3 Tips for Street Photography in a Small Town

[@StarrysLostandFound]

Interesting video with some intriguing tips. All the best.

[@gunairy]

Thanks for your comment! Much appreciated!

[@Elements795]

Enjoyed the video Nick👍

[@gunairy]

Glad to hear, thank you!

[@BillWhitworth]

Asheville, especially downtown or the River Arts District on a weekend, is an absolute GOLD MINE compared to most small towns (10,000 or less)! 😆 It may not be a NYC, but with nearly 100,000 people its got a definite vibe. 🙂Great advice and outstanding photos! 👏

[@gunairy]

Very much agreed! I’m used to a bit of a bigger city so Asheville feels small, but it’s still such a great venue for street photography. Downtown is my favorite and I’ve spent many many hours walking up and down Lexington and Broadway/Biltmore Ave. I want to challenge myself and shoot in a truly small town one of these days too. I’d like to make a follow up to this video for sure! Thanks for watching!

[@jzaydalvarez]

Great video and awesome tips. I mainly do street photography in Downtown LA and a good tip is to revisit areas you already walked at different times and different weather conditions. Keep shooting

[@gunairy]

Thanks for watching! I love LA! Never got the chance to shoot downtown, but I have photographed Venice and the SM pier. I’m planning on doing a follow up to this video, so I’ll include this tip in that one. Great advice!

[@jzaydalvarez]

@@gunairy awesome. I'll stay tuned for your next video.

[@Drewxcifer]

I’m near Asheville about an hour away near Boone! I love Asheville! I struggle with the same.subbed

[@gunairy]

Thanks a lot! Small world!

[@bcegerton]

Great video, totally agree with you here, don’t necessarily need people just a sign that people have been there, the “Human Element”

[@gunairy]

Thanks for watching!

[@marvinsane8677]

Great Video!

[@gunairy]

Thanks a ton! 😄

[@TheUrbandilema]

Awesome vid mate..where I live its tru...I now trying this type of photography...I agree with u .malls are great to try street photography..Am I right?

[@gunairy]

I’m glad you enjoyed! Yeah anywhere that draws a lot of people to one place is perfect. Thanks a lot!

[@harttheplug]

Name someone better than my guy Nick!!!

[@gunairy]

Appreciate you man! Always just trying to aspire to the quality of your skits 😁

[@harttheplug]

@@gunairy man I love genuine stuff like this though! It’s always great to watch💯

[@gunairy]

@@harttheplug thanks man. Stoked for the next time I’m able to get back to CO. Gotta shoot together again soon!

[@billmartin1663]

Ashville . . . 100,000 . . . is a SMALL town? No. I'm sorry.

[@gunairy]

It's just perspective. For me, especially at this point having lived in NYC (8M), Boston (5M), LA (5M), Mexico City (22M) etc. Asheville does feel really small. There are more factors than just headcount as well. There is no effective public transit, for example, which means fewer people out on the street. Unfortunately for street photographers, most of AVL's 100k are sprawled out in suburbs, not right downtown where they're able to walk to a gallery or restaurant. It's also small, area-wise too. It gets tedious to shoot the same few streets where people gravitate. That's what this video was about more than anything.

[@billmartin1010]

@@gunairy Understood. But with all due respect, most "small town" street photographers are doing towns of fewer than 15,000 people. You can't even imagine.

[@gunairy]

@@billmartin1010 I can understand that perspective too. Unfortunately, my frame of reference for 'smaller' cities and towns is limited to western NC where I lived for about 8 months in 2022/3. It would be an interesting challenge to try and do street photography in an even smaller town.