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My first attempt at street photography with the Oly 12mm

Started Apr 12, 2013 | Discussions thread
completelyrandomstuff Regular Member • Posts: 176
Re: My first attempt at street photography with the Oly 12mm

Don't let the mean comments bother you. Everyone gets them at the beginning. That being sad even mean ones can be useful for learning. Also c'mon, everyone buys a camera they can afford. I knew a guy who owned a D3 and several high grade lenses and his pictures were probably worse than these.

I think you need to get some faces into those pictures. I am not very good at street photography but if you want to shoot a portrait, you can actually ask them if you can take one.

If you want a candid shot of something cool happening, you can find a place and predict that eventually it *will* happen there. For example, let's say there is a bump on the road and lots of bikers. Eventually someone is going to flip over that bump and you will get a shot of that. Seriously though, you should try to find a potential in the scene and wait until you get the shot you want. Another method is to shoot from the hip, discretely. E-PM5 is very silent so that shouldn't be a problem. People behind windows in stores are good subjects who won't bother to chase you - they will just give you a mean look at worst.

You should read more online, there is a lot of good hints on blogs.

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