What made me a better street photographer & Tips on improving your street photography

hola, gracias por tu tabajo y todo lo que aportas a la fotografia, un saludo

As always, I enjoyed this video and your approach. Just bought your second zine as well. Another tool for my learning. Cheers!

"If it's got no interest it might be documentary photography" - really??? Try telling that to Chris Killip or Don MCCullin..

Haha, it's the old lipstick on a turd. Totally agree about presets and over processing, guilty of it myself occasionally though 😂

Zone focusing is the holy grail.......especially with a wide lens ✊️✊️📷

What does your misses do for a living? Is she good at finding fault for any subject and not just photography?

If an image doesn't work in colour then it will not work in B&W. The image is not getting any better, delete button.

The only question I ask myself when I take a photo is
- would you hang it on the wall?
- yes? Keep it in a folder and ask the same question after months.
- no?
- in the trash!!!
That's how I save time and disk space.
I show my photos only to a few people and have no pity throwing hundreds of unique photos in the trash.
If more photographers or artists were good self critics we would have less cr*p to see.

Gareth I really enjoy your vlogs on street photography. You deliver a lot of value and ideas. I am surprised that you don’t have more followers. I recently bought your first two Zines and I look forward to the next one. I’m sure you will let us know when its finished. Since you mentioned providing online tutorials is that something you do for us folks in the States?

All my fellow street photographers always turn a shit photo into black and white 😅

I have noticed that most street photographers tend to not utilise the vertical format.
Maybe that's a good thing .... in that .... those who go for the unorthodox will stand out.

😅 Sehr guter Kanal und zu meiner Überraschung kann ich als Deutscher Deinen Beiträgen folgen, ohne die Pausetaste zu benutzen! 👍

Excellent content and as inspirational as ever Gareth. Thank you.

You have some really good information. Jay Maisel used to tell his students "if it doesn't interest you, the thing you seek,, what makes you think it will interest me" I also heard about Robert Capra and the "if the shot is not good, get closer". My response to that is "he got so close he got his ass blown off in an explosion. Be careful what you wish for. Good video Gareth.

One thing I noticed recently by accident was that a change in focal length made a difference. I wasn't liking a lot of shots. But, I also was keeping the 56mm on all the time and I think it was just way too tight. So, I popped the 18-55 on and set it to 35mm. That was a nice change. Weird how little things can make a difference. Thanks for the tips! Have a great weekend!

I bloody hate instagram too 😎🤜

So very true, I’m guilty of most, if not all of these at some point but thankfully I now know better. Still shoot some crap now and then😂
Out of focus shots most definitely don’t get better by turning them B&W, and the darker you make them doesn’t do it either, just looks worse, bin them. I see this daily in our Facebook Group, see a lot worse too though.

Bought the 2 digital zines, so i can finally know what street photography really is :)
i would be interested to know which books you recommend for the genre of street photography though

after round about taking a million portrait shot for me it is lense only, first. My choice the new 56, simply a dream together with xt5 it is what I was looking for the last 10 years. always look out for the best background expecially if you shoot 1.2.

Am I allowed to dress like a film director and use a bullhorn to place people where I need them?

I love your honesty. Really enjoyed seeing all the street mates throughout the video. Especially the ones from Margate 8 by 8 I was there with you guys on the photo walk x

It doesn`t matter at all if a photo is good or bad as long as the photo tells a story. There are so many "good" and "perfect" photos on Instagram, but 99% of them are boring and just crap. Many people copy from others and have no ideas and creativity. Important is authenticity!!!

Knowing that a photo is crap is so important. In the last few months I've gotten much more critical of my shots and its really helped in the culling process post shoot.

I've also gone into my back catalogue and culled thousands of shots. In the past I never deleted anything. Culling has helped make my photos more interesting and easier to search.

What is the name of the Facebook group that does photo critique? Could you share a link?

Great video mate - thanks! And like many here I too am guilty of many (all?) of the issues you talk about. The only additional aspect I'd mention is remember to "have fun / enjoy it" because if you don't actually enjoy it what's the point? We all have the blahs from time to time so if that happens maybe take some time out and come back renewed after a short spell. Works for me sometimes / mostly ha ha. Thank again - love the channel.

No photos are crap, people are just and different points of their own journey , problem lies some think they are better than others.

Great advice as always Gareth, still find confidence is my worst enemy, but getting better. Thanks for the zone focus take away.

Top tips you can apply to any genre of photography mate. Well presented. 🙂

Great video this one Gareth. Really good advice and a lot of useful information to take away from this. You are so right, finding your style and how you like your images to look is so important. It took me a while to discover the sort of images I liked taking, but now I have I focus in when out (no pun intended) and find I enjoy my time on the street for more so than just wandering around aimlesly.

Gareth what an absolute fantastic channel,. I'm a total beginner and went out and bought a olympus OM-D E-M10 iii, which I think is totally the wrong camera.its way over my head with far to many modes for me to understand, your channel is so down to earth and better understanding. Have you done a video for beginners? It's a mine field when you start out

Great advice Gareth!

Great video, good to see a few clips of Margate, I'm going there this Saturday, hope to put some of your tips in to practice 😁

Excellent episode. I recognized my own failures, something I am trying to correct,. Self critiquing is essential for growth, I am getting much better at tossing images that just do not measure up to my now higher standards, Before I was just to happy to capture something and and did not realized it was a "so what image". Another big area I am working on and have made a significant improvement is being prepared. Insuring my settings are correct and not set to last time I used the camera. All true for my different types of photography. Thanks for sharing.

just subed you thanks for your advice Gareth, I'm really not spending enough time working a seen, I see in my minds eye a possible shot but find my mind just going into a kind of critical self analogise of myself and my gear is this set have I set that, so what I have taken on board from you today is simple zone focusing and waiting for the right moment to come see the picture trust my settings use the right lens....... and enjoy myself in what I'm doing in a nut shell trust my own judgement thank you because though it might sound silly I needed to hear that.

Brilliant advice, Gareth! And that's @RomanFox popping up in your clips, another fave photog of mine! It's somehow cool to know that you're friends 🙂

Great advice mate.....all of those things you say are the same as what i tell people...

Great advice, Gareth.

The other week I had to put my Fuji x100f in for repair.
Couldn't go without taking
photos.
So I got my 1970's Olympus RC 35 out put film in. Went out, and
shot away. All manual. Lots of fun. My x100f is back repaired,
and serviced, set it manual.😊

I do wildlife virtually 24/7 and my escape is street photography i love it picking up my Fujifilm X-T2 and Sigma 30mm lens classic chrome and i away i go for the day, this video was invaluable thank you for sharing Gareth.

Love the straight talking Gareth.

Why all the hate on Sony shooters?

True words mate

Thank you for the very helpful tips!

Tip of the day..... don't post crap on social media,,,, made me chuckle. Brilliant!