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Street photography course: which format works for you?
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Articles on street photography: technique, observation, the law, and getting started.
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Technique and style6 min read
Which camera for street photography is right for you?
You want to get out on the street, but you're still at your screen comparing cameras. Choosing a camera for street photography starts with what feels…
Technique and style6 min read
Street photography tips for beginners: where do you start?
Someone walks through beautiful light, but you're still adjusting your settings. How do you keep photography simple enough to notice what's happening in front…
Technique and style6 min read
Street photography with your phone: how to get started
Someone pauses, looks back, and keeps walking. You have your phone with you, but before you can take the photo, that little moment is gone.
Technique and style6 min read
Street photography in the evening and after dark
Someone walks past a lit store window. For a moment, the light catches a face, then it disappears into the dark again.
Technique and style6 min read
The decisive moment in photography
Someone is walking toward a strip of light between two buildings. You've already chosen your composition, but when do you press the shutter: as they first step…
Technique and style7 min read
Composition in street photography: choosing what to show
Someone walks past a building and you see a photo, until a doorframe ends up right behind their head. One step to the side can be enough to bring everything…
Technique and style6 min read
28mm or 35mm for street photography, or perhaps 50mm?
You see someone you want to photograph, but your frame is mostly street. Taking a few steps closer changes the photo, as does choosing a different focal…
Cities6 min read
Street photography in Utrecht: looking between the station and the canal
You walk from Central Station into Hoog Catharijne as travelers arrive and depart. You can follow the crowd, but stopping for a moment gives you time to see…
Cities6 min read
Street photography in Antwerp: watching the rhythm of the city
You're standing on the Meir, and the people just keep coming. Plenty to photograph, you'd think, but where do you start when something is happening everywhere…
Cities6 min read
Street photography in Amsterdam: where should you stand?
You're standing outside Central Station as travelers pass by. There's plenty happening, but where do you focus your attention?
Learning together4 min read
What you get out of a workshop
My first photography workshop was at Miriam Rohde's kitchen table. My camera was set to auto and I had no idea what I was doing, so luckily there was plenty to…
Learning together5 min read
Two Days of Street Photography in Paris or London
You're standing on a street corner, not sure which way to go. For me, that's a good start to two days of street photography in Paris or London.
Learning together4 min read
Learning at your own pace
You read something about street photography and want to try it out. Today just isn't a good time. Learning at your own pace gives you room to take that idea…
Technique and style4 min read
Black and white or color
One yellow umbrella among a sea of black ones: color makes a difference there. In another street photo, you mainly want to see the look on someone's face, and…
Technique and style5 min read
Creating a photo series
You see someone step through a doorway and think: I've photographed something like that before. That can be the start of a series, with a photo that seems to…
Technique and style4 min read
Finding your own style
You’re looking through your photos and there’s someone standing halfway in a doorway again. Different street, different person, but apparently that keeps…
Technique and style5 min read
Street photography in hard light
A white wall in full sun, a doorway that turns almost black, and someone walking between the two. Street photography in hard light starts with contrasts like…
Technique and style5 min read
Photography in the rain
At a station exit, someone hesitates under an umbrella while someone else keeps walking. Photography in the rain starts with small decisions like these.
Ethics and respect4 min read
Respect on the street
I don't photograph people while they're eating. To me, those photos never look good, and I wouldn't want to be photographed with half a sandwich in my mouth…
Ethics and respect5 min read
Can you photograph anyone without permission?
At Piazza in Eindhoven, a security guard told me that store owners weren't happy about people photographing their window displays. You think you're just…
Ethics and respect5 min read
Photographing children and vulnerable people
A child playing in the street, someone sleeping on a sidewalk, a bystander in tears. A photographer might see a photo there, while someone else mainly sees a…
Ethics and respect2 min read
Your own standards
I don't photograph people eating. To me, it never makes for good photos. That's one of my rules for street photography.
Ethics and respect4 min read
When someone asks you to delete a photo
During a photo walk, a man ran up to one of the participants. He wanted a photo deleted NOW. Within three seconds, it had become a matter of principle.