Some good information here, however I don’t agree that wide angle lenses are the best way to shoot street photography, the focal length has nothing to do with what makes a great street image. Some of the most iconic photographs were shot on a 50 mm and beyond.

Very inspiring video. I have two projects in progress and for me all that searching for place to exhibit, organizing, printing e.t.c. gives me great deal of excitement.

ניסו להצית אותי (עם אש), לדרוס אותי על המדרכה, זרקו עליי בקבוק ונצמדו אליי אף לאף (כמעט נשיקה). כל המקרים קרו במרכז העיר יפו. בכולם אפילו המצלמה הייתה כבויה. אז אני מניח שזה עניין של תרבות 😂

Although I am about to go on my second workshop with you, this is perfect advice for me. Thanks for putting your thoughts together in such a beneficial manner, Brian.

I do SP here in Mexico, if someone want a good fight then let’s do it my dude. Here in Mexico is really different from USA, people don’t have time nor patience to go to court.

Dear Mr. Brian. I love watching your channel videos about street photography and it’s really inspirational, creates motivation, develop interest and creativity in me. I got a question on camera sensor. What type of camera sensor do you suggest for street photography? APSC or Full Frame. My name is Kumar and I am an Indian, but being a resident in Dubai. 🙏🏽

It' s quite funny as i just watched a video of a guy who calls his video masterclass street photography and takes only pictures of people passing by 😂

So inspirational

Superb Greetings from Ipswich 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Just shared ❤❤

You are a great teacher Brian. Love your videos! Let them keep coming.

Very helpful thank you for sharing your knowledge

Wow very important topic, thank you for sharing very helpful video I was just using rule of thirds and leading lines.

You sir, are a great teacher. Thank you for your service to our community.

A small town with homeless?. Things are tragic in the UK

Out of thousands of frames, I have probably 100 that are good. And far fewer that I think are great.

One of your best videos ever. With the greatest gratitude and appreciation 🙏🙏🙏

Over the decades, I tried 21, 24, 28, 35, 40, 45, 50, and 55mm prime lenses on full-frame cameras when shooting in one-lens/one-body situations. All worked well. However, the 35mm was my personal favorite. My favorite one-lens/one-body for photojournalism, documentary, street, travel, and vacation are: 35mm f/1.4 Nikkor on Nikon SLRs 35mm f/1.4 Zeiss ZM on Leica rangefinders

You did mention the pocket-ability of the Q2, I’m with you the Q2 is not pocket-able a jacket pocket maybe but the Ricoh GR is the right size for a pocket

Thank you very much for the video, I learn a lot from it. 👍

My first camera was the Canon t50 film 35mm, and over time lost interest in photography due to a change in my vision. In 2015, I purchased the Canon t3i digital camera. I would go to local downtown city park around 9pm every Saturday night for weeks and teach myself how to use aputure mode, shutter priority, and manual mode. To this day, I still love to shoot at night and the funny thing is the local police give me some locations they think I might enjoy to photograph at night. Even when I see some new techniques I want to learn, I go back to the downtown city park at nght and work on it.

Fantastic guidance, thank. you!

ERFAHRUNG ist durch NICHTS zu ersetzen 👍 !

Another great video, Brian! As for how to describe a photo you want to discuss, I harken back to my UT Austin art photography class with Garry Winogrand. After students had hung their photos around the room and spent time looking at them, Winogrand would stop in front of one and say, "This is interesting!" Which was his highest complement and signaled for the class to discuss what the photo had got right and what it might be lacking.

Great video! Thank you, Brian! I had the pleasure of taking an art photography class from Garry Winogrand at the University of Texas in the mid-70's--he was recruited to teach at UT by Russell Lee who had taught the course before him--and Garry's mantra was "Shoot without preconceptions!" I'm not sure how you would add that to your excellent list of street photography recommendations, but it seems even more important to try to do so these days when we all have so many photographic preconceptions rattling around in our digitally-altered brains.

I love the Elliott Erwitt photo with the dogs, but it may actually have been staged and was not candid as you mentioned. I saw an exhibit of his work in Paris last year and he acknowledged planning a number of his classic photos. The one with the young boy on the back of the bicycle with the baguette took quite a bit of careful planning as Erwitt described in the notes for the show. The other famous one with the large and small dogs and the woman's boots was likewise staged and used trained dogs. They are still great works of photographic art, but I don't think they can be considered to be street photography.

The idea of creating a project is interesting, I'm just a hobbyist currently, but shooting a lot of thing randomly just getting not fun some times now, need some topic to focus on. Thank you for the video.

Instructions unclear: Took the "If I can see it, I can shot it" literally and now I face charges for manslaughter.

Catching up three years later. Great insights but in all story telling, show dont tell. A photo or two to illustrate the point you are making would have beneficial.

Photography techniques vary, be it composition, focal length, the relation between the photographer and the photography subject. Establishing eye contact and shooting within this momentary interpersonal bubble is another technique I sometimes use. Sometimes I approach them later on and ask if they like the photo and want me to send it to them or would prefer me to remove it. It's really a bunch of different moods and approaches. Sometimes I ask them if they want me to take a picture of them. And sometimes I pretend I was just taking a photo of that concrete wall behind them. Using 75mm is also great to build this isolation, especially if you need some extra seconds to focus (I am a manual shooter). There is no right answer. And still, these tips are great. Just anyone should remember that it's up to them how they implement it.

Great tips. Guilty as charged on more than I'd like to admit. The takeaway for me, is that I am aware and working on most of them. Food for thought on the others. Thank you.

I began Street photography around 4 years ago. I have spent most of this time as an urban explorer specialising in old derelict industrial buildings and old mines. I found that I was having to go quite long distances to find places to photograph and I am near the point of losing my driving licence because of age related problems. (80) I have now gravitated to pure street photography so I can stay local, old northern mill towns and Manchester. I have learned a lot in a very short time. Don't photography children. Be very careful about photographing females. If anyone becomes aggressive or challenging, don't get involved, just walk away and don't argue. .ĺots of people on the streets of low IQ and mental health issues. I am still learning. I don't have a lot of money so I use a second hand phone camera. I find it's the content that matters as long as the photos are of decent quality.

This is a favorite video I tend to return to, Thanks Brian 👌👍🔝💯📸

I would like your opinion on focal length and zone focusing. I would like to know if you agree with these focus ranges. I came across another video that suggested using 10 feet as your set focus for 50mm lens, 6 feet for 35mm lens, and 4 feet for 28mm lens. I am not sure what the distances are in meters or if they works for a crop factor lens. What do you think?

Great Video. Thank you. 🙏🏻

Very interesting,valuable info and another important thing.. The way you speak

you are good photographer

Certainly cleared a lot of stuff up, very good guide.

Refreshing my memory, having seen this before and had also read up in your book. Giving layers a go tomorrow. Miss your KZbin, Brian. 😊

Glad to came accross your channel! This are gold! Thank you for sharing! Keep it coming! 🔥🙏

Bought your street photography book. Brilliant. Thankyou.

My best camera for street work, is just a little Canon Powershot G15. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Any New videos planned for 2025?❤

Any new videos planned for 2025?😢

Excellent video, I really like this format! It feels like part of a high quality online course.

Very well be put together sir, thanks a lot, always a pleasure and inspiration to revisit Klein’s work ❤