STREET PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS - Shooting with CREATIVE CONSTRAINTS in Downtown Zurich
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- čas přidán 11. 04. 2024
- In this video, street photographer Leah Claar guides Matt Anderson around Zurich while practicing a creative exercise known as "Creative Constraints" as she shares several must-know tips for capturing street photography.
Leah's photography challenge was to capture "anonymity" in her photos while Matt worked on shooting black & white, wide-angle, square-cropped images (as if he were shooting with an old Hasselblad SWC camera) which he would love to own! Putting a creative constraint on yourself is a fun way to challenge your creativity and focus in on your creative objective. Give this exercise a try if you want a fun photography challenge!
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Creative constraint - that's what photography is all about. Less is always more.
We couldn't agree more! 👏
That limits possibilities. Sometimes less is less and often boring.
I like those people walking on the streets, very natural
Street photography is tons of fun! 👍
Very cool! Thank you.
You bet! Glad you enjoyed it! 👍
shooting from the hip with a mirrorless camera is so much easier than with a DSLR. Face detection autofocus makes a big difference
You're right about that! 👍
Thanks!
And a big thanks to you for the very kind gesture! 🙏🎉
I have understood the new Swiss privacy law that came in 5(?) years ago as meaning that photographing strangers that are identifiable required their prior agreement. Is this not the case? has it been re-interpreted now?
Such a requirement for prior agreement makes street photography effectively impossible. It becomes portraiture. Hiding faces might be our only option. ;-)
It's so different from image to image. There's a lot of ways to photograph people whereby their identity isn't even seen. Leah has lots of examples of this in her portfolio. Add to that, the definition of "invading privacy" leaves some wiggle room in my opinion. I don't even agree with some of the suggestions on the Swiss gov't website, such as "use a telephoto lens to avoid invading a persons privacy..." (The decription of the law) doesn't seem so well through IMHO). 🤷♂
If it's enforced, street photography is dead. Hiding faces diminishes the whole effort.
@@yeohi agreed.
What gear was Leah using?.
Hi Ian, she's using a 24-105mm on an older Sony A7 body I believe.
Creative constraints use film 🎞️ and one focal length.
Sure! Great idea! 👍
What's Charlie Sheen doing in Zurich???
Don't quite follow you there..? 🤔
Just be more confident.
Hope the camera in front of you as if you are shooting a video. Nobody is bothered and then fire away.
Another tip, find a call background. Hope the camera ready and wait until someone walks in the frame.
Yes indeed! Confidence helps! 👍
You know you can shoot colour on the SWC too, right?😂
Yes, great point! 😅👍
colour film for that format was always low speed and very expensive.
@@DaveGarbutt is 400asa “slow”? Also, it wasn’t always “very expensive”.
@@DaveGarbutt I'm with you Dave. I think TriX would be the move for me if I had an SWC. 👍
@@streetwalkerphoto 400 ASA is fast by 70’s standards (Kodachrome was 25 or 50) but not fast enough to get small apertures (for depth of field) in dull weather. Of course current digital cameras (actually also 10 year old ones) are a whole different level.
You might just want to check the laws in Switzerland, because I think you'll find what you call "all right", isn't.
Everyone should, indeed. We're confident that nobody's privacy was violated, but it never hurts to double check in one's local area. 👍