Street Photography Quick Tip 12 – Shoot from a Gallery
My Street Photography Quick Tips are short, easy to read and easy to use tips that I think could help you while shooting in the streets. Today’s post is about changing the usual perspective of taking photographs from eye level by shooting down from a gallery in a shopping center. For a few, hopefully inspirational images continue after the jump…
November is rapidly approaching, and with it the grizzly grey and wet weather of the dull “in-between” month between the glorious colorful October days and the upcoming holiday season.
So when the weather is too wet for you to take your camera out in the streets, why don’t you try some street shooting in a shopping center. Many malls have multiple levels, which offers a great opportunity to change perspective and shoot downwards instead from the usual eye level.
Many shopping centers have interesting floor designs, which make for great backdrops to the passing shoppers. Go for creative high contrast black and white shots.
You can combine this with slow shutter speeds of about 1/8 sec (always a great starting point to motion blur pedestrians) to achieve great blurry and dreamlike effects as the shoppers move about. Experiment by gyrating your camera a bit. Capture the life as it happens below you.
So you see, heading to a shopping center and shooting street photos from a gallery gives you plenty of creative options, make sure you really “work” the scene to get some great results. You are welcome to post links to your photos in the comment section.
All photos taken with the Olympus PEN-F and the mZuiko 14-150mm F/4-5.6 Travel Zoom.
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Have a great Friday!
Marcus
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Hey just wanted you to know this really inspired me! I’m really into nature/landscape photography, but I really want to get started on street photography. This gave me some really good ideas!
Also, I just started my own blog and if you want to check it out and give feedback that would be awesome! Thanks!
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Thanks for your visit and the great feedback, Emily, this is so much appreciated! Glad to have you here, check back often! I visited your blog, your editing post was totally great, you are definitely off to a great start to blogging, and you got my follow! Marcus
Thanks so much Marcus, I really appreciate it!
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Thanks, Douglas, so much appreciated! Marcus
Marcus, you’re welcome. You are one gifted artist.
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Indeed when you shoot from above -discreetly, each picture tells a story! I have done this once while waiting for an international flight. I shot pictures from the food court with smartphone, though!
Herrlich, diese Bewegungsunschärfe! Gehört zu meinen liebsten techniken die ich leider viel zu selten ausübe…
Schön dass es Dir gefällt, freut mich!