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Exploring the goals and techniques for shooting in a busy urban park

Exploring the goals and techniques for shooting in a busy urban park

From the course: Street Photography: Candid Portraiture

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Exploring the goals and techniques for shooting in a busy urban park

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- As a street photographer in New York City I decided to tackle the High Line Park which is a relatively new space. It used to be a train track but now it's converted to this really interesting, unique urban space and offers possibilities of looking at the rhythm of the people that are there. Now, it's different from shooting on the street. It's a little bit more relaxed. People are just kind of y'know, taking it easy, enjoying themselves, taking a break and it allows me to kinda get in close. They're not necessarily gonna get upset if they see me taking their picture. As a street photographer it's really important to be stealthy, keep a low profile, which is why I often turn to my mirrorless camera. It's got a silent shutter setting and with my reticulating screen I can look up top, pretend I'm taking a picture of something up above, aim the camera down, and when I'm aiming it down it looks as though that I'm just reviewing the picture I just took. The people that are right in front…

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