STREET PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECTS - and how they can help improve your skills as a street photographer
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
- We should all be doing street photography projects and, in this video, I look at what projects are, why we should do them, how we do them and then how we share them.
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One way of getting into this mindset is to post mini projects on Instagram with each row of three images relating to each other in some way. If i have have two photos already that go together, then i will be out looking for a third one to complete the set before posting any of them.
Nice idea, Stephanie - it's great to hear how others do these things :-)
love that. so simple but at the same time anything but
I've had the good fortune of discovering your channel on you tube as someone who's new to street photography and eager to learn. I truly appreciate your obvious expertise, your welcoming energy and your teachings. Thank you. I've been listening to a number of your videos over the past few days and am very grateful to have discovered you. Thank you again.
In exploring RUclips’s photography offerings, I came upon your channel. It is one of the most inspiring, most informative and most useful sites I have come across. Going through your “portfolio” of past episodes keeps providing me with bits of guidance that help me in my photographic efforts and I look forward eagerly for your next postings. Thank you.
That's really kind - thanks JR and good luck with your street photography :-)
In comparison to even little known street shooters I'm just scratching the surface of what it means to somewhat better of my own photography and it's overall view has been created for my likings to photography in general which has developed, as far as my photography is concerned, through extensive acquiring of whatever came ready at my hand like many wonderful books about from how to take pictures of impact to technicalities and pits and falls those worsen pictures and obviously the many people who are well known in photographing portraits, landscape, architecture, travel, sports, wildlife, and life on streets, generously, like you, gave the know how of their experiences through videos and they enriched me in every way not to say about even the person I'm today and my pictures, I believe, are the reflections of my person! I've learnt that what it takes to make a single successful picture and how much time it requires to get it exact finally in a print! Don't you see this successful single picture as a project for the photographer?! I'm not saying that this photographer made a fortune from a single photograph because this is what he did for all his landscape shots; imagine the dedication and toil and time he spends with undivided interest to what he is known for! I'm overwhelmed by your work on streets and your advice is so great and I'm looking forward to more from you in this regard! But I'm still not confined to only streets but I can say I'm most attracted to streets and then obviously the more fleetingly challenging wildlife and sports but the these are hindered the many ways I encountered in the days when I just started my first hearing of shutter fall, maybe many are replaced by new ones, but they are the stumbling blocks for my progress and it's a subject of real discussion but then again you have the undivided passion to take pictures and it's really seated inside your making photographs that couldn't be altered by any means; I really breathe it; I literally wear camera, a good one and an improved one, a better one which I can afford at a point of time to suit my needs!
Thank you. Street photography is a phobia for me. Now after watching several of your videos, I am going out and getting into it.
Great - good luck with it!
i appreciate your videos on photography, you are an encyclopedia of knowledge to any new photographer. understanding failure is over 90% of photography put in to perspective to never give up and do what you can to get your photos out there. I save videos like these for reference of what not to lose track of. thank you for giving these artists a tutorial on increasing the chances of success. You are well respected for what you bring to us amatuers and pros alike.
Big Thanks for your kindness words about Street photography love ❤️
Thank you! I already lost fun of street because of Instagram.
Now I don’t focus on insta, I will focus on project and Prints
Great - good luck with your street photography :-)
Thank you for helping me decide how to continue projects related to street photography. Hugs from Brazil.
One added bonus to projects I found is that it gets you actively looking. One could even say actively seeing. I watched this video about a year ago when I was brand new to street photography and noticed when I started looking for something in particular I started to see other images that I would have normally missed by being overwhelmed with possibilities. I’m still new to street photography but find your input extremely helpful and valuable. Thank you.
Thanks for this video. You gave me a lot to think about!
Your Channel is very well done. I worked as a professional photographer for 40 years until I retired this last year. I've enjoyed street photography and nature photography for years so now I have more time for my passions. You've been a good source of inspiration. I taught adult photography for 15 years and a big part of my program was having students do projects so I stand by what you preach. I'll continue to follow.
This is a brilliant video and just what I needed to see right now
Thanks
My most recent approach to Street Photography as well as Travel Documentation has been to create a photo essay to show the best of the day(s) observations of events, places people and things. It gives me a chance to interpose some titles, brief comments and connect the images to the theme of the shoot. After a recess due to health, I'm going back to the street just in time for our Nevada rainy and snowy winter.
Love your videos, helping me out no end. Please keep making
I am very happy that I found your channel😁 Every video is so helpful and makes me a little bit stronger in my ambition for street photographie! Thank you so much!!!
Ordered your 52 assignments street photography book yesterday and then this video showed up in my RUclips feed. Enjoyed the video and looking forward to going through the book.
Thank you! Your content is immensely insightful.
I came across this channel by simply going through youtube videos about photography, street photography, tips, tricks, etc etc, i watch your videos with great interest, there's so much information you give out to people for free, that's amazing! Listening to you talking about art of photography with such an ease and passion is some kind of hearthwarming and it makes me want to just go out and start shooting pictures! I've been interested in photography for a loong time, finally after many years i've finally managed to buy myself a proper camera. During this summer i'll spend countless hours out there in the streets to capture those precious moments of peoples lives. Thank you so much for your work, and keep it up!
Best wishes!
Thank you, Michal, for such lovely feedback. Good luck with your street photography - it's a great journey!
Thank you. This has given me a lot to think about and I think this will certainly help me to put some much needed structure in what I am doing.
Thank you so much for this video, it has inspired me to now think about doing a project of my own.
I watched this video a while back and it has really turned out be be quite helpful. I find myself hitting the streets with more “intention” and therefore spotting possible photos that are part of my larger projects in process. It makes me no less spontaneous when surprises come, but it makes my projects feel more real and gives me a better eye. So thank you and keep going!
Absolutely the best channel for street photography I’ve come across!! I’m new to photography and your suggestions and ideas has help me with my composition. I can’t thank you enough for all that you do in this community. I could only imagine taking one of your in person classes. I’m in America, so if you ever have a class here, I’ll be there!! Thank you again and keep them coming
Thank you Brian, great encouragement and inspiration.
Thanks a lot for your advices. The passion and wisdom it emanetes from you when talking about street photography just motivates me more. Salut!
I love your videos. Great wisdom. Just what I needed. Embarking on my next project.
Hearing you talk about getting my work taken serious is inspiring. I've watched this video twice now and I'm taking notes to start sketching my first project. I've been shooting streets for around 3-4 years but only for the fun of it and now I want to make a piece of work worthy of a coffee shop wall, as a first goal, so everyone can enjoy it or cirtique it or whatever. thank you for the great content. greetings from mexico.
Tito, that's really good to hear and I wish you well with your project. Please take your time, do lots of planning and don't rush it. Best of luck and greetings from London!
Useful advice, thank you!
Your advice is brilliant, thank you
Exactly what I am thinking for sometime now and it is good to hear it. Thank you ! Great Talk !
This was fantastic. Thanks so much StreetSnappers
Those ideas for projects and publishing are just what I needed, thank you.
Great - best of luck Martin. As my old boss used to say, JBDI !!
I truly enjoyed this video, and it is an aspiration for a project that I am getting off the ground now. Thank you for the inspiration, and added confidence to see this through.
Great video, thanks Brian. Really made the importance of projects finally click for me
That's great to hear, David, thank you :-)
Great stuff Brian! Enjoyed the first project video and this one deepened my understanding. Thank you!
My pleasure, Jack - thanks very much for the feedback :-)
Really like your approach of project mindset, great advices, thanks so much Brian👍🙏
Another really useful video Brian. Many thanks for making and sharing them. You have left me thinking and hopefully acting on this project thing!
Thanks Jonathan - I hope you'll get stuck into some projects :-)
Brian, thanks for all these helpful advice. it's very true that this channel is 100% street and nothing else. I'm waiting the next one soon, greetings from Greece!
Thanks very much Sakis - and greetings to you from London!
I discovered projects last year and have found the concept invaluable. Excellent episode Brian - it's expanded my awareness in many useful ways.
Enjoy your style of delivery. Speaking of style, I can tell you enjoy timepieces as well. Photography and watches, two of my passions.
Thank you! Yes, I love my watches though I tend to avoid the big brands ;-)
Excellent video Brian. Follows on/reinforces nicely from the workshop in London a couple of weeks ago and projects is definitely the direction I'm now going to go. Thank you again.
Once again, I find your content to be informative and rejuvenating. Thank you for the inspiration.
Another cracking video 👏🏻Love how concise and methodical you explain this for viewers. Great to see this update 👍🏻
Top man - thank you!
I discovered this channel yesterday and wow! such high quality tips! Thank you Brian!
My pleasure - thanks very much for your feedback :-)
Thank you so much! I can really see how transformative this approach has to be. Feeling so enthusiastic and grateful.
than you for your videos - someone who I genuine and not just making obvious plugs - really enjoying
Thanks Brian you are an inspiration to me i enjoy street photography so much and really can't wait to get back to london where i left of before covid.Projects are going to be at the top of my list to help me improve and focus on my work so this show could not be better timing.Looking forward to your future shows.Thanks again.
Thanks so much, Darrjn - and good luck with starting some projects :-)
I came to one of your workshops a few weeks ago and just got round to watching this video. I found the video excellent and inspiring. Thanks.
Thank you for some great advice Brian. 👍
My pleasure, David - thanks for your support :-)
Thanks Brian - very thought provoking
Tried my first night street photography literally last night and had 2 themes(projects) in mind before even heading out, an Elvis exhibition has just started in my town and every shop has something Elvis themed in the window and there's heaps of restaurants and bars on the strip. The other was to then head to the club precinct, that made for some interesting sights and of course cafe's and little eateries packing up as the clubs open became a theme too
Excellent Video thank you Brian. I am considering 5 projects for either my ARPS or FRPS panel and this has given me so much food for thought.
Lots of wise and helpful advice. Thank you!
My pleasure, Rob, thanks for the feedback :-)
Very good Brian and I like your approach to projects and how you share your thoughts around them.
Thanks very much, Andrew - glad it hit the spot :-)
Your videos are always so helpful and informative. Thank you.
Many thanks Robert :-)
Love your channel thanks so much !
My pleasure Graham - thanks for tuning in :-)
Another excellent video! Very much appreciated. Relatively new to street photograph, however something to keep in mind when you are out there.
Thanks very much, David, and good luck on your street photography Journey :-)
As an accidental street photographer (ie I one day found an increasing ratio of my photos are in this sub-genre), I have already set myself several projects (In/Out; Doors To Nowhere; People Outside Pubs) and find it a useful way to keep busy out there, to keep on snapping, and to summon-up new-to-me ideas.
Happy accidents are a bonus and a blessing.
Great great great. Simple, effective, informative, inspiring and to the point , putting street photography to centre of the message unlike other channels where the narcissistic ego of the photographer is predominant. Thanks.
That’s very kind feedback. Thank you :-)
Excellent video Brian, thank you very much for sharing. This has given me a lot to think about with regards to my own photography and how straightforward it could be to elevate. I also think this approach could be worked successfully with almost any genre of photography, not necessarily just specific to street 👍
Thanks John. Yes, I agree and I think projects are good discipline for all photographers.
Thank you. I had watched your 1st video on this subject and re-visited this one with some curiosity, not least because your first video had sparked / inspired some considerable thought on my behalf... You added a clear and very insightful tip in this one (re publishing your work, either one by one or collectively) and I found that invaluable - and brilliantly timed, as I'm currently locked down (outside UK) but busily planning various projects. You've potentially saved me from a grave error in execution, thank you again.
Thanks Cat - that's great to hear. Best of luck with your projects - this is a great time to plan and fill in the gaps.
I found the part "where do we get the ideas" very interesting. I study Sociology and your explanation reminded me very much of the process of "qualitative/unstandardized content analysis". Another Buzzword for the Method might be "Grounded Theory". There aswell you have a question and start examining the material very closely and try to label every bit of a sentence until patterns start emerging. this sounds really subjective but to put the objectivness in there you repeat the process every time a new category forms until you could sort any new text to your categories.
I can really see how photography could be used for that as a scientific project. when doing street photography the photographer is also in a mindset close to a social scientist. the question might be "how do people interact on the place xy with the rental bikes the city gives them access to". If you do your project long enough you probably could form categries aswell. I think Bourdieu also did street photography for his main book, i have to look into how he made the pictures. Super super interesting and inspiring video!! Thank you very much!
thank you so much. you inspire me to come back to the project that I started some time ago and did not finish.
Great to hear! Good luck with your street photography :-)
It is greatly fascinating going through old images and find gems that grow to beautiful projects! I found some old light-painting shots from ten years ago and that restarted a huge “machine” in me. Im almost done with a new project book now! Its wonderful to see that im not the only one with this experience ☺️
That's great to hear, Niko. Good luck with your projects :-)
Fantastic Brian. So true. I follow your advice.
Sounds logic. 👍
Thanks for another interesting video Brian. You’re spot on about projects. I found when I first got into street photography I was fuelled by the novelty alone. But after a while it can start to feel directionless. I did what you suggest in this video and went through my work to find themes that had emerged subconsciously. By separating them out into ‘projects’ I achieved two things - I felt a sense of achievement in the body of work I’d shot so far and I gave myself specific themes to build on in the future. It was a real turning point in my approach and I think it improved my photography, or certainly my approach to it.
Thanks very much for the feedback, Chris. Did you spot your zine in the video?!
Great advice. Once I started to watch your video I quickly understood the huge value of projects (as a missing link in my work). Thank you for this inspiring contribution.
Thanks great to hear, Harald - I hope you can make projects work for you :-)
Great video, congratulations. I discovered street photography projects a time ago, when the channel started, and it has been a game changer. I would love to see more street projects content.
Thanks very much for the feedback, Francisco :-) I will try to do another video on projects soon.
Good day, Brian. This is an absolutely fantastic video and your channel is a great resource. Thank you!
That's so kind - thank you! :-)
Thanks Brian! Inspiring and useful - as always!
Many thanks for the feedback, Peter :-)
Great video Brian it really helps to focus on my street photography
Thanks Bryan - hope you get stuck into some projects!
Great video, Brian. Inspiring and motivational. I'll be adopting this approach going forward.......
Thanks so much for the feedback, Janet :-)
Great lesson! After 5 years on rthe streets I need to focus on a big project. Thanks Brian
Thanks Luis! I look forward to hearing about your project ;-)
Fingers crossed for the Manchester Workshop in May. Another inspiring video Brian.
Thanks Morris! It looks like we'll be fine for Manchester - here's hoping . . . !
I always talk about start "projects" but don't. Thank you for this nudge and i can't wait to see some of my street images in print.
We all need a nudge sometimes Linda - I hope this one works for you!
Great and very inspiring video. Thank you.
My pleasure, Jari, thanks for the feedback :-)
Your videos are nuggets of gold for me as I'm new at this, and it's an entire world opening up to explore. I'm looking forward for your future videos, so inspiring. Hoping your book can make it to the United States!
That's to know, John - thanks for the feedback!
Thanks for this video, Brian. I am Italian and I am an amateur street photographer. I really love your work: your images are able to tell me stories and they are very inspiring. I will try to find out some ideas for making projects. Thanks again Brian.
Cia Alessio e grazie per i complimenti ! I hope you find some good project ideas and wish you the best of luck!
I don't know why I haven't found this channel before. I've been wanting to start a project for some time but I haven't decided on what topic. I haven't gone out to take photos for almost 6 months and I think this would be a good way to start. Thank you for all this knowledge you share, greetings from Mexico.
Thanks a lot. Your advice is really very useful to me. Not everyone has the ability to naturally and easily transmit their knowledge and experiences so that they are useful to others, with clear and precise language. You do it very well and in a very pleasant way. Thanks.
Very kind of you to say so - thank you Neftali :-)
Sir, all your videos are really helpful and very pleasing. I enjoy it very much, while lerning as well… Thank you for your effort… God bless you…
I've been thinking about doing projects to focus my hobby. I've been going out and taking pictures but they seem so random. The idea of putting turning a project into a book or show seems appealing to me. Thank you for talking about projects. Love your videos.
Great video. Thank you.
I am a beginner and hobbyist photographer. This video was very useful for me. Thank you
Excellent video!
Very useful, thank you.
My pleasure, Enrique, thanks for watching!
Hi Brian, I love your channel. Keep up the great work. Chears from France!
Thanks very much!
Got your book " 52 assignments " today. So many Tips... great love it ❤👍. Dirk, Stuttgart
Well done you. From the heart.
Thanks very much, Paul!
Thks for your advices 👍👍
Insightful. Thanks Brian
My pleasure Patrick :-)
Appreciate your words of wisdom😊
It's refreshing to hear your thoughts without trying to push a product or brand.
Thanks very much, Matthew. I do try to leave the commercial stuff aside (whenever I see the ubiquitous Squarespace plug I usually hit delete!).
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Yes I know what you mean about Squarespace. It comes across as such a sell-out lol.
Many thanks Brian, very thought provoking and very well communicated. I have bought your book 52 “assignments” which is very stimulating and I have produced a few photo books , purely for my own enjoyment and posterity,
…But thinking back they are a bit random in nature. Your talk today has given me a more specific idea…I had a great mental image of your guy’s special wall with 9 images on a project theme…Which has sown an idea in my mind.. I am going to work on a book with perhaps nine uniform images per page or a uniform size and format that works for me, but I like the idea of uniformity of shape and size and each page or spread will have a very specific project theme. So a big thankyou for getting some creativity going in these rather monotonous lock down times!
That's great, Jeff! But do make sure you do it - it's all to easy to let these ideas slip ;-)
really great topic to come back to again.
will definetly have to watch this again in the future as well when Im ready to do more serious projects.
Hope you can make projects work for you :-)
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Hi Brian, Greetings from the Philippines. I enjoyed another great video and great ideas. Thanks for that! I really agree with your idea of working in projects and I have a feeling that when I have some projects in the back of my mind, I tend to see more. Maybe it is a form of cognitive bias, you only see it when you know what to look for. I think it added some depth to my street photography. Your video strengthened that believe. Especially in a time where I can still can not go as much as I want due to COVID. One small addition to your ideas of what to do with your projects, I have the experience that many magazines are always looking for copy and I have recently I had some visual stories (as I call my small photo projects with 3-4 paragraphs of text) published in a university magazine and some online. I can imagine that also other magazines, non photography, but that have a connection with the theme of your project could be interested. My two cents. Thanks again and take care, Ubo
Thanks Ubo, and greetings from London! I like your idea of cognitive bias - that's an interesting way of articulating it. And I like your magazine suggestion - thanks for sharing it :-)
Would love a vid on “getting you’re images out there”. Love the talks!
just recently got the hang of projects. I'm an art student at University, and we always have to do projects; I just never realized to actually use my learned knowledge for my personal stuff. I have one project called "Making lines for..." and it's fun hah; and I just finished a very small project for university, which turned out so much better than all the work I did in the past. So I 100% agree; projects are underrated and I want to do more of them in the future!
Thanks! Projects are all part of the learning process for students but unfortunately many leave them behind when they leave university ;-)
Thank you for great speach on street photography projects. May be it could be a good idea to prepare a movie about books which every street photographer should have in a library, it would be very useful !
Great video! Would love to hear you talk more about motivation for street photography - i.e. “Why” street photography. You touched on it here briefly with the example of the ambulance paramedic, as well as in other videos. Thanks again for the great content
Thanks for the feedback, James. Great idea about motivation - I’ll give it some thought for a future video :-)
Very inspiring content and very intriguing presentation! Instantly subscribed.
Thanks for the feedback, Joseph, and welcome aboard!