Street Photography in Small Towns
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- Street photography isn't the preserve of only those who live in big cities; it can be done by anyone, including those who live in small towns. This video explores some approaches to 'small town street photography', helping you with your street photography journey wherever you happen to live.
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When the pandemic hit last year everything I was doing stopped. So I got on my bicycle and started riding around town with my camera, at first photographing the old Victorian houses, then the important or interesting buildings, run-down properties and finally people. I had no particular plan, but recently a friend suggested the local historical society would be interested and indeed they were. I gave them access to about 650 photos, for which they are very happy.
It's always guys from the big cities giving advice to those from the small towns. 😂
@@tradewisetv2801 its just an observation. I subscribe to this channel for the same reason you do, Brian is a great teacher.
Stop commenting and get back to your harvest!!! (Just joking mate. I live in a tiny French village, and France has draconian laws about public photography).
This guy actually lives in a very small town. Who said I live in a big city?
I was wondering what you would consider a small town 😂. I live in a country village of about 3000 people surrounded by farmland. But the principles you outlined can still apply. I've gone down the "aesthetic" / "documentary" path, taking pictures of buildings more than of people, and most significantly for me, of details - the shape of a fence, weeds on the pavement, scenes glimpsed through windows. I dont know that I can actually call it street photography, but its been very satisfying and has taught me to really see what have around me every day.
You've made it work for you: brilliant. This is exactly what I'm getting at when I say we should adapt and make it work for us. There's always *something* useful we can do!
same here, my town is 5000, and the neighboring towns are all about
@@Dylanwade_ 10,000 here and I visit the sub 1,000 towns pop towns in the outlying rural areas. This year I visited an amazing farmers market in a town of 250 people but just couldn't photograph the people without been intrusive and realized that I'd have to do documentary style i.e. make a connection with them and get permission to be the fly on the wall and photograph them as they go about their business. I am working towards that now.
I saw a photograph of a broken bottle on the asphalt and decided to tell you that I am developing the project "The drunken city" in Brasília, Brazil. Thanks for your videos!
I love this as I live in a small town so often find it difficult to relate to all the street videos based around the big cities.
Great, thanks for the feedback Adrian. Good luck with your street photography :-)
@@StreetSnappers Places like Soho are great, but also often a bit cliqued. How abut a video of going somewhere very different and making it work, or not?
Just watched this video Brian, lots of inspiration and ideas for a 2023 project. Thank you.
Thank you Brien, just what I needed to help me move forward. Looking forward to my next workshop with you, and hoping it is as good as the last one!
I'm really happy seeing your video here. I've tried some things you mentioned and it works beautifully, great experiences, and meeting interesting people. One thing about your mentioning projects in these videos is something that I'm now doing, continually thinking about different ideas. Somehow the creativity surfaces because I'm thinking and looking at everything differently. Thank you, Brian!
Thanks I really needed this, living in a small village where it feels like everyone stares at/is suspicious of anyone doing anything 'different'. As always you've changed my thinking from what I *can't* do to what I *could* do...
I've only just started my photography journey, and I do live in a small town. I actually have found a number of good subjects and taken some shots that I am quite happy with but I was starting to think I might have tapped the town out. But you're right, and I appreciate you reminding me that there's always more there.
Have just been asked by a local photography group to lead a street photography meet and walkabout in my town. This was perfect viewing and touched on so many things that puts people off. Hopefully we can overcome this.
I live 4 miles from a small town. The population is less than 3500. There's a city about 20 miles from me that has a population of 15,000+. I have to drive an hour to get to a larger city with over 50,000 population. Here in the US most people drive everywhere. You don't see the streets filled with people walking around shopping unless you're in a city where tourists and vacationers go. It's hard to do street photography around here. And there's not that many people who do street photography so you really stand out with a camera. One of my sisters lives near St Augustine in Florida. That's a great place for street photography nearly all year long. I will be watching for more festivals and carnivals from now on.
I live in a similar area, a town of 10,000, smaller towns nearby. I have a friend that visits every freaking agricultural show, harvest festival, stock car event he can find and does amazing work. I even saw there was lawnmower demolition derby nearby, missed out on that one! The upside is that if you do capture rural life it is refreshingly different than NY or London street photography.
Love all the tips in this video and have been following many of them. I live in a small town of 10,000 in Iowa USA, I am from England originally, and have been photographing here for 15 years. I focus a lot on urban scapes many without people but some with people as punctation. Local festivals and events are my best opportunity for real candid shots, it's where you get enough volume of people! I've found posting in the local community Facebook group for the town has gotten me known. I am one of three people that do street photography and we are all known. Now there are caveats, there has been some push back from people saying they don't like being photographed especially at events and I understand, it's the same photographers photographing the same people, a fish bowl effect. For that reason I am moving more towards documentary. Today I dropped by a local community orchard apple picking event. I asked if I could photograph it and they were delighted, as the local newspaper wasn't able to cover it. You are right about history, in just 15 years I've photographed significant landmarks that no longer exist. Thanks Brian.
Brian, glad to see another video from you; had been worried not seeing a new one. Thoughtful ideas not only for small towns but for any location!
Thanks for the feedback! I’ve had a busy month but I’m trying to get back to making a video every 2-3 weeks :-)
Great tips as always Brian. I totally agree with you on shooting events and festivals as it's the one time people are pretty much guaranteed to be "festive' and open to being photographed. Outdoor markets are also good. I love your motor sports shots!
Many thanks, John!
Fantastic video. I searched “rural street photography” and found this. I looked it up cause I live in a smallish town. I got my first real camera a year ago and I’ve been doing a lot of the suggestions that you have for making interesting images in my little town.
Thanks very much - glad you liked it!
That small town in Walles looks like New York compared to my town. 😂 I live in a suburban nightmare in southern California. Only gated communities and streets to drive through. When I go out to walk or shoot here, I see another living soul (outside of their cars) every couple of days. I started photographing odd/bizarre/misplaced things i find on the side of the road, like a fast food beverage cup on a flower bed, dead animals, puzzling flyers. I don't know if this can be called street photography but it was my way to find interesting things in the middle of absolute boredom. I can drive to other towns and spots with a little more people but I often lack the time. I guess we can all make something out of what we are given, if we just look at it differently.
Your videos are so inspirational, and educational, I love how you get straight to the point.
Thanks very much Gareth :-)
Great video, Small Town Inertia is one of my favourite photography of all time, great to see you bringing some attention to it.
I am relatively new to the channel and have devoured every episode. This one was wonderfully helpful, as I live in a midwestern U.S. city with many good architectural notes but not a lot of bustle on the streets. Thank you SO much for speaking to this issue. Very helpful and encouraging.
I photograph in a small town in Iowa and it does present a unique set of challenges. I've practiced many of the tips in the video, Brian is really spot on with all of them. I also focus on architectural notes and only recently learned about the concept of architectural street photography where the image is more about the architecture with people as a punctation, I am finding that works in the small town. Best of luck to you, I love the midwest and I find my friends in big cities enjoy seeing my portrayal of life here as it's quite different from their's.
I appreciate you. All great advice, delivered humbly. I have actually grown to despise what "street photography" has become.
Countless TH-camrs all talking about what makes a bad, good, and great street photograph. Literally hundreds of millions of pictures of all the same thing. The ultra snobby, cork sniffing opinions of who says what is great and what is not. Thousands of people staging photos, people editing photos for hours to create something which never even existed, and the list goes on.
Thanks for this charming and educational video. Loved your street photos. I'm off to the streets with my camera. You've provided the spark. I'm now subscribed and ready to learn more. Thanks again Brian.
This was wonderful! Thank you so much for making videos like these. The little guy like me, living out in the middle of notown USA with a nice camera, feels a bit more understood today.
Thank you Brian, I have often pondered this problem but am now focusing on the lovely seaside (Southend) i live by, Ijust have to change my way of thinking slightly.
Insightful and informative as always .
I love this channel. your videos are very cool structured and the transition from one subject to another is very smooth. your advice is pretty helpful:)
Thanks very much for the feedback! :-)
Thank you for your great advice and share your experience and knowledge. Your advice resonated very much to me cuz I live in small town of Japan and I'm shooting street photography everyday. I love your Chanel.
Really helpful video! I'm based in a small city (some towns might be bigger) and starting to feel I need to alter my approach a bit, so this has given me some potential ideas.
Really enjoyed the video! Thank you for talking about this, it’s very helpful.
Thanks very much James!
Great video Brian!
Really inspiring and give us hope in this difficult times.
Thanks very much Peter!
Enjoyable, Brian. While where I live is small compared to London/New York/Chicago/Atlanta, it, as of the 2021 census, boasts over 28,800 people. As a former newspaper photographer for a small weekly in a tourist town, working in small venues has usually worked for me. The one problem I have these days is finding a venue for my images. Now retired, I am just enjoying roaming the local town square with a single camera and one lens.
I like this because for some of us it’s not the technical jargon that we lack or need to look at a bunch pictures someone else took. For me I need the motivation or inspiration to transform myself into the type of street photography I desire to be. And yes I live in a really small town but there’s a lot of charm and uniqueness that I can take advantage of. I’m sure if you really look, you’ll find it too.
Thanks Michael - very good points.
Enjoyed this video, great advice, thank you.
Thank you for this very encouraging video.
Thank you for this video!
Great approach!! Everybody talks about street photography in… New York, Paris, Tokio, Moscow. Great!! But it's much more difficult to do it in small towns like mine, for example. Greetings from Huesca, Spain.
You're always so enlightening. Thanks for this insightful point of view.
As I am approaching to professional photography for portraits and street photography and as I live in a small town in the north of Italy, Ravenna, I am going mad to think about where to shoot when I am running out of material, both for social media and for my projects.
Actually, you said what I already knew. I mean, it's all about finding that courage to be out of our comfort zone. Once you do that, we are able to structure a project of street photography in our small towns, rather than going to Milan, Venice, London or wherever.
Also the idea of collaborating is great. Didn't think about that actually. I am already into it to see if I find some street photographers around ;-)
Your video resonated very much for me. Thank you, this is exactly what I have been looking for. I live in a small Texas city of less than 40,000 and to me it is small and boring. Like they say , a great place to raise kids. There really isn’t much of a street scene here but the options you outlined make a lot of sense. I’m originally from a much larger city in a different state so hearing advice from a big city photographer on photographing small towns really clicked.
Thanks Brian, very good tips (as always) !
Thank you . Very interesting as always
Thank you for these tips, Brian. I have struggled with this since moving back to Newport from Wuhan. Thanks again for another inspiring video.
My pleasure, Matt. Thanks for tuning in :-)
Hi Brian, great advice, as always! I would like to add one tip from my own experience: try to ignore the fact that you're in a small town! Shoot the same way that you do in a big city! It has worked for me. Not only concerning the size of the town, but also the difference of shooting in my home town vs. away from home. By now, I have overcome my initial inhibitions. Greetings from Germany, and keep up the great work!
Thanks Michael - great comment and good advice! Sometimes we create our own problems and it’s all in the mind!
I was at the Photography Show yesterday, I bought your 52 Assignments Book. Your colleague mentioned this video when I mentioned that I was struggling with my street photography due to living in rural Oxfordshire. It was a great recommendation. Thanks for the video!
I'm going to use the book, and this video to make the most of my area. :)
Spot on!
Great video. Thank you.
Thank you, dear Brian!
My pleasure, Bahaa!
I live in a small town on the Delaware River in west-central New Jersey. Your suggestions are good and I've found that even though one won't get the variety or character of a large urban area, I can usually get several good shots of interesting subjects after work just walking around for an hour. Street portraits are also a good option here as they requires no particularly interesting activity.
Even if one lives in a small town most people get out and travel to some extent on weekends, even if it's only an hour or so away. I've found that these can be great opportunities. I've gone on hikes in forests and there are almost always plenty of other people on the trail, some running, some walking, some riding bikes, some fishing, some with children, etc., etc. I call this Street Photography in the Wild and I think it can provide subjects just as interesting as any city and in a unique environment.
Another example is when visiting special sites. Two weeks ago I visited the battleship New Jersey which is moored as a museum in Camden, NJ. I wouldn't want to walk around Camden for safety reasons but there were many visitors on the battleship and in the park around it and there were excellent opportunities for candid 'street' shots and portraits. I called that Street Photography on the Water.
Last weekend I went to an arts and crafts show and got some nice photos. Really any activity, parades, etc. are great opportunities. Even though unlike a big city you can't expect to walk out your door any time of the day or night and find people to shoot but there's still a lot going on.
For me New York City is 75 miles away and while relatively close, you need to make a real commitment to spend a day there and it can also be quite expensive with tolls, gas, etc. I don't go often but I've found no lack of opportunities reasonably local.There are exceptions but many of the great street photographers did plenty of work in the country, the suburbs, and even small towns. People are everywhere and I think that's much of what street photography is all about.
Street portraits is a good idea in a small town - I forgot to mention that!
Great points, thank you!
Thanks, Matthew, for the feedback :-)
Its always inspiring
Danke
Some good tips and starting points in this video. I’m not much of a Mark Cohen fan. His work is a little too intrusive and crass for my tastes.
I think if you practice to be confident shooting in those quieter and more awkward environments, then eventually move into bigger cities, you’re going to really benefit from that initial practice.
Sir. You have good content. But please also show example pictures whilst narrating. Examples can include 'how to" and "how not to".
Thanks for the feedback. Good idea, I’ll try to use more pics in future videos :-)
I find that you must adapt to your environment, make the most of what’s on your doorstep, the same as only using one lens it makes you more creative and just enjoy the process. Good video.😊
awesome content on street photography!
Nice video....I agree with you. When I look at my street work, I can see an evolution of my 'type' and skills within my work. I used to shoot covertly (nice way or putting it) and found small towns not easy to do, for the same reasons you bring up. But I have shifted to a broader view of street work / scenes etc.... Much more satisfying that just trying to grab a close-up of someone's nose. Looking for the shadows, geometry etc....much better way to capture life. Thanks for the video...
I like to go on more focussed shoots alone with one major caveat. When out with family I can use a zoom and sometimes pose my companions and shoot between them to get good candid shots often in a pre scouted location. A bit sly I know but sometimes useful - particularly in small town/village scenarios. Your advice rings true as usual - Really enjoying your series. Thanks.
Beautiful video. Love from Ireland 🇮🇪
Thanks for sharing.
Good video. Motivating. Cheers!
Great vid Brian! I live in a relatively small town maybe a bit bigger than Wilkes-Barre (btw it's not Bar it's like Berry or bear I've heard both haha) anyways I've noticed that having a camera will always elicit questions from people and when you explain what you're doing they mostly think it's really cool. I've gotten to know some of the local owners of businesses just by walking downtown. Things are starting to open up again here so I'm going to start a more documentary styled project and see how that goes thanks for the tips.
I live in a small town, and I don't do much of street photography. But I can still take pictures of coffee plantations, churches, landscapes... There is a lot of activities people do in rural areas that are not street photography, but still you care capturing human activity, which was the whole point. It won't be so much street photography, but it can be an unpaved road photography. You can also go to other small towns around yours, which is what I often do when I want not to be recognized that much.
Great advice, this is pretty much what my youtube channel is all about. Although I do live in driving distance of a big city, I live in a small town. Opportunities do present themselves. I do try to speak with people too and want to get better at this (i'm naturally an introvert)
I do want to do more northumberland beaches and coasts too, and do like to focus on the quieter places
Good advice. I found that I had stopped taking street for the reasons you mention. Here in Ireland, most towns tend to be small but, as you say, it's a matter of looking harder for the shot. At least you avoid the cliche photographs from New York, etc! Helpful practical advice on what to do with the photos you've taken. Might book one of your days out sometime.
Hi John, thanks very much for the comments - hope you can join me on a workshop one day!
I’m shooting as much as I can in my town, glorious Swindon 😉 if I had to come up with a list of tips then it would match your list, video is spot on 👍 definitely helps starting with looking for light and scenes, then build confidence from there
Thanks for the feedback, Ben - I'm glad the video was useful. I'd say Swindon is just the sort of town I had in mind for this - it's really quite difficult. But good luck - I'm sure you can make it work for you :-)
I get that completely. I used to live at Faringdon. I always went to Oxford, never to Swindon but I know I should have tried it.
My new challenge is Stoke on Trent! Definitely not a small town but it has a small town mentality. A challenge!
Swindon has changed quite a bit over the years. I lived there for 16 years and can`t believe the amount of building going on! Old town is great for street photo`s, especially wood street.
I think the older we get, most of us stop caring about being seen taking a photograph or maybe it's just from experience. Don't know. Good video.
Thank you for sharing
I just moved back to the UK after 10 year absent
And found small town/city alot more easier because people are less resistant and less aggressive against street photographer
There are two small cities recommended in my opinion
Winchester of Hampshire, Bath of the West
Also, pretty sure historical cities like York and Canterbury are also great spot though
u r really very useful and helpful .Thnx. Take good care of yourself.
Nice one
Thanks Ian :-)
I live in a 55 and over community. I normally make DIY videos. Recently as a joke I have started to photograph the bulk trash my neighbors throw out and try to come up with a story to match the photograph to make a silly video. After watching some of your videos I am going to refocus and try to take more creative photos. Thanks a lot for the inspiration. I subscribed.
Thanks for the feedback and best of luck with your photography! :-)
Excellent.
Thanks a lot....🙏
Doing some in a small town farmers market tonight. Wish me luck.
Well that`s scary, i live in Dereham! i`ll be sure to grab that book asap and also looking to book one of your workshops. Keep up the amazing work!
Hope you’re enjoying the book!
@@StreetSnappers Certainly am, my wife knows some of the characters in it.. Small world sir!
Awesome!!🔥🔥🔥
Thank you!
Hi Brian, thank you very much for this video. It‘s really a challenge to do street photography in a small town if your expectation is ton shoot like Joel Meyerowitz in Manhatten. It won‘t work. When Robert Frank was doing his project The Americans he was taking the documentary approach. He took many pictures in small towns or on the road.Street photography is a mindset. With the right mindset you will find the subjects.
Thank you for your advise! I live i a small town and I would say even stand out among the local people, as I live in Japan. I always went to the nearby big city, but thanks to the pandemic, I started to discover the small town and what scenery I can catch here. Guess I just need to get more brave, being seen as the guy with the camera
It’s the same for a lot of us.
Wise words sir 👌
Yes, I live more than an hour from downtown Chicago. It’s a completely different thing when i shoot street in Chicago versus my small suburban town. But we have weekly car show events during the summer and I use that as a means of doing what you said. It also helps when my wife who also enjoys photography to shoot together. It reduces that sense that I’m that “creepy guy with a camera”. And when alone, I do try to be open when i shoot and smile if/when folks make eye contact.
Car shows can be great - you get some nice looking machinery and interesting characters. Thanks for commenting, Jared :-)
I live in a "small town", we've got another street festival this week. I'll be there with my camera.
Same here. I was last weekend. Local town manager loved that I recorded it too.
Very intresting video ! Great TIPS ! Thanks alot for your Photography Newsletter ! Great Job ! Greetings from Antwerp, Take Care, Roger ;-)
It's always easy to find an excuse to not to go out and just shoot^^ Great video!
Merci !!! (from Soissons, France . 30 000 habitants... rather small)
thanks!
You’re welcome :-)
You can take great photos anywhere.
You can indeed!
Looking at this from rural sw france … if I was fascinated by just ancient dolmens, stone lavoirs and scrub oak, I’d never end here … trouble is I’m not, I can see the shot but it is too much “just like 50000 others” already done and a touristic really.
Born and brought up in a small village on NY Moors where local headlines would have been “dog moved”.
Trying to find a way to convey the feel of the place and maybe the previous one which was similar despite the countries but ….
The result, whatever it ends up as, probably won’t be “street” but hopefully will be something.
Like the videos/almost classes though. I don’t watch a lot of stuff because I’m old, prefer just to see what I see and feel what I feel then try to capture both.
Your stuff has helped shape thoughts though. Thanks
I've thought about his recently. The whole county where I live in SW Texas is just under 4,000 people. The town itself makes up half of that. Two stoplights and a lot of familiar faces. I spearheaded and am the editor/production/staff photographer of a small, online magazine for our local area. As of today, two issues out. As such, more people are now used to seeing me packing a DSLR. So it helps. I may start trying a little street here. I like how you presented the expanded and slightly modified concepts of street photography. Like landscape photography, Street is a genre that can become self stagnating in that the view of what it is becomes limited in a lot of people's minds. Much like those painters who declare if it isn't painting it isn't art. Or that if it isn't oil paint, it's not art.
Great video! I love shooting a hybrid street/documentary style so a lot of what you said made total sense. Also, it's pronounced "Wilks Berry" ;).
This video had a lot of x helpful suggestions in it. I live in a town 10,500 and it seems that these days people are suspicious, don't want their pics taken, even becoming confrontational about it.
Best wishes
Duane
Haha, 40,000 people is a small town!? That's the big city around these parts. My current town has about 5,000 max.
I'm not saying that the advice isn't good, but it just made me laugh.
That’s a village not a town
@@moritzio4.034 Maybe it's a US/UK thing. 🙂
@@moritzio4.034 Nope, I live in 9000 people town and in my country it is not considered small, not even speaking about village. Villages here mostly have population around 100-250 people.
And yet - street snapping is possible. Sure it is much slower with less opportunities, but still. Sometimes then and now you can gat quite a great shot.
In my opinion, some of the advice is still valuable. Especially about using the light, shadows, form, colours, compositions as your interest points rather than trying to find things that you don't have anyway. It is more difficult however it's not impossible.
Edit: on a side note, I currently live in Edinburgh. It's a big city sure, but with a small-town vibe. When I go through the pictures that I actually do like, none of the pictures have any of the typical big-city characteristics. (I also lived in a smaller town before with about 1k population and I still feel like some of these tips do apply to the location.)
@@DangerousWayne Certainly. I didn't mean the thoughts weren't valid, I just thought it was funny how different our ideas of "small town" were. In Eastern North Carolina, it can mean anything from 2,500 to 25,000 in population.
The best point IME is to just "be the guy with the camera" in situations where anonymity is hopeless.
Well done! A very common problem with street photographers.
Thanks!
Just what I asked for 👍
Thanks Toby - hope it helps!
One of your best Videos, even though small towns here can be very low in amount of Citizens (even under 1000). But there is always Copenhagen.
I’d love to shoot in Copenhagen!
I live in a small city, but it's a student city, so as well as lots of people there's also lots of bars. Also quite a few tourists so wandering around with a camera is fairly normal.
Lol... Rhyl is like New York compared to where I live.!! ;)
Crikey - where’s that then??!
@@StreetSnappers Small town called Middlewich just off the M6 motorway. It's brain liquefyingly dull and is now more of a massive housing estate.
Suburbia is in many ways similar with the difference that most street photographers go into town, but that has been more difficult this past year.
Im in a town that doesnt even have a Starbucks😂. I travel for photos👍
Thanks
Another good video …
Not sure I’d call 40,000 a small town? My current home town (I use town in the loosest possible way) has a population of just over 4,000. This along with the arrival of two children, then Covid has pretty much meant my camera has been firmly at the back of the wardrobe.
I do intend on getting ‘back in to it’ when I can but this video does offer some ideas for more local things. I need to start by actually carrying my camera again!
Thanks
Sometimes it’s just a case of getting into a ‘habit’ and once you start taking your camera everywhere, you always will. My hometown has a population of 110,000 and it feels very much like a small town compared to London, where I’m now based most of the time.
40,000 people is not a small town. That is a small city. I grew up in a small town that had 2500 people. Now, after 50 to 70 years, it has 4500. About 8 miles in all directions is another small town, a little smaller or larger than mine.
Good video. Street photography works well in towns and cities of all sizes. Just get out and push that button.
I guess it’s relative and equate more to how a town ‘feels’ than to absolute numbers. I was born is a town with a population of 110,000 and it feels like a *very* small town.
Really inspairing words. :)
Yes, 40,000 people is not what we would call a small town. We would call it a small city. I come from a town of less than 2000. Most of the time the streets are bare of people. I find the only time to get any interesting photos is at assorted annual events. Events such as the annual County Fair. Or the annual “Pioneer Days” or what local celebration you have. Also, consider school activities like Friday night HS football games. In small towns, there is less “security” at the ball field. Local people can wander the sidelines without much interference, as long as they don’t get in the way of any participants.
I guess it’s all relative. My home town has a population of 110,000 but it ‘feels’ like a very small town and has a small town mentality. So, to me, it’s a small town.
I am from England and live in small town Iowa and I love the small town Americana and yeah I hit those festivals too.