Simple steps to quickly improve your street photography
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Process and practice:
Stick to one camera and one lens
Shoot either color or black-and-white. Choose one. No going back and forth.
Use a digital camera. Either the Ricoh GRIII or the Fujifilm X-Pro3. Ricoh is best because it is compact and fits in your pocket. Either use a viewfinder with the X-Pro, or ditch it entirely with a Ricoh. LCD is superior for street as you can experiment more with composition and work much faster. I highly suggest Ricoh, but there are only really two solid options when it comes to digital cameras for street photography. Avoid digital Leica and ditch film photography because it will limit you and hold you back from improvement.
Shoot JPEG only, I prefer small JPEG high contrast black-and-white with the Ricoh. The black and white is better with the Ricoh for my preference of crushed shadows. Otherwise Fuji gives you a tri-x or film look alike
Get the latest iPad Pro, a USBC to SD reader, and import your photographs directly to the built-in photos app. No need for software like Lightroom.
Use auto focus, automatic settings, automatic ISO, shutter priority or program mode
Always carry your camera with you no matter what the circumstance
Make new photos every single day – find a route in your town, and stick to it. If you can, make two laps of this same route daily
Interact with people on the street. Don’t just be a quiet bystander. A photograph is a reflection of the photographers courage, and lust for life. The closer you are to the frontlines of life, the better your photos will be.
Back up your new photos every single day to google photos
Delete your Instagram
Start a website using bluehost.com and wordpress.org (this way you shoot for yourself, and not an audience. Don’t worry about how people view your work, think about your work, etc. This will help you develop your unique voice.)
Embrace the process. Street photography is numbers and time game. It will take you years to develop a body of work. Expect to have a “keeper” once per month if you’re lucky. Forget about good or bad photos and embrace failure.
Experiment like a child. Don’t limit yourself to photographing one way or one subject, theme, or project. Treat street photography like a personal diary of your day. The goal is not to depict what life is, but what it can be. You can create a new world in a fraction of a second.