How to do street photography if you are shy like me

Posted on October 11, 2014 by ShutterBug

How to do street photography if you are shy like me is perfect for you if you’re looking for ways to approach street photography but you’re not sure you like…

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25 Responses to How to do street photography if you are shy like me

  1. Jean Marc says:
    October 11, 2014 at 7:52 pm

    even tourist take better photos of Paris…I’m sorry but it is so boring
    Please change title to boring street pic then we don’t lose time 

  2. Juan Herrera says:
    October 11, 2014 at 7:57 pm

    Don’t think this will consider street photography per say 

  3. Peter Elgar says:
    October 11, 2014 at 8:37 pm

    Sorry to complain but how do you ‘earn a LIVING’ from these ‘Street Photos
    ‘ ? Nobody would pay for them as far as I can see — you say you are a
    ‘Professional’ that means earning a living from your photos — I do ‘Street
    Photography’ but although a ‘Pro’ I do it as am ‘Amateur’ and show them in
    my Camera Club.

  4. Vesa Lempinen says:
    October 11, 2014 at 9:15 pm

    Great shots. Keep it going and believe in your self. Photography is
    afterall, an artist expression how he/she sees the world.

  5. Peter AndCat says:
    October 11, 2014 at 9:53 pm

    A trick I’ve seen is to hold your DSLR away from your face and pretend to
    be looking at the screen and pressing buttons, while actually you are
    pressing the shutter

  6. Matteo Schiavon Lopez says:
    October 11, 2014 at 10:47 pm

    Wait, is she critiquing her own work? 

  7. Albert Santoso says:
    October 11, 2014 at 10:52 pm

    Many good tips and nice photos, thanks, Beth. But there’s one thing that
    caught my attention… the best way to start doing street photography is do
    it like a tourist. :)

  8. aantonic says:
    October 11, 2014 at 11:47 pm

    great photos. I am learning about photography and this is helping me to
    give me ideas,thanx

  9. DigitalCreations2012 says:
    October 12, 2014 at 12:22 am

    Peoples faces in public places are not an issue in the Uk with photography.
    In my opinion if people don’t want to be photographed then don’t go out in
    public. 

  10. Toney Snow says:
    October 12, 2014 at 12:36 am

    I really love the “Café Salon De Thé” picture. I don’t know if you edited
    it or if it’s a raw picture but it’s very nice ! I have a hard time working
    with red because it’s difficult to edit. This is great tho ! 

  11. Peter Evans says:
    October 12, 2014 at 12:59 am

    Where are the people in your ‘street’ photography? This is not street
    photography, this is mainly buildings. Real street photography is hard if
    you are shy because you need to get close to people.

  12. mogbaba says:
    October 12, 2014 at 1:45 am

    You are a type of photographer like me. When I travel to a new city and
    comeback. People who see the pictures feel nobody lives in cities I visit.

  13. Susan Russo Anderson says:
    October 12, 2014 at 2:42 am

    Loved seeing the quiet beauty of Paris again. You’ve captured her, your
    heroine. Thanks for this, Beth.

  14. Paul Holmes says:
    October 12, 2014 at 2:50 am

    Despite talking a lot about composition I notice you make no reference to
    the rule of thirds, even though you use it. Could this be that you take it
    for granted that all your viewers are familiar with it?

    Although not quite as shy as you, I too do not like the stalking approach,
    I wait for the shot to come to me. However, and it could be that I’m not a
    profession selling images, I don’t worry about people being recognised. If
    challenged I explain what I’m doing and, so far, have never had a problem.
    The only subject we have to be very careful about over here in the UK is
    photographing children, which is a complete no-no without the parents
    consent, and could get you arrested.

  15. Philip Watson says:
    October 12, 2014 at 3:00 am

    I too feel so conspicuous when i go out with my camera. I must also
    overcome my shyness.

  16. Su Shan Leong says:
    October 12, 2014 at 3:21 am

    I feel you so so so so so much! I did street photography during my whole
    trip in eastern europe and it gets really awkward sometimes but Ive got
    really good photos 😀 ! I’m really happy.

  17. The Gull says:
    October 12, 2014 at 3:52 am

    How do you have 438 subscribers when I am struggling for 28? Honestly I
    don’t find your material groundbreaking in anyway. Must be your accent,
    that seems to be the common denominator with successful YouTube
    photographers.

  18. MysticCaravan says:
    October 12, 2014 at 4:52 am

    Nice intro vid. Overall, I’d say shots of people have more pull and
    interest in street photography rather than just architecture.

  19. Peter J M says:
    October 12, 2014 at 5:33 am

    Perhaps it’s a matter of semantics but, to me, this is more urban landscape
    or architectural photography and not street photography. Steets and cities
    across the world teem with the hustle and bustle of people, photograph the
    joy and pathos of people! What you presented is touristy run-of-the-mill
    photography. Call this what you like, but it is not street photography!

  20. Jack Murray says:
    October 12, 2014 at 6:04 am

    The best bet for street photography is to shoot friends as opposed to
    strangers, otherwise it’s an intrusion.

  21. EastVan Photography says:
    October 12, 2014 at 6:07 am

    This isn’t street photography, more like urban landscape and architecture.
    Your title is misleading as it has nothing to do with a solution of
    breaking the shyness of shooting what is missing in most of those shots –
    people. Photography in the street and street photography are two different
    things…

  22. isaiah30v8 says:
    October 12, 2014 at 7:00 am

    I think most people have not yet come to terms with the fact they are
    constantly being photographed and video taped almost everywhere they go by
    security cameras. So being offended by a more conspicious photographer
    seems futile.

  23. srv1491 says:
    October 12, 2014 at 7:52 am

    Great tips. Thanks for taking us through each photo.

  24. Michael Huber says:
    October 12, 2014 at 8:47 am

    Thank you, Beth. I’ll be on my first photowalk on coming saturday and was a
    little concerned on how and what to photograph. But looking at your pix
    gives me some confidence.

  25. Eric Dan says:
    October 12, 2014 at 9:23 am

    the railway shot… pretty cool, but I live in Japan and you could never walk
    on the tracks to take a shot. 

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