Always carrying your camera with you is honestly a great tip. I'm always thinking "should I get my camera with me?" lately when I go out and most of the times I think "nah it's fine" I end up regretting it.
I've started taking mine everywhere...but it's making me regret getting rid of my a6000 when I went to a FF camera. I might have to snag something compact.
Does it depend where you live and where I go to work daily? Where I live, usually I find nothing interesting. There were a couple of times coming home from work where I could have photographed what appeared to be a homeless or mentally ill man playing basketball/ just dribbling a basketball by himself at a busy intersection, but I didn't have my camera on me. But these kinds of moments seem rare unless I go to a major city.
@@Dj.D25 there is interest to be found in repetition though. I'm currently doing a series of the same subject in varying conditions. I'm excited to photograph it with snow
I don't remember whose advice it was, but when I first started out someone told me to "just shoot shit, because most of it will look like shit, and that's okay."
Addendum to buying photo books: Also get a library card and use their collection. Photo books are expensive, but that's why we have libraries! Don't let your budget determine your book consumption! Also, your library will likely have older photo books that aren't in print anymore. If you exhaust your local library, see if they do an interlibrary loan (especially if you're in a big city, your local library is likely part of a larger system with a shared collection). Great video as always! And by the way, you seem to have the best solution I've seen for "Where should I put this clip-on microphone...." :)
100000% Support your local library!! Often art schools and universities will have a reasonably priced membership for non-students as well, and they have SO MANY BOOKS!
One easy way to ruin your street photography (on digital): Immediately deleting every mediocre shot after you come home and only keeping the bangers. Firstly, you can learn something from those mediocre shots when you analyze why they are not as good as you thought when shooting them. Secondly and maybe even more importantly: You need to evaluate your work with some distance which means time passed. Some of my best shots ever I only recognized weeks after I shot them. When I revisited my catalogue and maybe tried a different crop and different editing.
The best advice I’ve taken is actually the opposite of something here and I don’t remember what photographer said it but it was in an interview and he said that he never takes more than two photos of one composition. It has kept me from being too caught up in a single shot and usually I go with the first one taken anyway.
James Popsys makes such good videos on landscapes. I think Simon d'Dntremont is also great for wildlife photography and also general technical stuff that manuals don't always do a good job of explaining
That is so true about having a dedicated camera- what you are saying to the world that this is your thing and meeting other photographers just because you aren’t shooting with your phone. Lots to take away from this video- love it! ❤
Honestly kinda regret getting rid of my a6000 when I went FF. It was so much more "pocketable". I still love taking my a7iii with me everywhere, so maybe I'll just find a good pancake lens to keep it small.
I’ve been shooting with the viltrox 28mm f/4.5.. super small, af is quick, sharp.. totally recommend it if you want something compact. I use it with my A7RII.
amongst the sea of vids about street photography tips it surely isnt easy to find something as fresh and original as this. love iit! scrolled @streetrepeat for solid a 10mins. what stopped me is remembering i still want to watch the rest of the video
One camera, one lens, and the mastery of the machine to the point where you don’t need to look at the controls to know where you are setting them. Once the machine becomes transparent - you can see through and beyond it to the ever changing world.
Ah man. You just keep putting out videos that make me want to grab the camera and go out NOW! But it's a great tip to always carry a camera with you, and I almost always regret not taking it with me. This is how I ended up always carrying an absolute overkill full frame DSLR for grocery shopping...
Honestly for me there is just something terrifying about standing in from front of someone and taking their photo. Even though ik know it's not, it feels like im doing something wrong, which comes across in my body language, which makes it look like I'm actually doing something wrong. Any tips on that besides just practice and repetition?
One thing I learned in the smallest amount of time since I started fim photography: don't wait too long to get the "perfect" shot. One time I was hanging out at an empty park, sitting on an empty bench under a tree and this old lady walked by with her little dog. I have this particular frame in mind that I wanted to take so I waited for her to walk on that particular spot. She did eventually, but I said to myself "no, not yet." In the end, the moment passed by as she continued walking further away from me.
A motorcycle loaded down for a move across multiple states while the rider sat talking on his phone on the outdoor table next to the parking space at a gas station along a rural highway. That is the photo I missed when I didn't take my camera on my lunch break. I work near that gas station and go there a bunch for snacks or just to get away on my lunch break. 99.99% there isn't anything terribly exciting to see there. But that one missed shot keeps me taking my camera with me when I go there.
When you talk, you make shooting film not fun. Just tell people to go out and just shoot. Get over yourself man, get over that speed bump and cruise man, you talking is stressing me out!!
Always carrying your camera with you is honestly a great tip. I'm always thinking "should I get my camera with me?" lately when I go out and most of the times I think "nah it's fine" I end up regretting it.
100% you gotta keep that thang on you!
I've started taking mine everywhere...but it's making me regret getting rid of my a6000 when I went to a FF camera. I might have to snag something compact.
Does it depend where you live and where I go to work daily? Where I live, usually I find nothing interesting. There were a couple of times coming home from work where I could have photographed what appeared to be a homeless or mentally ill man playing basketball/ just dribbling a basketball by himself at a busy intersection, but I didn't have my camera on me. But these kinds of moments seem rare unless I go to a major city.
@@Dj.D25 there is interest to be found in repetition though. I'm currently doing a series of the same subject in varying conditions. I'm excited to photograph it with snow
Yeah my photos never turn up too good when I am not carrying my camera.
I don't remember whose advice it was, but when I first started out someone told me to "just shoot shit, because most of it will look like shit, and that's okay."
Addendum to buying photo books: Also get a library card and use their collection. Photo books are expensive, but that's why we have libraries! Don't let your budget determine your book consumption! Also, your library will likely have older photo books that aren't in print anymore. If you exhaust your local library, see if they do an interlibrary loan (especially if you're in a big city, your local library is likely part of a larger system with a shared collection). Great video as always! And by the way, you seem to have the best solution I've seen for "Where should I put this clip-on microphone...." :)
100000% Support your local library!! Often art schools and universities will have a reasonably priced membership for non-students as well, and they have SO MANY BOOKS!
One easy way to ruin your street photography (on digital): Immediately deleting every mediocre shot after you come home and only keeping the bangers. Firstly, you can learn something from those mediocre shots when you analyze why they are not as good as you thought when shooting them. Secondly and maybe even more importantly: You need to evaluate your work with some distance which means time passed. Some of my best shots ever I only recognized weeks after I shot them. When I revisited my catalogue and maybe tried a different crop and different editing.
Never delete anything!
The best advice I’ve taken is actually the opposite of something here and I don’t remember what photographer said it but it was in an interview and he said that he never takes more than two photos of one composition. It has kept me from being too caught up in a single shot and usually I go with the first one taken anyway.
Interesting!
James Popsys makes such good videos on landscapes. I think Simon d'Dntremont is also great for wildlife photography and also general technical stuff that manuals don't always do a good job of explaining
That is so true about having a dedicated camera- what you are saying to the world that this is your thing and meeting other photographers just because you aren’t shooting with your phone. Lots to take away from this video- love it! ❤
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed
Honestly kinda regret getting rid of my a6000 when I went FF. It was so much more "pocketable". I still love taking my a7iii with me everywhere, so maybe I'll just find a good pancake lens to keep it small.
I’ve been shooting with the viltrox 28mm f/4.5.. super small, af is quick, sharp.. totally recommend it if you want something compact. I use it with my A7RII.
That tuba guy is bonkers! Love it!
Hahaha I've seen him a few times across London!
amongst the sea of vids about street photography tips it surely isnt easy to find something as fresh and original as this. love iit! scrolled @streetrepeat for solid a 10mins. what stopped me is remembering i still want to watch the rest of the video
One camera, one lens, and the mastery of the machine to the point where you don’t need to look at the controls to know where you are setting them. Once the machine becomes transparent - you can see through and beyond it to the ever changing world.
The Pentax K1000 SE + 28mm f/2.8 is literally part of my body
Thank you. I needed to hear what you had to say.
Ah man. You just keep putting out videos that make me want to grab the camera and go out NOW!
But it's a great tip to always carry a camera with you, and I almost always regret not taking it with me. This is how I ended up always carrying an absolute overkill full frame DSLR for grocery shopping...
ah thank you! I too end up taking the D750 to the supermarket...
Honestly for me there is just something terrifying about standing in from front of someone and taking their photo. Even though ik know it's not, it feels like im doing something wrong, which comes across in my body language, which makes it look like I'm actually doing something wrong. Any tips on that besides just practice and repetition?
I linked a video at the end all about this!
One thing I learned in the smallest amount of time since I started fim photography: don't wait too long to get the "perfect" shot. One time I was hanging out at an empty park, sitting on an empty bench under a tree and this old lady walked by with her little dog. I have this particular frame in mind that I wanted to take so I waited for her to walk on that particular spot. She did eventually, but I said to myself "no, not yet." In the end, the moment passed by as she continued walking further away from me.
James Popsys, what a chad
A motorcycle loaded down for a move across multiple states while the rider sat talking on his phone on the outdoor table next to the parking space at a gas station along a rural highway. That is the photo I missed when I didn't take my camera on my lunch break. I work near that gas station and go there a bunch for snacks or just to get away on my lunch break. 99.99% there isn't anything terribly exciting to see there. But that one missed shot keeps me taking my camera with me when I go there.
I feel your pain
this was a banger good sir. lmk if your ever in Rzeszów
Thank you! Will do :)
5:40 so im not the only who takes the sameish photo multiple times in one spot on diffrent settings
Thank you for making a video on how to ruin my street photography, now I'll be able to ruin it correctly
You're welcome
I love james popsy
Gotta love how you use a wooden spoon as a mic
Feels weird being this early
Well done hahaha
👌👌👌
You sound like Sean Tucker 🤔
Must be the southern hemisphere influence
When you talk, you make shooting film not fun. Just tell people to go out and just shoot. Get over yourself man, get over that speed bump and cruise man, you talking is stressing me out!!
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First to the first?
yes