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A thing that helped me a lot recently is going to city festivals. Lots of changing scenes and a lot of people. You're almost invisible because so much is happening at the same time.
👍Yes, this is what I did the most in my hobby photography, it helps the confidence of photograph people in a shot a lot, usually I avoid taking a shot with people in it.
The confidence is probably the hardest part, I keep worrying how people think about what I'm doing, or should I say I worry others find me disturbing....
Absolutely! Me too sometimes, it’s a hard thing to improve at. Will deffo do a video about it soon as it’s a stumbling block for most street photographers!
Excuses. I was 10 years old taking candid shots of muses during a school fair using a Fujifilm Clearshot. The shutter sound and the film rolling is loud. Not only that, I had to go develop the film so the film developer could see the photos I took, and then I had to show my guardian the photos because she pays for developing the film. Nowadays, shutters sound so quiet and your photos don't need to be developed
My usual trick when taking shots of people in the street, assuming the noticed me and give me a weird look, is to keep your eyes focused on something behind them when you lower the viewfinder from your eye after the shot. Take a few steps to either side and keep looking on that spot behind them. They'll probably look around and wonder what you were shooting, but it could've been anything. No confrontations so far.
Yes I’ve tried that many times. But recently I really was focusing on the broader scene behind but the guy closer to the foreground came up and hit me in the head with his alloy water bottle for taking a photo of him. Everyone else hurried away.
As someone who just started in Street photography, this has truly helped me and inspired, as someone with anxiety I feel like getting out there and shoot photos will help me with it and to be more creative.
This comment has made my day! Thank you, I’m so happy to hear that. That’s my goal with this channel, just to try and help inspire people to give street photography a go and try and improve their skills, so glad this has helped you. Happy shooting! 📸
Yeah most are out to promote gear, the worst being clandestine about it, the best just putting it out front “sponsored by Sony, gear lent by Sony …” - too few of these direct ones, unfortunately!
What about shooting on film? My issue is i dont have the instant feedback. What if only one pic turned out ok and i will only know it once i develop it
@HeleneOl-os3uq gotcha! Well if you fan, try to see if you can get a budget digital camera. There are a lot of decent ones on the 2nd market for good prices
Ive had your post stacked up for three weeks! and this cold Saturday night was the night. today on a raw, huge wild beach I saw a gorgeous young family of four struggling to take selfies in parkas and wind, so I raced over to them , using his phone, I caught the incredible soft sundown around them, on a log, no-one for miles,( until walkers come around the huge rock in the shot) and they glowed like a holy family, they were thrilled. sometimes it's enough... I don't need the pic. Your tips are So good, thankyou!
I only took up photography last year with an old Pentax DSLR. I love nature and wildlife but really want to get into street photography. Your advice with a straightforward, no nonsense approach is the best I’ve seen. Thankyou so very much 🙂
@@timjamiesonphotos you’ve certainly given me the confidence to try it. I’m a very outgoing person who loves meeting new people, yet going amongst them with a camera makes me feel nervous oddly enough. You might have cured me of that!
Good advice. The "don't take it too seriously" is key. Don't expect too much, and most importantly be patient and enjoy yourself. The photos will come eventually, so just go out and do your thing. Know that the hit rate for a good street photo is astronomically low, but you'll get nowhere if you don't go out and shoot. I've burned through 3 rolls in a few hours and felt like I didn't get anything good. And there will be times you want to give up and think it's a waste of time, that is until you get that one shot where it all becomes worth it, and then it becomes an addiction :)
If you want to be good at something, and take it to the next level, you need to take it seriously! If you are happy with just being mediocre, just producing the same run of the mill, boring, unoriginal photos, like the millions of other "photographers" on the internet, then sure......
Doing street photo quickly and resolutely is for me the hardest part. Check your photo at home, look the other way, shoot from the hip, one hand grip etc, are all useful tips. I think most people do not mind as long as you are quick and dont point the camera in their faces. After all, there are already so many vloggers on the streets, and security cameras everywhere
The best experience I've got as a street photographer were in new cities - there it is much easier to get the things you search for as your eye is not tired of the same scenes every day and you get a whole new unique cultural experience not native to your home country. Best countries for street photography - Thailand, Vietnam, China.
Thanks for all tips! I'm just an amateur so usually I do events, land, cityscape photography and some wide shots on streets, but trying to avoid photograph people on street for the main subject because I'm afraid people will not okay with it. But somehow, the challenges of street photography draw me in, so I'm learning how to do it properly so I will not upsets someone when I'm out there.
Great video! Agree on everything outlined here. I've been at this game for 50+ years, and it never gets dull. But you forgot one or possibly two vital points, apart from making prints, get those prints up on a wall, and get them into a book. Prints don't have to be huge either. 10 x 8 or 10 x 12 is fine. Even smaller, as there are plenty of small frames for sale all the time in charity/thrift shops/stores. Just get pictures seen, and away from social media!
Totally agree. One of the best things we've done as a family is buy a Fujifilm Instax printer and a pinboard. It's now so easy to print shots out and pin them up to remind us all of what's been going on over the previous few weeks. When we run out of space, we start 'overwriting' the oldest photos by moving them elsewhere and newer memories take their place. They're not massive, the print quality is so-so, but just walking past them and seeing them again over and over for a few weeks is really great.
I use the same camera but the 27 2.8...what I love about this lens is the super low profile and good image quality. Great video without too much useless information. Just to the point!
Your most important point is one that's mentioned too infrequently: Print your photos! I started out in film in the 90s right up until 4 years ago, so if I wanted to see the image at all, I had to print it. Once I moved fully to digital, I made sure to buy a good printer, and I print every image that I edit. Well-presented and full of good points, in under 7 minutes. Subscribed!
I used to have quite complex ideas in my mind when out in London (or elsewhere) with my camera. But nowadays it's simpler - mainly my mantra "some photos you make, others you take". It's my reminder to take certain photos very quickly without dillydallying or overthinking. If you try to juggle too much methodology consciously, it slows down your reactions.
I just went on a trip abroad and in my spare time I wandered the streets of the city trying to get some photos. One thing stands out to me as a complete beginner: all the tourists wandering around with their Canon EOS cameras and big lenses. And I see all these street photography videos where many have small inconspicuous cameras, and I thought 'Aha! So that's why'...because whenever I point my large-ish 24-105 lens at someone, they notice immediately and turn away, but they guy next to me with his mobile phone goes completely un-noticed. It's like, they see the size of the lens and react to that even if the mobile phone next to me has the same resolution.
it is in your head. I am a photojournalist and use an SLR with a 24-70 or sometimes even medium format just act; like you're supposed to be there and be quick, not sneaky... you can google my name and see my Instagram or magazine/newspaper work. I am invisible even with a large setup. just keep doing it with whatever camera you have and it will get easier.
Good advice Tim and keeping the points simple and concise really helps for someone like me who is relatively new to street photography and wanting to learn more to develop my skills and style.
Thanks so much. Wise words. I never thought of making small prints of my street photos, but I'm going to try it. I'll tape the prints on the refrigerator and walk around them for a few days then ask myself, Which one(s) really work? Thanks again, Tim.
Great! So glad to hear that. I’ve printed more recently and they are all over my office wall. Really helps to sit and look at them and arrange them and you really see what works and what doesn’t that way
@@timjamiesonphotos Street photography is definitely the type that you have to sit around and look at a whole bunch to convince yourself it is anything other than random snapshots.
great point about the photography trip vs. new gear! It really does seem to be so much more valuable to be in new, inspiring places especially given adobe editing can upgrade so much of the final look of the image, making the fanciest cameras less necessary
Thank you very much for the recap, Tim! To others I truly can recommend all of your videos in which you've put the finger on one of the detailed aspects. During my now first year of street photography you are definitely the source on YT I have learned the most from, concerning operational matters, alongside with the "usual" books. (My other two main sources/channels being Sean Tucker (mentally) and Alex Kilbee (artistically)). My personal deviation of your advice: With an overall photographic experience of more than 45 years I change focal lengths more often than once per six months (sometimes daily), because I am trained to adapt my inner eye (although needing some shots to "recalibrate" cerebrally), but usually I stick with one lens per day in the streets. Once again, thanks for your work, and please keep it up, it's truly valuable!
I have used my Original Ricoh GR digital camera with 8 megapixels for years. It's always in my pocket with a spare battery. CCD sensor cameras are my favourites. The images are beautiful.
Planning on starting some Street Photography soon as it's something I'd love to be able to do, but yeah, confidence is definitely gonna be the big one I have to overcome.
Great video. I got YT suggested this & watched. I'm a seasoned street tog and all your points are 100% spot on. BUT to fully realise their wisdom takes much experience
Excellent tips on this video, I am guilty of taking 4 cameras on a day out it and hinders you so much. I have also learnt not to compare my work, and shoot what I like and develop my own style.
This... this was so great. I hope this is the new trend in youtube. You provide such excellent value in such a compact format, thanks so much. My takeaway is to print my work more. I always think I gotta go the expensive high-end route but cheap printing is a great first step. I also want to compliment you on the images. They were nurturing to see. And much better than the usual street stuff I see which just has shadow and a person walking (instant turn-off for me). The images you show us have soul and a deeper relationship to life. Thanks again!
@@timjamiesonphotos there is a clarity to this way of delivering that is hard to find on youtube so I'm sure you will stand out with this. Thank you again and I wish you a wonderful journey (and I think you should coach people but you probably already do)
Printing your street photography is a great way to convince yourself they are more than just random snapshots of strangers that have literally no personal meaning whatsoever.
@@evrythingis1 I don't know why you wrote this comment but something similar could be said about typing negative comments on youtube. If you're trying to actually create a constructive conversation I'd like to reply to your comment by saying a picture of an apple could have meaning and one of the most famous paintings in the world is about sunflowers - there are many things that give art meaning, and intentionality is one of them.
Excellent set of advices. With regards to the importance of the moment when shooting, HCB had already pointed it with his " decisive moment " quite a number of decades ago ! Nothing new but important to restate it for young photographers
Loved this gem of a video. Looking to break free from a "cool looking" aesthetic with my street work and lean more toward "human experience/emotional". This video helped!
There's a book by Joel Meyerowitz I'd like to have, "How I Make Photographs." It's not that expensive, least than $20. But I just bought a new photo printer, so my photography budget has been shot for a while. Turning your photos into physical objects is important and changes your relationship with your photography. I haven't printed anything big yet, although that's what I bought this printer for, I have printed a mess of 4x6s. My biggest problem on the street is my own anxiety and lack of confidence. It's getting better. I actually asked people for portraits the last time I was out for a street photo walk. Progress is being made, slowly but steadily.
Yeah couldn’t agree more! Get that book, it’s great. I sometimes have it in my backpack when I go out just for a bit of inspiration. And yeah confidence is one of the biggest hurdles for all street photographers, will do a video all about it at some point, but the more you do it the more confident you get - at least that’s how I feel! It’s like exercising a muscle
@@timjamiesonphotos My anxiety is easing the more I do street photography. I really admire the candid street portraiture of Dawn Eagleton. I got introduced to her with an interview Sean Tucker did on his channel.
Excellent tips on what to do. The main thing is to get out there and shoot some stuff and just be you doing it. Thanks Tim for the great advice as always!!
one other tip. Use discreet gear. Dont draw attention. Engage, but dont be obvious. A small range finder cam with a compact lens is far better to use than a large SLR style camera (even if mirrorless)
Great video. The one rule of yours which can be broken is the using one focal length. I am someone who has used a 28 mm almost exclusively, but occasionally it’s good to grab another lens to capture pictures that would have been impossible to get with a wide lens.
I've been following you from some time starting last year. Thank you for keeping producing these insightful videos, sometimes with some vlog style to express your thoughts and your stuggle. Using my smartphone to photograph, I'm automatically bound to 1 focal length (ca. 26mm eq.) so i start to feel a bit of the focal length.
make me wonder which fuji camera would be more usefull, the xt5 or the 100VI, as in size, sensor and IQ for print. would be nice to have something small that you can always carry with you that isnt a phone.
To be honest: I was sceptical with the video title as I never heard about you before. But I have to say: Great video with very helpful tipps and amazing photography! Your photos have a depth, there is always a bigger idea but one can also get lost in the details.
This video was really really great. I'm sure this single video is going to help me a lot in future. I'm actually going to make short notes of your ther videos too just like this one. Thanks Tim 🌟
German here. I really have a feeling that this is harder to pull off depending on where you happen to live. People here are so worried about their privacy and the "right to their image" (ever wonder why Google Street View basically doesn't exist in Germany?), I feel like I'd keep runnig into serious confrontations if I actually tried to get close enough to people in public to take these kinds of photos. However: great video, great advice!
Yeah it depends where you live what kind of approach you can take based on the laws in that country. You’d need to adapt your style to fit what you’re able to do where you live 🙂
Very good and concise points :) for now i commit to the 28mm equivalent with my Ricoh gr3, but sometimes want to play again with the 23mm I had in the past with the X100V 😅 The 18mm 1.4 on my fuji xt5 is pretty amazing though
Ah thanks Josh! Yeah it’s kinda hard to stand out on UA-cam so this video has a hit of a click-baity type title and thumbnail but I tried to make a video that shows my genuine best takeaways from a good few years of street photography - glad you enjoyed! 🙏🏻
Thanks for the tips! I’ve been going out to take street photos after on hiatus for some time. Speaking of gear, it doesn’t matter, any camera or lens is good enough to take good street photos. Now let me check that new lens in b&h …. 😅
2:17 great shot. Thank you for your video Tim. i would like to mention that learning how to print could help you grow. and still not sure which fuji to get. wait for the E5 or X100VI or maybe get a second hand leica. size is a thing and the higher megapixel race is holding me back, different look and higher noise in higher megapixels'. what are your thoughts?
Thanks mate! I’m not much of a gear guy to be honest. I just go by whatever camera makes you want to go out and shoot with it is the one you want. Megapixels don’t matter for street photography :)
I really want to start doing street photography more. Especially during the summer when events are slow for me. How often do you find people not liking the fact that you're taking photos of them in public? I think that's what I worry most about.
Great! I basically never have anyone care that I’ve taken a photo of them. But it takes a lot of practice and the right approach, will make a video about it soon!
As always great advice, get out there folks you never know when life will serve you a curve ball and you won't be able to, I suffered a heart attack, which I am recovering from, but presently restricted in where I can get to.
Plus ditch raws for jpegs, zoom lenses for primes, af for manual, and color for b&w, That's my preferred approach. Maybe someone else is gonna like it too.
Yeah absolutely, everyone has their own individual approach and there no right or wrong way, deffo good for beginners to try a bunch of stuff and then stick with what works for them :)
@@timjamiesonphotos Sure, however - we are evolutionarily programmed for "more." A free second sauce for a hotdog? Sure' I'll take it. Two lenses instead of one? Perfect, that's for me. More possibilities? Yes! And it's just too easy to drown in options. That's why limiting the options is crucial. And only expand these once one knows what they need, because then it's intentional, directional, not just: having dozens of tools for any task without actually mastering any of these. All of the limitations I set are all about harnessing this urge for more. I spend zero time working with raws, and I don't feel the burden of having thousands of photos to develop from these photo walks I made within the last 5 years. I don't have to decide whether to zoom in or out, I take one picture instead of 10 in a series, I have to spend time focusing, so I have to embrace both the eye contact, and the disappearing moment. I often end up with just one or two photos. Maybe there is someone else struggling with the problem of too many options, for me this is a true relief. It truly feels like freedom.
By the way, it's a really great video. It's somehow more convincing than many similar ones because it centers on the intent, the conscious approach, rather than the tools themselves. Haven't said that in the original comment.
Another thoughtful, valuable video. Thanks Tim. However, could we perhaps nuance the 'gear is not important message' because it's quite misleading for beginners. Could we maybe say something like "you don't need lots of gear, or to buy brand new, luxury brand gear. But it's important to be comfortable with your camera and lens. If you're not, then ask around to see if you could change to something more suitable for you and the way you shoot. You should be excited to pick up your camera every time not see it as a struggle"
Henry Jacques Lartigue was given a camera when he was ten. It broke. While it was being fixed he used to practice capturing the moment by blinking. Look him up and see just how incredible it makes his work.
Solid advice. Camera clubs used to be a key part of my own community, but - sad to say - in the US they have declined in recent years. Don’t know if same in UK. BTW, thumbnail shows use of no-squint method - is that what you generally use? Cheers!
Thanks Paul! That’s a shame, I’m not part of a camera club in the UK but I think they are quite popular, I’m definitely trying to be less introverted these days and make the effort to talk to other photographers I see when I’m out shooting. Re the thumbnail, I think I was just looking at my partner when she was taking the shot to make sure she wasn’t messing it up 😂 I usually close one eye haha
Really interesting video! I like street photography but I get very nervous thinking that someone is going to call me out. Perhaps using a tiny camera may be a good option.
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A thing that helped me a lot recently is going to city festivals. Lots of changing scenes and a lot of people. You're almost invisible because so much is happening at the same time.
👍Yes, this is what I did the most in my hobby photography, it helps the confidence of photograph people in a shot a lot, usually I avoid taking a shot with people in it.
The confidence is probably the hardest part, I keep worrying how people think about what I'm doing, or should I say I worry others find me disturbing....
Absolutely! Me too sometimes, it’s a hard thing to improve at. Will deffo do a video about it soon as it’s a stumbling block for most street photographers!
That's exactly my concern too, too many hesitant moments which make me miss many of the moments...
@@timjamiesonphotos glad to know ! Luckily I have subscribed🤭 fan from Malaysia tho !
Excuses. I was 10 years old taking candid shots of muses during a school fair using a Fujifilm Clearshot. The shutter sound and the film rolling is loud. Not only that, I had to go develop the film so the film developer could see the photos I took, and then I had to show my guardian the photos because she pays for developing the film. Nowadays, shutters sound so quiet and your photos don't need to be developed
@@brownwallet942 kinda sure u left ur message in wrong place 😂 nobody talks about shutter speed sound here 🫡
My usual trick when taking shots of people in the street, assuming the noticed me and give me a weird look, is to keep your eyes focused on something behind them when you lower the viewfinder from your eye after the shot. Take a few steps to either side and keep looking on that spot behind them. They'll probably look around and wonder what you were shooting, but it could've been anything. No confrontations so far.
Yes I’ve tried that many times. But recently I really was focusing on the broader scene behind but the guy closer to the foreground came up and hit me in the head with his alloy water bottle for taking a photo of him. Everyone else hurried away.
As someone who just started in Street photography, this has truly helped me and inspired, as someone with anxiety I feel like getting out there and shoot photos will help me with it and to be more creative.
This comment has made my day! Thank you, I’m so happy to hear that. That’s my goal with this channel, just to try and help inspire people to give street photography a go and try and improve their skills, so glad this has helped you. Happy shooting! 📸
“Go out with a positive mindset.. take some photos, meet some people, appreciate a life outside in the real world..”☘️ beautiful said 🎈
Thank you! 🙏🏻
Wow. Finally a UA-camr giving good, straight to the point, no-nonsense advice. Kudos!!!
Yeah most are out to promote gear, the worst being clandestine about it, the best just putting it out front “sponsored by Sony, gear lent by Sony …” - too few of these direct ones, unfortunately!
Superb advice for street photography delivered straightforwardly minus the all-too-usual UA-cam bloat.
So kind, thanks!
great advices, most of all: 1. don't care about gear 2. enjoy what you are doing (have fun)
What about shooting on film? My issue is i dont have the instant feedback. What if only one pic turned out ok and i will only know it once i develop it
@HeleneOl-os3uq try digital first if you can to practice
@@animatedjess only have a film cam:(
@HeleneOl-os3uq gotcha! Well if you fan, try to see if you can get a budget digital camera. There are a lot of decent ones on the 2nd market for good prices
@@animatedjess like which ones heh?
Ive had your post stacked up for three weeks! and this cold Saturday night was the night.
today on a raw, huge wild beach I saw a gorgeous young family of four struggling to take selfies in parkas and wind, so I raced over to them , using his phone, I caught the incredible soft sundown around them, on a log, no-one for miles,( until walkers come around the huge rock in the shot) and they glowed like a holy family, they were thrilled. sometimes it's enough... I don't need the pic. Your tips are So good, thankyou!
Ah I’m so happy to hear that! What a lovely story too. Really glad you find my tips helpful - happy shooting! 📸
I only took up photography last year with an old Pentax DSLR. I love nature and wildlife but really want to get into street photography. Your advice with a straightforward, no nonsense approach is the best I’ve seen. Thankyou so very much 🙂
Thank you! Glad you enjoy the videos. Welcome to the world of street photography - it’s great! 🙏🏻
@@timjamiesonphotos you’ve certainly given me the confidence to try it. I’m a very outgoing person who loves meeting new people, yet going amongst them with a camera makes me feel nervous oddly enough. You might have cured me of that!
Good advice. The "don't take it too seriously" is key. Don't expect too much, and most importantly be patient and enjoy yourself. The photos will come eventually, so just go out and do your thing. Know that the hit rate for a good street photo is astronomically low, but you'll get nowhere if you don't go out and shoot. I've burned through 3 rolls in a few hours and felt like I didn't get anything good. And there will be times you want to give up and think it's a waste of time, that is until you get that one shot where it all becomes worth it, and then it becomes an addiction :)
If you want to be good at something, and take it to the next level, you need to take it seriously! If you are happy with just being mediocre, just producing the same run of the mill, boring, unoriginal photos, like the millions of other "photographers" on the internet, then sure......
@@-WhizzBang- You have to be mentally ill to take something like shooting random pictures of strangers on the street seriously.
Doing street photo quickly and resolutely is for me the hardest part. Check your photo at home, look the other way, shoot from the hip, one hand grip etc, are all useful tips. I think most people do not mind as long as you are quick and dont point the camera in their faces. After all, there are already so many vloggers on the streets, and security cameras everywhere
The best experience I've got as a street photographer were in new cities - there it is much easier to get the things you search for as your eye is not tired of the same scenes every day and you get a whole new unique cultural experience not native to your home country. Best countries for street photography - Thailand, Vietnam, China.
Thanks for all tips! I'm just an amateur so usually I do events, land, cityscape photography and some wide shots on streets, but trying to avoid photograph people on street for the main subject because I'm afraid people will not okay with it. But somehow, the challenges of street photography draw me in, so I'm learning how to do it properly so I will not upsets someone when I'm out there.
Great video! Agree on everything outlined here. I've been at this game for 50+ years, and it never gets dull. But you forgot one or possibly two vital points, apart from making prints, get those prints up on a wall, and get them into a book. Prints don't have to be huge either. 10 x 8 or 10 x 12 is fine. Even smaller, as there are plenty of small frames for sale all the time in charity/thrift shops/stores. Just get pictures seen, and away from social media!
Totally agree. One of the best things we've done as a family is buy a Fujifilm Instax printer and a pinboard. It's now so easy to print shots out and pin them up to remind us all of what's been going on over the previous few weeks. When we run out of space, we start 'overwriting' the oldest photos by moving them elsewhere and newer memories take their place. They're not massive, the print quality is so-so, but just walking past them and seeing them again over and over for a few weeks is really great.
I use the same camera but the 27 2.8...what I love about this lens is the super low profile and good image quality. Great video without too much useless information. Just to the point!
Your most important point is one that's mentioned too infrequently: Print your photos!
I started out in film in the 90s right up until 4 years ago, so if I wanted to see the image at all, I had to print it. Once I moved fully to digital, I made sure to buy a good printer, and I print every image that I edit.
Well-presented and full of good points, in under 7 minutes. Subscribed!
Thanks heaps! Glad you enjoyed and I’m definitely going to be printing a lot more of my work this year, it’s so good to do!!
I used to have quite complex ideas in my mind when out in London (or elsewhere) with my camera. But nowadays it's simpler - mainly my mantra "some photos you make, others you take". It's my reminder to take certain photos very quickly without dillydallying or overthinking. If you try to juggle too much methodology consciously, it slows down your reactions.
Love it! 🙏🏻
I just went on a trip abroad and in my spare time I wandered the streets of the city trying to get some photos. One thing stands out to me as a complete beginner: all the tourists wandering around with their Canon EOS cameras and big lenses. And I see all these street photography videos where many have small inconspicuous cameras, and I thought 'Aha! So that's why'...because whenever I point my large-ish 24-105 lens at someone, they notice immediately and turn away, but they guy next to me with his mobile phone goes completely un-noticed. It's like, they see the size of the lens and react to that even if the mobile phone next to me has the same resolution.
Yeah 100% the bigger the camera the more noticeable you are on the street and people are suspicious of it :)
it is in your head. I am a photojournalist and use an SLR with a 24-70 or sometimes even medium format just act; like you're supposed to be there and be quick, not sneaky... you can google my name and see my Instagram or magazine/newspaper work. I am invisible even with a large setup. just keep doing it with whatever camera you have and it will get easier.
Thank you for your time to share with us your valuable advices, does and donts! Much appreciated!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 👌🏻
That Cycle Thieves photo is outrageously good!
Thank you!
Good advice Tim and keeping the points simple and concise really helps for someone like me who is relatively new to street photography and wanting to learn more to develop my skills and style.
well said!! you broke it down perfectly for me! thank you! i really look up to amazing photographers like you and others who keep it real!!
Ah, Jair I’m so happy to hear that! Really glad you found the video helpful 🙏🏻
Thanks so much. Wise words. I never thought of making small prints of my street photos, but I'm going to try it. I'll tape the prints on the refrigerator and walk around them for a few days then ask myself, Which one(s) really work? Thanks again, Tim.
Great! So glad to hear that. I’ve printed more recently and they are all over my office wall. Really helps to sit and look at them and arrange them and you really see what works and what doesn’t that way
@@timjamiesonphotos Street photography is definitely the type that you have to sit around and look at a whole bunch to convince yourself it is anything other than random snapshots.
great point about the photography trip vs. new gear! It really does seem to be so much more valuable to be in new, inspiring places especially given adobe editing can upgrade so much of the final look of the image, making the fanciest cameras less necessary
Thank you very much for the recap, Tim! To others I truly can recommend all of your videos in which you've put the finger on one of the detailed aspects. During my now first year of street photography you are definitely the source on YT I have learned the most from, concerning operational matters, alongside with the "usual" books. (My other two main sources/channels being Sean Tucker (mentally) and Alex Kilbee (artistically)). My personal deviation of your advice: With an overall photographic experience of more than 45 years I change focal lengths more often than once per six months (sometimes daily), because I am trained to adapt my inner eye (although needing some shots to "recalibrate" cerebrally), but usually I stick with one lens per day in the streets. Once again, thanks for your work, and please keep it up, it's truly valuable!
Thanks so much! Really happy you enjoy the videos, that means a lot and keeps me making them 🙏🏻
Good advices and you are the only one i dare to say who say something interesting not only talking of gears. Thank you
I have used my Original Ricoh GR digital camera with 8 megapixels for years.
It's always in my pocket with a spare battery.
CCD sensor cameras are my favourites. The images are beautiful.
I've learnt so much in just one video, you've made me appreciate my love for photography
Ah thank you! So glad to hear that 🙏🏻
Planning on starting some Street Photography soon as it's something I'd love to be able to do, but yeah, confidence is definitely gonna be the big one I have to overcome.
Great video. I got YT suggested this & watched.
I'm a seasoned street tog and all your points are 100% spot on.
BUT to fully realise their wisdom takes much experience
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed, thank you 🙌🏻
Excellent tips on this video, I am guilty of taking 4 cameras on a day out it and hinders you so much. I have also learnt not to compare my work, and shoot what I like and develop my own style.
This... this was so great. I hope this is the new trend in youtube. You provide such excellent value in such a compact format, thanks so much. My takeaway is to print my work more. I always think I gotta go the expensive high-end route but cheap printing is a great first step.
I also want to compliment you on the images. They were nurturing to see. And much better than the usual street stuff I see which just has shadow and a person walking (instant turn-off for me). The images you show us have soul and a deeper relationship to life.
Thanks again!
That is a lovely comment! Thank you, it’s made my day. Glad you enjoyed the format, plan to make more videos like this in the future :)
@@timjamiesonphotos there is a clarity to this way of delivering that is hard to find on youtube so I'm sure you will stand out with this. Thank you again and I wish you a wonderful journey (and I think you should coach people but you probably already do)
Printing your street photography is a great way to convince yourself they are more than just random snapshots of strangers that have literally no personal meaning whatsoever.
@@evrythingis1 I don't know why you wrote this comment but something similar could be said about typing negative comments on youtube. If you're trying to actually create a constructive conversation I'd like to reply to your comment by saying a picture of an apple could have meaning and one of the most famous paintings in the world is about sunflowers - there are many things that give art meaning, and intentionality is one of them.
Excellent set of advices. With regards to the importance of the moment when shooting, HCB had already pointed it with his " decisive moment " quite a number of decades ago ! Nothing new but important to restate it for young photographers
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Loved this gem of a video. Looking to break free from a "cool looking" aesthetic with my street work and lean more toward "human experience/emotional". This video helped!
Ah thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏻
There's a book by Joel Meyerowitz I'd like to have, "How I Make Photographs." It's not that expensive, least than $20. But I just bought a new photo printer, so my photography budget has been shot for a while. Turning your photos into physical objects is important and changes your relationship with your photography. I haven't printed anything big yet, although that's what I bought this printer for, I have printed a mess of 4x6s.
My biggest problem on the street is my own anxiety and lack of confidence. It's getting better. I actually asked people for portraits the last time I was out for a street photo walk. Progress is being made, slowly but steadily.
Yeah couldn’t agree more! Get that book, it’s great. I sometimes have it in my backpack when I go out just for a bit of inspiration.
And yeah confidence is one of the biggest hurdles for all street photographers, will do a video all about it at some point, but the more you do it the more confident you get - at least that’s how I feel! It’s like exercising a muscle
@@timjamiesonphotos My anxiety is easing the more I do street photography. I really admire the candid street portraiture of Dawn Eagleton. I got introduced to her with an interview Sean Tucker did on his channel.
2:17 that cycle thieves photo is amazing 😆 Love your work and very useful tips/mindset shifts
3:26 damn that's incredible picture, i'm gonna screenshot it
Thanks heaps!
Excellent tips on what to do. The main thing is to get out there and shoot some stuff and just be you doing it. Thanks Tim for the great advice as always!!
Yes exactly! Thanks, Tony :)
Just started taking photos over the last couple of months. Such a good guide! Subscribed. 👊
Great tips. Plus you snapped me (Brighton beach 40 seconds in) they were asking me where to get chips!
😲 small world!
Outstanding advice. I love flipping through my photo books. Need to print my work more.
Thanks so much mate, glad you enjoyed it
All great insights as I rediscover my love of photography. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing,it really helps me a lot
Finally straight to the point information. Subbed!
Best advice i ever got was find an interesting scene, plant your butt and something extraordinary will happen shortly. Works like a champ
one other tip. Use discreet gear. Dont draw attention. Engage, but dont be obvious. A small range finder cam with a compact lens is far better to use than a large SLR style camera (even if mirrorless)
Great video. The one rule of yours which can be broken is the using one focal length. I am someone who has used a 28 mm almost exclusively, but occasionally it’s good to grab another lens to capture pictures that would have been impossible to get with a wide lens.
Yeah deffo :)
Well put together, Tim. Excellent information.
Thank you, David! Glad you think so 👌🏻
Really helpful advice, thank you. Lots of inspiration and ideas.
I love your style of photography it’s amazing! This was the perfect video, thankyou.
Very kind! 🙏🏻
Another great and insightful film. Will have to catch up and go on a photo walk🙂
Beyond helpful - been at it the last 6 months and I was starting to hit a wall, no more!
So glad to hear it was helpful mate! Happy shooting 📸
I've been following you from some time starting last year. Thank you for keeping producing these insightful videos, sometimes with some vlog style to express your thoughts and your stuggle.
Using my smartphone to photograph, I'm automatically bound to 1 focal length (ca. 26mm eq.) so i start to feel a bit of the focal length.
Ah thank you!!
make me wonder which fuji camera would be more usefull, the xt5 or the 100VI, as in size, sensor and IQ for print. would be nice to have something small that you can always carry with you that isnt a phone.
Yeah that is currently my conundrum too!
i would like to know what's there in your bookshelf
Great advice in a concise way, thanks !
Well-done, succinct and fun!! Have a great day!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed 🙌🏻
I have the red dot 😇 Sold all my Canon gears. Use this and it satisfies my need on the streets and travel.
Tbf if I could afford it, I’d be getting one 🔴
enjoy your nice sharing, thank you
To be honest: I was sceptical with the video title as I never heard about you before. But I have to say: Great video with very helpful tipps and amazing photography! Your photos have a depth, there is always a bigger idea but one can also get lost in the details.
Thank you!
Thanks so much for Sharing your wisdom! These seem valuable points to me.
Glad you liked it!
This video was really really great. I'm sure this single video is going to help me a lot in future. I'm actually going to make short notes of your ther videos too just like this one.
Thanks Tim 🌟
Ah I’m so happy to hear that! Glad you enjoyed 🙏🏻
@@timjamiesonphotos How can you go on living with yourself replying to bots that you had to pay for to promote your god awful youtube channel?
German here. I really have a feeling that this is harder to pull off depending on where you happen to live. People here are so worried about their privacy and the "right to their image" (ever wonder why Google Street View basically doesn't exist in Germany?), I feel like I'd keep runnig into serious confrontations if I actually tried to get close enough to people in public to take these kinds of photos.
However: great video, great advice!
Yeah it depends where you live what kind of approach you can take based on the laws in that country. You’d need to adapt your style to fit what you’re able to do where you live 🙂
i use the leica q2 for street photography. it's an awesome piece of kit.
It's something that I can relate to a lot. Thank you!!
Cheers Tim, so much good stuff in a short space of time, terrific 👌 Thanks for posting.
Thank you, Trevor! I’m happy you think so 👌🏻
Very good and concise points :) for now i commit to the 28mm equivalent with my Ricoh gr3, but sometimes want to play again with the 23mm I had in the past with the X100V 😅
The 18mm 1.4 on my fuji xt5 is pretty amazing though
Thanks for the tips! I was expecting typical "you are not a photog if you do not know this" but it was wholesome onstead
Ah thanks Josh! Yeah it’s kinda hard to stand out on UA-cam so this video has a hit of a click-baity type title and thumbnail but I tried to make a video that shows my genuine best takeaways from a good few years of street photography - glad you enjoyed! 🙏🏻
@@timjamiesonphotos Cheers!
Such a valuable video!!! amazing knowledge
Glad you think so!
Inspirational and powerful advise, thanks for sharing.
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed 🙏🏻
Thanks for the tips! I’ve been going out to take street photos after on hiatus for some time.
Speaking of gear, it doesn’t matter, any camera or lens is good enough to take good street photos.
Now let me check that new lens in b&h …. 😅
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I always share your advices. I like this video. Congrats.
Glad to hear that!
2:17 great shot. Thank you for your video Tim. i would like to mention that learning how to print could help you grow. and still not sure which fuji to get. wait for the E5 or X100VI or maybe get a second hand leica. size is a thing and the higher megapixel race is holding me back, different look and higher noise in higher megapixels'. what are your thoughts?
Thanks mate! I’m not much of a gear guy to be honest. I just go by whatever camera makes you want to go out and shoot with it is the one you want. Megapixels don’t matter for street photography :)
I really want to start doing street photography more. Especially during the summer when events are slow for me. How often do you find people not liking the fact that you're taking photos of them in public? I think that's what I worry most about.
Great! I basically never have anyone care that I’ve taken a photo of them. But it takes a lot of practice and the right approach, will make a video about it soon!
Great video. So helpful!
Great summary mate, nice one :)
Great content man! Nice title on this one!
As always great advice, get out there folks you never know when life will serve you a curve ball and you won't be able to, I suffered a heart attack, which I am recovering from, but presently restricted in where I can get to.
A sorry to hear that Alan! But yes it can definitely be very powerful to document where you live 🙏🏻
Liked and subscribed. Awesome. Having a xs20 for 6 months and i think your advice is real valuable and impressive
Ah thanks!
Plus ditch raws for jpegs, zoom lenses for primes, af for manual, and color for b&w, That's my preferred approach. Maybe someone else is gonna like it too.
Yeah absolutely, everyone has their own individual approach and there no right or wrong way, deffo good for beginners to try a bunch of stuff and then stick with what works for them :)
@@timjamiesonphotos Sure, however - we are evolutionarily programmed for "more." A free second sauce for a hotdog? Sure' I'll take it. Two lenses instead of one? Perfect, that's for me. More possibilities? Yes! And it's just too easy to drown in options.
That's why limiting the options is crucial. And only expand these once one knows what they need, because then it's intentional, directional, not just: having dozens of tools for any task without actually mastering any of these. All of the limitations I set are all about harnessing this urge for more. I spend zero time working with raws, and I don't feel the burden of having thousands of photos to develop from these photo walks I made within the last 5 years. I don't have to decide whether to zoom in or out, I take one picture instead of 10 in a series, I have to spend time focusing, so I have to embrace both the eye contact, and the disappearing moment. I often end up with just one or two photos.
Maybe there is someone else struggling with the problem of too many options, for me this is a true relief. It truly feels like freedom.
By the way, it's a really great video. It's somehow more convincing than many similar ones because it centers on the intent, the conscious approach, rather than the tools themselves. Haven't said that in the original comment.
Great video! Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure!
Print!!! Great recommendation no one else mentions.
Ah thanks! I think it’s a game changer to be honest 👌🏻
Great presentation. Hit the nail on the head
Thank you!!
Great shots !
Another thoughtful, valuable video. Thanks Tim. However, could we perhaps nuance the 'gear is not important message' because it's quite misleading for beginners.
Could we maybe say something like "you don't need lots of gear, or to buy brand new, luxury brand gear. But it's important to be comfortable with your camera and lens. If you're not, then ask around to see if you could change to something more suitable for you and the way you shoot. You should be excited to pick up your camera every time not see it as a struggle"
Yes that’s a good way of putting it 😊
tks,it's so helpful for me
That was great bud 👍
Fantastic video again Tim 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you mate!! 🙏🏻
such a good video, thanks a lot!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love your content! I am just about to get a camera to start doing photography and cinematic videos.
Ah thank you! Sounds great, happy shooting 📸
Henry Jacques Lartigue was given a camera when he was ten. It broke.
While it was being fixed he used to practice capturing the moment by blinking.
Look him up and see just how incredible it makes his work.
Best lesson about street photography. That Ahhhahhhhahhhahhh really inspired me a lot. Thanks
Thanks, I think
I love this! Do you also have a video on how to edit your shots and give some tips?
Thanks! Glad you found it useful. I don’t have a post-processing tutorial at the moment, but will be releasing presets soon!
Greetings from Pakistan. What a brilliant video of pure inspiration and honest advice. Subscribed
Thank you!
Cheers! great video
Solid advice. Camera clubs used to be a key part of my own community, but - sad to say - in the US they have declined in recent years. Don’t know if same in UK. BTW, thumbnail shows use of no-squint method - is that what you generally use? Cheers!
Thanks Paul! That’s a shame, I’m not part of a camera club in the UK but I think they are quite popular, I’m definitely trying to be less introverted these days and make the effort to talk to other photographers I see when I’m out shooting. Re the thumbnail, I think I was just looking at my partner when she was taking the shot to make sure she wasn’t messing it up 😂 I usually close one eye haha
You packed a LOT of excellent information into six and a half minutes. Bravo. Going too long on UA-cam loses the audience.
Thanks, Gary! Much appreciated 🙏🏻
Some fantastic advice there mate thanks a lot
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it
Really interesting video!
I like street photography but I get very nervous thinking that someone is going to call me out.
Perhaps using a tiny camera may be a good option.