Street Photography: An In-Depth and Complete Guide

Find and refine your own unique artistic voice in street photography. Increase your confidence in the craft.

Created by: Troy Baird
Documenting our world as poetically as I can

What Will I Learn?

• How to make consistent, powerful, meaningful street photographs
• How to find your style and your own unique artistic voice, photographically
• How to tell a story with a documentary-style, street photograph
• When and how to engage with your subjects on the street
• How to increase your confidence while shooting on the street
• How to predict photographic opportunities on the street
• How to light meter with a manual film camera confidently
• Understanding how to read complicated, world-class street photographs
• How to zone-focus with a manual focus lens
• What each different lens size and type does, as well as the difference between vintage and newer lenses.
• How to utilise compositional elements and an overall balance to strengthen a photograph
• How to use editing to enhance the mood and the story and the experience of a photograph
• Understanding the ethical and moral issues within street photography
• How to avoid conflict when taking street photographs
• How to gather inspiration and generate ideas from various sources, whether it be via travelling, reading photography books, watching movies, etc.
• How to edit, print, and make books out of your photographs
• The difference between street photography, documentary photography, and photojournalism

Requirements

• You will need to have a beginner's understanding of how to use a camera. The rest you will learn during the course.

Target audience

• This course is for beginner or intermediate photographer's who have an interest in street photography, documentary photography, or photojournalism