5 Street Photography Tips Every Photographer Should Know
Summary
TLDR这段视频由位于马萨诸塞州波士顿的摄影师法伊扎尔主持,分享了他多年来街拍摄影的一些心得体会。他强调了随时准备好拍摄的重要性,提出了保持相机在手边的建议,并分享了在人群中拍摄时如何避免感到不知所措的技巧。此外,法伊扎尔还讨论了独自拍摄的好处,以及如何使用Squarespace创建个人作品集来展示给路人。最后,他鼓励观众接受失败和怀疑是成长过程的一部分,并分享了他如何将失败视为成长和学习的机会。
Takeaways
- 📸 街拍没有捷径,需要经历失败和重复。
- 👨💼 摄影师法扎尔分享了他在波士顿的街拍经验和技巧。
- 🤳 保持相机随时准备好拍摄是街拍的关键,可以通过改变持相机的方式实现。
- 👀 保持低调可以避免引起注意,更好地捕捉自然瞬间。
- 👥 拍摄人群是街拍的主要对象,但在人多的地方有时会感到不知所措。
- 🚫 当感到压力过大时,离开人群,拍摄外围可能会有更多发现。
- 🎥 与他人一起拍摄可能会分散注意力,独自拍摄有助于更专注地观察。
- 📂 准备一个在线作品集,以便向他人展示你的街拍作品。
- 📷 使用自动模式并不意味着放弃控制,有时可以减轻工作负担。
- 💭 面对失败和怀疑时,接受并认识到这是提高技能的一部分。
- 📈 即使有时候没有拍出满意的照片,也是成长和学习的过程。
Q & A
街拍摄影中最常见的失败原因是什么?
-街拍摄影中最常见的失败原因包括重复性、失败以及在关键时刻错过拍摄,例如担心是否忘记关炉子等。
如何保持相机随时准备好拍摄?
-保持相机随时准备好拍摄的方法包括改变持相机的方式,例如将相机带缠绕在手腕上,或者总是将相机保持在脸部或胸部高度,以便在意外发生时迅速拍摄。
为什么说在街拍摄影时不应该将相机挂在脖子或身体侧面?
-将相机挂在脖子或身体侧面会增加举起相机并拍摄的时间,可能导致错过拍摄关键瞬间。而且这种动作可能会引起不必要的注意,影响拍摄的隐蔽性。
在人多的地方拍摄时,摄影师应该如何避免感到不知所措?
-在人多的地方拍摄时,如果感到不知所措,可以离开人群,拍摄人群外围的区域,那里往往有更多出色的照片机会。
为什么推荐街拍新手与另一位街头摄影师一起拍摄?
-与另一位街头摄影师一起拍摄可以帮助新手更好地观察和学习,同时也能在拍摄过程中得到反馈和建议。
为什么有时独自街拍会更有利于集中注意力?
-独自街拍可以让摄影师完全专注于周围环境,而不需要担心与他人的交流,这样可以更好地观察并捕捉到精彩瞬间。
如果有人在街头拍摄时询问你在做什么,你应该如何回应?
-可以展示一个专门的在线作品集,通过扫描二维码让对方在手机上查看你的作品,这样可以快速有效地解释你的拍摄行为。
使用自动模式拍摄是否会限制摄影师的创意?
-使用自动模式不会限制创意,反而可以减轻工作负担,让摄影师更多地关注拍摄过程和构图,而不是担心技术设置。
如何处理街拍摄影过程中的挫败感和怀疑?
-应该接受这些恐惧和怀疑,并意识到这是提高技能过程中的一部分。即使有时候没有拍出满意的照片,也是成长和学习的过程。
拍摄时如何避免因为技术设置而错过拍摄时机?
-可以通过设置相机的部分功能为自动模式,减轻自己在拍摄过程中的技术负担,从而更多地关注寻找好的拍摄机会和构图。
如何通过失败的经历来提高街拍摄影技巧?
-通过分析失败的经历,了解自己在哪些方面需要改进,例如如何更快地准备好相机,或者如何更好地观察和捕捉瞬间,将这些失败视为成长和学习的机会。
Outlines
📷 街头摄影无捷径
本段讨论了街头摄影没有捷径可走,强调了失败、重复和时刻准备的重要性。摄影师Faizal介绍了自己并提到他的频道专注于街头摄影、Fujifilm POVs和教程等内容。他还提到了保持相机随时准备拍摄的重要性,并分享了自己的经验,比如将相机带缠绕在手腕上,以及将相机保持在脸部或胸部的高度。这样做可以减少拍摄时的准备时间,并减少因动作而引起的不必要注意。
👥 拍摄人群与独处的平衡
这一段中,Faizal分享了关于拍摄人群的技巧,建议摄影师应该去人多的地方,但也提醒说在大型集会或繁忙区域可能会感到不知所措。他个人在这种情况下会感到观察力下降,因此会选择拍摄人群外围,那里往往有更多引人注目的照片机会。此外,他还讨论了独自拍摄的好处,包括能够更专注于周围环境,不受他人影响,并且可以根据需要停留更长时间。他还提到了准备一个在线作品集的重要性,以展示给可能询问他拍摄目的的人。
🎨 相机设置的灵活性与接受失败
在最后一段中,Faizal讨论了相机设置的灵活性,提到了自动模式的使用,并强调了理解相机设置的重要性。他分享了自己使用自动曝光模式的经验,并解释了这样做可以让他更专注于构图而不是曝光设置。最后,他讨论了面对失败和怀疑的态度,鼓励摄影师接受这些感受作为成长过程的一部分,并分享了自己在没有拍出满意照片时的经历和感受。他鼓励摄影师将这些时刻视为成长和学习的机会。
Mindmap
Keywords
💡街头摄影
💡摄影技巧
💡观察力
💡拍摄位置
💡自动模式
💡手动模式
💡个人作品集
💡拍摄伙伴
💡失败与重复
💡自我怀疑
💡实践与学习
Highlights
街拍没有捷径,这个类型主要由失败、重复和时刻准备着组成。
保持相机随时准备拍摄是街拍中最简单的方法之一,可以通过如何持握相机来实现。
许多街拍摄影师通过将相机带缠绕在手腕上,并将相机保持在脸部或胸部位置来随时准备拍摄。
街拍中90%的照片可能是在意外的时刻拍摄的,因此随时准备好捕捉瞬间至关重要。
在街拍时,保持相机在正确的位置可以减少引起他人注意的动作,帮助你更隐蔽地拍摄。
当感觉可能会有潜在的照片出现时,可以将相机提升到准备位置,然后进行瞄准、构图和拍摄。
街拍自然倾向于拍摄人物,但有时过多的人群或繁忙的区域可能会让人不知所措,错过拍摄机会。
在大型人群或繁忙地点的外围拍摄,往往能找到更好的拍摄机会,因为那里的潜在照片更容易被发现。
街拍时,单独拍摄可以让你更专注于观察周围环境,而不是分散注意力与他人交谈。
拥有一个展示作品的作品集,可以在他人询问你在街头拍摄的目的时展示给他们看。
使用Squarespace创建个人作品集,可以展示你的最佳作品,并通过数字商店赚钱。
自动模式拍摄并不意味着放弃对相机设置的控制,而是减轻你的工作量,让你更专注于拍摄过程。
理解相机的设置和如何手动拍摄很重要,但在需要时使用自动曝光设置可以帮助你更高效地拍摄。
接受拍摄过程中的失败和怀疑是提高技能的一部分,这些经历都是成长和学习的一部分。
即使在拍摄中没有得到满意的照片,也要将其视为练习和提高的过程。
错过拍摄机会或未能捕捉到好照片可以视为学习和成长的机会。
将这些拍摄技巧付诸实践,可以帮助你成为更好的观察者,更能接受事情不按预期发展,并成为更准备充分的街拍摄影师。
Transcripts
before we start there are no shortcuts
to getting better at street photography
this genre consists mostly of failure
repetition and times when you're on the
train and think to yourself did i leave
the stove on if you're new here my name
is faizal and i'm a photographer based
out of boston massachusetts and here on
the channel we talk all things street
photography fujifilm povs tutorials all
that sort of stuff so if you do end up
finding this video helpful to you do
consider subscribing to the channel and
turning on notifications this is part
three of a series of videos where i go
over some tips that have helped me with
street photography over the years
hopefully they can help you as well
thank you to squarespace for sponsoring
this video
if you're no stranger to street
photography you've probably already
learned this the hard way just like me
and that's simply keeping your camera
ready to take a photo one of the
simplest ways to do this is by how you
hold your camera and a lot of street
photographers live by the practice of
wrapping the strap around their wrist
you can even go a step further with this
and always hold your camera up by your
face or raised up by your chest and
basically the whole point of this is to
just keep yourself in the most readied
positioned to take a photo when
something unexpected happens
and you know street photography 90 of
the photos you take are probably going
to be an unexpected moment i tend to see
a lot of street photographers hold their
camera around their neck or by their
side
and you know that's totally fine you
should hold or wear your camera however
you feel is most comfortable to you but
in my own experience i've found that
that extra movement
is added time between me raising the
camera up and taking a photo and i've
missed tons of photos because of that
extra time it took to get my camera in a
ready position to take a photo when you
hold a camera this way when you're doing
street photography you're going to be
ready to take a photo whenever you see
something happen because you're already
in position to take a photo secondly
you're not going to draw any unnecessary
attention to yourself you know this
motion of bringing your camera up to
your face that can raise some attention
towards you and if you're trying to
photograph someone and you're trying to
be sneaky about it and not disturb that
moment it could be the difference
between you know not getting a photo and
getting the photo so you probably won't
be able to hold your camera up like this
for hours
otherwise you wouldn't have any blood in
your forearms anymore but you know you
can use your senses when you're out
shooting when it feels like you're in a
space or an environment where a
potential photo is probably looming then
you can bring your camera up in this
position and then simply
aim compose and shoot
shooting street photography almost
naturally calls you to photograph people
and i know we've talked specifically
about not photographing people and
street photography on this channel but
for a lot of street photographers people
are the main subjects of their photos so
if that's you you typically go where the
people are but sometimes you can have
too much of a good thing when i'm in
large crowds or very busy areas protests
or maybe it's some street event i tend
to get overwhelmed in those situations
and i sort of lose my observational eye
my spidey senses the amount of people
who've commented on my videos saying
that i sound like toby mcguire anyway
when there's a lot going on around me i
can't observe as well and so i end up
missing some shots or you know i end up
not seeing anything worth taking a photo
of the second i start to feel like i'm
just getting way too overwhelmed i'm
getting this sensory overload and i'm
not seeing as clearly as i was before
i'll just leave the area but i won't go
too far i want to photograph the
outskirts of that large crowd because a
lot of the times there's a lot of great
photos that happen just outside of the
crowd i'll end up shooting the outskirts
of these very busy locations and
oftentimes i'll see that photos start to
reappear again and i can get some really
awesome photos of people who also left
that craziness you know since you just
went from this huge crowd of people to
where the crowd starts to fall apart
potential photos start to reappear and
stand out so much more to you
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and as you shoot these outskirts of
these large crowds you kind of refuel
your creative
eye or your observational eye and you
can jump right back into the fire or
maybe you don't you just stay out where
you were because you realized there's a
lot of great photo potential right
outside of the madness
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so in part two of my street photography
tips series on this channel i talked
about how if you're very new to street
photography and you're not comfortable
about shooting alone you should
definitely shoot with another person
specifically another street photographer
as much as i like to shoot with other
people i do most of my street
photography alone
and i find personally that it allows me
to put all of my focus to the
surroundings the environment around me
and just be a better observer and when
it comes to street photography that's
more than half the deal really when you
shoot with another person your mind will
be in two places you have your friend
which you want to talk with and then you
have all the craziness of the street
that's going on around you that you're
trying to observe and focus on it's just
not possible to be 100 focused on one
thing or the other we need to give our
full attention to what is going on
around us in order to be able to take
better photos when you shoot alone you
can do whatever you want you don't have
to feel you know held back by your
friend because you know maybe you see
a great potential photo location and you
want to wait there for
10 15 minutes you don't have to worry
about asking your friend if they're cool
with that this tip isn't to say that you
should just throw all your friends out
the window and never shoot with them
again um that would be a really bad idea
it's really the relationships you meet
through photography that it's really all
about but i do think it's worth noting
that i get my best photos personally
when i'm shooting alone just because i
am that much more focused on observing
my surroundings
so before we get into the next tip we
have bonus tip number three and that's
to have some kind of portfolio ready to
show anyone who might ask you what
you're doing when you're taking photos
on the street so that's where today's
sponsor squarespace comes in i've been
using squarespace for my own personal
portfolio for almost five years now it's
where i show my favorite recent work as
well as run my own digital storefront
however it's also what i like to show
people on the street who might ask what
i'm doing rather than show some
instagram page or photos i just recently
took on the back of my camera i've made
this dedicated unlinked page on my site
where i show my favorite photos as well
as this qr code for the person to scan
and bring up on their own phone quickly
i basically bookmarked this on my phone
because it's happened so many times it's
just an easy way to show people that i'm
really a photographer creating a site on
squarespace is incredibly easy they have
several photo gallery templates that you
can choose from once you find one that
works for you it's just a matter of
curating all of your best work you want
to show it's also worth noting you're
not bound to any of these template
designs either so you can customize it
and make your page more unique my
squarespace site also helps me make
money through my digital store and it's
quite liberating for me because the
process of selling all these presets is
almost entirely automated so if you
haven't already i highly recommend you
give it a try you can head over to
squarespace.com to start your free trial
and save 10 off your first purchase of a
domain or website thanks again to
squarespace for sponsoring today's video
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so i used to be a always shoot and
manual type of person for all of my
cameras i just really wanted to have
full control over all the settings and
make sure that the camera wasn't going
to
you know read an exposure incorrectly
and thus leading to me missing a shot
camera processing power and the iq of
these cameras has gotten really good
over recent years and that means setting
some parts of the camera to auto isn't
really a bad thing to do first of all
shooting an auto isn't a bad thing for
you to do in general and you shouldn't
be ashamed of it if you do i think it's
always important to understand what the
settings of your camera are doing and
how to shoot in manual if you had to but
the whole point of shooting at auto is
to lighten the workload on yourself so
you can put more of your attention to
the actual shooting process you don't
want to be in a situation where you're
trying to get your camera settings right
you're fiddling with your camera and
that's getting in the way of you taking
photos
so i've actually been shooting on p mode
on my xc4 right here and it's done a
really good job of getting great
exposures very quickly for me
when i shoot an auto on this camera it
really lets me put all my attention to
what's happening around me and i can
just focus more on finding good
compositions rather than worrying about
if i had my exposure right the point is
auto settings are supposed to work in
your favor and when you already have a
good general understanding of you know
the exposure triangle and how to shoot
in manual mode then don't be afraid of
using auto exposure settings if it means
it's going to help you do what you need
to do
this last tip is for any of you feeling
doubt creep into your process i've lost
track of how many times i've gone out to
shoot and not take a single photo that i
was happy about and there's a good
chance you've probably been in a similar
situation and when that happens
it sucks because you feel like
you've just wasted a whole afternoon or
however long you're out shooting you
think your photos are terrible and that
you're not going to get better at this
and the real scary one is when you think
to yourself you're never going to go out
and do this again it's easier said than
done and it took me a long time to come
to grips with this but you need to
accept those fears and those doubts and
realize that it's part of the process of
getting better at something that you
care about if you're frustrated with
your work and how you're progressing
it's a sign that you actually care about
this thing i remember when i would come
back from days of taking no photos and
i'd be like
okay what are we doing here now back
then in that moment i was thinking that
i was wasting my time but in reality i
was putting in the work at getting
better i was essentially practicing you
don't get better at something without
practicing and that's what those days
are really so you know maybe there was a
moment where i see this beautiful moment
but i wasn't paying attention to it i
had my camera turned off or not ready to
go i ended up missing the shot because
of that but at the end of the day i
learned something there
or maybe i went out with too many
intentions of making a really good
youtube video that i didn't end up
taking any good photos like literally
right now you could look at these as
moments of failure but to me i try to
look at it as moments of growth and
learning so i hope this video helps any
of you looking to get better at street
photography i know most of these things
aren't you know things that you can just
start to implement immediately and start
taking better photos but you can start
to put them into practice every time you
shoot these things have helped me become
a better observer become more accepting
of when
things don't go the way i want them to
and just be a better prepared street
photographer so definitely leave a
comment if you have any street
photography tips of your own and you
know you never know who's reading the
comments and you might be a huge help to
someone else who's a beginner
and if you have any other specific
questions to me about my process
drop a question in the comments section
and don't be a stranger and subscribe to
the channel if you haven't yet okay guys
i hope you enjoyed this one i love you
all i'll see you all in the next one see
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