Perhaps you’ve noticed the recent trend on TikTok and Instagram, with street photographers approaching people, complimenting their style, and asking for a photo. I suddenly started seeing a gazillion Reels and TikTok videos like this, and there’s now a trend that mocks it… And it’s absolutely hilarious. I found a couple of videos to share, and I hope they will make this Monday a little better for you as they did for me.
These photos show the street life of 19th century London – in color
Colorization of old images is a topic of discussion among historians, photographers, and retouchers. Some love it, some hate it, but it seems to me that no person is indifferent about it.
If you ask me, I love colorized photos when they’re done with great skill and historic accuracy. And Tom Marshall of PhotograFix (previously) certainly has it both. The topic of his latest project is the street life of 19th century London – a set of photos taken in the mid-1870s. Tom carefully colorized them, giving them a new dimension and making them look as if scenes from Charles Dickens novels came to life.
7 tips for taking your street photography from beginner to confident status
Street photography can be understandably a little intimidating for beginners. You don’t want to be the photographer that goes up to people and sticks a lens in their faces, but equally, you don’t want to always be using a massively long lens on the other side of the street, FBI style.
In this video, photographer Gary Gough gives some excellent tips to help you begin exploring street photography. For me, it’s a genre I’ve typically shied away from as it embodies a couple of elements that I really find difficult. Namely, patience, having less control over the outcome, and photographing strangers. But it’s time to be brave! Here are Gary’s tips.
Use these five techniques to become a street photography pro
Street photography, in my opinion, is one of the most challenging genres to master. Other than knowing light and composition and knowing your gear inside and out, you need to be alert and fast enough to capture the perfect moment. Still, while I find the latter pair of skills pretty hard, my urge to get into street photography is getting stronger.
If you’re anything like me, Pat Kay has a perfect video for you. This street photographer shares five techniques and tips that will help you conquer street photography and improve at it immensely.
Three useless street photography tips that you should never give and take
Over the course of our lives, we’ll give and receive countless pieces of advice. Of course, this applies to those directed at our photography, whether we’re hobbyists or professionals. However, not all of this advice is useful or constructive. In fact, it can just drive you away from enjoying your work. In this video, Roman Fox gives you three rubbish street photography tips that you should ignore when you hear them, but I’d say you should also avoid giving them to others.
Why you should do street photography to become a better wedding photographer
At the first sight, wedding and street photography have nothing in common. But when you take a closer look, they actually do. In fact, doing street photography can help you become a better wedding photographer, and in this video, John Branch will tell you how.
Learn how to take photos like Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson was the godfather of street photography and one of the most famous photographers of the 20th century. For me personally, he’s also one of the best photographers that I know of. If you share my opinion, perhaps you’d like to learn how to take photos like him. In this video, Frederik Trovatten challenges you to try it. He breaks down the techniques Cartier-Bresson used in his work and takes you on a walk through Copenhagen as he tries to implement them in his own images.
Woman gets under fire after publicly calling out on street photographer for taking photos of her
A young woman recently shared a TikTok video of herself confronting a street photographer in Washington. She publicly called him a creep for taking photos of her and went on ranting even after he deleted the images. “TikTok, do your thing,” she wrote in the caption. And TikTok did –her followers called out on her instead of the photographer.
Lessons I’ve learned over ten years of street photography
I’m not a professional, but I take my street photography seriously. Because I enjoy it so much, I’ve invested a lot of time learning the craft and practicing it. I’m not great, but I’m better than I was.
This article is about the things I’ve learnt or experienced over the last 10 years. When I started out I read stuff like this and it helped me a lot. The following is what I would have told myself if I could go back in time to when I got started.
It might take you half an hour to read the whole article, but if you’ve only a couple of minutes, read the nutshell version.
Don’t sell photos with “I LOVE NY” logo in them or New York state will sue you
Even if you don’t live in New York, even in the USA, you’ve seen the iconic “I ❤ NY” logo on various objects. And if you take a photo of it and want to sell it, beware – the state of New York might sue you.
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