7 Steps to Overcome Fear of Street Photography

7 steps to overcome fear of street photography will offer you much more confident and serene, sometimes we feel like as if we are new to street photography. This is quite normal even for the experienced photographers. The fully new readers can read the article Essentials to Carry for Street Photography. The article itself has lot of important links, which will serve the purpose of understanding the basics to advanced tricks. One must to read guide for new DSLR users is What Camera Mode to Choose Depending on the Situation – that infographics is very important for quick recall in the practical life – the huge number of Re-Pins is just for that reason. Among these 7 steps to overcome fear of street photography, the most important is obviously knowing how to use the camera.

Photographing people on the street in a spontaneous manner and at close range may horrify you, especially if you are naturally introverted person. The most typical comment we read about street photography is that the people are too afraid to try it or simply stop. Street photography is very rewarding once you exceed these difficulties, especially if you are an introvert, but the problem is that ,many people stop before they have learned to overcome them. So if you are a total beginner in street photography or have not had much practice, what are the techniques or process to follow to help you overcome your fears? Ultimately, time and practice are the only way to do it, but there are many steps you can do to make it easier right from the start.

 

7 Steps to Overcome Fear of Street Photography : Test Street Portraits

 

Street portraits are those portraits in which you ask someone to portray him/her in the street. It’s simple, it’s quick and easy. In addition to getting some great portraits and experience in portraiture, is the best way to quickly become comfortable with strangers on the street. Start by choosing someone with a flashy clothing. People who wear flashy clothes generally want to be seen and want to be photographed and are great to begin with. Then, switch to normal people. We think in our own way – there are lot of peoples who love to get photographed, specially with a DSLR. It sounds odd, but the fact.

 

7 Steps to Overcome Fear of Street Photography : Choose a Place and Let People Come Towards You

 

If you walk and you move continuously, not only is difficult to capture the moments but also the change in direction in a hurry, without even been noticed by yourself – you will feel embarrassed. Doing so will make you feel like you are invading the space of another. Instead, choose a location with heavy traffic of passers-by or an interesting background and expect people to come to you. In this way, your subjects will invade your space and the roles will be reversed. They will feel much more at ease and will also be less likely to notice you. It is not abnormal to get in to situation, where people will think that you are a professional service provider.

 

Use a Small wide-angle lens with Fixed Focal Length

 

The difference is amazing and not only people will not notice you and make you feel brave, but the speed at which you will be able to handle your camera will make you more daring. Other points has been discussed before.

 

Shoot Without Looking through the Viewfinder

 

Shoot from the hip means shooting without looking through the viewfinder. It is easier to do with a wide angle lens whose perspective you are used with, so that you can properly frame without looking through the viewfinder. Obviously the LCD screen is there. Typically shooting from the hip means going with the camera hanging below the neck with strap. It is the same shot we see with our eyes, only in a bit lower.

 

Pretend to be a Tourist

 

Keep smiling and seems disoriented, like the other tourists. People give to tourists much room to maneuver.

 

Do Not Become an Object of Attraction

 

This is the secret to not getting noticed. It is really interesting how, when, you know what you are doing, then people will ignore you. If you seem to be afraid and hesitant when people start to notice you, it will catch your nervousness. After all, if you seem nervous then you must be doing something that is wrong, right? This is how from dogs to police usually detects the usual suspects.

 

Carefully Choose Your Subject

 

Be careful whom you are shooting, they may shoot back!

 

his is probably the most important advice. You have to carefully choose your subjects. If you see someone you think is dangerous, like a drug addict or someone with a grim look, then do not photograph it unless the photograph is the best of your life, in which case do anything for it. If you choose carefully the places where there are more photographers, you do not have to worry too much, because you know that you do not end up in a fight. Usually its better to choose people’s busy time – on a Holiday, there is enough chance to get ‘shoot back’ even in a quite busy way – people has lot of time in hand to spare for you.