Street Photography In London - My Experience
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- Street Photography In London - My Experience
In this video I talk about my experience if doing photography in London and share some tips to help you.
00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Variety
03:10 - Light
04:59 - Video Sponsor
05:54 - Weather
08:32 - Difficulty
10:22 - Gear
11:33 - Attitude To Photographers
14:15 - Getting Around
15:45 - Safety
17:08 - When To Visit
17:27 - Summary
19:33 - Bonus
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My technique for those security guards is to keep my headphones in and carry on shooting, pretending I hadn't heard or seen them. Then apologise in a middle class accent. Works every time
lmao this is gold
@@snapsbyfox I had an experience here in the USA where I was going about taking photos when the security guards showed up and asked what I was doing. Naturally enough, I said taking a photo. I was in the middle of a time exposure as it was after sunset so I was preoccupied, but I did hear one of them say something about pro. I said I'm an amateur (which is true) and the guard said I said it was a pro camera. It isn't anything close to a camera a pro photographer would use, but any SLR is pro in their minds. The irony is that people with pocket cameras with more megapixels and more zoom were running around all night taking pictures and not bothered once. It is their property, though, and they've a right to their rules even if they aren't always reasonable.
There is a pro photographer here in the USA who wound up in some trouble with the Golden Gate Bridge Authority. They fined him claiming that it looked like he took a photo from an off limits area at the bridge. They just like sending out fines willy nilly. He successfully fought it as he wasn't on bridge property, but it was a sort of prove his innocence situation. One of the shots was actually through the fence that was the boundary between the public area and prohibited area, but they probably just get people that pay the fines rather than fight it. It's corrupt and dishonest and money hungry, but that's San Francisco for you.
@@snapsbyfox Of course, asking someone if you can take their picture ruins any candidness in the shot. I like taken pictures at events where people are already taken pictures because it is a photo worthy event with many people taking photos. So many photographers and plus that it's an event adds up to no one paying attention to photographers. Interesting candid shots can be gotten at such places.
I’m always jealous of the variety you have access to when I see your photos. I live in a relatively small city and I often find myself having trouble finding new, interesting spots to shoot. I probably just need to try a little harder. Great video as always, Roman!
Thank you! yeah i am spoilt here for sure. You are probably already trying hard enough, just maybe a little less pressure and expectation and just go out and see if you can find something. Maybe even visit local towns
I, too, live in a smaller city. You would, though, be surprised at how much can be found even so. When you rush home from work, rush to the grocery store, rush to the bank you aren't really paying attention to stuff right around you. I've taken to walking around late at night. I see so much that I didn't while driving.
Edit: I just shoot hand held at high ISO. If I get a notable result I show up the next night with a tripod and shoot the same scene on a tripod at 100 ISO to lessen the noise that is in the high ISO shot. That works out pretty well. Once there was a light in a business that was off so I should've gone back that same night once I saw what I had on the computer. I only live about a half mile out of the downtown area.
Omg mate, you've met with Pete 'the street' Brown. One of the best contemporary painter. Nice video, thank you.
I dont know him personally but bumped into him and asked if i could film him do his thing. He was more than happy to let me. Seemed like a nice chap
Such insightful maturity for such youth, impressive! London Tourism Dept shud use this video for visitors!
I enjoy taking night photography in London, lots of lights and silhouettes.
Liked that bit at the end nice bonus for the people that stayed till the end.
haha yeah
@@snapsbyfox What was that? It almost seemed like parody.
Such insightful maturity for such youthful a countenance! London Tourist Bureau should use this video for new visitors,!
I went to London the other day to try street photography with a big backpack and my tripod sticking out🤦♂️ the amount of looks I kept getting made me a little anxious. What you said is good advice.
I love the way you explain things. Good job!
London's privately owned larges areas took me a bit off guard last time I was visited. It's a weird concept that someone can own what should be a public space ( yes, inside of buildings and so on are of course privately owned). But, with my norwegian accent and general look of confusion from being asked weird questions, they quickly realized I'm a tourist and let me be - even when I carried my obscenely large 5D MKII with a battery grip and a 24-105 lens :)
I've learned a lot from your channel and this video is outstanding! Thank you!
Wow.. what a wonderful video... Love it so much
As always, great video. Valuable tips for visiting London. So much interesting architecture and varied environments. It has happened a lot since 1975, when I was there, 19 years old and photographed with my Leica CL equipped with 40 / 2.0 and 90 / 4.0!
I pressed the like button. Such a common sense video, thanks man.
Great video! 👏👏👏
This is a really great really helpful video!
Excellent video. I live in London and go out as often as possible doing street photography and I agree with everything you have said, and shown is this really good presentation. Many thanks.
Wish I could book my flight already :/ This was a perfect video. Cheers from the states :)
What a great video!!! You covered important street shooting points and gave good London info I need for an upcoming trip there. Outstanding work, and excellent photos as well at a time when so many TH-cam street shooters are taking meaningless shots!
Such a big fan, Roman. I'm a photographer from Costa Rica traveling to London for the first time for 5 days at the end of August and your videos have helped me so much. If I can capture 10% of what I see in your videos, it'll be a [don't worry, not gonna do a Borat voice...ah, hell] GREAT SUCCESS!
As someone currently loitering about in London with the family and doing street shots, video is spot on and so helpful! Thank you and wish I had enough days left in the trip to catch up with you.
Excellent video Roman and when it's safe, I'm taking my X-T1 and 18-55 for a wander around, especially China town.
Pure gold - thank you!
Glad it helped!
I used to leave in London and Camden was one of my favourite place. Loved the vibes there! Canary Wharf and the City are really cool for modern architecture photography. But every parts of London are good for photography. Such a versatile city to wander in. And don't forget the hidden mews!
Top vid, got me more excited to visit in the summer
Cheers! Yeah summer is the best time
Hi Roman, thanks for all those tips. Your photos are just beautiful. I'm French and I went to London last week to do an urban photography course and London is just good for that. I'll come back for sure :)
Awesome content! ^^
Love it buddy 👏🏼👏🏼
Legend!
Dream destination for me! Nice window through your channel!
one day!
So much inspiratiaon 🙏🏻 i am going to London next week, i am so looking forward to shoot cityscape 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
As a photographer in London, I would definitely agree with your tips. Great video!
Awesome, thank you!
I've gotten most of my favourite photos in London using the 85mm shooting at f2.8. Majority of the time I don't get any keepers but there are some days where I get 1-6 keepers. London is just amazing.
The video which i needed! thanks
Cheers!
Thank you Roman, this video is so helpful!! I agree London is so versatile, it's all there!! Looking forward to hearing down the M4 again soon! Might wait for a bit more warmth though brrr... Interesting the your user photopills too. I saw that used a lot in astrophotography.
yeah its freezing right now lol. feels like winter again. Cheers
Great video Roman, I've not been in London for photography since the start of 2020, this makes me want to return
Cheers, do it when you can!
Funny enough I went to London in 2019 for two weeks. I pretty much lived this entire video with an x-t100 and the kit lens. Went to most of those exact places in the video on foot/tube, light was pretty easy to find, transportation was figured out in 1 day, met random people and landed a random paid gig, Can't wait to visit again.
Thanks for your video. I just plan to travel to London after this long-term lockdown.
Cheers, do it!
Roman, I like your videos. Greetings from St. Tropez
Cheers!!
Great vid Roman. Will soon travel to London and have a X-E4 and the 18-55mm and the 35mm f1.4. You think its a good combo for London?
As soin as I can, I need to come to London for few days. We don’t have as much streets variety and buildings in Brussels so it can be a good thing. My eyes needs new fresh things to see and shot, for sure! As always, love your videos !
yeah for sure do it! things shout hopefully become a little easier now
Top 👍👍 thank you
Excellent video, my camera bag is not a camera bag, so agree with you on that, just looks like an everyday holdall. Take issue when I know I need a tripod , don't think "it doesn't look cool" comes into it. subscribed
Hi Roman thanks for the great video!
Just wondering what the location @14:30 is, as its the only one i didn't recognise.
Thanks
Ah, photography is such a nice hobby! You are literally freezing time for one picture, but that moment is saved for years and years, you're getting fresh air, you are looking at the world with different eyes and get to know the places you're at better day by day...love it, also love your vids!!
Sorry for any grammatical errors, am from Germany :D
Totally agree!! Cheers
Great tips. But... OK I do the tourist thing. Open-top bus tour. Telephoto lens. Just got hold of a 70-300 fuji. Summer of fun I hope.
I did had a look through my last photowalk in London recently. It was last year before the lockdown started. I really miss doing street photography there. The photo opportunities are literally endless. Having said that I am training myself to be more and more creative in smaller places like Cambridge at the moment. Photographing the same place again and again makes you think and see things differently in order to create new scenes. Indeed light changes and as it does the same place can look very different. Thanks for the video! I'll come back and have a look before my next photo walk in London.
Cheers Aris! I deffo wanna go back to Cambridge soon
@@snapsbyfox Let me know if you are around and you want to shoot together. It would be a pleasure.
Nice to see Fuji photo walk collabs :)
haha more to come
Thanks for this video! I was fortunate enough to visit London in 2018, and can't wait to return for a visit. These are great suggestions, and I love your photos! A request for future videos - your talking audio level is relatively low, so I turn up my volume, but then when the ads come on, it's way too loud. Maybe boost your audio by 6-9 db in your editing software? Cheers!
Thanks for the feedback! This video was edited in a different editing app so the volume levels unfortunately didn't correlate to what I was used to in Final Cut. I figured it out now though haha
I'll watch this video when I finally visit the city. Thank you, it's awesome!
If you like the light in sunset it is a good idea to visit Saint-Petersburg from June to July and have this kind of light all night. About 12am you can watch sunset/sunrise (June 23 it is only about 30 minutes). At night the sunlight is always from a side with reflections from windows and water.
The weather here differs from London the same way as you've described for the other non Londoners. You probably won't need a water pump to keep your shoes dry. :) But during a week there are usually 3 to 5 sunny nights.
Hey man, thank you for the advice!! St Peter is deffo on my list to visit. Looks amazing. I think i can visit visa free for a few days if i come via Finland. Not sure i can come this summer (not had vaccine yet) but deffo next
Your video is very helpful. What do you recommend if I need to bring a tripod? Will it attract too much attention if I use it? How could I tell whether a tripod could be used in an open area?
Cool experience
Cheers!
@@snapsbyfox Thanks for sharing
Some great tips in their Roman, was supposed to be there March 2020 but we all know what happen then. Hopefully we will get over end of this year or early next 3 or 4 days London and a camera pure heaven.
yeah, London is slowly re-opening an honestly, I would rather wait till everything is back to 'normal' before visiting... not fun when half the places are shut. Hope you visit and enjoy the shoot!
We take London for so much granted!… I realise that because I speak to people who can't just to out and shoot, any time, any day, any where… Hope the Tourist Board is sponsoring this video... 😎
yeah agreed. haha one can hope!
best!!!
Another great video Roman, my mate wants me to come down for an overnight stay in July but like most people cash is an issue this year and I’ve got a week in the Lake District In October to pay for, plus I really could do with a longer lens, it’s not easy starting from scratch again after my insurance payout only really covered the XT-3 with the 18-55mm ( great lens ) and half a used 35mm, it’s really annoying because I got a cracking deal on a hotel and train too. Told him I’ll possibly be able to do something later in the year but he’s itching to go which is totally understandable after we basically went nowhere last year.
Cheers Brian. Yeah that sucks but I'm sure you will manage to get down here towards later this year once things are more "normal"
@@snapsbyfox Hope so, only had my first day in Manchester last Thursday since the 12th December due to Christmas then “Shielding” and that’s only 20 miles away, not easy whilst I’m not driving just to pop down for an hour, bloody new car and can’t drive it.
👍👍👍👍👍like bro.
Nice summary. Just to throw in a quick recommendation, if people want to shoot protests, they usually happen around Trafalgar Square / parliament on Saturday afternoons. No idea how to find out in advance though!
yeah good point!
Great video, I love London. But its too far away to visit frequently, though I could if I got up early. This year I'm hoping to practice more streetphotography once lockdown has ended, I live much nearer Birmingham which I tend to think of as a 'small london'. Its not as varied, or as large but looking forward to when everything starts to open again. I guess Manchester/Liverpool would also be reasonable street photography areas though they are far enough away that I'd probably rather take the two hour train ride to London :)
yeah that's fair! One good thing is that those locations are not as saturated with photographers as London. So if you want your work to get noticed, it is deffo an advantage. Other than that, street photography does not mean big cities. It can be documenting all the little towns you live near
@@snapsbyfox totally agree. I think the big cities are more for the variety of areas you can visit as you walk around, which is mostly why I will be trying out Birmingham. I will be sticking to nearby small towns when I don't feel like going too far though :)
For most of these "private" areas is to contact the management companies explain what you are doing and get a confirmatory email from them. It normally comes with a few limitations - no entrances to buildings etc but this is a much better way of keeping overzealous security at bay. Worked well for me at canary wharf
I didn't think of the to be honest. I will give it a go whenever I want to shoot a video and not get hassled. Cheers
@@snapsbyfox depends on what you are going to be telling them Roman - for you its the day job so filming might require a paid permit.... anyway keep on with the videos, always very watchable :)
when is a good month for clouds in the sky (partly cloudy) with not much rain?
2'33 is that Eren walking under the bridge?
Edit: yep seems to be him I think I recognized the guitar player.
Yeah, should have watched it to the end, it's the same day.
Nice tips that can be applied almost everywhere.
hahaha cheers
Nice video mate. It may be just me but I've been to Canary Wharf a couple of times in 2019 and didn't have any issues with security guards despite using a DSLR and zoom lens. The concensus amongst my photography friends is that maybe security have finally realised that we are usually just tourists or hobbyists and not potential terrorists. Personally I don't tend to linger-I just take the shot and move on.
Safety-wise I'm a big fan of wandering up side streets; you never know what you're going to find. As you say, it's a matter of being street-wise. I also now usually use an easily hidden Fuji X100.
To b honest they don't jump out on you at every opportunity. I guess given that I've been there 100s of times, the odds of me getting stoped were higher. I do agree with your point that they just know that most people do this as a hobby now. Certainly during lockdown seems more people got into it. Cheers
What location is the colourful tunnel at 9:45?
is that in the east end? 1:00
Have you found any changes in London during the past year? I found the vibe of New York has changed during this pandemic...and not for the better. I am not always comfortable in areas that I would never have questioned going into alone in the past. Just curious. As always enjoyed your info and photos!
Yeah I certainly have. I am thinking of doing a video about it but not sure how to approach it yet
I believe taking photos in Canary Wharf isn't really allowed? I've been stopped a few times by security.
What is the app called
One idea someone walking around London with a camera might do is download and print The Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland's copy of Guidance for Photographers. It's a handy thing to show officers (I've even had hassle with traffic wardens) what their legal limits are in regard to those of us wandering around the City and other towns. The last bullet point is the most relevant I believe. Quote 'once an image has been recorded, the police have no power to delete or confiscate it without a court order' end quote. This is on public land and on private property it applies to security guards unless ( as mentioned) you are working on a paid commision. It is arguable that you may be seeking to get a profit from your work and whether you will get financially recompensed at a later date. This doesn't mean you should not be polite and assist those in authority to do their job which is public and property protection.
Btw, which insurance do you recommend for a UK photographer?
I use photo guard. Although thankfully I have never had to make a claim so I don't know how good they are until that happens, which I hope it does not haha
I work in London and explore a lot, how do you find security at Canary Wharf? I've shot over there a few times with my phone, but get put off by people saying that security is hot on photography.
With a phone you won't have any issues unless you're taking photos of CCTV cameras or entrances to the main buildings. I shoot there many times and rarely do I have anyone come up to me. IF they do, I just say I'm a London photographer and this is my hobby. Neve had anything more than "just don't take photos of this building" to which I always reply "it's ok it is not that interesting anyway"
Thanks. Yeah, I was only concerned with taking my camera. I might head over there this week. I'll say hello if I bump into you on my walks.
Must be nice living in London as a street photographer. Edinburgh has nice places but it's a very small city 😭
haha I can't wait to be up the way again. Love Edinburgh and Scotland in general
You kinda look like George from Grey's Anatomy
Pls improve your audio quality (not loud enough)
Thanks for feedback. I guess the sound meters in LumaFusion work different to Final Cut haha
@@snapsbyfox the audio is fine
@@snapsbyfox I think the audio was just fine, I hate the annoyingly loud youtube videos that you have to turn down to achieve a reasonable listening volume.
Man you’re saying that London is difficult for street photography, have you tried Greece? 😂
We have ugly AF cities, crowded most of the times and it’s more likely to disturb someone with your camera, because people here are not very familiar with street photography, let alone security guards etc