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RE: How to overcome fear of shooting street photography - SP journal #5 | 2+ Years on Steemit
Great tips, and great photos. One of my favourite techniques is to find the context in which you want to shoot and then let the people walk into that context. For example, find a narrow street with a shaft of light entering it, get your exposure ready and then, when someone walks through the shot, take it. It kinda helps with the "stalker paparazzi" issue that comes with being a street photographer. It seems like you are taking the image without them there. Often they will apologise for walking into your shot without knowing that they have done you a favour by doing so :D
Thanks! Yeah that too, forgot to mention it. When you take a good spot and wait for people to pass by it's like they are invading your space instead of the other way around, so it's easier. Sometimes they'll stop or go around to not ruin your "shot" though. :D Trick to not have that happen is to check your composition first, then when you see a subject approaching put the camera down and just before they enter you raise the camera back as if you were waiting them to pass. :)