess these days I would call myself an urban photographer who also does landscapes (it always used to be the other way around!)
Hi Criag, first time watching your videos here and glad I found you! Your tips there are excellent. But... ok background I've photographed for a long time, starting with a Zenit-E while still a young teenager. After many years of "a real job" I wanted/needed to get back into photography: a great decision but a process delayed by a massive stroke two years ago which paralysed most of my right side. Not really a problem I thought, figuring I could use a tripod ALWAYS with a remote shutter release. So, back to my "but", do you have any thoughts about your ideas - stealth etc - with camera always mounted on a tripod? Ha, perhaps it would make a great video based on the needs of (newly) disabled photographers? Perhaps one day I should set up a channel for that purpose - just not immediately! Great video.
Hi Tony. Well, i guess you could just try the ‘fishing’ approach. Set yourself up where there is good light etc and just wait for the right person to walk into the shot. You can be looking down at your camera as if changing a setting and just take shots with a cable release. Most people won’t even notice you.
@@e6Vlogs haha. That's what I figured, so I'm looking for a very light weight tripod with a not-so-wide footprint to help with this (my Mansotto from the late '80s is too heavy and too obvious). I suppose I'll have to try a body with good ibis at some point in case I can actually handhold some shots without trembling too much for sharp shots. Thanks a lot - consider my subscribed!
Good stuff, well explained!
3:10 - blast from the past - I had one of them!!!!
Excellent advice
Good video, thank you
Hi Craig, great video and tips, but (you knew that was coming) I am always wary of rules and definitions in photography/art. There are two things that you said I’d like to explore, the first is lens length, every you tuber and blogger says you must use a range between 28-50mm. And I get why BUT somewhere out there is someone (not me) taking amazing street photography with a 200mm lens, most great art is about breaking the rules and conventions. Secondly is stealth Bruce Gilden would disagree, he is a great example of breaking rules. I have put on a florescent tabard, fake lanyard, and stood with a Bronica on a tripod in the middle of a busy footfall area, people seem to collectively ignore you hiding in plain sight. Just some thoughts #eschewthepretty
Perhaps I’ll give the hi-vis tabard a go and report back! Isn’t it true that if you sling a step ladder under your arm too you can get access to any building?! 🤔
Tip number 12.. street photography is Manic Nirvana
Robert Plant !
Excellent. However please give your example pics more screen time. I'm still on steep part of the learning curve and need more time to study the pics to help your teaching sink in. Again Excellent and thank you!
Thanks 🙏
Good video.
So Saul Leiter was wrong with his telephoto lens? 😂
I don't do streetfotography at all as people gets mad and tryes to take my camera and wants to crush it! Espessialy people between 18 and 55 years old
What, inches?!
I have enjoyed your videos, but I’m very disappointed that you would say that street photography is not for somebody that uses a telephoto lens. Even calling them creepy. So would you say that Saul Leiter is creepy or not a street photographer? He famously used 150 mm lens.
Some paparazzi use long lenses. Some say they’re not right in their approach.
@@e6Vlogs yes I understand most paparazzi use long lenses, but their intent is completely different. Here we were talking about Street photography. Talking about art
Very good advice. i liked the descriptions hunting and fishing. I would say that I do both. I usually go out hunting but might see a place to catch a few "fish".
How can you be more stealth, you can have more film. You meant Stealthy stealthier or stealthiest! ( no a steltheist is not a hidden priest)
I bet you’re a hoot at dinner parties.
Again, Craig shows he's a top photographer who really knows his stuff. Excellent! 👌🏽
What?
You can do street photography without a Leica????
Just in time for my trip to nyc! Thanks!
I clicked like in the first 2 seconds, just happy another e6 video is out. Wonderful as always.
A new personal best? Some practise and I reckon you can cut that to 1 sec!
Ruddy marvellous!
Robert plant, and a plant... :-)
Would agree with most of it except the first 2. While people shouldn't let gear be a barrier to trying street photography there are some cameras that are far more suited to street than other. Phones mostly don't have screen articulation unless you count the relatively new offerings from Motorola and Samsung for example, but they largely don't have good ergonomics for street either. Larger more traditional DSLRs like a Nikon D850 for example, will take great pics but they are heavy and loud, you will bruise the scene. You probably will attract security guards too depending on the city you are in when shooting. The good news is cameras like any of the OMD EM5/10s, EPLs, Lumix GMs/GX series are available on the 2nd market mostly for good value...a fraction of what any iPhone released in the last 2 years would cost. If you don't like it you'll sell the camera for around what you bought it for maybe even a small profit.
The other point is focal length. Saying 28-50mm is fine catch all range but it really depends on the environment you are in when shooting. For example I live in Metro Manila Philippines. There are lots of bridges, overpasses/underpasses that offer good vantage points/interesting light but due to the scale of some of these cities 28-50mm just wouldn't cut it unless you cropped significantly. So depending on where I'm going sometimes I'll take a 85mm, my max would be 135mm, to note at these telephoto ranges people are often in the shot to add scale to a nice scene and/or lighting.
I have to disagree about the camera a rangefinder style with 50 or 35mm lens is better than a DSLR with the same lenses. People are very aware of photographers these days so I think it’s best to be as unobtrusive as possible achieved with a smaller rangefinder.
Maybe in a past life you were a hunter. A deadly one.