Street Photography | Review & Analyse...

© Safuan Shahril | Street Photography | Abstract Personality

Hello all the lovable people out there! Yes, I'm back with another post even though my recent post was two days ago. So, how was your previous week? I hope it was good and maybe something good happen to you or something. 

Anyway, it's been a pretty good week for me and was really happy that I was shooting on the streets in Bristol as usual. This week it was awkwardly cold even though I was wearing three jackets on me. I don't know how to describe it but it was so cold in the mornings until it definitely affected my mood to take photographs. Yeah, I guess getting geared up for the winter properly makes a difference but when I usually hold my camera, I always keep my shooting hand out from my pocket just incase to react fast when it comes to taking photos. All of sudden, that one afternoon at lunch the lighting was good and I could not resist of not taking photos. I mean the shadows were strong, there were quite a lot of people, and the most important that the lighting was great. Plus, the sun did keep me warm enough. So it the end of the week I was a happy boy. 

So in this post I will be talking through each photos from this week; how I analyse my photos and why and what it interests me the most in each photo. Get ready and enjoy! : )

Street Photography | Chasing the Light

© Safuan Shahril | Street Photography | Spot Light

"(Art) is both the taking and giving of beauty; the turning out to the light the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit. It is the recreation on another plane of the realities of the world." 

- Ansel Adams

Street Photography | Shoot From the Hip Technique

  

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Hello all the lovable people out there! Today I'm going to share this technique called shoot from the hip. About this technique is that it's a really popular technique used by modern street photographers. I probably assume that this have done with DSLRs. I wouldn't even dare doing this with film cameras. Haha it's common sense and I shouldn't have mention it. But hey! since you're reading this I thought you might find this useful. To sum it up, “shooting from the hip” it is holding your camera at waist-level, and shooting upwards without looking through the viewfinder. One of the reasons why this technique is widely popular is because it allows you to take much more candid images of people, as they do not see you shooting them with your eye through your viewfinder, and assume you aren't taking images. Another thing is that when shooting from the hip, you often get a much more interesting perspective as you shoot from a much lower perspective.